plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Boundaries 2014-03-15

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
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  1. Area that do not produce earthquakes.
  2. Its formed due to strong compressional forces that push the crush towards each other.
  3. Its an area where two plates move sideways.
  4. Plates under the continents are called ___.
  5. Faults are found at the __ edges of two tectonic plates/
  6. Zone of weakness in the crust.
  7. Plates under the ocean are called __.
  8. How many percent of all the world's earthquake occur along active plate boundaries?
  9. Its formed due to tension forces that pull the crust apart.
  10. Surface of block that lies below the plane of the fault.
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  1. Lower portion of the upper mantle.
  2. Its an area where two plates move away from each other.
  3. Edges of the plates are called __.
  4. It is where two plates meet or collide.
  5. Its an area where two plates collide,move away or past each other.
  6. Plate Tectonic Theory is arranged like a ___.
  7. Areas where rock displacement can occur.
  8. Surface of block that is on top of the plane of the fault.
  9. Its due to horizontal forces that slide the crust past each other.
  10. __occur repeatedly along faults.

20 Clues: Zone of weakness in the crust. • __occur repeatedly along faults. • Lower portion of the upper mantle. • Edges of the plates are called __. • Area that do not produce earthquakes. • Plates under the ocean are called __. • It is where two plates meet or collide. • Areas where rock displacement can occur. • Its an area where two plates move sideways. • ...

Tectonic Plate 2014-11-28

Tectonic Plate crossword puzzle
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  1. core: made of of iron and nickel
  2. point of earth surface atop of focus
  3. stress that forces fold in rocks
  4. cracks or breaks in earth crust
  5. when two tectonic plate move away
  6. study of earthquake
  7. slip hanging and foot wall move horizontal relative to each other
  8. waves seismic waves that can only travel through solids
  9. a long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor
  10. When oceanic plate slides down
  11. core: liquid that surrounds earth's core
  12. formed by tension
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  1. Waves seismic waves that travel along the surface of the earth
  2. stress that causes normal fault
  3. fault when foot-wall moves upwards relative to hanging wall
  4. stress that causes rock to fold
  5. when two plates grind on each other
  6. Scale a numerical scale that measures how strong an earthquake is
  7. fold in the rock that bends upward in an arch
  8. example of folded mountain
  9. crust and upper mantle
  10. when two tectonic plates collide, caused by compression
  11. instrument that detects and records earthquake
  12. currents force that moves tectonic plate
  13. force that acts on the rock to change its shape
  14. waves fastest traveling seismic waves can travel through solid, liquid, and gas
  15. shaking of the ground
  16. fault when hanging wall move toward relative to foot-wall
  17. fold in a rock that bends downwards

29 Clues: formed by tension • study of earthquake • crust and upper mantle • shaking of the ground • example of folded mountain • When oceanic plate slides down • stress that causes normal fault • stress that causes rock to fold • cracks or breaks in earth crust • core: made of of iron and nickel • stress that forces fold in rocks • when two tectonic plate move away • ...

Plate Tectonic 2015-01-26

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart about 200 million years ago.
  2. It is a layer at the top of the Earth's surface.
  3. where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.
  4. A person who introduced a plate tectonic theory.
  5. States that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into plates.
  6. The weight of a subducting plate helps pull the trailing lithosphere into subduction zone.
  7. Changes in Earth's magnetic field over geologic time.
  8. a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled
  9. It is the rigid, outermost shell of a rocky planet
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  1. Device used to map the ocean floor that detects small changes in magnetic fields.
  2. where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.
  3. The weight of the uplifted ridge is thought to push an oceanic plate toward the trench formed at the subduction zone.
  4. Hess's theory that new ocean crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches
  5. Study of Earth's magnetic record using data gathered from iron-bearing minerals in rocks.
  6. It is a layer under the crust.
  7. a series of vibration induced in the Earth's cru
  8. Wegener's hypothesis that Earth's continents were joined as a single land mass about 200 million years ago.
  9. process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate.
  10. Line on a map that connects points of the same age.
  11. 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 Tectonic 2015-01-26

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. Wegener's hypothesis that Earth's continents were joined as a single land mass about 200 million years ago.
  2. Device used to map the ocean floor that detects small changes in magnetic fields.
  3. States that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into plates.
  4. A person who introduced a plate tectonic theory.
  5. It is the rigid, outermost shell of a rocky planet
  6. Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart about 200 million years ago.
  7. It is a layer at the top of the Earth's surface.
  8. The weight of the uplifted ridge is thought to push an oceanic plate toward the trench formed at the subduction zone.
  9. Study of Earth's magnetic record using data gathered from iron-bearing minerals in rocks.
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  1. a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled
  2. where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.
  3. Line on a map that connects points of the same age.
  4. a series of vibration induced in the Earth's cru
  5. Changes in Earth's magnetic field over geologic time.
  6. It is hot regions of Earth's mantle where high-temperature plumes of mantle material rise toward the surface.
  7. where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.
  8. Hess's theory that new ocean crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches
  9. process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate.
  10. The weight of a subducting plate helps pull the trailing lithosphere into subduction zone.
  11. It is a layer under the crust.

20 Clues: It is a layer under the crust. • a series of vibration induced in the Earth's cru • A person who introduced a plate tectonic theory. • It is a layer at the top of the Earth's surface. • 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 Tectonic 2016-11-02

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. A weak point in the Earth's crust and upper mantle where the rock layers have ruptured and slipped.
  2. A vent (opening) in the surface of the Earth through which magma erupts; it is also the landform that is constructed by the erupted material.
  3. A measure of the effects of an earthquake at a particular place on humans, structures and (or) the land itself.
  4. The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface.
  5. A measure of the strength of an earthquake or strain energy released by it, as determined by seismographic observations
  6. The circular depression containing a volcanic vent.
  7. Shaking of the Earth caused by a sudden movement of rock beneath its surface.
  8. Fragments less than 2 millimeters (about 1/8 inch) in diameter of lava or rock blasted into the air by volcanic explosions.
  9. The innermost layers of the Earth
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  1. The layer of rock that lies between the crust and the outer core of the Earth. It is approximately 2900 kilometers thick and is the largest of the Earth's major layers.
  2. A medium-colored dark gray volcanic rock
  3. An abrupt movement of soil and bedrock downhill in response to gravity. Landslides can be triggered by an earthquake or other natural causes. Undersea landslides can cause tsunamis.
  4. hat point within the Earth from which originates the first motion of an earthquake and its elastic waves; where the break in the fault actually occurred.
  5. Term used to describe volcanic rock or magma composed chiefly of dark-colored, iron- and magnesium-rich minerals.
  6. That point on the Earth's surface directly above the hypocenter of an earthquake.
  7. A steep-sided mount that forms when very viscous lava is extruded from a volcanic vent.
  8. The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface
  9. Dark-colored, low viscosity volcanic rock
  10. An earthquake which follows a larger earthquake or main shock and originates in or near the rupture zone of the larger earthquake
  11. Molten rock containing liquids, crystals, and dissolved gases that forms within the upper part of the Earth's mantle and crust. When erupted onto the Earth's surface, it is called lava.

20 Clues: The innermost layers of the Earth • A medium-colored dark gray volcanic rock • Dark-colored, low viscosity volcanic rock • The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface • The circular depression containing a volcanic vent. • The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface. • ...

plate crossword 2017-10-17

plate crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a pieces that are broken by cracks
  2. when one plate goes back to the earth crust.
  3. pieces of earth crust diverge
  4. the upper layer of the oceanic portion
  5. when plates move away
  6. when sea floor is moving apart
  7. boundary when two plates collide
  8. a mountain with lava
  9. when the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons
  10. a scientist
  11. breaks into earth's crust when rock slip past each other
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  1. the thinnest part of the earth
  2. a bone that got turned to rock
  3. seams that ran along a mountain
  4. supercontinent
  5. drew map showing features of the ocean floor
  6. when plates slide past each other
  7. a theory why plate move
  8. the biggest layer of the earth
  9. 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 thinnest part of the earth • a bone that got turned to rock • when sea floor is moving apart • the biggest layer of the earth • seams that ran along a mountain • boundary when two plates collide • ...

Plate Techtonics 2017-10-18

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The layer that contains Earth’s plates.
  2. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  3. Where seafloor spreading begins.
  4. When 2 plates slip past each other.
  5. A fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago.
  6. A German scientist who hypothesized that the continents were once together.
  7. Changes in _______ affects the ocean floor.
  8. When 2 plates move away from each other.
  9. Where the convection current drive Earth’s plates.
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  1. Breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
  2. Adds more crust to the ocean floor and older stripes of rock move outward from either side of the ridge.
  3. Forms when to convergent continental crust collide.
  4. When 2 plates come together.
  5. Where pieces of Earth’s crust diverge on land.
  6. Oceanic crust is made up of mostly.
  7. What scientist use to discover the ocean floor.
  8. 2 plates come together.
  9. A supercontinent about 300 million years ago.
  10. Occurs when plates slip along the boundary that they form.
  11. 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. • ...

Plate Techtonics 2016-07-28

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The 'n' or horseshoe shaped area where volcanic eruptions and earthquakes take places more commenly.
  2. One of the largest indefinite units of geological time
  3. The force drawing the body away from it's rotaional point
  4. The layer of the Earth's surface that is made up of living organisms
  5. A type of rock made of compacted sediments
  6. A regular occurance caused by the positions of the Sun and Moon around the Earth
  7. Something that happens when heated molecules move around
  8. A word used in terms with earthquakes and vibrations in the Earth's crust
  9. A part of ocianic crust or the upper mantle that has been pushed above sea level
  10. The process when the continents broke apart
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  1. A type of techtonic plate boundary where two plates are moving away from eachother
  2. A type of rock that undergoes great amounts of heat and pressure
  3. The landmass on Earth before continental drift
  4. The process where one edge of a tectonic plate is force beneath that of another
  5. A type of rock made from a cooled liquid
  6. A bit of cold water from deep in the ocean that rises up to the surface waters
  7. A type of techtonic plate boundary where two plates are sliding towards eachother
  8. A rounded landform that protrudes from the Earth's surface
  9. A floating piece of ice that occurs on Earth
  10. A type of temperature change where the heated air becomes thin
  11. A compound that contains silicon with anionic properties

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 Tetonics 2016-05-24

Plate Tetonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the original super continent
  2. Soft layer of the mantle
  3. the theory that the continents have drifted away from each other
  4. Outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  5. when 2 plates diverge from each other
  6. when an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate
  7. formed when 2 continental plates diverge
  8. when 2 continental plates slide horizontally past each other
  9. plates situated throughout the lithosphere
  10. The longest mid ocean ridge on the planet
  11. Line of volcanic islands formed by plates colliding and one plate sliding under the other
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  1. Usually near tectonic plates a tremor in the Earths surface
  2. when 2 continental plates collide with each other
  3. A deep valley along the ocean floor
  4. when 2 plates collide with each other
  5. Came up with the theory of Continental Drift
  6. the process in which 2 plates are diverging forming new crust along the Mid Atlantic ridge
  7. fractures in the earths crust
  8. Molten rock
  9. when oceanic plates diverge and magma rises through the crust and forms new crust

20 Clues: Molten rock • Soft layer of the mantle • the original super continent • fractures in the earths crust • A deep valley along the ocean floor • Outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • 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 Techtonics 2023-10-02

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a hot area in the mantle below the crust
  2. Hot fluid below the earths crust
  3. came up with the continental drift theory
  4. a mass of glacial ice
  5. formed from pieces or techtonic plates that move slowly over time
  6. The outermost layer
  7. two or more plates collide.
  8. long cracks in the crust
  9. formed by subuction
  10. When two plates crash
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  1. happens when plates are colliding
  2. molten caused by heat
  3. a famous fault
  4. a theory in geology
  5. Areas where plates meet
  6. continents have moved
  7. A space between to rocks
  8. Volcanoes are active and earthquakes are common
  9. Mountain or hill with lava
  10. 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 2025-01-02

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
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  1. one of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
  2. any of the many processes in which gas, lava and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  3. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  4. went extinct 260 million years ago
  5. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  6. is an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  7. Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation and water
  8. big machines that drill into the Earth to collect samples of what is underground
  9. how often or fast something happens
  10. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
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  1. ___ are connected to the plate. The hard solid rock is thicker.
  2. ___ happen on or near a plate boundary
  3. the place where two plates meet
  4. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  5. plates move _____ then earthquakes can happen next
  6. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  7. evidence of life from the past
  8. ___ boundary are when plates move apart in different directions
  9. ___ boundary are when plates move towards the same place
  10. as the plates move away, the mantle pushes __ to fill the gaps

20 Clues: evidence of life from the past • the place where two plates meet • went extinct 260 million years ago • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • how often or fast something happens • ___ happen on or near a plate boundary • plates move _____ then earthquakes can happen next • something we observe to be similar over and over again • ...

Plate motion 2023-10-27

Plate motion crossword puzzle
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  1. can cause earth quakes and volcanoes
  2. earths outer layer
  3. the soft solid bulk of earths interior
  4. hot flowing rock on the surface of earth
  5. a landform that is caused by conversion
  6. caused by divergent plate movement
  7. two plates slide past each other
  8. big pieces of the earths upper most mantle
  9. plate movement causes a mid ocean ridge
  10. a set of interacting parts
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  1. the earths crust going down into the mantle
  2. magma rises and explodes up out of the volcano
  3. how fast something moves
  4. Beneath the earths crust
  5. the sudden movement of something pushing up ward
  6. the edge of a plate
  7. produces hot particles in the ocean
  8. a different view of the crust and the mantle
  9. evidence of life from the past
  10. a natural spring that sends up hot water

20 Clues: earths outer layer • the edge of a plate • how fast something moves • Beneath the earths crust • a set of interacting parts • evidence of life from the past • two plates slide past each other • caused by divergent plate movement • produces hot particles in the ocean • can cause earth quakes and volcanoes • the soft solid bulk of earths interior • ...

plate tec 2023-12-14

plate tec crossword puzzle
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  1. An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding. The denser oceanic crust is subducted under the continental crust resulting in mountains and volcanoes.
  2. The boundary that occurs where two plates slide past each other.
  3. melted rock on Earth’s surface.
  4. The theory that explains the global distribution of geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates
  5. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure; the lithosphere floats on the asthenosphere.
  6. A huge ocean wave caused by a sudden, powerful shift on the ocean floor, like an undersea earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption.
  7. A Broad, domed volcano with gently sloping sides.
  8. an area where two or more tectonic plates meet.
  9. melted rock beneath Earth’s surface.
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  1. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust. Magma oozes up from the mantle through a crack in the ocean floor, filling in the space between the plates and spreading out from the plate boundary.
  2. Boundary occurring where two plates move apart, a, or molten rock, to rise from the Earth's interior to fill in the gap. The two plates move away from each other like two conveyor belts moving in opposite directions.
  3. The highest surface part of a wave
  4. A logarithmic scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake
  5. The lowest surface part of a wave
  6. The name given to the supercontinent that existed more than 225 million years ago, in which the present‐day continents were joined together in one large landmass.
  7. A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction.
  8. is formed when very hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts through Earth’s crust.
  9. the outermost layer of Earth.
  10. The point on earth’s surface that is vertically above the focus of an earthquake. Focus ‐ The point of origin of an earthquake
  11. This dense layer of the earth is made of hot, semisolid rock and is located directly below the crust. It is about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) thick.

20 Clues: the outermost layer of Earth. • melted rock on Earth’s surface. • The lowest surface part of a wave • The highest surface part of a wave • melted rock beneath Earth’s surface. • an area where two or more tectonic plates meet. • A Broad, domed volcano with gently sloping sides. • The boundary that occurs where two plates slide past each other. • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-22

Plate motion crossword puzzle
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  1. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  2. Is met with in excavation, which is of such size or position that it can be removed only by means of special rock breaking equipment or other special plant or explosives.
  3. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  5. The place where two plates meet
  6. An identifiable event during which one or more geological processes act to modify geological entities.
  7. layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
  8. something we observed to be repeating over and over again
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  1. study the materials, processes, and history of the Earth.
  2. a natural feature of the earth's surface.
  3. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  4. earthquakes caused by magma movement, gas emissions, effusive emissions of lava, and cataclysmic eruptions.
  5. A very large section of hard, solid rock that makes up earths outer layer
  6. A sudden shaking of earths surface
  7. moving apart in different directions
  8. moving towards the same place
  9. Speed, the rate of change of position, or the change of position per unit of time.
  10. set of things that are interconnected in ways that result in the generation of identifiable behavioral patterns over time.
  11. a layer made of hard solid rock
  12. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together

20 Clues: moving towards the same place • The place where two plates meet • a layer made of hard solid rock • to examine in detail for a purpose • A sudden shaking of earths surface • moving apart in different directions • a natural feature of the earth's surface. • layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates • study the materials, processes, and history of the Earth. • ...

Plate tectonic 2024-09-27

Plate tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. the transfer of heat through matter
  2. a fluid's resistance to flowing
  3. a supercontinent
  4. slide sideways past each other
  5. 400 to 1,800 miles below the surface.
  6. solid outer-part of earth
  7. two or more lithospheric plates collide
  8. mass per volume
  9. the innermost layer of the Earth.
  10. tectonic plates move away
  11. The location where two plates meet
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  1. the outer most layer
  2. a flow of particles that comes off the sun
  3. composed of mostly iron and nickel
  4. flows like hot plastic
  5. As two tectonic plates slowly separate
  6. center of earth
  7. the region around a magnetic material
  8. motion in a gas or liquid
  9. solid bulk of earths interior

20 Clues: center of earth • mass per volume • a supercontinent • the outer most layer • flows like hot plastic • solid outer-part of earth • motion in a gas or liquid • tectonic plates move away • solid bulk of earths interior • slide sideways past each other • a fluid's resistance to flowing • the innermost layer of the Earth. • composed of mostly iron and nickel • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-22

Plate motion crossword puzzle
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  1. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  2. A large section of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
  3. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. the outside or top layer of something
  5. when do water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  6. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  7. any of the many processes in which lava gas and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth
  8. moving apart in different directions
  9. a shaking of earths surface
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  1. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  2. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  3. made of hard solid rock
  4. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  5. a diagram that shows what inside of something looks like
  6. observed to be over and over again
  7. The place where two plates meet
  8. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  9. moving toward the same plate
  10. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor
  11. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates

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 Tectonic 2025-05-05

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. A thin outer layer of rock above a planets mantle, including all dry land and ocean basins.
  2. A mountain or hill typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted.
  3. The transfer of energy from place top lace by the motion of heated gas or liquid
  4. An area of fracturing between rocks resulting from stress
  5. Part of upper mantle that behaves like soft butter
  6. Tectonic Lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves.
  7. A specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks, convergence.
  8. Valley A gap formed between two diverging plates
  9. An actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  10. the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates, divergent boundary, the boundary between two tectonic plates.
  11. The bending of rock layers, fault, a break in the earths crust.
  12. The amount per unit size, trench, any long ditch cut in the ground. Earthquake, vibration from underground movement along a fault plane.
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  1. Vibration from underground movement along a fault plate, volcano, a fissure in the earths crust though which gases erupt.
  2. boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates.
  3. Idea or theory that the continents once existed in a giant super continent and have moved apart over millions of years.
  4. A gap formed between two diverging plates ; magnetic reversal, when earths magnetic north and South Poles switch places
  5. The center of earth, an area constituting about 16% of the planets volume and 32% of its mass
  6. features would include those expressed on the surface, (such as mountains, rivers and lakes) as well as those not as visible
  7. Boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  8. THe act of putting pressure on something compression. The act of applying force. Mid-Atlantic ridge.
  9. A deep depression in the ocean floor caused by the convergence of plates and the resulting subduction of one plate
  10. A super continent

22 Clues: A super continent • Valley A gap formed between two diverging plates • Part of upper mantle that behaves like soft butter • An area of fracturing between rocks resulting from stress • boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates. • The bending of rock layers, fault, a break in the earths crust. • ...

Plate Motion 2022-10-19

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
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  1. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet
  2. Where two plates meet
  3. Underwater mountain range formed at a divergent plate boundary
  4. a natural spring sending hot water and steam suddenly into the air
  5. The hottest layer of Earth
  6. Slow pulling apart of land caused by plate activity
  7. Hot Liquid rock below Earth's surface
  8. The landform formed at an underwater Convergent plate boundary
  9. to examine in detail for a purpose
  10. When Earth’s surface shakes
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  1. When two plates are moving towards each other
  2. the top layer of something
  3. When two plates are moving away from each other
  4. a diagram of the inside of something
  5. How fast something happens
  6. a set of interacting part forming a complex whole
  7. The sudden pushing of something
  8. The pieces making up Earth's outer layer
  9. Hot liquid rock on Earth's surface
  10. Earth’s main continuous areas of land
  11. 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 Tectonic 2022-10-11

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Outer most shell.
  2. Moves a lot.
  3. Earths ____ separates sometimes.
  4. created by humans.
  5. If you are outside find shade.
  6. A place
  7. Study’s and finds important information.
  8. Shifts throughout the time.
  9. The cracks will get bigger.
  10. Most are at the bottom of the oceans.
  11. Something that is big
Down
  1. Area shakes in certain place.
  2. things that changeover are ___.
  3. plotting the locations of earthquakes.
  4. solid that turns into liquid.
  5. Make force.
  6. makes minerals.
  7. how many major plates are there?
  8. Storie that not everyone agrees with.
  9. Have life to live in.

20 Clues: A place • Make force. • Moves a lot. • makes minerals. • Outer most shell. • created by humans. • Have life to live in. • Something that is big • Shifts throughout the time. • The cracks will get bigger. • 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 2022-10-24

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When Earth’s surface shakes
  2. When two plates are moving away from each other
  3. Earth’s main continuous areas of land
  4. The pieces making up Earth's outer layer
  5. Hot liquid rock on Earth's surface
  6. When two plates are moving towards each other
  7. The hottest layer of Earth
  8. Slow pulling apart of land caused by plate activity
  9. Hot Liquid rock below Earth's surface
  10. A set of interacting part forming a complex whole
  11. The landform formed at an underwater Convergent plate boundary
Down
  1. Where two plates meet
  2. To examine in detail for a purpose
  3. The top layer of something
  4. The soft, solid layer of rock below Earth's plates
  5. Underwater mountain range formed at a divergent plate boundary
  6. A diagram of the inside of something
  7. A feature that forms on the surface of a planet
  8. How fast something happens
  9. The sudden pushing of something
  10. A natural spring sending hot water and steam suddenly into the air

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 • To examine in detail for a purpose • Hot liquid rock on Earth's surface • A diagram of the inside of something • Earth’s main continuous areas of land • Hot Liquid rock below Earth's surface • ...

Plate Family 2022-10-29

Plate Family crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Nana
  2. TV sport watched on Thanksgiving
  3. dad
  4. Uncle
  5. Mashed or baked
  6. Best part of the turkey
  7. dad's father
  8. "------- roasting on an open fire"
  9. Pilgrim's ship
  10. - Newest cousin
Down
  1. Middle child
  2. President that let turkey 'live'
  3. 4th Thur in Nov
  4. On the cob
  5. main meal on TG
  6. Mom
  7. Man's best friend
  8. Thanksgiving dessert
  9. Oldest son
  10. TG day of the week
  11. Month of TG
  12. santa's helpers
  13. Grandpa
  14. mom's mother
  15. dad's mother
  16. Youngest son

26 Clues: dad • Mom • Nana • Uncle • Grandpa • On the cob • Oldest son • Month of TG • Middle child • dad's father • mom's mother • dad's mother • Youngest son • Pilgrim's ship • 4th Thur in Nov • main meal on TG • Mashed or baked • santa's helpers • - Newest cousin • Man's best friend • TG day of the week • Thanksgiving dessert • Best part of the turkey • President that let turkey 'live' • TV sport watched on Thanksgiving • ...

Plate Motion 2022-11-19

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a point at which rays of light or heat meet after being refracted or reflected.
  2. A sudden motion or trembling in the earth caused by the abrupt release of slowly accumulated energy.
  3. Two plates sliding past each other
  4. line graphs that show a sideways view of a landscape.
  5. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
  6. plate gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  7. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
  8. the imprint left by the shell on the rock that surrounded it.
  9. an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
  10. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
  11. the quality of being intense
Down
  1. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  2. drift. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  3. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  4. an external coating or covering.
  5. the maximum extent of size and the direction of an object.
  6. (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance.
  7. waves caused by the sudden movement of materials within the Earth, such as slip along a fault during an earthquake.
  8. The point where two or more plates meet
  9. an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mold.
  10. A supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  11. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  12. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  13. 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 Motion 2022-11-18

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  2. A sudden motion or trembling in the earth caused by the abrupt release of slowly accumulated energy.
  3. the quality of being intense
  4. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
  5. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust. Fossil the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock. Mold the imprint left by the shell on the rock that surrounded it. Cast an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mold.
  6. drift. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  7. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  8. line graphs that show a sideways view of a landscape.
  9. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  10. a point at which rays of light or heat meet after being refracted or reflected.
  11. A super continent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  12. Two plates sliding past each other
Down
  1. (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance.
  2. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
  3. the maximum extent of size and the direction of an object.
  4. an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes.
  5. The point where two or more plates meet. Divergent occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  6. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
  7. an external coating or covering.
  8. waves caused by the sudden movement of materials within the Earth, such as slip along a fault during an earthquake.

20 Clues: the quality of being intense • an external coating or covering. • Two plates sliding past each other • (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance. • line graphs that show a sideways view of a landscape. • the maximum extent of size and the direction of an object. • gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. • ...

Plate motion 2025-10-29

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  2. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earths plates
  3. 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
  4. moving toward the same place
  5. moving apart in different directions
  6. Located between the mantle and the inner core
  7. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  8. to examine in detail for a purpose
  9. how often or fast something happens
Down
  1. something that we observe to be similar over and over again
  2. the plate where the plate come together
  3. a solid metal ball that is extremely dense and intensely hot
  4. Earth outer most layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  5. the rigid part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  6. a sudden shaking of Earth surface
  7. moves on top of a soft, soil, layer of rock called the mantle and that travel at a rate to slow to be experienced by humans
  8. is like the shell of a hard boiled egg and it is extremely thin
  9. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor
  10. one of the very large section of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer
  11. when two plates slide

20 Clues: when two plates slide • moving toward the same place • a sudden shaking of Earth surface • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • the plate where the plate come together • a long deep indentation in the ocean floor • Located between the mantle and the inner core • ...

Plate motion 2025-10-16

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Earth's outer shell
  2. – Ancient supercontinent
  3. – Earth’s innermost layer
  4. – Oceanic crust surface
  5. – Semi-fluid layer below lithosphere
  6. – Plates moving apart
  7. – Ground shaking from movement
  8. – Plates sliding past
  9. – One plate sinks below another
  10. – Erupting mountain
Down
  1. – Molten rock below surface
  2. – Heat-driven mantle motion
  3. – Layer beneath the crust
  4. – Rigid outer part of Earth
  5. – Plates moving together
  6. – Moving slab of lithosphere
  7. – Mid-ocean mountain chain
  8. – Crack where movement occurs
  9. – Deep ocean valley
  10. – Edge between two plates

20 Clues: – Deep ocean valley • – Erupting mountain • – 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 • – Heat-driven mantle motion • ...

Plate Motion 2025-10-31

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart,
  2. Evidence of life from the past,
  3. Something you observe to be the same over and over again,
  4. One of the large sections of hard solid rock that make up the earths surface,
  5. The slow pulling apart of land that is caused by making it simpler,
  6. A sudden shaking of the earths surface,
  7. An object, diagram, or computer program that’s helps us better understand something by making it simpler, or easier to look at,
  8. A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole,
  9. The layer of soft solid rock underneath earths plates,
  10. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together,
  11. Any of the processes (such as eruptions or lava flow) ,
Down
  1. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like,
  2. layer of solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water,
  3. The sudden pushing out of something such as lava coming out of a volcano,
  4. Moving toward the same place,
  5. The place where two plates meet,
  6. Moving away/apart,
  7. To examine in detail for a purpose,
  8. How fast or often something happens,
  9. Hot liquid on the earths surface,

20 Clues: Moving away/apart, • Moving toward the same place, • Evidence of life from the past, • The place where two plates meet, • Hot liquid on the earths surface, • To examine in detail for a purpose, • How fast or often something happens, • A sudden shaking of the earths surface, • A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole, • ...

Plate Motion 2025-10-20

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earths inner most core
  2. Super-Continent formed millions of years ago
  3. an underwater mountain range that is formed when two plates move apart
  4. one of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer
  5. To examine something for a purpose
  6. Section a diagram that shows what the inside looks like
  7. One of Earths weakest layers
  8. something we observe to be similar over and over again
Down
  1. any process of eruption or lava flowing which causes gas,lava,or ash to come out of Earths surface
  2. a sudden shaking of Earths surface
  3. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor when two plates move together
  4. Earths outermost layer of hard solid rock underneath soil,vegetation,and water.
  5. A scientist who study Earth and Plate science as well as rocks
  6. moving apart in different directions
  7. the place where two plates meet
  8. moving towards the same place
  9. The layer of soft rock underneath Earths plates
  10. The act of putting stress onto another thing or person
  11. A region where magma burns through the Earths crust also found in regions with inactive volcanoes
  12. The process of one plate being pushed down into the mantle

20 Clues: Earths inner most core • One of Earths weakest layers • moving towards the same place • the place where two plates meet • a sudden shaking of Earths surface • To examine something for a purpose • moving apart in different directions • Super-Continent formed millions of years ago • The layer of soft rock underneath Earths plates • ...

Plate Motion 2025-10-20

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  2. moving toward the same place
  3. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  4. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  5. ridge an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  6. moving apart in different directions
  7. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  8. to examine in detail for a purpose
  9. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  10. something we observe to be similar over a
  11. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
Down
  1. the outside or top layer of something
  2. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  3. how often or fast something happens
  4. hot liquid rock on the surface of the Earth
  5. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  6. layer Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  7. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  8. hot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth
  9. boundary the place where two plates meet
  10. any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  11. activity any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of the Earth
  12. section: a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

23 Clues: moving toward the same place • 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 • something we observe to be similar over a • boundary the place where two plates meet • hot liquid rock on the surface of the Earth • ...

mātes plate 2025-09-24

mātes plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Kāds interfeiss tiek izmantots cieto disku un SSD pieslēgšanai?
  2. Kā sauca mikroshēmu, kas vecākās platēs savienoja perifērijas ierīces?
  3. Kā sauc sprieguma regulēšanas moduli procesoram?
  4. Kāds moderns interfeiss nodrošina ļoti ātru SSD darbību?
  5. Kā sauc mazo bateriju, kas uztur BIOS iestatījumus?
  6. Kā sauc kontaktu, kur pieslēdz datora pogas un LED indikatorus?
  7. Kā sauc mikroshēmu komplektu, kas savieno komponentes uz mātesplates?
  8. Kāds ir populārākais mātesplašu izmēra standarts?
  9. Kā sauc ātrdarbīgo atmiņu, kurā glabājas dati datora darbības laikā?
  10. Kā sauc ligzdu procesora uzstādīšanai uz mātesplates?
  11. Kā sauc metāla dzesētāju, kas novada siltumu no mikroshēmām?
Down
  1. Kā sauc paplašināšanas slotu tipu, kurā ievieto videokarti?
  2. Kā sauc kontaktu, kur pieslēdz dzesētāju?
  3. Kā sauc programmu, kas inicializē datoru, to ieslēdzot?
  4. Kas ir galvenā datora plate, kurā savienojas visas sastāvdaļas?
  5. Kā sauc samazināta izmēra mātesplašu standartu?
  6. Kā sauca mikroshēmu, kas vecākās platēs savienoja CPU ar RAM?
  7. Kā sauc galveno procesoru, kas veic aprēķinus?
  8. Kā sauc vēl mazāku mātesplašu standartu?
  9. Kāda mērvienība raksturo atmiņas ierīču darbības ātrumu?

20 Clues: Kā sauc vēl mazāku mātesplašu standartu? • Kā sauc kontaktu, kur pieslēdz dzesētāju? • Kā sauc galveno procesoru, kas veic aprēķinus? • Kā sauc samazināta izmēra mātesplašu standartu? • Kā sauc sprieguma regulēšanas moduli procesoram? • Kāds ir populārākais mātesplašu izmēra standarts? • Kā sauc mazo bateriju, kas uztur BIOS iestatījumus? • ...

Tectonic plates 2021-12-13

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the ancient supercontinent that Earth was 28 million years ago.
  2. The theory that Earth was a supercontinent that slowly drifted apart
  3. at ridges and spreads apart
  4. What kind of events happen at transform plate boundaries?
  5. A hotspring where boiling water is launced into the air
Down
  1. The theory that new
  2. Divergent oceanic plates can cause what?
  3. How can you tell the difference between intrusive and extrusive igneous rock?
  4. What causes Earth's plates to move?
  5. The process of older rock becoming newer rock
  6. What type of plate boundaries go towards each other?
  7. What type of plate boundaies move side by side?
  8. What area of the Earth has plates?
  9. What type of plate boundaries move away from each other?
  10. Convergent plate boundaries can create what?

15 Clues: The theory that new • at ridges and spreads apart • What area of the Earth has plates? • What causes Earth's plates to move? • Divergent oceanic plates can cause what? • Convergent plate boundaries can create what? • The process of older rock becoming newer rock • What type of plate boundaies move side by side? • What type of plate boundaries go towards each other? • ...

Baseball Terms HARD 2023-09-10

Baseball Terms HARD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Makes sure the ball doesn’t go past the plate
  2. This “person” cheers for their team and high fives fans
  3. According to Nolan, a ball that is hit very hard
  4. If the ball is to one side of this, it’s a home run. the other side is a foul
  5. The current name of the first MLB team
  6. When the ball bounces over the fence
  7. Starts play by throwing a ball
  8. Yelich bats on this side of the plate
Down
  1. Home plate to pitchers plate is this far
  2. A home run goes where
  3. Player located in the sand part of the field
  4. A ball hit that doesn’t go in the air
  5. Farthest position from home plate
  6. Plates are made out of this
  7. Replaces the pitcher in lineup

15 Clues: A home run goes where • Plates are made out of this • Replaces the pitcher in lineup • Starts play by throwing a ball • Farthest position from home plate • When the ball bounces over the fence • A ball hit that doesn’t go in the air • Yelich bats on this side of the plate • The current name of the first MLB team • Home plate to pitchers plate is this far • ...

Nail Disorders and Diseases 2024-03-12

Nail Disorders and Diseases crossword puzzle
Across
  1. technical term for nail
  2. darkening of the fingernail or toenail
  3. technical term used for any deformity or disease of the nail
  4. inflammation of the nail matrix, followed by the shedding of the nail plate.
  5. often causes tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate.
  6. caused by injury or minor damage to the nail matrix
Down
  1. very thin, very flexible
  2. deep or sharp curvature at the free edge because of the matrix
  3. bitten nails
  4. loosening or lifting of the nail plate from the bed w/o shedding
  5. condition which living skin splits around the nail
  6. small mirrors into the general health of the entire body
  7. condition caused by an injury or disease to the nail unit
  8. forward growth of the eponychium (cuticle) sticking to nail plate
  9. bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail
  10. 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

Olivers Geography review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate boundary where two plates rub together
  2. fuels created by compressed dead organisms that we use as fuel
  3. created when an earthquake under water happens this is a huge wave
  4. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  5. when a convergent plate boundary where one plate moves under another
  6. hot liquid from volcano
  7. the average weather of an area over a period of time
  8. a plate boundary where two plats move together
Down
  1. used for location and direction of area
  2. distribution the pattern of people living in an area
  3. hot dust particles from a volcano
  4. the moving tectonic plates
  5. energy when it can be used for ever without running out
  6. renewable energy when the energy source will run out faster than we can replenish
  7. describes the state of the temperature and atmosphere
  8. 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 • ...

Hsyeye 2025-08-26

Hsyeye crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pull – Force caused by a sinking plate pulling the rest of it down.
  2. Boundary – Plate boundary where plates slide past each other.
  3. – The vast ocean that surrounded Pangaea.
  4. Push – Force caused by rising magma at mid-ocean ridges pushing plates apart.
  5. – Rigid outer layer of Earth made of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. Core – The liquid layer of Earth’s core that causes the magnetic field.
  7. Waves – Seismic waves that travel through Earth’s interior.
  8. Force – General term for what causes plate motion.
  9. Waves (S-waves) – Slower seismic waves that only travel through solids.
  10. Boundary – Plate boundary where plates move apart.
  11. Boundary – Plate boundary where plates collide.
Down
  1. – The soft, plastic-like layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere.
  2. – Ancient supercontinent that existed millions of years ago.
  3. – Thick layer of rock between the crust and the core.
  4. – The Earth's outermost solid layer.
  5. Waves (P-waves) – Fastest seismic waves that move through solids and liquids.
  6. (Moho) – Boundary between the crust and mantle.
  7. Suction – Force created as a subducting plate drags mantle material.
  8. Convection – Heat-driven circulation in the mantle that moves plates.
  9. Core – The solid innermost part of the Earth’s core.

20 Clues: – The Earth's outermost solid layer. • – The vast ocean that surrounded Pangaea. • (Moho) – Boundary between the crust and mantle. • Boundary – Plate boundary where plates collide. • Force – General term for what causes plate motion. • Boundary – Plate boundary where plates move apart. • Core – The solid innermost part of the Earth’s core. • ...

Disorders of the Nails 2024-03-18

Disorders of the Nails crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Variety of colors
  2. Darkening of the nails; discoloration may be in a band or stripe
  3. Bitten nails
  4. Split cuticle around the nail
  5. A small, hard flesh-colored or red lump under or beside the nail
  6. Complete shedding of the nail plate, starting with a groove at the base of the nail
  7. Dark purplish discoloration under nail
Down
  1. Whitish discoloration of the nails
  2. Ingrown nail
  3. Nail will appear pitted and/or have roughness on the surface
  4. Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and falls off
  5. Brown or black 'splinters' under the nail plate
  6. Abnormal brittleness of the nail plate
  7. Forward growth of living skin that adheres to the surface of the nail plate
  8. 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 • ...

Plate Tectonic 2013-11-19

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Vibrations of the earth and its crust
  2. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  3. A large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere
  4. Forming or belonging to a continent
  5. A sudden violent shaking of the ground
  6. a hardened layer, coating, or deposit on the surface of something usually soft.
  7. A large natural elevation of the earth's surface
  8. The rigid outer part of the earth
  9. To raise or elevate
  10. To change markedly the appearance or form
  11. Drawing apart from a common point or diverging
Down
  1. A deep furrow or ditch
  2. Relating to the ocean
  3. A curved chain of volcanic island
  4. The large-scale motions of Earth's lithosphere
  5. The upper layer of the earth's mantle
  6. 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
  7. The act, condition, quality, or fact of converging
  8. A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another
  9. 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

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Opening where magma flows out.
  2. To change inform,appearance or structure
  3. Energy released by an earthquake.
  4. Super continent.
  5. surrounds volcano opening.
  6. when rocks break they move.
  7. A large stable block of the earth crust forming the nucleus of a continent.
  8. Move up and down.
  9. Hot melted rock outside the earth.
  10. Broad with gentle slopes.
  11. Above focus.
  12. Tallest land forms on earth.
  13. Hot melted rock inside the earth.
Down
  1. Made from melted rock
  2. Theory.
  3. Move back and forth.
  4. Mid ocean ridge.
  5. A small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings.
  6. Sudden plate movement.
  7. Erups gases,ash, and lava.
  8. 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

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This type of stress stretches rock.
  2. This scale measures the magnitude based on the size of the seismic waves.
  3. These carry energy from an earthquake, away from the focus, through Earth’s interior, and across the surface.
  4. This stress can cause rocks to slip.
  5. A violent movement caused by shifting of plate boundaries.
  6. What stress pushes rock together.
  7. This wave vibrates the ground side to side, as well up and down. It’s also called the secondary wave.
  8. A rift valley forms along this boundary.
  9. This wave makes the ground surface roll with a wavelike motion.
  10. This scale measures the damage of the earthquake.
Down
  1. This is recording on paper of the shaking motion of the earthquake.
  2. In this fault the hanging wall moves up the footwall.
  3. The study of earthquakes.
  4. This fault has the hanging wall slip down relative to the footwall.
  5. What boundary makes two continental plates collide forming a mountain range?
  6. An instrument that records seismic waves.
  7. What fault has rocks on either side that slip past each other?
  8. This boundary has to plates that slide past each other.
  9. When all the the continents were one land mass.
  10. 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

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. clay and silt are this kind of particles
  2. outer core
  3. plates moving away from each other
  4. largest layer of the Earth
  5. plates that move towards each other
  6. upper mantle and crust
  7. plates that slide past each other
  8. chemical reaction of oxygen with other stuff
  9. compacted rock over time
  10. rocky part of the shore that sticks out
Down
  1. layer in which we live
  2. point inside Earth where quakes occur
  3. the point above the focus
  4. wearing away of rocks by wind and water
  5. underwater ridges
  6. p waves
  7. measures P and S waves
  8. earthquake location for a Tsunami to form
  9. rock made by the melting magma
  10. 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

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 'n' or horseshoe shaped area where volcanic eruptions and earthquakes take places more commenly.
  2. One of the largest indefinite units of geological time
  3. A word used in terms with earthquakes and vibrations in the Earth's crust
  4. A bit of cold water from deep in the ocean that rises up to the surface waters
  5. A floating piece of ice that occurs on Earth
  6. A type of rock made of compacted sediments
  7. The process where one edge of a tectonic plate is force beneath that of another
  8. The force drawing the body away from it's rotaional point
  9. The layer of the Earth's surface that is made up of living organisms
  10. A type of rock made from a cooled liquid
Down
  1. A type of techtonic plate boundary where two plates are sliding towards eachother
  2. The process when the continents broke apart
  3. A part of ocianic crust or the upper mantle that has been pushed above sea level
  4. A rounded landform that protrudes from the Earth's surface
  5. A type of temperature change where the heated air becomes thin
  6. A type of techtonic plate boundary where two plates are moving away from eachother
  7. A regular occurance caused by the positions of the Sun and Moon around the Earth
  8. Something that happens when heated molecules move around
  9. A compound that contains silicon with anionic properties
  10. A type of rock made from any rock that undergoes great amounts of heat and pressure
  11. 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

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the place where two plates meet
  2. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  3. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  4. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  5. to examine in detail for a purpose
  6. how often or fast something happens
  7. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  8. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  9. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  10. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
Down
  1. any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  2. moving apart in different directions
  3. the outside or top layer of something
  4. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  5. moving toward the same place
  6. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  7. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  8. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  9. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  10. hot liquid rock on the surface of Eart
  11. 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

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  2. hot liquid rock on the surface of earth
  3. earth's interior between the crust and the core innermost portion of the Earth
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth one of the 4 rocky planets that has biosphere
  5. rigid pieces of the earth's lithosphere which together make up the earth's surface
  6. the outside or top layer of something
  7. any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land
  8. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet
  9. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  10. the sudden pushing out of something
Down
  1. evidence of life from the past
  2. tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  3. a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's movements
  4. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath soil and water
  5. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  6. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  8. any of the many processes in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out onto the surface of the Earth
  9. the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
  10. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  11. 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

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A feature that forms on the surface of a planet
  2. Where two plates meet
  3. Underwater mountain range formed at a divergent plate boundary
  4. A natural spring sending hot water and steam suddenly into the air
  5. The hottest layer of Earth
  6. Slow pulling apart of land caused by plate activity
  7. Hot Liquid rock below Earth's surface
  8. The landform formed at an underwater Convergent plate boundary
  9. To examine in detail for a purpose
  10. When Earth’s surface shakes
Down
  1. When two plates are moving towards each other
  2. The top layer of something
  3. When two plates are moving away from each other
  4. A diagram of the inside of something
  5. How fast something happens
  6. A set of interacting part forming a complex whole
  7. The sudden pushing of something
  8. The pieces making up Earth's outer layer
  9. Hot liquid rock on Earth's surface
  10. Earth’s main continuous areas of land
  11. 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

plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. view or drawing that shows what the inside of something looks like after a cut has been made across it.
  2. tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
  3. 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.
  4. an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath itrock made up of Earth's lithosphere (crust and upper mantle)
  5. all the Earth.
  6. used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake.
  7. measure of the size of an earthquake based on observation of the effects of the shock at the earth's surface.
  8. mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  9. where two plates move away from each other
  10. the place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates.
  11. on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the underground point (called the focus) where fault rupture commences, producing an earthquake.
Down
  1. super massive wave
  2. or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  3. boundary: A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
  4. a measurement of earthquakes.
  5. wave:shock waves in solid rock generated by earthquakes or underground explosions.
  6. drift:the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
  7. large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region.
  8. type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another.
  9. extremely hot center of Earth, another planet, or a star
  10. outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  11. 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

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a point at which rays of light or heat meet after being refracted or reflected.
  2. A sudden motion or trembling in the earth caused by the abrupt release of slowly accumulated energy.
  3. Two plates sliding past each other
  4. line graphs that show a sideways view of a landscape.
  5. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
  6. plate gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  7. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
  8. the imprint left by the shell on the rock that surrounded it.
  9. an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
  10. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
  11. the quality of being intense
Down
  1. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  2. drift. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  3. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  4. an external coating or covering.
  5. the maximum extent of size and the direction of an object.
  6. (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance.
  7. waves caused by the sudden movement of materials within the Earth, such as slip along a fault during an earthquake.
  8. The point where two or more plates meet
  9. an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mold.
  10. A supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  11. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  12. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  13. 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

Plate Techtonicss crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Surface in which rocks break and move.
  2. powerful sea wave that can travel thousands of kilometers.
  3. Theory that continents drifted apart.
  4. A pulling force.
  5. Largest layer of the earth.
  6. Different sections that were broken off from the lithosphere.
  7. Rigid, outer most layer of the earth.
  8. Pulling apart.
  9. Original continent that later split into 7
  10. Remains or traces of a once living organism reserved by rock.
Down
  1. Grinding of plates.
  2. Area when the two plates collide and one goes on top of the other.
  3. Theory that magma from below the earths crust is forced upward towards the surface at
  4. Earths outer most layer
  5. Layer below the lithosphere
  6. Colliding of plates.
  7. Very dense, solid center of the
  8. Surface along which rocks break and move.
  9. Vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults.
  10. 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

plate crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the biggest layer of the earth
  2. when one plate goes back to the earth crust.
  3. pieces of earth crust diverge
  4. seams that ran along a mountain
  5. when sea floor is moving apart
  6. supercontinent
  7. the thinnest part of the earth
  8. the upper layer of the oceanic portion
  9. a mountain with lava
Down
  1. a pieces that are broken by cracks
  2. breaks into earth's crust when rock slip past each other
  3. boundary when two plates collide
  4. when plates slide past each other
  5. when the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons
  6. when plates move away
  7. a bone that got turned to rock
  8. drew map showing features of the ocean floor
  9. a scientist
  10. a theory why plate move
  11. 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

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  2. how often or fast something happens
  3. the place where two plates meet
  4. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  5. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  6. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  7. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  8. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  9. moving apart in different directions
  10. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  11. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
Down
  1. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  2. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  3. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  4. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  5. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  6. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  7. the outside or top layer of something
  8. to examine in detail for a purpose
  9. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  10. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  11. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  12. any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  13. moving toward the same place
  14. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  15. 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

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  2. the second super continent that was made up of India, A
  3. an extinct reptile whose fossils were found on two different continents
  4. Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water.
  5. the German scientist who gave us the idea that the continents were one super continent
  6. an underwater microphone that records plate motion
  7. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  8. the curator at the museum we've been assisting
  9. the location of the museum
  10. how often or fast something happens
  11. the number of signals it takes to calculate GPS positioning
  12. to move together
  13. scientist who works for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
  14. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
Down
  1. something we observe to repeat over and over again
  2. to examine in detail for a purpose
  3. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  4. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  5. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  6. the place where two plates meet
  7. to move apart
  8. this Mexican state sits on multiple plate boundaries (including: Cocos, North American, Pacific, and Rivera)
  9. one of the few places to have an on land mid ocean ridge
  10. another word for earthquake
  11. 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

Plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The area where two tectonic plates meet
  2. the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart
  3. occurs at the mid ocean ridges
  4. the physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil
  5. this in the mantle causes plates to move
  6. The most outer solid portion of the planet Earth
  7. type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart
  8. When Two Continental plates collide and create
  9. The boundary where two plates collide
  10. crack or when the surface along rocks break
Down
  1. credited with the theory of Continental Drift
  2. Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt.
  3. The layer just below the lithosphere
  4. Supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago
  5. The deepest parts of the oceans.
  6. these are associated with transform boundaries
  7. layer of the Earth that is liquid
  8. Earths thickest layer
  9. When one tectonic plate moves underneath another one
  10. 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

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an extinct reptile
  2. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet
  3. boundary the place where two plates meet
  4. something we observe to be similar
  5. moving toward each other
  6. layer Earths layer of hard solid rock
  7. the layer of soft solid rock
  8. the outside layer of something
  9. the sudden pushing of something
  10. natural spring
Down
  1. inside of an object
  2. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something
  3. evidence from the past
  4. any of earth’s continuous areas of land
  5. Hot liquid rock
  6. underwater mountain range
  7. moving away from each other
  8. shaking of earths surface
  9. large section of hard solid rock
  10. how often or fast something happens
  11. 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

plate tectonies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a downward steep wall formed displacement
  2. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  3. a seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth
  4. an opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape.
  5. a string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity
  6. the remains or traces of plants and animals that lived long ago
  7. the center of interest or activity.
  8. is a hot molten rock
  9. the great size or extent of something
  10. the force transmitted through a rope, string or wire when pulled
  11. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter
  12. the action of compressing or being compressed.
  13. heat waves that are coming from the sun
Down
  1. molten rock that is underground
  2. two plates sliding down from each other
  3. is a hanging wall and a foot wall
  4. the outside part or uppermost layer
  5. it is a transverse waves
  6. mass of a unit volume of a material substance.
  7. the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance
  8. 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

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  2. The sudden pushing out of something
  3. Something we observe to be similar over and over again
  4. The outside or top layer of something
  5. To examine in detail for a purpose
  6. 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
  7. Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  8. An underwater mountain range formed when two plates moves apart
  9. An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  10. Moving apart in different directions
  11. A natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  12. how often or fast something happens
  13. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
Down
  1. The place where two plates meet
  2. Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  3. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earths plates
  4. evidence of life from the past. such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  5. Any of Earth's main continuous area of land
  6. A feature that forms on the surface of a planet
  7. one of the very large section of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
  8. Moving toward the same place
  9. A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  10. Hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  11. A sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  12. The slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  13. 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

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a bunch of pieces that fit together or mystery
  2. a statement or answer to a scientific question that is based on data or observations
  3. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  4. how often or fast something happens
  5. any of Earth's main continuous area of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  6. moving toward the same place
  7. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  8. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  9. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  10. to examine in detail for a purpose
  11. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet
Down
  1. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  2. something observe to be similar over and over again
  3. the place where two plates meet
  4. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  5. the outside or top layer of something
  6. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  7. any of the many processes (such as earthquakes and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash pushed out the surface of Earth
  8. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water (crust)
  9. moving apart in different directions
  10. one large supercontinent
  11. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  12. 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

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A long narrow ditch
  2. When two plates move together
  3. Above the asthenosphere
  4. This is when two plates are moving
  5. Above the mantle
  6. this happens when two plates move
  7. An underwater mountain range
  8. the movement of liquids or gasses
  9. When two plates move apart
Down
  1. Below the lithosphere
  2. The lower part of the mantle
  3. The core on the outside
  4. The core on the inside
  5. The upper part of the mantle
  6. The crust underneath the ocean
  7. What the earths layers are called
  8. There are seven of these
  9. Home to magma
  10. The moving of plates
  11. 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

Plate Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earths continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  2. An underwater range formed from divergent plates
  3. hot liquid rock below the surface of the earth
  4. layer of soft rock underneath earths crust
  5. a piece of hard solid material that varies in size shape, and color
  6. the place where to plates meet
  7. plates moving toward each other
  8. a continent right above North America
  9. to pick plates sliding past each other horizontally
Down
  1. along and then in the ocean floor formed from convergent plates
  2. a region of the USA that has 12 states
  3. the innermost part of the earth
  4. a very large section of hard rock that makes up earths outer layer
  5. hot magma that comes out of volcano
  6. a shaking of earths surface
  7. pushing something like lava from a volcano
  8. an opening in earths surface, where lava rocks and natural gas comes out.
  9. one of the 50 states in the USA that’s capital is st Paul
  10. plates moving apart in opposite directions
  11. 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

Plate tiontic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The movement is in the ——————————
  2. The girl who helped the plate tectonic theory
  3. The plates move a couple ——————— per year
  4. the layer of soft solid rock underneath the plates
  5. The boy who helped the plate tectonic theory
  6. moves together
  7. who came up with the continental drift theory
  8. made out of hard solid rock made up of earths outer layer
  9. Are the plates still moving today
  10. the outer layer of earth
  11. a long indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates moved
Down
  1. When to plates move against each other
  2. a sudden shaking observe to be similar surface
  3. the body of water that surrounded super continent
  4. earth outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil
  5. the original name of the super continent
  6. to examine in for detail for a purpose
  7. a diagram that is showing what is inside of something look like
  8. moves apart
  9. 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

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  2. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  3. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. A large section of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
  5. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  6. any of the many processes in which lava gas and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth
  7. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  8. when do water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  9. moving toward the same plate
  10. observed to be over and over again
Down
  1. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
  2. the outside or top layer of something
  3. moving apart in different directions
  4. a shaking of earths surface
  5. made of hard solid rock
  6. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  7. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  8. The place where two plates meet
  9. a diagram that shows what inside of something looks like
  10. 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

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The place where two plates meet
  2. a diagram that shows what inside of something looks like
  3. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  4. a shaking of earths surface
  5. to examine in detail for a purpose
  6. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor
  7. made of hard solid rock
  8. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  9. moving toward the same plate
  10. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  11. the outside or top layer of something
  12. moving apart in different directions
  13. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
Down
  1. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  2. when do water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  3. observed to be over and over again
  4. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  5. A large section of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
  6. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
  7. 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

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
  2. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano.
  3. how often or fast something happens.
  4. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
  5. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates.
  6. something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  7. moving apart in different directions.
  8. hot liquid rock below the surface of earth.
  9. earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water.
  10. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up earths outer layer.
  11. the outside or top layer of something.
  12. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
Down
  1. any of the many processes in which has, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth.
  2. a hole in the earth that shoots hot water and steam into the air.
  3. a word for the USA and Asia and Africa and more.
  4. the place where two plates meet.
  5. moving toward the same place.
  6. to examine in detail for a purpose.
  7. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see.
  8. a sudden shaking of earths surface.
  9. hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.
  10. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
  11. 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

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mountains formed by oceanic-continental
  2. continental crust collides with oceanic crust
  3. a boundary in which two plates move apart
  4. supercontinent containing all existing continents
  5. a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor
  6. divergent boundaries that may cause landmass to split into two or more segments
  7. occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range
  8. linear zones of irregular topography on deep-ocean floor
  9. elevated areas of sea floor characterized by high heat
  10. a boundary in which two plates move together
Down
  1. chain of volcanic islands generally located by oceanic-oceanic
  2. largest tectonic plate
  3. two oceanic slabs converge
  4. proposing Earth’s outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways
  5. hypothesis proposed by Harry Hess
  6. processes that deform Earth’s crust to create structural features
  7. Primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates
  8. continuous elevated zone on the floor of all major ocean basins
  9. hypothesis suggested all present continents once existed as one supercontinent
  10. 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

Tectonic Plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A broad, gently sloping volcano built up by many layers of runny lava, common in places like Hawaii.
  2. The force that squeezes or presses rocks together, often leading to folding and faulting.
  3. A repeated sequence of events, like the rock or water cycle, that returns to the starting point.
  4. The soft, semi-molten layer of the upper mantle beneath tectonic plates where convection currents help move the plates.
  5. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth that forms the continents and ocean floors.
  6. A giant sea wave caused by earthquakes, underwater volcanic eruptions, or landslides.
  7. A type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  8. The solid, dense, iron-rich center of Earth, surrounded by the liquid outer core.
  9. Vibrations that travel through the Earth after a sudden release of energy, such as from an earthquake.
Down
  1. The rigid, outermost layer of the Earth, composed of the crust and the uppermost mantle, which is broken into tectonic plates.
  2. Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface that can erupt through volcanoes.
  3. A large landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, usually formed by tectonic forces or volcanism.
  4. The process where two tectonic plates move toward and smash into each other, causing mountains to form.
  5. A scientist who studies rocks, minerals, and the processes that shape the Earth.
  6. Type of plate boundary where plates move towards each other, often causing subduction and volcanic activity.
  7. An area of flat, elevated land that stands above the surrounding terrain.
  8. The wearing away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or ice.
  9. The third planet from the Sun and the only known planet to support life.
  10. A common, coarse-grained igneous rock found in continental crust.
  11. 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

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Crack where movement occurs
  2. – Ancient supercontinent
  3. – Semi-fluid layer below lithosphere
  4. – Earth’s innermost layer
  5. – Earth's outer shell
  6. – One plate sinks below another
  7. – Mid-ocean mountain chain
  8. – Plates sliding past
  9. – Plates moving together
Down
  1. – Molten rock below surface
  2. – Moving slab of lithosphere
  3. – Layer beneath the crust
  4. – Rigid outer part of Earth
  5. – Erupting mountain
  6. – Heat-driven mantle motion
  7. – Plates moving apart
  8. – Deep ocean valley
  9. – Oceanic crust surface
  10. – Edge between two plates
  11. – 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

Plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The man who came up with the continental drift theory.
  2. The crust that the continents are on.
  3. Vibrations that travel through earth.
  4. Crack in Earths crust where plates move.
  5. Gigantic ocean
  6. Areas covered by ocean water.
  7. Where convection currents are.
  8. A super continent.
  9. where two plates are moving in opposite directions as in a mid ocean ridge.
  10. The rigid rocky outer layer of earth.
Down
  1. Molten rock deep inside the earth.
  2. Solid and really heated metal.
  3. The point where the boundaries of three tectonic plates meet.
  4. When one plate moves under another.
  5. How seafloor is made and destroyed.
  6. A deep gash in the seafloor.
  7. Hot molten.
  8. The movement of material due to differences in temperature.
  9. Large sheets of slow moving ice.
  10. 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. • ...

Plate motion 2022-10-19

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Slow pulling apart of land caused by plate activity
  2. The pieces making up Earth's outer layer
  3. Hot Liquid rock below Earth's surface
  4. When two plates are moving towards each other
  5. The sudden pushing of something
  6. Hot liquid rock on Earth's surface
  7. to examine in detail for a purpose
  8. Underwater mountain range formed at a divergent plate boundary
  9. Earth’s main continuous areas of land
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  1. the top layer of something
  2. How fast something happens
  3. The hottest layer of Earth
  4. When two plates are moving away from each other
  5. The landform formed at an underwater Convergent plate boundary
  6. the soft, solid layer of rock below Earth's plates
  7. Where two plates meet
  8. When Earth’s surface shakes

17 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 • Hot Liquid rock below Earth's surface • Earth’s main continuous areas of land • The pieces making up Earth's outer layer • ...

plate tectonics chapter 5 lesson 1-5 2023-01-06

plate tectonics chapter 5 lesson 1-5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. canyons that scientists call
  2. plates slip past each other along here
  3. what scientists called mountain ranges
  4. what wegener called the supercontinent
  5. the transfer of energy that is carried in rays like light
  6. wegeners idea that the the continents slowly moved over earths surface
Down
  1. heat transfer by the movement of a fluid
  2. a molten mixture of rock forming substances gases and water from the mantle
  3. a mountain that forms in earths crust when molten material or magma reaches the surface
  4. plates move apart or diverge from each other here
  5. a process that scientists call
  6. plates come together or converge here
  7. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  8. heat transfer between materials that are touching
  9. 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

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle By Siju John crossword puzzle
Across
  1. move apart.
  2. move on a plasticlike layer of the mantle
  3. The idea that the continents drift slowly with tectonic plates.
  4. convert or change.
  5. hot, less dense material below Earth's crust rises toward the surface at the mid-ocean ridge.
  6. rigid layer of Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle.
  7. the next layer of earth composed of iron and nickel
Down
  1. the innermost layer of earth composed or iron-nickel alloy.
  2. current in Earth's mantle that transfers heat inside earth and moves tectonic plates.
  3. Come together.
  4. lies beneath the crust.
  5. part of the upper layer of the mantle under the lithosphere.
  6. Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections
  7. exterior layer of earth of earth
  8. 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. • ...

Column 1 Homework 2014-01-13

Column 1 Homework crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ring
  2. Boots
  3. Cooking Plate
  4. Belt
  5. Pitcher
  6. Silver
  7. Earrings
  8. Necklace
  9. Gold
Down
  1. Jewelry
  2. Handicraft
  3. Handbag or Purse
  4. Bracelet
  5. Wallet
  6. Plate

15 Clues: Ring • Belt • Gold • Boots • Plate • Wallet • Silver • Jewelry • Pitcher • Bracelet • Earrings • Necklace • Handicraft • Cooking Plate • Handbag or Purse

APES Earth System and Resources Crossword 2023-05-09

APES Earth System and Resources Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. solid crust, semi-solid mantle, liquid core, solid core
  2. percent of solar radiation reflected by a surface, dark surfaces have low
  3. 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.
  4. the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
  5. the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
  6. the layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer; temperature increases as you go up
  7. the outermost shell of the atmosphere, between the mesosphere and outer space, where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
  8. plates move apart
Down
  1. boundaries the edges of tectonic plates.
  2. The water in the Eastern Pacific Ocean is cooler than usual-opposite from El Nino
  3. first layer of atmosphere. Contains weather, greenhouse gases (bad ozone).
  4. 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.
  5. plate This is a tectonic plate that is a thinner, denser and heavier type
  6. This tectonic plate is thicker but lighter plate that makes up most continents
  7. a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
  8. the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
  9. the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases
  10. convection current in the atmosphere that cycles between the equator and 30° N and 30° S.
  11. the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
  12. 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 • ...

Tectonic Plates 2025-04-10

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Solid, outer layer of the Earth
  2. Caused by a release of energy when plates grind across each other
  3. Place where two plates meet
  4. Produced by magma and gas rising from the mantle to the surface
  5. Plates moving towards each other
  6. More dense plate of crust
  7. Caused by continental plates colliding
  8. Deepest ocean trench in the world
Down
  1. One plate diving underneath another one
  2. Tallest mountain range in the world
  3. Caused by the low point above a subduction zone; ocean plate
  4. ________ of Continental Drift
  5. Plates sliding side-by-side
  6. One of the structures produced by sea floor spreading
  7. Plates moving away from each other
  8. Magma filled layer of the Earth under the crust
  9. 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 • ...

Disorders of the Nails 2024-03-18

Disorders of the Nails crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Nail will appear pitted and/or have roughness on the surface
  2. Forward growth of living skin that adheres to the surface of the nail plate
  3. Nail plate develops an abnormal thickening in width, not length
  4. Variety of colors
  5. Whitish discoloration of the nails
  6. Abnormal brittleness of the nail plate
  7. Ingrown nail
  8. Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and falls off
  9. A small, hard flesh-colored or red lump under or beside the nail
Down
  1. Complete shedding of the nail plate, starting with a groove at the base of the nail
  2. Split cuticle around the nail
  3. Brown or black 'splinters' under the nail plate
  4. Bitten nails
  5. 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 • ...

3rd ch 2014-10-17

3rd ch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sick
  2. butter
  3. traffic lights
  4. octopus
  5. (n) the first Celts.
  6. (n) the capital of England
  7. castle
  8. sugar
  9. cheese
  10. dirty
  11. building
  12. flag
  13. guard
  14. knife
Down
  1. (n) the capital of Wales
  2. farm
  3. shark
  4. tomato
  5. countryside
  6. strawberry
  7. queen
  8. whale
  9. glass
  10. garden
  11. plate
  12. fork

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

Volcanoes/Earthqaukes Crossword puzzle 2022-01-14

Volcanoes/Earthqaukes Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges
  2. A weak spot in the middle of a tectonic plate where magma surfaces; forms a volcano (ex: Hawaii & Yellowstone)
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  4. the theory that the lithosphere is broken up into large plates that move and then rejoin; considered the unifying theory of geology
  5. a series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone
  6. region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere
  7. A long trough bounded by two or more faults
  8. An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area
  9. a break in the earths crust
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  11. rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations
Down
  1. 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
  2. a point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake
  3. a hole for the escape of gas, air, or liquid
  4. Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  5. The idea is that continents have moved and are still moving slowly across the Earth's surface.
  6. the region where two tectonic plates are in contact
  7. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
  8. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  9. Large movable segments of the lithosphere
  10. 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 • ...

Earth Science Unit 1 2025-03-23

Earth Science Unit 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Outermost layer of Earth
  2. Tectonic plates collide
  3. Tectonic plates slide past eachother
  4. mass/volume
  5. Earthquakes and volcanoes occur most at tectonic plate _____
  6. supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago
  7. the circular motion of magma in the mantle from varying temperatures and densities
  8. Earth layer made of solid metal
  9. Tectonic plates drift apart
  10. amount of space taken up
Down
  1. amount of particles
  2. Name for circular formation of earthquakes and volcanoes around the Pacific Plate
  3. the substance with the lower density will
  4. Type of tectonic plate/crust that is less dense and holds land
  5. protects the earth from solar radiation, and is formed from the outer core
  6. Type of tectonic plate/crust that is more dense and holds oceans
  7. the substance with the higher density will
  8. middle layer of earth made of magma
  9. 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 • ...

Collagraph Printing: Useful Terms 2016-05-10

Collagraph Printing: Useful Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the actual picture made from the printmaking process
  2. the feel or appearance of a surface
  3. a device that applies pressure to a a sheet of paper and an inked printing plate
  4. ink is forced into lines on a plate and wiped from the flat surface. The lines are printed.
  5. a varnish used to seal a plate
  6. when lines are cut into a plate
  7. colouring material composed of a pigment, a binder and a vehicle
Down
  1. the process of designing and producing prints
  2. a printing plate built up by different materials and textures
  3. a raised design on a flat surface is printed onto paper
  4. the number of a print in an edition
  5. a flat material with a design on its surface, used to make prints
  6. making art by sticking materials to a surface
  7. 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 • ...

Volcano facts crossword puzzle 2025-02-14

Volcano facts crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a powdery residue left after the burning of a substance
  2. fire-born
  3. a long horseshoe-shaped seismically active belt of earthquake epicenters, volcanoes, and tectonic plate boundaries that fringes the Pacific basin
  4. a specific area where two tectonic plates meet
  5. a special class of mountains
  6. a large hole of hot magma rising from deep within the Earth
  7. Molten rock that is below the earth's surface
  8. a relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins
  9. a large volcano that erupted on the seafloor & emerged above sea level, occurring in ocean basins or ocean ridges
  10. a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano
  11. the rigid outer part of the earth that is found in the crust & upper mantle of earth
  12. a vent in the earth's crust were lava, ash & gases escape
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  1. an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean
  2. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate & slides beneath it
  3. the upper layer of the earth's mantle that is below the lithosphere
  4. a destructive dense mass of very hot ash, lava fragments & gases that are ejected explosively from a volcano & flow downslope of great speed
  5. a thick part of the earth's crust that forms large landmasses its way older & more complex than the oceanic crust
  6. when plates move towards each other & collide
  7. a sudden motion or trembling in the earth caused by the release of slowly accumulated energy
  8. 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 • ...

E&E Science - Plates and schist 2022-10-27

E&E Science - Plates and schist crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 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
  2. -true or false- the sciences are by far the most interesting subjects you get to study in school
  3. 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
  4. 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)
  5. plate boundary where two plates are moving against each other
  6. 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
  7. plate boundary where two plates are smooshing up against each other (i.e., the plates are converging)
  8. often formed at convergent boundaries where both plates have continental crust, and the two converging portions of continental crust push up against each other
Down
  1. a cone shaped volcano made up of layers of hardened lava, and the most common type of volcano
  2. plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other (i.e., the plates are diverging)
  3. caused by the sudden release of energy in the earth’s crust, and occur most frequently at plate boundaries
  4. occurs at divergent plate boundaries; results in an oceanic ridge where new oceanic crust is formed
  5. 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
  6. formed at weak spots in the earth’s crust, where magma is pushed up and out onto the earth’s surface
  7. outermost layer of the earth’s crust, it forms the continents and continental shelves and is less dense than oceanic crust
  8. 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
  9. -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
  10. 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 • ...

Final Exam Revision Crossword 2022-05-31

Final Exam Revision Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. la cereza
  2. cangrejo
  3. the plate ____ pie and chips
  4. freír
  5. hervir
  6. el pelador
  7. atún
  8. el rallador
  9. congelador
  10. fish and chips is ______ mushy peas
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  1. pollo
  2. horno
  3. hornear
  4. a la parilla
  5. cortar
  6. al vapor
  7. sartén
  8. la fresa
  9. the plate ____ of fish and chips
  10. bacalao
  11. lavabo
  12. anguila

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

American English 2024-08-25

American English crossword puzzle
Across
  1. football
  2. lorry
  3. chips
  4. tin
  5. holiday
  6. wardrobe
  7. petrol
  8. motorway
  9. lift
  10. biscuit
  11. curtain
  12. pavement
  13. rubbish
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  1. film
  2. taxi
  3. toilet
  4. torch
  5. crisps
  6. cooker
  7. trousers
  8. post
  9. garden
  10. rubber
  11. sweet
  12. queue
  13. -floor = first floor
  14. jumper
  15. underground
  16. -plate = number plate
  17. autumn

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

Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries 2015-01-13

Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Violent trembling that occurs a lot at conservative plate margins
  2. The type of mountain created at a destructive plate margin, when two continental plates collide into each other and buckle
  3. The type of plate boundary/margin where plates slide along each other
  4. The type of crust on which most land is situated on
  5. The circular currents that occur below the Earth, which move the plates
Down
  1. The process by which the heavier oceanic plate sinks below a continental plate
  2. The type of plate boundary/margin where plates move away from each other
  3. Britain sits on this tectonic plate
  4. The layer of the Earth in which convection currents occur
  5. One of the secondary effects of an earthquake that occurs at sea
  6. The area where two or more plates meet; also known as a 'plate margin'
  7. 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 • ...

What a disaster! 2020-11-13

What a disaster! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Second layer of the earth, molten rock.
  2. The edge of plates, where you tend to get earthquakes and volcanoes.
  3. machine for monitoring earth movements.
  4. Plate boundary where fold mountains like the Himalayas are formed.
  5. Type of volcano that is 'sleeping' but may erupt again in the future.
  6. Scale on which the strength of an earthquake is placed.
  7. Plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
  8. Machine for monitoring volcanoes.
  9. the inner core is made of this.
  10. Plate boundary where plates move alongside each other.
  11. type of volcano with gentle sides, that erupts with runny lava.
  12. Someone who studies volcanoes.
  13. abbreviation for countries that are not as well off.
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  1. Disease spread in water.
  2. Capital city of Haiti.
  3. World's largest concentration of earthquakes along the edge of the Pacific plate.
  4. Point beneath the earth's surface where the plates actually move in an earthquake.
  5. Type of crust which is permanent, older and less dense.
  6. Huge type of volcano beneath the ground that if it erupts, could cover up to 1000km away.
  7. Word that describes the strength of the earthquake.
  8. Point on the earth's surface where shockwaves are strongest and damage is worst.
  9. Includes things like toilets, clean running water etc.
  10. Plate boundary where you find mid-ocean trenches
  11. Name for the world when it was believed to be one large land mass.
  12. Smaller quakes after the main quake.
  13. large section of the earth's crust that floats on the mantle.
  14. 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 • ...

Volcano Vocab Crossword 2026-01-13

Volcano Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock located beneath Earth’s surface.
  2. The process by which crystals form as molten material cools and solidifies.
  3. Volcano A volcano where lava erupts from long cracks in Earth’s crust instead of a single opening.
  4. A tall, steep-sided volcano made of alternating layers of lava and ash; eruptions are often explosive.
  5. A large bowl-shaped depression formed when a volcano collapses after a massive eruption.
  6. Plate A tectonic plate made of thicker, less dense rock that forms continents.
  7. Plate A large piece of Earth’s lithosphere that moves slowly over the mantle.
  8. The thick layer of hot, semi-solid rock beneath the crust.
  9. Volcano A wide, gently sloping volcano formed by many flows of thin, runny lava.
  10. The release of magma (lava), ash, gas, and rock from a volcano onto Earth’s surface.
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  1. Ridge A boundary where tectonic plates move apart and new crust forms as magma rises.
  2. The process where solid rock becomes molten due to heat.
  3. A number that measures the amount of energy released by an earthquake.
  4. A state in which rock is melted due to high temperature.
  5. Earth’s thin, outermost layer where continents and oceans are located.
  6. Period The length of time a volcano actively erupts.
  7. Spot A fixed area of unusually hot mantle that melts through the crust and forms volcanoes.
  8. Plate A tectonic plate made of dense basalt rock that forms the ocean floor.
  9. A solid material whose particles are arranged in a repeating, organized pattern.
  10. Magma that has reached Earth’s surface.
  11. Zone A boundary where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle.

21 Clues: Magma that has reached Earth’s surface. • Molten rock located beneath Earth’s surface. • Period The length of time a volcano actively erupts. • The process where solid rock becomes molten due to heat. • A state in which rock is melted due to high temperature. • The thick layer of hot, semi-solid rock beneath the crust. • ...

Marcus Earth Dynamic vocabulary test 2026-02-03

Marcus Earth Dynamic vocabulary test crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two plates move away from each other
  2. when one plate slides over the other plate
  3. The outside layer of the earth
  4. The earth layers that are stack upon each other
  5. When earth changes it magnetic field
  6. very slowly moving plates of solid rock
  7. It is more dense than Continental crust
  8. A chain of island formed due to volcanos
  9. This is created when two ocean plate are separated
  10. a rock that is dark and fined
  11. The bottom of the seafloor stretching out on both sides
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  1. It is less dense than Oceanic crust
  2. A shaking of the earth plates
  3. When Oceanic and Continental plates collide
  4. Hot melted rock
  5. The section and pieces of the Earth crust
  6. The third layer of earth atmosphere
  7. When two plates slide past each other
  8. This layer forms Earth's outer layer
  9. created a theory on continental drift
  10. This layer is below the Lithosphere
  11. When one plate slides under the other plate
  12. A bunch of volcanos in a curved line
  13. A layer of hot rock
  14. The inside layer of the earth
  15. This is the Earth's magnetic polarity study
  16. A device that is used to measure sound waves
  17. A crack in the Earth's surface
  18. When all the continents join together

29 Clues: Hot melted rock • A layer of hot rock • A shaking of the earth plates • The inside layer of the earth • a rock that is dark and fined • The outside layer of the earth • A crack in the Earth's surface • It is less dense than Oceanic crust • The third layer of earth atmosphere • This layer is below the Lithosphere • When earth changes it magnetic field • ...

The Restless Earth 2014-01-26

The Restless Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sleeping volcano that can still erupt
  2. Type of volcano that forms at hot spots
  3. When the oceanic plate is forced beneath the continental plate into the mantle
  4. Plate margin where two plates move parallel to one another
  5. Landform that always forms above a subduction zone when magma from a melting plate rises
  6. Molten rock when it is underground
  7. A volcano that frequently erupts
  8. Magma when it reaches the earth's surface
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  1. Large pieces of the Earth's crust
  2. Plate margin where plates move apart
  3. The innermost part of the earth
  4. Trench Forms above a subduction zone where the plates converge
  5. The outermost part of the earth
  6. 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

The Restless Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Large pieces of the Earth's crust
  2. Forms above a subduction zone where the plates converge
  3. Molten rock when it is underground
  4. Landform that always forms above a subduction zone when magma from a melting plate rises
  5. Plate margin where two plates move parallel to one another
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  1. When the oceanic plate is forced beneath the continental plate into the mantle
  2. Plate margin where plates move apart
  3. The innermost part of the earth
  4. Type of volcano that forms at hot spots
  5. Sleeping volcano that can still erupt
  6. Magma when it reaches the earth's surface
  7. A volcano that frequently erupts
  8. Earth's layer where convection currents occur
  9. 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

The Earth's Structure - Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A massive wave caused by an earthquake.
  2. Outermost layer of the Earth - the surface.
  3. A large slab of the Earth's crust.
  4. PLate boundary when two plates slide by one another.
  5. When magma rises to the surface of the Earth through an opening in the crust.
  6. Circular movements in the mantle that move the plates.
  7. Shaking of the Earth's crust.
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  1. Molten/Semi-molten rock found in the mantle.
  2. When one plate sinks beneath another into the mantle.
  3. Plate boundary when two plates separate.
  4. What magma is called when it reaches the Earth's surface.
  5. Layer of molten rock found beneath the crust.
  6. Plate boundary when two plates collide.
  7. 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. • ...

Volcanoes 2024-09-24

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fast-moving mudflow
  2. formed where two oceanic plates diverge
  3. collapsed volcanic chamber
  4. liquid's resistance to flow
  5. belt of volcanoes along edge of Pacific Plate
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  1. magma that flow onto Earth's surface
  2. wide, flat volcanoes
  3. zone where oceanic plate is forced below continental plate
  4. a mix of liquid rock, gas , and water formed in mantle
  5. boundary where plates move apart
  6. boundary where plates slide past one another
  7. boundary where plates collide
  8. valley form where two continental plate diverge
  9. small cone-shaped volcano made of ash and debris
  10. 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 • ...

Chapter 10 Vocabulary 2022-01-25

Chapter 10 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. abnormal condition that occurs hen the skin is stretched by the nail plate
  2. living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears
  3. hemorrhage caused by trauma of injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allow small amounts of blood flow
  4. whitish discolorations of the nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area
  5. blood clot forms under the nail plate, usually due to injuries to the nail bed
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  1. noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over free edge
  2. visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate
  3. split of brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail
  4. increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increased curvature of the matrix
  5. vertical depressions running across the nail plate
  6. shallower than beau's lines
  7. darkening of the fingernails or toenails
  8. a type of highly curved nail, usually caused by injury to the matrix
  9. 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 • ...

GRAER S Vocab Menu Project 2024-03-08

GRAER S Vocab Menu Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary that has two plates sliding parallel to each other
  2. A land form caused by two oceanic plates at a divergent boundary
  3. The process of nature breaking land forms into sediment
  4. The heavier type of tectonic plate
  5. The lighter type of tectonic plate
  6. The process of nature moving sediment
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  1. A land form caused by two continental plates at a convergent boundary
  2. A plate boundary that has two plates sliding towards each other
  3. A process in which one tectonic plate slides under another
  4. The process of nature dropping sediment into new areas
  5. A plate boundary that has two plates sliding away from each other
  6. 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 • ...

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle 2023-10-23

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
  2. This is the Hard solid/Soft solid rock underneath a plate boundary.
  3. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
  4. An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
  5. The outside or top layer of something.
  6. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
  7. Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  8. Any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
  9. This Plate boundary happens when rock gets added on the edges of two plate.
  10. This plate boundary happens when One plate sinks under the other.
  11. The place where two plates meet.
Down
  1. Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) which gas and lava are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
  2. One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer.
  3. An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  4. Earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation outer and water layer.
  5. The sudden pushing out of something. Such as lava from a volcano.
  6. A sudden shake on earths surface.
  7. 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

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
  2. The place where two plates meet.
  3. Earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation outer and water layer.
  4. The sudden pushing out of something. Such as lava from a volcano.
  5. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
  6. A sudden shake on earths surface.
  7. Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.
  8. This Plate boundary happens when rock gets added on the edges of two plate.
  9. The outside or top layer of something.
  10. Any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
  11. This is the Hard solid/Soft solid rock underneath a plate boundary.
Down
  1. An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
  2. Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) which gas and lava are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
  3. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
  4. An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago.
  5. Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  6. This plate boundary happens when One plate sinks under the other.
  7. 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. • ...

Nail Structure 2022-01-27

Nail Structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The natural nail is composed of this
  2. Hardened keratin plate that sit on the nail bed
  3. The name for the natural nail
  4. Dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate
  5. A tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bands or holds an organ in place
  6. A thin layer of tissue that connects the nail bed to the nail plate
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  1. Part of the nail that extends over the tip
  2. Portion of living skin that supports the nail plate
  3. The area where the nail plate cells are formed
  4. Living skin at the base of the natural nail plate
  5. Whitish, half-moon shape underneath the nail base
  6. 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 • ...

Chapter 7 2021-10-13

Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans are called mid-ocean ridges.
  2. 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.
  3. tectonics states that earths surface is made of rigid slabs of rock or plants that move with respect to each other.
  4. polarity-a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south.
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  1. drift Wegener proposed the hypothesis of continental drift, which suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth.
  2. polarity normal polarity- a state in which magnetized objects, such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north.
  3. He proposed that all the continents were once part of a supercontinent called Pangaea.
  4. 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. • ...

Unit 1 Vocabulary 2025-09-26

Unit 1 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold cast in rock
  2. of cultural or historical interest made by people in the past
  3. four hemispheres are the Northern and Southern, divided by the equator, and the Eastern and Western hemispheres, divided by the prime meridian
  4. distance east or west of the prime meridian
  5. bridge- a narrow connection between two otherwise unconnected large land masses
  6. imaginary line drawn around Earth equally distant from both poles, dividing Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres and forming the 0o latitude line
  7. 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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  1. of Earth
  2. movement pf people from one place to another with the intentions of permanently settling in a new location
  3. period of time before written records
  4. scientific study of early humans through the analysis of ancient fossils, artifacts, monuments, etc.
  5. distance north or south of the equator
  6. to a particular place
  7. drift-the gradual movement of the continents across Earth’s surface through time
  8. 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
  9. 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 • ...

Hazards 2023-03-17

Hazards crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary of two plates moving past each other
  2. force created as plates move alongside each other
  3. the thicker, lighter type of plate
  4. cause of tectonic plate movement
  5. collision of an oceanic and continental plate
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  1. earthquake zone in california
  2. point at which two tectonic plates meet
  3. plate boundary of two plates moving apart
  4. point on the earths surface that an earthquake begins
  5. scale used to measure earthquakes
  6. volcano found at a destructive boundary
  7. volcano created at a constructive boundary
  8. large wave caused by an underwater earthquake
  9. the original one continent
  10. 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

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is the Hard solid/Soft solid rock underneath a plate boundary.
  2. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
  3. This plate boundary happens when One plate sinks under the other.
  4. An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
  5. The place where two plates meet.
  6. Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
  7. A sudden shake on earths surface.
  8. Earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation outer and water layer.
  9. The sudden pushing out of something. Such as lava from a volcano.
Down
  1. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
  2. Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) which gas and lava are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
  3. Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.
  4. The outside or top layer of something.
  5. One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer.
  6. Any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
  7. This Plate boundary happens when rock gets added on the edges of two plate.
  8. 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. • ...

plate tectonic 2021-06-17

plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sideways or downward movement of tectonic plates
  2. rigid, outermost shell of a terrestrial-type planet
  3. a person who studies the properties of the earth
  4. A microscopic single-celled plan
  5. An instrument that detects Earth motions.
  6. a common type of carbonate sedimentary rock
  7. a natural science about the earth
  8. A vertical section of water from the surface to the bottom of a body of water.
  9. A measure of the strength of an earthquake.
  10. sample of sediment
  11. period during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land
  12. An extremely fine-grained sedimentary rock
  13. seven massive plates
  14. fine-grained extrusive igneous rock
  15. Said of sediments disturbed by organisms.
  16. scientist that formulates the theory of tectonic plates
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  1. outer layer of the earth
  2. coarse-grained igneous rock
  3. device that measures the speed and direction of ocean currents.
  4. An apparatus used to take sections of sediment from the seafloor
  5. liquid layer of the earth
  6. solidified lava
  7. mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
  8. hot liquid
  9. Aquatic animals, mostly microscopic, that have a planktonic lifestyle.
  10. the system to measure the strength of an earthquake
  11. A gravitational sea wave
  12. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  13. process in which plants make organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water using the energy of sunlight
  14. The horizontal or vertical flow of water
  15. 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

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. makes minerals.
  2. Something that is big
  3. Earths ____ separates sometimes.
  4. things that changeover are ___.
  5. how many major plates are there?
  6. Area shakes in certain place.
  7. Most are at the bottom of the oceans.
  8. Storie that not everyone agrees with.
  9. If you are outside find shade.
  10. plotting the locations of earthquakes.
Down
  1. created by humans.
  2. The cracks will get bigger.
  3. Make force.
  4. Study’s and finds important information.
  5. Shifts throughout the time.
  6. Have life to live in.
  7. A place
  8. solid that turns into liquid.
  9. Outer most shell.
  10. 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

plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift:the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
  2. type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another.
  3. extremely hot center of Earth, another planet, or a star
  4. on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the underground point (called the focus) where fault rupture commences, producing an earthquake.
  5. release of energy through the earth's crust in the form of seismic waves.
  6. where two plates move away from each other
  7. a measurement of earthquakes.
  8. boundary: A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
  9. mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  10. the place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates.
  11. an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
Down
  1. used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake.
  2. view or drawing that shows what the inside of something looks like after a cut has been made across it.
  3. all the Earth.
  4. large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region.
  5. 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.
  6. measure of the size of an earthquake based on observation of the effects of the shock at the earth's surface.
  7. tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
  8. or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  9. plate:massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere (crust and upper mantle)
  10. outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  11. super massive wave
  12. 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

My Plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Kidney ___
  2. Known as greens
  3. Some people have a ___ allergy and can’t consume it
  4. Opposite of vegetables
  5. smaller section
  6. Used in making wraps
  7. Helps maintain healthy bones and teeth
  8. This helps carry oxygen throughout your body
  9. Idaho mainly grows them
  10. maintain healthy blood sugar
  11. Your body needs these to thrive
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  1. Swiss is a kind of ___
  2. Smaller types of beans and starts with L
  3. referred to as “the sunshine vitamin”
  4. Have hard shells on the outside
  5. have many variations popular is Granny smith
  6. One way that people with dairy allergies get their nutrients
  7. Chickens lay these
  8. Mostly meat contains this
  9. Keeps eyes and skin healthy
  10. Orange vegetable that is crunchy
  11. Heals cuts and wounds
  12. Orange with hard shell
  13. Small green vegetables in a pod
  14. 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 • ...