plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles
Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 2023-11-03
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- alternating lava
- hole
- edge of Pacific Plate
- magma chamber hardens
- when lava pours out
- thick lava
- up and down
- water heated by magma
- caved in volcano
- violent with cinders
- makes magma thicker
- earth's heat
- never again
- magma hardens in the pipe
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- hot gas,ash,cinder,and bombs
- connects chamber to a vent
- middle of a plate
- subduction of a plate
- runny lava
- currency erupting
- calm,lava flows
- stores magma
- thickness of a liquid
- opening
- eruption of heated water
- sleeping
- sits sideways
27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • runny lava • thick lava • up and down • never again • stores magma • earth's heat • sits sideways • calm,lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currency erupting • when lava pours out • makes magma thicker • violent with cinders • edge of Pacific Plate • magma chamber hardens • subduction of a plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • ...
Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 2023-11-03
Across
- alternating lava
- hole
- edge of Pacific Plate
- magma chamber hardens
- when lava pours out
- thick lava
- up and down
- water heated by magma
- caved in volcano
- violent with cinders
- makes magma thicker
- earth's heat
- never again
- magma hardens in the pipe
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- hot gas,ash,cinder,and bombs
- connects chamber to a vent
- middle of a plate
- subduction of a plate
- runny lava
- currency erupting
- calm,lava flows
- stores magma
- thickness of a liquid
- opening
- eruption of heated water
- sleeping
- sits sideways
27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • runny lava • thick lava • up and down • never again • stores magma • earth's heat • sits sideways • calm,lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currency erupting • when lava pours out • makes magma thicker • violent with cinders • edge of Pacific Plate • magma chamber hardens • subduction of a plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • ...
Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 2023-11-03
Across
- alternating lava
- hole
- edge of Pacific Plate
- magma chamber hardens
- when lava pours out
- thick lava
- up and down
- water heated by magma
- caved in volcano
- violent with cinders
- makes magma thicker
- earth's heat
- never again
- magma hardens in the pipe
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- hot gas,ash,cinder,and bombs
- connects chamber to a vent
- middle of a plate
- subduction of a plate
- runny lava
- currency erupting
- calm,lava flows
- stores magma
- thickness of a liquid
- opening
- eruption of heated water
- sleeping
- sits sideways
27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • runny lava • thick lava • up and down • never again • stores magma • earth's heat • sits sideways • calm,lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currency erupting • when lava pours out • makes magma thicker • violent with cinders • edge of Pacific Plate • magma chamber hardens • subduction of a plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • ...
big men L2 2024-01-23
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- driftthe gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
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- reversalsubduction the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plateWhen magma rises to the Earth's surface at a mid-ocean ridge, it flows out onto both sides of the ridge, gradually cooled by the seawater.
- current A convection current is a process that involves the movement of energy from one place to another. It is also called convection heat transfer.
- tectonics a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
- spreading the formation of new areas of oceanic crust,
5 Clues: spreading the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, • driftthe gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time. • current A convection current is a process that involves the movement of energy from one place to another. It is also called convection heat transfer. • ...
Nail Disorders and Diseases 2024-03-12
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- technical term for nail
- darkening of the fingernail or toenail
- technical term used for any deformity or disease of the nail
- inflammation of the nail matrix, followed by the shedding of the nail plate.
- often causes tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate.
- caused by injury or minor damage to the nail matrix
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- very thin, very flexible
- deep or sharp curvature at the free edge because of the matrix
- bitten nails
- loosening or lifting of the nail plate from the bed w/o shedding
- condition which living skin splits around the nail
- small mirrors into the general health of the entire body
- condition caused by an injury or disease to the nail unit
- forward growth of the eponychium (cuticle) sticking to nail plate
- bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail
- run vertically down the length of the natural nail plate
16 Clues: bitten nails • technical term for nail • very thin, very flexible • darkening of the fingernail or toenail • condition which living skin splits around the nail • caused by injury or minor damage to the nail matrix • small mirrors into the general health of the entire body • run vertically down the length of the natural nail plate • ...
Olivers Geography review 2023-01-26
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- a plate boundary where two plates rub together
- fuels created by compressed dead organisms that we use as fuel
- created when an earthquake under water happens this is a huge wave
- a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
- when a convergent plate boundary where one plate moves under another
- hot liquid from volcano
- the average weather of an area over a period of time
- a plate boundary where two plats move together
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- used for location and direction of area
- distribution the pattern of people living in an area
- hot dust particles from a volcano
- the moving tectonic plates
- energy when it can be used for ever without running out
- renewable energy when the energy source will run out faster than we can replenish
- describes the state of the temperature and atmosphere
- the study of human population
16 Clues: hot liquid from volcano • the moving tectonic plates • the study of human population • hot dust particles from a volcano • used for location and direction of area • a plate boundary where two plates rub together • a plate boundary where two plats move together • distribution the pattern of people living in an area • the average weather of an area over a period of time • ...
Disorders of the Nails 2024-03-18
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- Variety of colors
- Darkening of the nails; discoloration may be in a band or stripe
- Bitten nails
- Split cuticle around the nail
- A small, hard flesh-colored or red lump under or beside the nail
- Complete shedding of the nail plate, starting with a groove at the base of the nail
- Dark purplish discoloration under nail
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- Whitish discoloration of the nails
- Ingrown nail
- Nail will appear pitted and/or have roughness on the surface
- Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and falls off
- Brown or black 'splinters' under the nail plate
- Abnormal brittleness of the nail plate
- Forward growth of living skin that adheres to the surface of the nail plate
- Nail plate develops an abnormal thickening in width, not length
15 Clues: Ingrown nail • Bitten nails • Variety of colors • Split cuticle around the nail • Whitish discoloration of the nails • Abnormal brittleness of the nail plate • Dark purplish discoloration under nail • Brown or black 'splinters' under the nail plate • Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and falls off • Nail will appear pitted and/or have roughness on the surface • ...
Column 1 Homework 2014-01-13
EE8- SPACES BETWEEN ALL 2 WORD ANSWERS! 2016-11-30
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- A geological state that can lead to damage or harm
- A fault in which rock strata are displaced mainly in a horizontal direction, parallel to the line of the fault
- Any long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom
- The geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass
- A process that rocks go through to turn into other rocks
- A plate boundary where two plates are moving towards each other
- A crack in the Earth's crust
- The brown or black upper layer of Earth where plants grow
- Hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling
- A transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth
- The effect on rocks by temperature or water that breaks them apart
- The Boundary in which two plates are moving away from each other
- The transfer of heat from a hotter substance to a colder one
- The sliding down of rocks or dirt from a cliff or mountain
- A longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth
- A violent shaking of the ground, in result with the movement of plates
- A break between basement rock and coastal plane
- A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance
- A hypothetical supercontinent that included all current land masses, believed to have been in existence before the continents broke apart during the Triassic and Jurassic Periods
- The region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core, believed to consist of hot, dense silicate rocks
- A destructive mud flow on the slope of a volcano
- The point on Earth vertically above the focus
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- A map that shows both natural and manmade features
- The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of both the crust and upper mantle
- Sediment whose particles are larger than silt (typically greater than 0.06 mm)
- A plate boundary where two plates are sliding past each other
- Sediment whose particles are between clay and sand in size (typically 0.002–0.06 mm)
- A theory explaining the earth's crust, the plates, and their movements
- A German geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift
- The erosion or disintegration of rocks caused by chemical reactions
- A cavity in the ground, especially in limestone bedrock, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground
- A long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading
- A foliation parallel to the bedding
- The point inside the earth's crust where pressure is released
- Molten magma that has erupted out of a volcano
- The submerging of an area with water
- The breaking down of rocks
- A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall
- A mountain or hill with a crater where lava flows or had flowed
- A proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics
- A mass of snow and ice rapidly falling down a mountainside
- Sediment with particles smaller than silt, typically less than 0.00016 inch (0.004 mm)
42 Clues: The breaking down of rocks • A crack in the Earth's crust • A foliation parallel to the bedding • The submerging of an area with water • The point on Earth vertically above the focus • Molten magma that has erupted out of a volcano • A break between basement rock and coastal plane • A destructive mud flow on the slope of a volcano • ...
Disorders of the Nails 2024-03-18
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- Nail will appear pitted and/or have roughness on the surface
- Forward growth of living skin that adheres to the surface of the nail plate
- Nail plate develops an abnormal thickening in width, not length
- Variety of colors
- Whitish discoloration of the nails
- Abnormal brittleness of the nail plate
- Ingrown nail
- Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and falls off
- A small, hard flesh-colored or red lump under or beside the nail
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- Complete shedding of the nail plate, starting with a groove at the base of the nail
- Split cuticle around the nail
- Brown or black 'splinters' under the nail plate
- Bitten nails
- Dark purplish discoloration under nail
14 Clues: Bitten nails • Ingrown nail • Variety of colors • Split cuticle around the nail • Whitish discoloration of the nails • Dark purplish discoloration under nail • Abnormal brittleness of the nail plate • Brown or black 'splinters' under the nail plate • Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and falls off • Nail will appear pitted and/or have roughness on the surface • ...
Final Exam Revision Crossword 2022-05-31
22 Clues: atún • pollo • horno • freír • cortar • sartén • hervir • lavabo • hornear • bacalao • anguila • cangrejo • al vapor • la fresa • la cereza • el pelador • congelador • el rallador • a la parilla • the plate ____ pie and chips • the plate ____ of fish and chips • fish and chips is ______ mushy peas
APES Earth System and Resources Crossword 2023-05-09
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- solid crust, semi-solid mantle, liquid core, solid core
- percent of solar radiation reflected by a surface, dark surfaces have low
- a boundary where earth's tectonic plates move toward each other. This causes a collision or subduction. This will result in the formation of volcanoes and mountain ranges.
- the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
- the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
- the layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer; temperature increases as you go up
- the outermost shell of the atmosphere, between the mesosphere and outer space, where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
- plates move apart
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- boundaries the edges of tectonic plates.
- The water in the Eastern Pacific Ocean is cooler than usual-opposite from El Nino
- first layer of atmosphere. Contains weather, greenhouse gases (bad ozone).
- a weather pattern created by the warming of the waters off the west coast of South America, which pushes warm water and heavy rains toward the Americas and produces drought conditions in Australia and Asia.
- plate This is a tectonic plate that is a thinner, denser and heavier type
- This tectonic plate is thicker but lighter plate that makes up most continents
- a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
- the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases
- convection current in the atmosphere that cycles between the equator and 30° N and 30° S.
- the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
- Plates slide past each other
20 Clues: plates move apart • Plates slide past each other • boundaries the edges of tectonic plates. • solid crust, semi-solid mantle, liquid core, solid core • the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time • the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle • plate This is a tectonic plate that is a thinner, denser and heavier type • ...
3rd ch 2014-10-17
26 Clues: sick • farm • flag • fork • shark • queen • whale • glass • sugar • dirty • plate • guard • knife • butter • tomato • castle • cheese • garden • octopus • building • strawberry • countryside • traffic lights • (n) the first Celts. • (n) the capital of Wales • (n) the capital of England
Plate Tectonic 2013-11-19
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- Vibrations of the earth and its crust
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- A large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere
- Forming or belonging to a continent
- A sudden violent shaking of the ground
- a hardened layer, coating, or deposit on the surface of something usually soft.
- A large natural elevation of the earth's surface
- The rigid outer part of the earth
- To raise or elevate
- To change markedly the appearance or form
- Drawing apart from a common point or diverging
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- A deep furrow or ditch
- Relating to the ocean
- A curved chain of volcanic island
- The large-scale motions of Earth's lithosphere
- The upper layer of the earth's mantle
- A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust
- The act, condition, quality, or fact of converging
- A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another
- An edge and the area immediately adjacent to it
20 Clues: To raise or elevate • Relating to the ocean • A deep furrow or ditch • A curved chain of volcanic island • The rigid outer part of the earth • Forming or belonging to a continent • Vibrations of the earth and its crust • The upper layer of the earth's mantle • A sudden violent shaking of the ground • To change markedly the appearance or form • ...
Plate Tectonic 2014-04-01
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- Opening where magma flows out.
- To change inform,appearance or structure
- Energy released by an earthquake.
- Super continent.
- surrounds volcano opening.
- when rocks break they move.
- A large stable block of the earth crust forming the nucleus of a continent.
- Move up and down.
- Hot melted rock outside the earth.
- Broad with gentle slopes.
- Above focus.
- Tallest land forms on earth.
- Hot melted rock inside the earth.
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- Made from melted rock
- Theory.
- Move back and forth.
- Mid ocean ridge.
- A small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings.
- Sudden plate movement.
- Erups gases,ash, and lava.
- A long narrow ditch
21 Clues: Theory. • Above focus. • Super continent. • Mid ocean ridge. • Move up and down. • A long narrow ditch • Move back and forth. • Made from melted rock • Sudden plate movement. • Broad with gentle slopes. • surrounds volcano opening. • Erups gases,ash, and lava. • when rocks break they move. • Tallest land forms on earth. • Opening where magma flows out. • Energy released by an earthquake. • ...
Plate Tectonic 2015-05-05
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- This type of stress stretches rock.
- This scale measures the magnitude based on the size of the seismic waves.
- These carry energy from an earthquake, away from the focus, through Earth’s interior, and across the surface.
- This stress can cause rocks to slip.
- A violent movement caused by shifting of plate boundaries.
- What stress pushes rock together.
- This wave vibrates the ground side to side, as well up and down. It’s also called the secondary wave.
- A rift valley forms along this boundary.
- This wave makes the ground surface roll with a wavelike motion.
- This scale measures the damage of the earthquake.
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- This is recording on paper of the shaking motion of the earthquake.
- In this fault the hanging wall moves up the footwall.
- The study of earthquakes.
- This fault has the hanging wall slip down relative to the footwall.
- What boundary makes two continental plates collide forming a mountain range?
- An instrument that records seismic waves.
- What fault has rocks on either side that slip past each other?
- This boundary has to plates that slide past each other.
- When all the the continents were one land mass.
- This seismic wave compresses and expands the ground like an accordion.
20 Clues: The study of earthquakes. • What stress pushes rock together. • This type of stress stretches rock. • This stress can cause rocks to slip. • A rift valley forms along this boundary. • An instrument that records seismic waves. • When all the the continents were one land mass. • This scale measures the damage of the earthquake. • ...
Plate Tectonic 2014-10-01
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- clay and silt are this kind of particles
- outer core
- plates moving away from each other
- largest layer of the Earth
- plates that move towards each other
- upper mantle and crust
- plates that slide past each other
- chemical reaction of oxygen with other stuff
- compacted rock over time
- rocky part of the shore that sticks out
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- layer in which we live
- point inside Earth where quakes occur
- the point above the focus
- wearing away of rocks by wind and water
- underwater ridges
- p waves
- measures P and S waves
- earthquake location for a Tsunami to form
- rock made by the melting magma
- inner core
20 Clues: p waves • outer core • inner core • underwater ridges • layer in which we live • upper mantle and crust • measures P and S waves • compacted rock over time • the point above the focus • largest layer of the Earth • rock made by the melting magma • plates that slide past each other • plates moving away from each other • plates that move towards each other • ...
Plate Techtonics 2016-07-21
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- The 'n' or horseshoe shaped area where volcanic eruptions and earthquakes take places more commenly.
- One of the largest indefinite units of geological time
- A word used in terms with earthquakes and vibrations in the Earth's crust
- A bit of cold water from deep in the ocean that rises up to the surface waters
- A floating piece of ice that occurs on Earth
- A type of rock made of compacted sediments
- The process where one edge of a tectonic plate is force beneath that of another
- The force drawing the body away from it's rotaional point
- The layer of the Earth's surface that is made up of living organisms
- A type of rock made from a cooled liquid
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- A type of techtonic plate boundary where two plates are sliding towards eachother
- The process when the continents broke apart
- A part of ocianic crust or the upper mantle that has been pushed above sea level
- A rounded landform that protrudes from the Earth's surface
- A type of temperature change where the heated air becomes thin
- A type of techtonic plate boundary where two plates are moving away from eachother
- A regular occurance caused by the positions of the Sun and Moon around the Earth
- Something that happens when heated molecules move around
- A compound that contains silicon with anionic properties
- A type of rock made from any rock that undergoes great amounts of heat and pressure
- The landmass on Earth before continental drift
21 Clues: A type of rock made from a cooled liquid • A type of rock made of compacted sediments • The process when the continents broke apart • A floating piece of ice that occurs on Earth • The landmass on Earth before continental drift • One of the largest indefinite units of geological time • Something that happens when heated molecules move around • ...
Plate Motion 2021-09-21
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- the place where two plates meet
- Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- how often or fast something happens
- a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
- an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
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- any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
- moving apart in different directions
- the outside or top layer of something
- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- moving toward the same place
- a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
- one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
- something we observe to be similar over and over again
- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- hot liquid rock on the surface of Eart
- a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
21 Clues: moving toward the same place • the place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Eart • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • ...
Plate Motion 2022-10-24
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- the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
- hot liquid rock on the surface of earth
- earth's interior between the crust and the core innermost portion of the Earth
- the rigid outer part of the earth one of the 4 rocky planets that has biosphere
- rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere which together make up the earth's surface
- the outside or top layer of something
- any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land
- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet
- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- the sudden pushing out of something
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- evidence of life from the past
- tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
- a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's movements
- Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath soil and water
- a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
- occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
- the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
- any of the many processes in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out onto the surface of the Earth
- the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- very large expanse of sea
21 Clues: very large expanse of sea • evidence of life from the past • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • the sudden pushing out of something • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land • a feature that forms on the surface of a planet • ...
Plate Motion 2022-10-25
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- A feature that forms on the surface of a planet
- Where two plates meet
- Underwater mountain range formed at a divergent plate boundary
- A natural spring sending hot water and steam suddenly into the air
- The hottest layer of Earth
- Slow pulling apart of land caused by plate activity
- Hot Liquid rock below Earth's surface
- The landform formed at an underwater Convergent plate boundary
- To examine in detail for a purpose
- When Earth’s surface shakes
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- When two plates are moving towards each other
- The top layer of something
- When two plates are moving away from each other
- A diagram of the inside of something
- How fast something happens
- A set of interacting part forming a complex whole
- The sudden pushing of something
- The pieces making up Earth's outer layer
- Hot liquid rock on Earth's surface
- Earth’s main continuous areas of land
- The soft, solid layer of rock below Earth's plates
21 Clues: Where two plates meet • The top layer of something • How fast something happens • The hottest layer of Earth • When Earth’s surface shakes • The sudden pushing of something • Hot liquid rock on Earth's surface • To examine in detail for a purpose • A diagram of the inside of something • Hot Liquid rock below Earth's surface • Earth’s main continuous areas of land • ...
plate motion 2022-11-17
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- view or drawing that shows what the inside of something looks like after a cut has been made across it.
- tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
- plate:massive slab of solid Plate:geology the study of the structure of the earth's crust and mantle with reference to the theory that the earth's lithosphere is divided into large rigid blocks.
- an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath itrock made up of Earth's lithosphere (crust and upper mantle)
- all the Earth.
- used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake.
- measure of the size of an earthquake based on observation of the effects of the shock at the earth's surface.
- mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
- where two plates move away from each other
- the place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates.
- on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the underground point (called the focus) where fault rupture commences, producing an earthquake.
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- super massive wave
- or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
- boundary: A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
- a measurement of earthquakes.
- wave:shock waves in solid rock generated by earthquakes or underground explosions.
- drift:the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
- large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region.
- type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another.
- extremely hot center of Earth, another planet, or a star
- outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
- release of energy through the earth's crust in the form of seismic waves.
22 Clues: all the Earth. • super massive wave • a measurement of earthquakes. • mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. • outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • where two plates move away from each other • or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. • extremely hot center of Earth, another planet, or a star • used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake. • ...
Plate Motion 2022-11-19
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- a point at which rays of light or heat meet after being refracted or reflected.
- A sudden motion or trembling in the earth caused by the abrupt release of slowly accumulated energy.
- Two plates sliding past each other
- line graphs that show a sideways view of a landscape.
- Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
- plate gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
- a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
- the imprint left by the shell on the rock that surrounded it.
- an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
- a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
- the quality of being intense
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- occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
- drift. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
- a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
- an external coating or covering.
- the maximum extent of size and the direction of an object.
- (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance.
- waves caused by the sudden movement of materials within the Earth, such as slip along a fault during an earthquake.
- The point where two or more plates meet
- an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mold.
- A supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
- the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
- the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
- the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
24 Clues: the quality of being intense • an external coating or covering. • Two plates sliding past each other • The point where two or more plates meet • (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance. • line graphs that show a sideways view of a landscape. • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • ...
Plate Techtonicss 2017-01-31
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- Surface in which rocks break and move.
- powerful sea wave that can travel thousands of kilometers.
- Theory that continents drifted apart.
- A pulling force.
- Largest layer of the earth.
- Different sections that were broken off from the lithosphere.
- Rigid, outer most layer of the earth.
- Pulling apart.
- Original continent that later split into 7
- Remains or traces of a once living organism reserved by rock.
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- Grinding of plates.
- Area when the two plates collide and one goes on top of the other.
- Theory that magma from below the earths crust is forced upward towards the surface at
- Earths outer most layer
- Layer below the lithosphere
- Colliding of plates.
- Very dense, solid center of the
- Surface along which rocks break and move.
- Vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults.
- Liquid that surrounds the inner core.
20 Clues: Pulling apart. • A pulling force. • Grinding of plates. • Colliding of plates. • Earths outer most layer • Layer below the lithosphere • Largest layer of the earth. • Very dense, solid center of the • Theory that continents drifted apart. • Liquid that surrounds the inner core. • Rigid, outer most layer of the earth. • Surface in which rocks break and move. • ...
plate crossword 2017-10-17
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- the biggest layer of the earth
- when one plate goes back to the earth crust.
- pieces of earth crust diverge
- seams that ran along a mountain
- when sea floor is moving apart
- supercontinent
- the thinnest part of the earth
- the upper layer of the oceanic portion
- a mountain with lava
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- a pieces that are broken by cracks
- breaks into earth's crust when rock slip past each other
- boundary when two plates collide
- when plates slide past each other
- when the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons
- when plates move away
- a bone that got turned to rock
- drew map showing features of the ocean floor
- a scientist
- a theory why plate move
- device using sound wave
20 Clues: a scientist • supercontinent • a mountain with lava • when plates move away • a theory why plate move • device using sound wave • pieces of earth crust diverge • the biggest layer of the earth • a bone that got turned to rock • when sea floor is moving apart • the thinnest part of the earth • seams that ran along a mountain • boundary when two plates collide • ...
Plate Motion 2023-06-14
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- a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
- how often or fast something happens
- the place where two plates meet
- the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
- a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
- an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- moving apart in different directions
- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
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- Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
- a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
- a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
- something we observe to be similar over and over again
- one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
- the outside or top layer of something
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
- 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
- the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
- any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
- moving toward the same place
- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
26 Clues: moving toward the same place • the place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • ...
Plate Motion 2024-01-18
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- the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth's plates
- the second super continent that was made up of India, A
- an extinct reptile whose fossils were found on two different continents
- Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water.
- the German scientist who gave us the idea that the continents were one super continent
- an underwater microphone that records plate motion
- an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- the curator at the museum we've been assisting
- the location of the museum
- how often or fast something happens
- the number of signals it takes to calculate GPS positioning
- to move together
- scientist who works for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
- a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
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- something we observe to repeat over and over again
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
- a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
- the place where two plates meet
- to move apart
- this Mexican state sits on multiple plate boundaries (including: Cocos, North American, Pacific, and Rivera)
- one of the few places to have an on land mid ocean ridge
- another word for earthquake
- the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
25 Clues: to move apart • to move together • the location of the museum • another word for earthquake • the place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • how often or fast something happens • the curator at the museum we've been assisting • something we observe to repeat over and over again • ...
Plate tectonic 2023-09-27
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- The area where two tectonic plates meet
- the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart
- occurs at the mid ocean ridges
- the physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil
- this in the mantle causes plates to move
- The most outer solid portion of the planet Earth
- type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart
- When Two Continental plates collide and create
- The boundary where two plates collide
- crack or when the surface along rocks break
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- credited with the theory of Continental Drift
- Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt.
- The layer just below the lithosphere
- Supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago
- The deepest parts of the oceans.
- these are associated with transform boundaries
- layer of the Earth that is liquid
- Earths thickest layer
- When one tectonic plate moves underneath another one
- The boundary where two plates slide past one another
20 Clues: Earths thickest layer • occurs at the mid ocean ridges • The deepest parts of the oceans. • layer of the Earth that is liquid • The layer just below the lithosphere • The boundary where two plates collide • The area where two tectonic plates meet • this in the mantle causes plates to move • crack or when the surface along rocks break • ...
Plate motion 2023-11-01
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- an extinct reptile
- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet
- boundary the place where two plates meet
- something we observe to be similar
- moving toward each other
- layer Earths layer of hard solid rock
- the layer of soft solid rock
- the outside layer of something
- the sudden pushing of something
- natural spring
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- inside of an object
- an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something
- evidence from the past
- any of earth’s continuous areas of land
- Hot liquid rock
- underwater mountain range
- moving away from each other
- shaking of earths surface
- large section of hard solid rock
- how often or fast something happens
- the slow pulling apart of land
21 Clues: natural spring • Hot liquid rock • an extinct reptile • inside of an object • evidence from the past • moving toward each other • underwater mountain range • shaking of earths surface • moving away from each other • the layer of soft solid rock • the outside layer of something • the slow pulling apart of land • the sudden pushing of something • large section of hard solid rock • ...
plate tectonies 2023-11-21
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- a downward steep wall formed displacement
- a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
- a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth
- an opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape.
- a string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity
- the remains or traces of plants and animals that lived long ago
- the center of interest or activity.
- is a hot molten rock
- the great size or extent of something
- the force transmitted through a rope, string or wire when pulled
- the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter
- the action of compressing or being compressed.
- heat waves that are coming from the sun
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- molten rock that is underground
- two plates sliding down from each other
- is a hanging wall and a foot wall
- the outside part or uppermost layer
- it is a transverse waves
- mass of a unit volume of a material substance.
- the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance
- pressure or tension exerted on a material object.
21 Clues: is a hot molten rock • it is a transverse waves • molten rock that is underground • is a hanging wall and a foot wall • the outside part or uppermost layer • the center of interest or activity. • the great size or extent of something • two plates sliding down from each other • heat waves that are coming from the sun • a downward steep wall formed displacement • ...
Plate Motion 2023-10-11
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- An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- The sudden pushing out of something
- Something we observe to be similar over and over again
- The outside or top layer of something
- To examine in detail for a purpose
- 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
- Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
- An underwater mountain range formed when two plates moves apart
- An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
- Moving apart in different directions
- A natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
- how often or fast something happens
- A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
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- The place where two plates meet
- Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
- The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earths plates
- evidence of life from the past. such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- Any of Earth's main continuous area of land
- A feature that forms on the surface of a planet
- one of the very large section of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
- Moving toward the same place
- A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
- Hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- A sudden shaking of Earth's surface
- The slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
- A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
26 Clues: Moving toward the same place • The place where two plates meet • To examine in detail for a purpose • The sudden pushing out of something • A sudden shaking of Earth's surface • how often or fast something happens • Moving apart in different directions • The outside or top layer of something • Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • ...
Plate Motion 2024-09-06
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- a bunch of pieces that fit together or mystery
- a statement or answer to a scientific question that is based on data or observations
- an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- how often or fast something happens
- any of Earth's main continuous area of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
- moving toward the same place
- an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
- a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet
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- an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- something observe to be similar over and over again
- the place where two plates meet
- the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
- the outside or top layer of something
- a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
- any of the many processes (such as earthquakes and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash pushed out the surface of Earth
- Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water (crust)
- moving apart in different directions
- one large supercontinent
- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- one of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
23 Clues: one large supercontinent • moving toward the same place • the place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • a bunch of pieces that fit together or mystery • ...
Plate motion 2024-10-27
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- A long narrow ditch
- When two plates move together
- Above the asthenosphere
- This is when two plates are moving
- Above the mantle
- this happens when two plates move
- An underwater mountain range
- the movement of liquids or gasses
- When two plates move apart
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- Below the lithosphere
- The lower part of the mantle
- The core on the outside
- The core on the inside
- The upper part of the mantle
- The crust underneath the ocean
- What the earths layers are called
- There are seven of these
- Home to magma
- The moving of plates
- Under the crust
20 Clues: Home to magma • Under the crust • Above the mantle • A long narrow ditch • The moving of plates • Below the lithosphere • The core on the inside • The core on the outside • Above the asthenosphere • There are seven of these • When two plates move apart • The lower part of the mantle • The upper part of the mantle • An underwater mountain range • When two plates move together • ...
Plate Crossword 2024-10-28
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- earths continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
- An underwater range formed from divergent plates
- hot liquid rock below the surface of the earth
- layer of soft rock underneath earths crust
- a piece of hard solid material that varies in size shape, and color
- the place where to plates meet
- plates moving toward each other
- a continent right above North America
- to pick plates sliding past each other horizontally
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- along and then in the ocean floor formed from convergent plates
- a region of the USA that has 12 states
- the innermost part of the earth
- a very large section of hard rock that makes up earths outer layer
- hot magma that comes out of volcano
- a shaking of earths surface
- pushing something like lava from a volcano
- an opening in earths surface, where lava rocks and natural gas comes out.
- one of the 50 states in the USA that’s capital is st Paul
- plates moving apart in opposite directions
- Earths Outermost layer that is made of solid rock
20 Clues: a shaking of earths surface • the place where to plates meet • the innermost part of the earth • plates moving toward each other • hot magma that comes out of volcano • a continent right above North America • a region of the USA that has 12 states • layer of soft rock underneath earths crust • pushing something like lava from a volcano • ...
Plate tiontic 2024-10-24
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- The movement is in the ——————————
- The girl who helped the plate tectonic theory
- The plates move a couple ——————— per year
- the layer of soft solid rock underneath the plates
- The boy who helped the plate tectonic theory
- moves together
- who came up with the continental drift theory
- made out of hard solid rock made up of earths outer layer
- Are the plates still moving today
- the outer layer of earth
- a long indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates moved
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- When to plates move against each other
- a sudden shaking observe to be similar surface
- the body of water that surrounded super continent
- earth outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil
- the original name of the super continent
- to examine in for detail for a purpose
- a diagram that is showing what is inside of something look like
- moves apart
- something we observe to be similar over and over again
20 Clues: moves apart • moves together • the outer layer of earth • The movement is in the —————————— • Are the plates still moving today • When to plates move against each other • to examine in for detail for a purpose • the original name of the super continent • The plates move a couple ——————— per year • The boy who helped the plate tectonic theory • ...
Plate motion 2024-10-22
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- a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
- the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- A large section of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- any of the many processes in which lava gas and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth
- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
- when do water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- moving toward the same plate
- observed to be over and over again
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- The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
- the outside or top layer of something
- moving apart in different directions
- a shaking of earths surface
- made of hard solid rock
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- The place where two plates meet
- a diagram that shows what inside of something looks like
- A long deep indentation in the ocean floor
20 Clues: made of hard solid rock • a shaking of earths surface • moving toward the same plate • The place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • observed to be over and over again • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • A long deep indentation in the ocean floor • ...
Plate motion 2024-10-22
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- The place where two plates meet
- a diagram that shows what inside of something looks like
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
- a shaking of earths surface
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- A long deep indentation in the ocean floor
- made of hard solid rock
- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- moving toward the same plate
- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- the outside or top layer of something
- moving apart in different directions
- a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
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- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
- when do water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- observed to be over and over again
- the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
- A large section of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
- The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
- any of the many processes in which lava gas and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth
20 Clues: made of hard solid rock • a shaking of earths surface • moving toward the same plate • The place where two plates meet • observed to be over and over again • to examine in detail for a purpose • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • A long deep indentation in the ocean floor • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • ...
Plate motion 2024-10-25
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- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano.
- how often or fast something happens.
- an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
- the layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates.
- something we observe to be similar over and over again.
- moving apart in different directions.
- hot liquid rock below the surface of earth.
- earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water.
- one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up earths outer layer.
- the outside or top layer of something.
- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
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- any of the many processes in which has, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth.
- a hole in the earth that shoots hot water and steam into the air.
- a word for the USA and Asia and Africa and more.
- the place where two plates meet.
- moving toward the same place.
- to examine in detail for a purpose.
- an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see.
- a sudden shaking of earths surface.
- hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.
- a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune.
23 Clues: moving toward the same place. • the place where two plates meet. • to examine in detail for a purpose. • a sudden shaking of earths surface. • how often or fast something happens. • moving apart in different directions. • the outside or top layer of something. • hot liquid rock on the surface of earth. • hot liquid rock below the surface of earth. • ...
Plate Boundaries 2025-03-13
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- mountains formed by oceanic-continental
- continental crust collides with oceanic crust
- a boundary in which two plates move apart
- supercontinent containing all existing continents
- a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor
- divergent boundaries that may cause landmass to split into two or more segments
- occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range
- linear zones of irregular topography on deep-ocean floor
- elevated areas of sea floor characterized by high heat
- a boundary in which two plates move together
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- chain of volcanic islands generally located by oceanic-oceanic
- largest tectonic plate
- two oceanic slabs converge
- proposing Earth’s outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways
- hypothesis proposed by Harry Hess
- processes that deform Earth’s crust to create structural features
- Primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates
- continuous elevated zone on the floor of all major ocean basins
- hypothesis suggested all present continents once existed as one supercontinent
- a boundary in which two plates slide past one another
20 Clues: largest tectonic plate • two oceanic slabs converge • hypothesis proposed by Harry Hess • mountains formed by oceanic-continental • a boundary in which two plates move apart • a boundary in which two plates move together • continental crust collides with oceanic crust • a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor • occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range • ...
Tectonic Plate 2025-09-02
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- A broad, gently sloping volcano built up by many layers of runny lava, common in places like Hawaii.
- The force that squeezes or presses rocks together, often leading to folding and faulting.
- A repeated sequence of events, like the rock or water cycle, that returns to the starting point.
- The soft, semi-molten layer of the upper mantle beneath tectonic plates where convection currents help move the plates.
- The thin, outermost layer of the Earth that forms the continents and ocean floors.
- A giant sea wave caused by earthquakes, underwater volcanic eruptions, or landslides.
- A type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
- The solid, dense, iron-rich center of Earth, surrounded by the liquid outer core.
- Vibrations that travel through the Earth after a sudden release of energy, such as from an earthquake.
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- The rigid, outermost layer of the Earth, composed of the crust and the uppermost mantle, which is broken into tectonic plates.
- Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface that can erupt through volcanoes.
- A large landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, usually formed by tectonic forces or volcanism.
- The process where two tectonic plates move toward and smash into each other, causing mountains to form.
- A scientist who studies rocks, minerals, and the processes that shape the Earth.
- Type of plate boundary where plates move towards each other, often causing subduction and volcanic activity.
- An area of flat, elevated land that stands above the surrounding terrain.
- The wearing away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or ice.
- The third planet from the Sun and the only known planet to support life.
- A common, coarse-grained igneous rock found in continental crust.
- The preserved remains or traces of ancient plants or animals, typically found in sedimentary rock.
20 Clues: The wearing away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or ice. • A common, coarse-grained igneous rock found in continental crust. • The third planet from the Sun and the only known planet to support life. • An area of flat, elevated land that stands above the surrounding terrain. • Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface that can erupt through volcanoes. • ...
Plate motion 2025-10-16
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- – Crack where movement occurs
- – Ancient supercontinent
- – Semi-fluid layer below lithosphere
- – Earth’s innermost layer
- – Earth's outer shell
- – One plate sinks below another
- – Mid-ocean mountain chain
- – Plates sliding past
- – Plates moving together
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- – Molten rock below surface
- – Moving slab of lithosphere
- – Layer beneath the crust
- – Rigid outer part of Earth
- – Erupting mountain
- – Heat-driven mantle motion
- – Plates moving apart
- – Deep ocean valley
- – Oceanic crust surface
- – Edge between two plates
- – Ground shaking from movement
20 Clues: – Erupting mountain • – Deep ocean valley • – Earth's outer shell • – Plates moving apart • – Plates sliding past • – Oceanic crust surface • – Ancient supercontinent • – Plates moving together • – Layer beneath the crust • – Earth’s innermost layer • – Edge between two plates • – Mid-ocean mountain chain • – Molten rock below surface • – Rigid outer part of Earth • ...
Plate tectonic 2025-10-26
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- The man who came up with the continental drift theory.
- The crust that the continents are on.
- Vibrations that travel through earth.
- Crack in Earths crust where plates move.
- Gigantic ocean
- Areas covered by ocean water.
- Where convection currents are.
- A super continent.
- where two plates are moving in opposite directions as in a mid ocean ridge.
- The rigid rocky outer layer of earth.
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- Molten rock deep inside the earth.
- Solid and really heated metal.
- The point where the boundaries of three tectonic plates meet.
- When one plate moves under another.
- How seafloor is made and destroyed.
- A deep gash in the seafloor.
- Hot molten.
- The movement of material due to differences in temperature.
- Large sheets of slow moving ice.
- The shaking of earths ground.
20 Clues: Hot molten. • Gigantic ocean • A super continent. • A deep gash in the seafloor. • Areas covered by ocean water. • The shaking of earths ground. • Solid and really heated metal. • Where convection currents are. • Large sheets of slow moving ice. • Molten rock deep inside the earth. • When one plate moves under another. • How seafloor is made and destroyed. • ...
Volcano facts crossword puzzle 2025-02-14
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- a powdery residue left after the burning of a substance
- fire-born
- a long horseshoe-shaped seismically active belt of earthquake epicenters, volcanoes, and tectonic plate boundaries that fringes the Pacific basin
- a specific area where two tectonic plates meet
- a special class of mountains
- a large hole of hot magma rising from deep within the Earth
- Molten rock that is below the earth's surface
- a relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins
- a large volcano that erupted on the seafloor & emerged above sea level, occurring in ocean basins or ocean ridges
- a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano
- the rigid outer part of the earth that is found in the crust & upper mantle of earth
- a vent in the earth's crust were lava, ash & gases escape
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- an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean
- when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate & slides beneath it
- the upper layer of the earth's mantle that is below the lithosphere
- a destructive dense mass of very hot ash, lava fragments & gases that are ejected explosively from a volcano & flow downslope of great speed
- a thick part of the earth's crust that forms large landmasses its way older & more complex than the oceanic crust
- when plates move towards each other & collide
- a sudden motion or trembling in the earth caused by the release of slowly accumulated energy
- a hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano
20 Clues: fire-born • a special class of mountains • Molten rock that is below the earth's surface • when plates move towards each other & collide • a specific area where two tectonic plates meet • a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano • a hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano • a powdery residue left after the burning of a substance • ...
Tectonic Plates 2025-04-10
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- Solid, outer layer of the Earth
- Caused by a release of energy when plates grind across each other
- Place where two plates meet
- Produced by magma and gas rising from the mantle to the surface
- Plates moving towards each other
- More dense plate of crust
- Caused by continental plates colliding
- Deepest ocean trench in the world
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- One plate diving underneath another one
- Tallest mountain range in the world
- Caused by the low point above a subduction zone; ocean plate
- ________ of Continental Drift
- Plates sliding side-by-side
- One of the structures produced by sea floor spreading
- Plates moving away from each other
- Magma filled layer of the Earth under the crust
- Less dense plate of crust
17 Clues: Less dense plate of crust • More dense plate of crust • Plates sliding side-by-side • Place where two plates meet • ________ of Continental Drift • Solid, outer layer of the Earth • Plates moving towards each other • Deepest ocean trench in the world • Plates moving away from each other • Tallest mountain range in the world • Caused by continental plates colliding • ...
Volcanoes/Earthqaukes Crossword puzzle 2022-01-14
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- The process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges
- A weak spot in the middle of a tectonic plate where magma surfaces; forms a volcano (ex: Hawaii & Yellowstone)
- A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
- the theory that the lithosphere is broken up into large plates that move and then rejoin; considered the unifying theory of geology
- a series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone
- region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere
- A long trough bounded by two or more faults
- An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area
- a break in the earths crust
- A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
- rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations
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- A tectonic process thatresults when plates converge and one plate forces the other down into Earth's mantle. As a result, the subducted plate eventually undergoes partial melting
- a point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake
- a hole for the escape of gas, air, or liquid
- Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
- The idea is that continents have moved and are still moving slowly across the Earth's surface.
- the region where two tectonic plates are in contact
- The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
- A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
- Large movable segments of the lithosphere
- A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
21 Clues: a break in the earths crust • Large movable segments of the lithosphere • A long trough bounded by two or more faults • a hole for the escape of gas, air, or liquid • a series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone • the region where two tectonic plates are in contact • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • ...
Collagraph Printing: Useful Terms 2016-05-10
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- the actual picture made from the printmaking process
- the feel or appearance of a surface
- a device that applies pressure to a a sheet of paper and an inked printing plate
- ink is forced into lines on a plate and wiped from the flat surface. The lines are printed.
- a varnish used to seal a plate
- when lines are cut into a plate
- colouring material composed of a pigment, a binder and a vehicle
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- the process of designing and producing prints
- a printing plate built up by different materials and textures
- a raised design on a flat surface is printed onto paper
- the number of a print in an edition
- a flat material with a design on its surface, used to make prints
- making art by sticking materials to a surface
- a set of identical prints, numbered and signed
14 Clues: a varnish used to seal a plate • when lines are cut into a plate • the number of a print in an edition • the feel or appearance of a surface • the process of designing and producing prints • making art by sticking materials to a surface • a set of identical prints, numbered and signed • the actual picture made from the printmaking process • ...
Earth Science Unit 1 2025-03-23
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- Outermost layer of Earth
- Tectonic plates collide
- Tectonic plates slide past eachother
- mass/volume
- Earthquakes and volcanoes occur most at tectonic plate _____
- supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago
- the circular motion of magma in the mantle from varying temperatures and densities
- Earth layer made of solid metal
- Tectonic plates drift apart
- amount of space taken up
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- amount of particles
- Name for circular formation of earthquakes and volcanoes around the Pacific Plate
- the substance with the lower density will
- Type of tectonic plate/crust that is less dense and holds land
- protects the earth from solar radiation, and is formed from the outer core
- Type of tectonic plate/crust that is more dense and holds oceans
- the substance with the higher density will
- middle layer of earth made of magma
- Earth layer made of moving liquid metal
19 Clues: mass/volume • amount of particles • Tectonic plates collide • Outermost layer of Earth • amount of space taken up • Tectonic plates drift apart • Earth layer made of solid metal • middle layer of earth made of magma • Tectonic plates slide past eachother • Earth layer made of moving liquid metal • the substance with the lower density will • ...
Volcanoes 2024-09-24
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- fast-moving mudflow
- formed where two oceanic plates diverge
- collapsed volcanic chamber
- liquid's resistance to flow
- belt of volcanoes along edge of Pacific Plate
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- magma that flow onto Earth's surface
- wide, flat volcanoes
- zone where oceanic plate is forced below continental plate
- a mix of liquid rock, gas , and water formed in mantle
- boundary where plates move apart
- boundary where plates slide past one another
- boundary where plates collide
- valley form where two continental plate diverge
- small cone-shaped volcano made of ash and debris
- most common type of volcano
15 Clues: fast-moving mudflow • wide, flat volcanoes • collapsed volcanic chamber • most common type of volcano • liquid's resistance to flow • boundary where plates collide • boundary where plates move apart • magma that flow onto Earth's surface • formed where two oceanic plates diverge • boundary where plates slide past one another • belt of volcanoes along edge of Pacific Plate • ...
GRAER S Vocab Menu Project 2024-03-08
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- A plate boundary that has two plates sliding parallel to each other
- A land form caused by two oceanic plates at a divergent boundary
- The process of nature breaking land forms into sediment
- The heavier type of tectonic plate
- The lighter type of tectonic plate
- The process of nature moving sediment
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- A land form caused by two continental plates at a convergent boundary
- A plate boundary that has two plates sliding towards each other
- A process in which one tectonic plate slides under another
- The process of nature dropping sediment into new areas
- A plate boundary that has two plates sliding away from each other
- A deep ocean land form caused by a convergent boundary between a continental and an oceanic plate
12 Clues: The heavier type of tectonic plate • The lighter type of tectonic plate • The process of nature moving sediment • The process of nature dropping sediment into new areas • The process of nature breaking land forms into sediment • A process in which one tectonic plate slides under another • A plate boundary that has two plates sliding towards each other • ...
Chapter 10 Vocabulary 2022-01-25
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- abnormal condition that occurs hen the skin is stretched by the nail plate
- living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears
- hemorrhage caused by trauma of injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allow small amounts of blood flow
- whitish discolorations of the nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area
- blood clot forms under the nail plate, usually due to injuries to the nail bed
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- noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over free edge
- visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate
- split of brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail
- increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increased curvature of the matrix
- vertical depressions running across the nail plate
- shallower than beau's lines
- darkening of the fingernails or toenails
- a type of highly curved nail, usually caused by injury to the matrix
- result of a habit of chewing the nails or chewing the hardened skin surrounding the nail plate
14 Clues: shallower than beau's lines • darkening of the fingernails or toenails • vertical depressions running across the nail plate • living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears • a type of highly curved nail, usually caused by injury to the matrix • visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate • ...
American English 2024-08-25
30 Clues: tin • film • taxi • post • lift • torch • lorry • chips • sweet • queue • toilet • crisps • cooker • garden • rubber • petrol • jumper • autumn • holiday • biscuit • curtain • rubbish • football • trousers • wardrobe • motorway • pavement • underground • -floor = first floor • -plate = number plate
E&E Science - Plates and schist 2022-10-27
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- formed from ‘more liquid-y’ lava that flows further away from the eruption before it hardens; because of this, it has sides with a shallow, broad profile - you know, kinda like a shield
- -true or false- the sciences are by far the most interesting subjects you get to study in school
- process of one plate being smooshed up under another plate, and results in the oceanic crust of the bottom plate being recycled back down into the earth’s mantle
- theory explaining how lithospheric plates move around and smoosh into/under/away from each other and form the geologic features we see (such as mountains, sea trenches, volcanoes, continents and oceans)
- plate boundary where two plates are moving against each other
- this type of crust exists over the entire planet, including under continents, but we mainly think of it as the type of crust underneath oceans
- plate boundary where two plates are smooshing up against each other (i.e., the plates are converging)
- often formed at convergent boundaries where both plates have continental crust, and the two converging portions of continental crust push up against each other
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- a cone shaped volcano made up of layers of hardened lava, and the most common type of volcano
- plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other (i.e., the plates are diverging)
- caused by the sudden release of energy in the earth’s crust, and occur most frequently at plate boundaries
- occurs at divergent plate boundaries; results in an oceanic ridge where new oceanic crust is formed
- kind of like the opposite of an oceanic ridge (or ‘mid-ocean ridge’), it forms at convergent plate boundaries where oceanic crust is subducted back down into the mantle
- formed at weak spots in the earth’s crust, where magma is pushed up and out onto the earth’s surface
- outermost layer of the earth’s crust, it forms the continents and continental shelves and is less dense than oceanic crust
- dome shaped structure that builds up because thick lava flows out slow and hardens relatively quickly after it emerges, they are particularly common at convergent plate boundaries
- -true or false- the earth’s crust has varying thickness, ranging from approximately 10 km thick on the ocean floor, up to 70 km thick at Mount Everest
- a break or crack in the earth’s crust, often formed due to two plates smooshing against each other
18 Clues: plate boundary where two plates are moving against each other • a cone shaped volcano made up of layers of hardened lava, and the most common type of volcano • plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other (i.e., the plates are diverging) • -true or false- the sciences are by far the most interesting subjects you get to study in school • ...
Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries 2015-01-13
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- Violent trembling that occurs a lot at conservative plate margins
- The type of mountain created at a destructive plate margin, when two continental plates collide into each other and buckle
- The type of plate boundary/margin where plates slide along each other
- The type of crust on which most land is situated on
- The circular currents that occur below the Earth, which move the plates
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- The process by which the heavier oceanic plate sinks below a continental plate
- The type of plate boundary/margin where plates move away from each other
- Britain sits on this tectonic plate
- The layer of the Earth in which convection currents occur
- One of the secondary effects of an earthquake that occurs at sea
- The area where two or more plates meet; also known as a 'plate margin'
- The inner-most layer of the Earth
12 Clues: The inner-most layer of the Earth • Britain sits on this tectonic plate • The type of crust on which most land is situated on • The layer of the Earth in which convection currents occur • One of the secondary effects of an earthquake that occurs at sea • Violent trembling that occurs a lot at conservative plate margins • ...
plate tectonics chapter 5 lesson 1-5 2023-01-06
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- canyons that scientists call
- plates slip past each other along here
- what scientists called mountain ranges
- what wegener called the supercontinent
- the transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light
- wegeners idea that the the continents slowly moved over earths surface
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- heat transfer by the movement of a fluid
- a molten mixture of rock forming substances gases and water from the mantle
- a mountain that forms in earths crust when molten material or magma reaches the surface
- plates move apart or diverge from each other here
- a process that scientists call
- plates come together or converge here
- any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
- heat transfer between materials that are touching
- when magma reaches the surface
15 Clues: canyons that scientists call • a process that scientists call • when magma reaches the surface • plates come together or converge here • plates slip past each other along here • what scientists called mountain ranges • what wegener called the supercontinent • heat transfer by the movement of a fluid • plates move apart or diverge from each other here • ...
Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle By Siju John 2013-03-07
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- move apart.
- move on a plasticlike layer of the mantle
- The idea that the continents drift slowly with tectonic plates.
- convert or change.
- hot, less dense material below Earth's crust rises toward the surface at the mid-ocean ridge.
- rigid layer of Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle.
- the next layer of earth composed of iron and nickel
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- the innermost layer of earth composed or iron-nickel alloy.
- current in Earth's mantle that transfers heat inside earth and moves tectonic plates.
- Come together.
- lies beneath the crust.
- part of the upper layer of the mantle under the lithosphere.
- Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections
- exterior layer of earth of earth
- The theory that the plates used to be one piece.
15 Clues: move apart. • Come together. • convert or change. • lies beneath the crust. • exterior layer of earth of earth • move on a plasticlike layer of the mantle • The theory that the plates used to be one piece. • the next layer of earth composed of iron and nickel • rigid layer of Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle. • ...
The Restless Earth 2014-01-26
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- Sleeping volcano that can still erupt
- Type of volcano that forms at hot spots
- When the oceanic plate is forced beneath the continental plate into the mantle
- Plate margin where two plates move parallel to one another
- Landform that always forms above a subduction zone when magma from a melting plate rises
- Molten rock when it is underground
- A volcano that frequently erupts
- Magma when it reaches the earth's surface
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- Large pieces of the Earth's crust
- Plate margin where plates move apart
- The innermost part of the earth
- Trench Forms above a subduction zone where the plates converge
- The outermost part of the earth
- Earth's layer where convection currents occur
14 Clues: The innermost part of the earth • The outermost part of the earth • A volcano that frequently erupts • Large pieces of the Earth's crust • Molten rock when it is underground • Plate margin where plates move apart • Sleeping volcano that can still erupt • Type of volcano that forms at hot spots • Magma when it reaches the earth's surface • ...
The Restless Earth 2014-01-26
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- Large pieces of the Earth's crust
- Forms above a subduction zone where the plates converge
- Molten rock when it is underground
- Landform that always forms above a subduction zone when magma from a melting plate rises
- Plate margin where two plates move parallel to one another
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- When the oceanic plate is forced beneath the continental plate into the mantle
- Plate margin where plates move apart
- The innermost part of the earth
- Type of volcano that forms at hot spots
- Sleeping volcano that can still erupt
- Magma when it reaches the earth's surface
- A volcano that frequently erupts
- Earth's layer where convection currents occur
- The outermost part of the earth
14 Clues: The innermost part of the earth • The outermost part of the earth • A volcano that frequently erupts • Large pieces of the Earth's crust • Molten rock when it is underground • Plate margin where plates move apart • Sleeping volcano that can still erupt • Type of volcano that forms at hot spots • Magma when it reaches the earth's surface • ...
The Earth's Structure - Geography 2025-04-08
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- A massive wave caused by an earthquake.
- Outermost layer of the Earth - the surface.
- A large slab of the Earth's crust.
- PLate boundary when two plates slide by one another.
- When magma rises to the surface of the Earth through an opening in the crust.
- Circular movements in the mantle that move the plates.
- Shaking of the Earth's crust.
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- Molten/Semi-molten rock found in the mantle.
- When one plate sinks beneath another into the mantle.
- Plate boundary when two plates separate.
- What magma is called when it reaches the Earth's surface.
- Layer of molten rock found beneath the crust.
- Plate boundary when two plates collide.
- The centre of the Earth.
14 Clues: The centre of the Earth. • Shaking of the Earth's crust. • A large slab of the Earth's crust. • A massive wave caused by an earthquake. • Plate boundary when two plates collide. • Plate boundary when two plates separate. • Outermost layer of the Earth - the surface. • Molten/Semi-molten rock found in the mantle. • Layer of molten rock found beneath the crust. • ...
What a disaster! 2020-11-13
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- Second layer of the earth, molten rock.
- The edge of plates, where you tend to get earthquakes and volcanoes.
- machine for monitoring earth movements.
- Plate boundary where fold mountains like the Himalayas are formed.
- Type of volcano that is 'sleeping' but may erupt again in the future.
- Scale on which the strength of an earthquake is placed.
- Plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
- Machine for monitoring volcanoes.
- the inner core is made of this.
- Plate boundary where plates move alongside each other.
- type of volcano with gentle sides, that erupts with runny lava.
- Someone who studies volcanoes.
- abbreviation for countries that are not as well off.
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- Disease spread in water.
- Capital city of Haiti.
- World's largest concentration of earthquakes along the edge of the Pacific plate.
- Point beneath the earth's surface where the plates actually move in an earthquake.
- Type of crust which is permanent, older and less dense.
- Huge type of volcano beneath the ground that if it erupts, could cover up to 1000km away.
- Word that describes the strength of the earthquake.
- Point on the earth's surface where shockwaves are strongest and damage is worst.
- Includes things like toilets, clean running water etc.
- Plate boundary where you find mid-ocean trenches
- Name for the world when it was believed to be one large land mass.
- Smaller quakes after the main quake.
- large section of the earth's crust that floats on the mantle.
- Circular motions in the mantle that move the plates.
27 Clues: Capital city of Haiti. • Disease spread in water. • Someone who studies volcanoes. • the inner core is made of this. • Machine for monitoring volcanoes. • Smaller quakes after the main quake. • Second layer of the earth, molten rock. • machine for monitoring earth movements. • Plate boundary where you find mid-ocean trenches • ...
Nail Structure 2022-01-27
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- The natural nail is composed of this
- Hardened keratin plate that sit on the nail bed
- The name for the natural nail
- Dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate
- A tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bands or holds an organ in place
- A thin layer of tissue that connects the nail bed to the nail plate
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- Part of the nail that extends over the tip
- Portion of living skin that supports the nail plate
- The area where the nail plate cells are formed
- Living skin at the base of the natural nail plate
- Whitish, half-moon shape underneath the nail base
- Slightly thickened layer under the nail between fingertip and free-edge
12 Clues: The name for the natural nail • The natural nail is composed of this • Part of the nail that extends over the tip • The area where the nail plate cells are formed • Hardened keratin plate that sit on the nail bed • Living skin at the base of the natural nail plate • Whitish, half-moon shape underneath the nail base • Portion of living skin that supports the nail plate • ...
Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle 2023-10-23
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- Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
- This is the Hard solid/Soft solid rock underneath a plate boundary.
- A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
- An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
- The outside or top layer of something.
- A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
- Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
- Any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
- This Plate boundary happens when rock gets added on the edges of two plate.
- This plate boundary happens when One plate sinks under the other.
- The place where two plates meet.
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- Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) which gas and lava are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
- One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer.
- An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- Earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation outer and water layer.
- The sudden pushing out of something. Such as lava from a volcano.
- A sudden shake on earths surface.
- Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.
18 Clues: The place where two plates meet. • A sudden shake on earths surface. • The outside or top layer of something. • Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth. • Something we observe to be similar over and over again. • An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago • A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like. • ...
Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle 2023-10-18
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- Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
- The place where two plates meet.
- Earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation outer and water layer.
- The sudden pushing out of something. Such as lava from a volcano.
- A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
- A sudden shake on earths surface.
- Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.
- This Plate boundary happens when rock gets added on the edges of two plate.
- The outside or top layer of something.
- Any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
- This is the Hard solid/Soft solid rock underneath a plate boundary.
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- An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
- Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) which gas and lava are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
- A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
- An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago.
- Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
- This plate boundary happens when One plate sinks under the other.
- One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer.
18 Clues: The place where two plates meet. • A sudden shake on earths surface. • The outside or top layer of something. • Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth. • Something we observe to be similar over and over again. • An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago. • A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like. • ...
Hazards 2023-03-17
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- boundary of two plates moving past each other
- force created as plates move alongside each other
- the thicker, lighter type of plate
- cause of tectonic plate movement
- collision of an oceanic and continental plate
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- earthquake zone in california
- point at which two tectonic plates meet
- plate boundary of two plates moving apart
- point on the earths surface that an earthquake begins
- scale used to measure earthquakes
- volcano found at a destructive boundary
- volcano created at a constructive boundary
- large wave caused by an underwater earthquake
- the original one continent
- violent shaking of the ground
15 Clues: the original one continent • earthquake zone in california • violent shaking of the ground • cause of tectonic plate movement • scale used to measure earthquakes • the thicker, lighter type of plate • point at which two tectonic plates meet • volcano found at a destructive boundary • plate boundary of two plates moving apart • volcano created at a constructive boundary • ...
Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle 2023-10-18
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- This is the Hard solid/Soft solid rock underneath a plate boundary.
- A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
- This plate boundary happens when One plate sinks under the other.
- An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
- The place where two plates meet.
- Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
- A sudden shake on earths surface.
- Earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation outer and water layer.
- The sudden pushing out of something. Such as lava from a volcano.
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- A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
- Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) which gas and lava are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
- Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.
- The outside or top layer of something.
- One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer.
- Any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
- This Plate boundary happens when rock gets added on the edges of two plate.
- Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
17 Clues: The place where two plates meet. • A sudden shake on earths surface. • The outside or top layer of something. • Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth. • Something we observe to be similar over and over again. • A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like. • An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart. • ...
Unit 1 Vocabulary 2025-09-26
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- remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold cast in rock
- of cultural or historical interest made by people in the past
- four hemispheres are the Northern and Southern, divided by the equator, and the Eastern and Western hemispheres, divided by the prime meridian
- distance east or west of the prime meridian
- bridge- a narrow connection between two otherwise unconnected large land masses
- imaginary line drawn around Earth equally distant from both poles, dividing Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres and forming the 0o latitude line
- tectonics-a theory that proposes that Earth’s outer layer is made up of a series of plates that are continually moving
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- of Earth
- movement pf people from one place to another with the intentions of permanently settling in a new location
- period of time before written records
- scientific study of early humans through the analysis of ancient fossils, artifacts, monuments, etc.
- distance north or south of the equator
- to a particular place
- drift-the gradual movement of the continents across Earth’s surface through time
- meridian-an imaginary line drawn from the North to South pole, passing through Greenwich, England, dividing the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres and forming the 0o longitude line
- of people and territory ruled by another country/ government
16 Clues: of Earth • to a particular place • period of time before written records • distance north or south of the equator • distance east or west of the prime meridian • of people and territory ruled by another country/ government • of cultural or historical interest made by people in the past • bridge- a narrow connection between two otherwise unconnected large land masses • ...
Forces of Change 2022-10-26
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- core, The layer of the Earth which is liquid and thought to generate Earth’s magnetic field
- drift, The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart
- Scale, The common scale of earthquake measurement that describes the magnitude of an earthquake according to the amount of energy released, as recorded by seismographs
- weathering, Involves rock being broken into smaller pieces
- The layer of the Earth which is the middle section of the mantle that is a tar-like semi-liquid layer
- the rigid lower part of the mantle
- A scientist that studies the surface of the Earth and what it is made of
- plate boundary, The type of plate boundary in which plates remain side by side and slide past each other
- waves, Scientists use these to determine what the Earth’s interior looks like
- plate boundary, The type of plate boundary formed when plates collide
- Magnitude Scale, The favored method of measuring or an earthquake and produces a more accurate accounting of the total energy released by an earthquake
- plate boundary, The type of plate boundary in which plates move away from each other
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- Wegener, Developed the theory of continental drift after he noticed how Earth’s continents resembled pieces of a jigsaw puzzle
- waves, These seismic waves are the slowest and most damaging seismic waves
- arc, This is the result when two oceanic plates collide and form a curved line of islands
- weathering, When rock composition does change, as elements (e.g. acid rain) are either added or removed
- This is how an earthquakes strength is measured by the amount of energy it releases
- The layer of the Earth which includes the crust and mantle and is made up of rigid rock plates that “float” on the layers below it
- An instrument which measures and records the seismic waves which travel through the Earth during an earthquake
- waves, These are fast moving seismic waves
- The transporting of weathered material
- This is formed when an oceanic plate and a continental plate slide towards each other, the oceanic plate sinks below the continental plate
- This is the point at which an earthquake begins
- spreading, The process by which new seafloor is created by magma, from the asthenosphere, filling empty space when oceanic plates separate
- There are ___________ major landmasses
- The breaking down of rocks by water, ice, mild acids, plants, and temperature changes
- zone, The process that occurs when two tectonic plates meet at convergent boundaries, and one of the plates moves under the other one
- waves, These seismic waves arrive after primary waves, because they only travel through solid material
- core, The layer of the Earth which is solid, made of nickel and iron, and its dense center is under pressure
- This is the point on Earth’s surface above the focus
30 Clues: the rigid lower part of the mantle • The transporting of weathered material • There are ___________ major landmasses • waves, These are fast moving seismic waves • This is the point at which an earthquake begins • This is the point on Earth’s surface above the focus • weathering, Involves rock being broken into smaller pieces • ...
VOCABULARY UNIT 2 2021-11-21
Year 1 Spelling Crossword 2024-03-19
Forces of Change 2022-10-26
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- core, The layer of the Earth which is liquid and thought to generate Earth’s magnetic field
- drift, The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart
- Scale, The common scale of earthquake measurement that describes the magnitude of an earthquake according to the amount of energy released, as recorded by seismographs
- weathering, Involves rock being broken into smaller pieces
- The layer of the Earth which is the middle section of the mantle that is a tar-like semi-liquid layer
- the rigid lower part of the mantle
- A scientist that studies the surface of the Earth and what it is made of
- plate boundary, The type of plate boundary in which plates remain side by side and slide past each other
- waves, Scientists use these to determine what the Earth’s interior looks like
- plate boundary, The type of plate boundary formed when plates collide
- Magnitude Scale, The favored method of measuring or an earthquake and produces a more accurate accounting of the total energy released by an earthquake
- plate boundary, The type of plate boundary in which plates move away from each other
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- Wegener, Developed the theory of continental drift after he noticed how Earth’s continents resembled pieces of a jigsaw puzzle
- waves, These seismic waves are the slowest and most damaging seismic waves
- arc, This is the result when two oceanic plates collide and form a curved line of islands
- weathering, When rock composition does change, as elements (e.g. acid rain) are either added or removed
- This is how an earthquakes strength is measured by the amount of energy it releases
- The layer of the Earth which includes the crust and mantle and is made up of rigid rock plates that “float” on the layers below it
- An instrument which measures and records the seismic waves which travel through the Earth during an earthquake
- waves, These are fast moving seismic waves
- The transporting of weathered material
- This is formed when an oceanic plate and a continental plate slide towards each other, the oceanic plate sinks below the continental plate
- This is the point at which an earthquake begins
- spreading, The process by which new seafloor is created by magma, from the asthenosphere, filling empty space when oceanic plates separate
- There are ___________ major landmasses
- The breaking down of rocks by water, ice, mild acids, plants, and temperature changes
- zone, The process that occurs when two tectonic plates meet at convergent boundaries, and one of the plates moves under the other one
- waves, These seismic waves arrive after primary waves, because they only travel through solid material
- core, The layer of the Earth which is solid, made of nickel and iron, and its dense center is under pressure
- This is the point on Earth’s surface above the focus
30 Clues: the rigid lower part of the mantle • The transporting of weathered material • There are ___________ major landmasses • waves, These are fast moving seismic waves • This is the point at which an earthquake begins • This is the point on Earth’s surface above the focus • weathering, Involves rock being broken into smaller pieces • ...
Tectonic plates and the geosphere 2024-01-09
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- gooey melted rock that is under the lithosphere
- heat transfer in the asthenosphere through the movement of either liquid or gas.
- an opening in which material removal forms a narrow opening in the ground.
- Boundaries the border between two plates
- consequences of plate movement
- a line that is a volcano (a crack in the earth that lava comes out of.
- a mountain that lava spews out of.
- 2 plate boundaries moving side to side and scraping against each other
- innermost layer of the earth
- plates that move towards each other
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- a particular hot spot that liquifies the lithosphere and makes a volcano
- a break in the earth's crust and where 2 plates meet
- plates that move away from each other
- The solid top most layer of earth. It includes the crust and the upper mantle. it is the ______ sphere
- a continental and oceanic plate collide and the oceanic plate goes under the other
- solid outermost layer of the earth. the crust is subdivided into the continental crust (dry land) and the oceanic crust (the wet crust)
- 2 plates smooshing together
- tectonic plates shaking
- mantle the thin uppermost part of the mantle. It is solid.
- liquid metal and rock (iron and nickel)
20 Clues: tectonic plates shaking • 2 plates smooshing together • innermost layer of the earth • consequences of plate movement • a mountain that lava spews out of. • plates that move towards each other • plates that move away from each other • liquid metal and rock (iron and nickel) • Boundaries the border between two plates • gooey melted rock that is under the lithosphere • ...
Plate Tectontics / Faults Crossword Puzzle by Mollie Garris 2024-09-28
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- Secondary waves cannot move through _______________.
- A theory stating that the earth's surface is _______ into plates that move.
- _________ _________occurs when rocks push together until they force a section of rock upward.
- Scientist believe that the Earth is made up of _______ that float on the partly melted rock of Earth's mantle.
- The ________ where two tectonic plates are in contact is a plate boundary.
- Reverse plate boundaries push __________ forcing rock upward.
- _______ _________occurs when rocks move apart, a section of rock may fall between the separating rocks.
- Faults are __________ in the earth's surface along which rock can move.
- Breaks in the earth's surface along which _______ can move.
- Primary waves can move through both __________ and liquids.
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- _________ ____________move quickly.
- A _________________ is used to detect, time, and measure the movements of the earth.
- another name for a reverse fault.
- Strike-slip plate boundaries move ________ past each other.
- Primary waves travel in a _________ path.
- Large pieces that float on the partly melted rock in the earth's mantle.
- ________ _ _______ ________ occurs as rocks move horizontally past each other.
- ___________ wave moves slowly.
- Normal plate boundaries move apart forming a ________.
- The crust and the top part of the mantle are broken into giant pieces of rock called __________ __________.
- Secondary waves travel in a up and ________ zigzag motion.
21 Clues: ___________ wave moves slowly. • another name for a reverse fault. • _________ ____________move quickly. • Primary waves travel in a _________ path. • Secondary waves cannot move through _______________. • Normal plate boundaries move apart forming a ________. • Secondary waves travel in a up and ________ zigzag motion. • ...
Hibok-Hibok crossword 2025-02-14
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- Rock formed form cooled molten magma or lava.
- A landform that erupts built-up magma.
- A dense, destructive mass of very hot ash, lava fragments, and gases ejected explosively.
- The Earth's crust that is found under the oceans.
- A spot in the asthenosphere that is very hot.
- A mountain that is formed from a continental-oceanic convergent plate boundary.
- Melted rock below ground.
- The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is flow convection currents.
- A sudden shaking of the ground, as a result of movements within the earth's crust.
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- An island with a volcano origan.
- A plate boundary where the plates are crashing into each other.
- The downward movement of a tectonic plate into the mantle.
- A place in the lithosphere where two tectonic plates meet.
- The Earth's crust that makes up the planet's continents.
- The Pacific plate is the tectonic plate that covers most of the Pacific Ocean and is moving northwest.
- Mixtures of water, volcanic ash, tephra, rock fragments, and chunks of ice that can flow.
- The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
- A path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.
- The hard rocky layer of the earth's crust.
- Melted rock above ground.
20 Clues: Melted rock below ground. • Melted rock above ground. • An island with a volcano origan. • A landform that erupts built-up magma. • The hard rocky layer of the earth's crust. • Rock formed form cooled molten magma or lava. • A spot in the asthenosphere that is very hot. • The Earth's crust that is found under the oceans. • ...
Food, drinks and containers 2023-04-04
Tectonic Plates 2021-04-20
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- piece of land poking above the ocean
- layer upon which tectonic plates move
- the layer below the crust
- shaking of the ground that occurs when plates move
- magma from melted plates produces these
- plate boundary that pushes together
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- plate boundary that scrapes past each other
- uppermost layer of earth
- layer that includes the crust and very upper mantle
- plate boundary that pulls apart
- deep points in the ocean where plates push down
- light crust that makes up land masses
- system of broken crust pieces moving
- process of a plate being pushed under another and melting
- molten rock from melting plates
- dense crust under the ocean
16 Clues: uppermost layer of earth • the layer below the crust • dense crust under the ocean • plate boundary that pulls apart • molten rock from melting plates • plate boundary that pushes together • piece of land poking above the ocean • system of broken crust pieces moving • light crust that makes up land masses • layer upon which tectonic plates move • ...
Earth's Interior 2017-04-07
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- the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere
- layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface
- hot solid material between earth's crust and core
- pieces of earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
- a layer of molten iron and nickel
- trace of an ancient organism
- plate boundary where two plates move from each other
- transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another
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- wave of energy that travels
- plate boundary where two plates move to each other
- transfer of heat by movement
- rigid layer
- dense sphere of solid iron and nickel
- plate boundary where two plates move past each other
- the continents slowly move across earth's surface
- single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
- soft layer
- break in earth's crust
18 Clues: soft layer • rigid layer • break in earth's crust • wave of energy that travels • transfer of heat by movement • trace of an ancient organism • a layer of molten iron and nickel • dense sphere of solid iron and nickel • layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface • hot solid material between earth's crust and core • the continents slowly move across earth's surface • ...
Chapter 7 2021-10-13
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- ridge The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans are called mid-ocean ridges.
- spreading Seafloor spreading is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
- tectonics states that earths surface is made of rigid slabs of rock or plants that move with respect to each other.
- polarity-a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south.
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- drift Wegener proposed the hypothesis of continental drift, which suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth.
- polarity normal polarity- a state in which magnetized objects, such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north.
- He proposed that all the continents were once part of a supercontinent called Pangaea.
- reversal occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction
8 Clues: reversal occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction • ridge The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans are called mid-ocean ridges. • He proposed that all the continents were once part of a supercontinent called Pangaea. • polarity-a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south. • ...
Tectonics Crossword 2013-09-26
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- Boundaries with plates that move apart.
- The heaviest type of plate.
- The lightest type of plate.
- The first continent that was all continents put together.
- The smallest layer of the Earth.
- Earthquakes can cause these tidal effects.
- The largest layer of the Earth.
- Crystals that are large have cooled...
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- This material is formed from slow cooling rock.
- Crystals that are small have cooled...
- These explosive features are created by convergent and divergent plate boundaries.
- Boundaries with plates that push into one another.
- Plates moving cause these vibrations.
- Plates that slide side by side.
- Magma above the ground.
- What is the crust split up into.
- This material is formed from fast cooling rock.
17 Clues: Magma above the ground. • The heaviest type of plate. • The lightest type of plate. • Plates that slide side by side. • The largest layer of the Earth. • What is the crust split up into. • The smallest layer of the Earth. • Plates moving cause these vibrations. • Crystals that are small have cooled... • Crystals that are large have cooled... • ...
plate tectonic 2021-06-17
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- sideways or downward movement of tectonic plates
- rigid, outermost shell of a terrestrial-type planet
- a person who studies the properties of the earth
- A microscopic single-celled plan
- An instrument that detects Earth motions.
- a common type of carbonate sedimentary rock
- a natural science about the earth
- A vertical section of water from the surface to the bottom of a body of water.
- A measure of the strength of an earthquake.
- sample of sediment
- period during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land
- An extremely fine-grained sedimentary rock
- seven massive plates
- fine-grained extrusive igneous rock
- Said of sediments disturbed by organisms.
- scientist that formulates the theory of tectonic plates
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- outer layer of the earth
- coarse-grained igneous rock
- device that measures the speed and direction of ocean currents.
- An apparatus used to take sections of sediment from the seafloor
- liquid layer of the earth
- solidified lava
- mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
- hot liquid
- Aquatic animals, mostly microscopic, that have a planktonic lifestyle.
- the system to measure the strength of an earthquake
- A gravitational sea wave
- a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
- process in which plants make organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water using the energy of sunlight
- The horizontal or vertical flow of water
- solid layer of the earth
31 Clues: hot liquid • solidified lava • sample of sediment • seven massive plates • outer layer of the earth • A gravitational sea wave • solid layer of the earth • liquid layer of the earth • coarse-grained igneous rock • A microscopic single-celled plan • a natural science about the earth • fine-grained extrusive igneous rock • mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior • ...
Plate Tectonic 2022-10-11
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- makes minerals.
- Something that is big
- Earths ____ separates sometimes.
- things that changeover are ___.
- how many major plates are there?
- Area shakes in certain place.
- Most are at the bottom of the oceans.
- Storie that not everyone agrees with.
- If you are outside find shade.
- plotting the locations of earthquakes.
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- created by humans.
- The cracks will get bigger.
- Make force.
- Study’s and finds important information.
- Shifts throughout the time.
- Have life to live in.
- A place
- solid that turns into liquid.
- Outer most shell.
- Moves a lot.
20 Clues: A place • Make force. • Moves a lot. • makes minerals. • Outer most shell. • created by humans. • Something that is big • Have life to live in. • The cracks will get bigger. • Shifts throughout the time. • Area shakes in certain place. • solid that turns into liquid. • If you are outside find shade. • things that changeover are ___. • Earths ____ separates sometimes. • ...
plate motion 2022-11-17
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- drift:the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
- type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another.
- extremely hot center of Earth, another planet, or a star
- on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the underground point (called the focus) where fault rupture commences, producing an earthquake.
- release of energy through the earth's crust in the form of seismic waves.
- where two plates move away from each other
- a measurement of earthquakes.
- boundary: A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
- mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
- the place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates.
- an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
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- used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake.
- view or drawing that shows what the inside of something looks like after a cut has been made across it.
- all the Earth.
- large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region.
- the study of the structure of the earth's crust and mantle with reference to the theory that the earth's lithosphere is divided into large rigid blocks.
- measure of the size of an earthquake based on observation of the effects of the shock at the earth's surface.
- tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
- or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
- plate:massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere (crust and upper mantle)
- outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
- super massive wave
- wave:shock waves in solid rock generated by earthquakes or underground explosions.
23 Clues: all the Earth. • super massive wave • a measurement of earthquakes. • mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. • outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • where two plates move away from each other • or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. • extremely hot center of Earth, another planet, or a star • used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake. • ...
My Plate 2023-02-17
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- Kidney ___
- Known as greens
- Some people have a ___ allergy and can’t consume it
- Opposite of vegetables
- smaller section
- Used in making wraps
- Helps maintain healthy bones and teeth
- This helps carry oxygen throughout your body
- Idaho mainly grows them
- maintain healthy blood sugar
- Your body needs these to thrive
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- Swiss is a kind of ___
- Smaller types of beans and starts with L
- referred to as “the sunshine vitamin”
- Have hard shells on the outside
- have many variations popular is Granny smith
- One way that people with dairy allergies get their nutrients
- Chickens lay these
- Mostly meat contains this
- Keeps eyes and skin healthy
- Orange vegetable that is crunchy
- Heals cuts and wounds
- Orange with hard shell
- Small green vegetables in a pod
- Cows produce this
25 Clues: Kidney ___ • Known as greens • smaller section • Cows produce this • Chickens lay these • Used in making wraps • Heals cuts and wounds • Swiss is a kind of ___ • Opposite of vegetables • Orange with hard shell • Idaho mainly grows them • Mostly meat contains this • Keeps eyes and skin healthy • maintain healthy blood sugar • Have hard shells on the outside • Small green vegetables in a pod • ...
Plate Techtonics 2012-12-17
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- rock that changes shape
- layer of very hot rock
- stress that pushes rock in two different directions
- heat through two objects that are touching
- good tested concept
- who first discovered Continental Drift
- breaks the Earth’s crust where the rocks has slipped past each other
- a supercontinent discover by Wagener
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- force that pulls on crust
- metals like iron and nickel
- energy that travels through space
- ocean crust plunging below continental crust
- a thing that bounces waves off of under water objects
- a ball of solid metal Crust earths outer skin
- force that squeezes rock together
- layer of molten metal
- any trace of something in preserved rock
- occurs at deep valleys shaped like a V
- caused from the heat from the core
- like an egg shell that is broken into different parts
20 Clues: good tested concept • layer of molten metal • layer of very hot rock • rock that changes shape • force that pulls on crust • metals like iron and nickel • energy that travels through space • force that squeezes rock together • caused from the heat from the core • a supercontinent discover by Wagener • occurs at deep valleys shaped like a V • who first discovered Continental Drift • ...
plate tectonic 2013-03-03
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- magma once it has erupted onto the earths surface.
- a vent in the surface of earth through which nagma erupts.
- a weak point in the earths crust.
- used to measure the strength of an earthquake.
- a region in which earthquakes.
- the place where two or more plates in the earth crust meet.
- the maximum height of a wave crest or depth of a trough.
- an isstrument that records the motions of the earth.
- earthquake activity.
- the opening of the earth.
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- a measure of the strength of an earthquake.
- the innermost layers of the earth.
- a scientist who studies earthquakes.
- huge sea waves caused by earthquake.
- huge section which makes up the earths crust.
- movement of soil and rock downhill
- the point on the earths surface.
- shaking of the earth.
- volcanic rock.
- the thin outer layer of the earths surface.
20 Clues: volcanic rock. • earthquake activity. • shaking of the earth. • the opening of the earth. • a region in which earthquakes. • the point on the earths surface. • a weak point in the earths crust. • the innermost layers of the earth. • movement of soil and rock downhill • a scientist who studies earthquakes. • huge sea waves caused by earthquake. • ...
Plate Tectonic 2013-04-10
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- Valley when continental crust begins to separate, the stretched crust forms a long narrow depression
- Boundary two tectonic plates are moving toward each other
- Boundary a region where two plates slide horizontally past each other, crust is neither destroyed nor formed
- basalt rock of sea floor records changing of earth’s magnetic field
- He knew that the continents moved but, did not show how they continents moved.
- the study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock, specifically relating to the reversals of Earth's magnetic poles
- Boundary regions where two tectonic plates are moving apart. Most are found along the seafloor in rift valleys
- the outer layer of the Earth
- Spreading the theory that explains how new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches
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- an imaginary line on a map that shows points that have the same age
- Arc as oceanic crust of the sinking plate melts, magma rises through the top plate, over time the flows build up a series of islands
- Drift continents can move away from each other and have done so in the past.
- The zone of the mantle beneath the lithosphere that consists of slowly flowing solid rock
- Reversal process in which Earth's north and south magnetic poles have switched places many times throughout Earth's history
- Push the process when the older portion of the seafloor sinks and the weight of the uplifted ridge is thought to push the oceanic plate toward the trench formed at the subduction zone
- the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
- All lands named for super continent.
- the process when two plates collide and the denser plate, eventually descends below the other, less-dense plate, three types are oceanic-oceanic, oceanic-continental and continental-continental
- long, narrow ditch.
- Pull the weight of a subducting plate pulls the trailing slab into the subduction zone much like a table cloth slipping off the table can pull articles off with it
20 Clues: long, narrow ditch. • the outer layer of the Earth • All lands named for super continent. • Boundary two tectonic plates are moving toward each other • an imaginary line on a map that shows points that have the same age • basalt rock of sea floor records changing of earth’s magnetic field • the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle • ...
Plate Tetonics 2014-02-28
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- any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
- layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
- when magma reaches the surface
- a fold in rock that bends upward into an arch
- the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
- stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
- is a rock that usually is a light color and has a coarse texture
- stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
- a device that records ground movement caused by seismic waves as they move through earth
- a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
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- a fold in rock that bends downward to form a valley
- the molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
- a weak spot in the crust where molten material, or magma, comes o the surface
- an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
- a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor
- a fountain of water and steam the erupts from the ground
- stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions
- a huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain
- a layer of hot rock in the earth's interior
- supercontinent
20 Clues: supercontinent • when magma reaches the surface • layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin • a layer of hot rock in the earth's interior • a fold in rock that bends upward into an arch • stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • a fold in rock that bends downward to form a valley • a huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain • ...
Plate Tectonic 2015-01-26
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- where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.
- It is a layer at the top of the Earth's surface.
- where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.
- The weight of a subducting plate helps pull the trailing lithosphere into subduction zone.
- Study of Earth's magnetic record using data gathered from iron-bearing minerals in rocks.
- a series of vibration induced in the Earth's cru
- The weight of the uplifted ridge is thought to push an oceanic plate toward the trench formed at the subduction zone.
- Hess's theory that new ocean crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches
- It is the rigid, outermost shell of a rocky planet
- process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate.
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- Changes in Earth's magnetic field over geologic time.
- a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled
- States that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into plates.
- It is a layer under the crust.
- Wegener's hypothesis that Earth's continents were joined as a single land mass about 200 million years ago.
- Line on a map that connects points of the same age.
- Device used to map the ocean floor that detects small changes in magnetic fields.
- A person who introduced a plate tectonic theory.
- Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart about 200 million years ago.
- It is hot regions of Earth's mantle where high-temperature plumes of mantle material rise toward the surface.
20 Clues: It is a layer under the crust. • It is a layer at the top of the Earth's surface. • A person who introduced a plate tectonic theory. • a series of vibration induced in the Earth's cru • It is the rigid, outermost shell of a rocky planet • Line on a map that connects points of the same age. • Changes in Earth's magnetic field over geologic time. • ...
Plate tectonicts 2016-01-04
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- the outer most layer of the earth it's what we live on
- a plastic like layer that is weak
- the second layer of the earth and the biggest
- what is made of basalt
- a ridged layer made up of the uppermost mantel and crust
- plates moving away
- what happens when two plates collide
- What continental plates are made of
- breaks in the crust
- the scientist that got the idea of continental dift
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- the outer layer of the center of the earth
- what can come from any plate boundary
- what is made of granite
- what happens when theres subduction
- what happens when oceanic plates and continental plates collide
- what oceanic plates are made of
- What is the center of the earth
- what happens when two plates slide past each other
- a ring that is bordered with volcanos
- what is a super continent called
20 Clues: plates moving away • breaks in the crust • what is made of basalt • what is made of granite • what oceanic plates are made of • What is the center of the earth • what is a super continent called • a plastic like layer that is weak • what happens when theres subduction • What continental plates are made of • what happens when two plates collide • ...
Plate Tetonics 2016-05-24
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- when oceanic plates diverge and magma rises through the crust and forms new crust
- A deep valley along the ocean floor
- the theory that the continents have drifted away from each other
- the original super continent
- the process in which 2 plates are diverging forming new crust along the Mid Atlantic ridge
- plates situated throughout the lithosphere
- Molten rock
- when 2 continental plates slide horizontally past each other
- Soft layer of the mantle
- when 2 continental plates collide with each other
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- Outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
- The longest mid ocean ridge on the planet
- Usually near tectonic plates a tremor in the Earths surface
- when 2 plates collide with each other
- Came up with the theory of Continental Drift
- fractures in the earths crust
- formed when 2 continental plates diverge
- Line of volcanic islands formed by plates colliding and one plate sliding under the other
- when 2 plates diverge from each other
- when an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate
20 Clues: Molten rock • Soft layer of the mantle • the original super continent • fractures in the earths crust • Outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • A deep valley along the ocean floor • when 2 plates collide with each other • when 2 plates diverge from each other • formed when 2 continental plates diverge • The longest mid ocean ridge on the planet • ...
plate tectionces 2017-10-17
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- mostly iron
- system mesurement
- the crust and upper mantle
- a type of rock
- to strech
- oceanic trench
- geologic faults
- soild ball of hot iron and nickel
- geologic process
- bad jugement
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- scientist
- interdepent elements
- is more then two thousand miles thick
- move across the eaths surface
- supercontint
- comboined with three types of rocks
- is usually mass
- a rock
- doing something active
- dark color rock
20 Clues: a rock • scientist • to strech • mostly iron • supercontint • bad jugement • a type of rock • oceanic trench • is usually mass • geologic faults • dark color rock • geologic process • system mesurement • interdepent elements • doing something active • the crust and upper mantle • move across the eaths surface • soild ball of hot iron and nickel • comboined with three types of rocks • ...
plate tect 2017-10-18
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- supercontinent
- geologic faults
- is usually mass
- combined with three types of rocks
- interdependent elements
- system measurement
- oceanic trench
- doing something active
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- dark color rock
- move across the earth's surface
- the crust and upper mantle
- bad judgement
- a type of rock
- a rock
- to stretch
- geologic process
- is more than two thousand miles thick
- solid ball of hot iron and nickel
- mostly iron
- scientist
20 Clues: a rock • scientist • to stretch • mostly iron • bad judgement • supercontinent • a type of rock • oceanic trench • dark color rock • geologic faults • is usually mass • geologic process • system measurement • doing something active • interdependent elements • the crust and upper mantle • move across the earth's surface • solid ball of hot iron and nickel • combined with three types of rocks • ...
Plate Techonics 2023-11-20
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- A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean.
- A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
- The molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gasses, and water from the mantle.
- The hypotheies that the continents slowly move arcoss Eaths surface.
- The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
- A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the astenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
- The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deepocean trench and back intp the mantle at a conveergent plate boundary.
- A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
- A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
- The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.
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- An undersea mountain chain where new oean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under th ocean.
- A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
- The prreserved remains or traces of an organism that lives in the past.
- The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
- A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
- A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface.
- A string of volcanoes that form as the result of subduction of one oceanic plate beneath a second oceanic plate.
- A break in Eaths crust along which rocks move.
- The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
- An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it.
- The measurement of how much mass of a substance is containce in a given volume.
- The theory that pieces of Earths lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
- The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 millon years ago and gave rise to today's continents.
- Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
24 Clues: A break in Eaths crust along which rocks move. • The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves. • Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks. • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean. • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • ...
Plate Motion 2023-11-10
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- layer: Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation,
- a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
- or easier to see
- any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
- the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
- something we observe to be similar over and over again
- the outside or top layer of something
- ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
- an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- moving toward the same place
- an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it
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- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- moving apart in different directions
- how often or fast something happens
- boundary: the place where two plates meet
- ridge: an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
- a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- section: a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
- activity: any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava,
- a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
- the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
- a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
- water
29 Clues: water • or easier to see • moving toward the same place • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • boundary: the place where two plates meet • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • ...
Plate Teutonic 2023-11-15
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- A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
- a measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance
- the shaking and trembling that results from movement in rock below earths surface
- A transfer of heat is occurring in Earth's mantle. Which of the following would best describe this process?
- japan and New Zealand are examples of strings of volcanic islands know as___
- seismic waves that move side to side
- Tectonic plate movements are generally measured in ___ per year
- The transfer of energy that is carried in rays
- reaches the surface
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- Heat transfer between materials that are touching are called ___
- On the ocean floor, rocks are youngest near a
- A volcano is a(n) ___ that forms in Earths crust when molten
- the area between below earths surface where rock that was under stress begins to break or move
- Yellowstone National Park marks the location of a huge ____
- the point on the surface directly above the focus
- volcanoes form along the mid-ocean ridges where two plates move ___
- Earth’s magnetic field results from movement of the material in the
- seismic waves that compress and expand ground
- waves move more slowly than S and P waves
- Old oceanic crust is denser than new oceanic crust because it is
20 Clues: reaches the surface • seismic waves that move side to side • waves move more slowly than S and P waves • On the ocean floor, rocks are youngest near a • seismic waves that compress and expand ground • The transfer of energy that is carried in rays • the point on the surface directly above the focus • Yellowstone National Park marks the location of a huge ____ • ...
Plate Teutonic 2023-11-15
Across
- A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
- a measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance
- the shaking and trembling that results from movement in rock below earths surface
- A transfer of heat is occurring in Earth's mantle. Which of the following would best describe this process?
- japan and New Zealand are examples of strings of volcanic islands know as___
- seismic waves that move side to side
- Tectonic plate movements are generally measured in ___ per year
- The transfer of energy that is carried in rays
- reaches the surface
Down
- Heat transfer between materials that are touching are called ___
- On the ocean floor, rocks are youngest near a
- A volcano is a(n) ___ that forms in Earths crust when molten
- the area between below earths surface where rock that was under stress begins to break or move
- Yellowstone National Park marks the location of a huge ____
- the point on the surface directly above the focus
- volcanoes form along the mid-ocean ridges where two plates move ___
- Earth’s magnetic field results from movement of the material in the
- seismic waves that compress and expand ground
- waves move more slowly than S and P waves
- Old oceanic crust is denser than new oceanic crust because it is
20 Clues: reaches the surface • seismic waves that move side to side • waves move more slowly than S and P waves • On the ocean floor, rocks are youngest near a • seismic waves that compress and expand ground • The transfer of energy that is carried in rays • the point on the surface directly above the focus • Yellowstone National Park marks the location of a huge ____ • ...
Plate Techtonics 2023-10-02
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- a hot area in the mantle below the crust
- Hot fluid below the earths crust
- came up with the continental drift theory
- a mass of glacial ice
- formed from pieces or techtonic plates that move slowly over time
- The outermost layer
- two or more plates collide.
- long cracks in the crust
- formed by subuction
- When two plates crash
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- happens when plates are colliding
- molten caused by heat
- a famous fault
- a theory in geology
- Areas where plates meet
- continents have moved
- A space between to rocks
- Volcanoes are active and earthquakes are common
- Mountain or hill with lava
- plates move away from each other.
20 Clues: a famous fault • a theory in geology • The outermost layer • formed by subuction • molten caused by heat • continents have moved • a mass of glacial ice • When two plates crash • Areas where plates meet • A space between to rocks • long cracks in the crust • Mountain or hill with lava • two or more plates collide. • Hot fluid below the earths crust • happens when plates are colliding • ...
Plate Motion 2024-10-03
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- the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
- a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
- the outside or top layer of something
- something we observe to be similar over and over again
- any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
- any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas,
- a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
- how often or fast something happens
- and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
- the place where two plates meet
- Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
- an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
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- moving apart in different directions
- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
- an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
- an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
- one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- moving toward the same place
27 Clues: moving toward the same place • the place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • ...
Plate Motion 2024-09-18
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- an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand
- an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
- hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
- one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
- moving apart in different directions
- any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
- an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
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- the place where two plates meet
- a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the
- moving toward the same place
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
- is a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand
- something we observe to be similar over and over again
- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- how often or fast something happens
21 Clues: moving toward the same place • the place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • something we observe to be similar over and over again • ...
Plate motion 2024-10-22
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- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
- made of hard solid rock
- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
- the outside or top layer of something
- moving toward the same plate
- a diagram that shows what inside of something looks like
- a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- A long deep indentation in the ocean floor
- the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
- to examine in detail for a purpose
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- a shaking of earths surface
- The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
- any of the many processes in which lava gas and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth
- The place where two plates meet
- A large section of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
- when do water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- observed to be over and over again
- moving apart in different directions
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
20 Clues: made of hard solid rock • a shaking of earths surface • moving toward the same plate • The place where two plates meet • observed to be over and over again • to examine in detail for a purpose • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • A long deep indentation in the ocean floor • ...
Plate motion 2024-10-22
Across
- the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
- The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- A long deep indentation in the ocean floor
- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
- moving apart in different directions
- a shaking of earths surface
- made of hard solid rock
- any of the many processes in which lava gas and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
Down
- observed to be over and over again
- the outside or top layer of something
- a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
- when do water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- The place where two plates meet
- moving toward the same plate
- a diagram that shows what inside of something looks like
- A large section of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
20 Clues: made of hard solid rock • a shaking of earths surface • moving toward the same plate • The place where two plates meet • observed to be over and over again • to examine in detail for a purpose • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • A long deep indentation in the ocean floor • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • ...
Plate Techtonics 2025-01-17
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- The layer that contains Earth’s plates.
- Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
- Where seafloor spreading begins.
- When 2 plates slip past each other.
- A fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago.
- A German scientist who hypothesized that the continents were once together.
- Changes in _______ affects the ocean floor.
- When 2 plates move away from each other.
- Where the convection current drive Earth’s plates.
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- Breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
- Adds more crust to the ocean floor and older stripes of rock move outward from either side of the ridge.
- Forms when to convergent continental crust collide.
- When 2 plates come together.
- Where pieces of Earth’s crust diverge on land.
- Oceanic crust is made up of mostly.
- What scientist use to discover the ocean floor.
- 2 plates come together.
- A supercontinent about 300 million years ago.
- Occurs when plates slip along the boundary that they form.
- The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle again.
20 Clues: 2 plates come together. • When 2 plates come together. • Where seafloor spreading begins. • When 2 plates slip past each other. • Oceanic crust is made up of mostly. • The layer that contains Earth’s plates. • When 2 plates move away from each other. • Changes in _______ affects the ocean floor. • A supercontinent about 300 million years ago. • ...
