plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

The Changing Earth 2017-06-08

The Changing Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. There was once a supercontinent called _____________.
  2. Plates do not slide easily over each other because of _________ between them.
  3. Supercontinent comprising of Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa and India
  4. The slabs of crust, soggy bottom and top layer of the mantle move as one and are called ___________ ____________.
  5. A ________ _________ is when a heavier ocean plate is forced under the continental plate at an angle of 20° to 60°.
  6. ___________ have formed and split apart, species have arisen and become extinct.
  7. Tectonic plates and their boundaries: split, bang and ____________.
  8. The layer of the earth we live on is called the ___________.
  9. What new technology, used during World War II, provided new evidence for the theory of tectonic plates?
  10. where plates move apart.
  11. A _________ ________ conserves rock. They neither create nor destroy it.
  12. where plates scrape along each other.
  13. where one plate collides with another.
  14. A weakened line (called a fault) in the crust causes a huge crack or _____ _____ to form.
  15. The ________ is 2800 km thick. The rock here is under extreme heat and pressure and behaves like a sludgy slow-moving liquid.
Down
  1. The rocks of the ocean floor have _________ stripes, parallel with the underwater ridges.
  2. Hot air and liquid rise and so will hot liquid rock, this cycle of moving rock is called a __________ __________.
  3. The ______________ has changed in both its composition and its temperature.
  4. _________ evidence suggests the southern continents were originally joined.
  5. Supercontinent comprising of North America, Europe and most of Asia
  6. Magnetic stripes indicate that the youngest rock is next to the ridges and the oldest next to the ___________.
  7. ___________ has seen many changes since it was formed 4.6 billion years ago.
  8. Rock is melted here and is returned to the mantle for recycling.
  9. A chain of ________ often forms when ocean plate meets ocean plate.
  10. Hot patches and cool patches create the convection ___________ that push the plates around.
  11. _____________ result from the movement of tectonic plates.
  12. ______________ and trenches come from collisions between an ocean plate and a continental plate.

27 Clues: where plates move apart. • where plates scrape along each other. • where one plate collides with another. • There was once a supercontinent called _____________. • _____________ result from the movement of tectonic plates. • The layer of the earth we live on is called the ___________. • Rock is melted here and is returned to the mantle for recycling. • ...

Volcano Crossword 2025-02-14

Volcano Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.
  2. an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.
  3. A plate boundary is a three-dimensional surface or zone across which there is a significant change in the velocity (speed or direction) of motion of one lithospheric plate relative to the adjacent lithospheric plate.
  4. the outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that is found under the oceans and formed at spreading centres on oceanic ridges, which occur at divergent plate boundaries.
  5. a large volcano that has erupted on the seafloor and has emerged above sea level, occurring in ocean basins or on ocean ridges.
  6. formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock
  7. any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks.
  8. coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas.
  9. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  10. the solid residue left when combustible material is thoroughly burned or is oxidized by chemical means.
Down
  1. the solid, outer part of the Earth
  2. the outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that makes up the planet's continents and continental shelves
  3. A pyroclastic flow is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter
  4. a portion of the Earth's mantle that flows like molten plastic despite being solid
  5. a special class of mountains
  6. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  7. 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 from the earth's crust.
  8. a small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings.
  9. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
  10. mixtures of water, volcanic ash, tephra, rock fragments, and chunks of ice that can flow like wet concrete.

20 Clues: a special class of mountains • the solid, outer part of the Earth • an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. • coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas. • formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock • A pyroclastic flow is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter • ...

Rocks, Minerals, and Geological Events 2018-01-03

Rocks, Minerals, and Geological Events crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The deepest part of the ocean floor; made up of rolling hills and flat plains.
  2. A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
  3. The region where 2 tectonic plates are in contact.
  4. A plate boundary where 2 plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  5. Molten rock spews out from mantel to Earth as ash, lava, and gases; major events occur when dense plate subducts less dense plant.
  6. The color of a mineral in powdered form.
  7. A plate boundary where 2 plates move toward each other.
  8. A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
  9. The comparison of the density of one material as it relates to another.
  10. Geological event that occurs when continental plates of equal density converge, resulting in mountain chains.
  11. The way the surface of a mineral reflects light.
  12. Geological event in which the shaking of Earths surface occurs due to the movement of rock at plate boundaries.
Down
  1. Earths rocks change from one type into another over time due to various Earth processes.
  2. Sections of the Earths crust that move due to convection currents.
  3. A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
  4. A measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume.
  5. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  6. The movement of material due to differences in temperature.
  7. A naturally formed, inorganic solid that has a specific chemical formula and repeating 3-dimensional structure.
  8. A current caused by the rising of heated material and sinking of cooled material.
  9. A denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge; occurs at continental to oceanic boundaries and oceanic to oceanic boundaries.
  10. A plate boundary where 2 plates move away from each other.
  11. A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants or animals are pressed and cemented together.
  12. Earth's crust and solid upper mantle, broken into tectonic plates.

24 Clues: The color of a mineral in powdered form. • The way the surface of a mineral reflects light. • The region where 2 tectonic plates are in contact. • A measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched. • A plate boundary where 2 plates move toward each other. • A measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume. • ...

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle 2022-03-24

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A tectonic plate on the continent austrialia.
  2. A tectonic plate located on the continent africa.
  3. When two plates move away from eachother
  4. when two plates push together and one moves under another
Down
  1. A tectonic plate located on antartica.
  2. When two plates slide past eachother horizzontailly.

6 Clues: A tectonic plate located on antartica. • When two plates move away from eachother • A tectonic plate on the continent austrialia. • A tectonic plate located on the continent africa. • When two plates slide past eachother horizzontailly. • when two plates push together and one moves under another

Theory Of Plate Tectonics 2015-01-15

Theory Of Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. long, narrow, deep parts of the seafloor formed where a subductiong slab bends down into Earth
  2. a network of satellites used to determine locations on Earth
  3. portion of a lithospheric plate that sinks down into Earth’s mantle during subduction
  4. theory that explains how lithospheric plates move and interact, causing major geologic features and events
Down
  1. large, brittle pieces of Earth’s outer shell composed of crust and uppermost mantle
  2. heat transfer by the movement of matter from one place to another

6 Clues: a network of satellites used to determine locations on Earth • heat transfer by the movement of matter from one place to another • large, brittle pieces of Earth’s outer shell composed of crust and uppermost mantle • portion of a lithospheric plate that sinks down into Earth’s mantle during subduction • ...

Dylan's Unit 3 Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword 2024-12-06

Dylan's Unit 3 Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 2nd closest layer to the Earth
  2. Heat being transferred by the movement of fluids
  3. A place where 2 plates slip past each other
  4. Breaks in Earth's crust
  5. A theory that states pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
  6. The flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  7. The upper mantle
  8. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
Down
  1. A place where 2 plates come together
  2. What happens when earthquakes occur
  3. A place where 2 plates move apart
  4. The uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  5. The 2nd closest layer to the inner core
  6. The hottest part of the Earth and the center

14 Clues: The upper mantle • Breaks in Earth's crust • A place where 2 plates move apart • The 2nd closest layer to the Earth • What happens when earthquakes occur • A place where 2 plates come together • The 2nd closest layer to the inner core • A place where 2 plates slip past each other • The flow that transfers heat within a fluid • The hottest part of the Earth and the center • ...

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics 2023-01-05

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another.
  2. A fracture or zone of fractures between 2 blocks of rock.
  3. A thin flat sheet of metal or other material.
  4. transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
Down
  1. Remains of a prehistoric organism.
  2. transfer of thermal energy by movement of a fluid.
  3. The super Continent.
  4. mass or a unit volume of a material substance.

8 Clues: The super Continent. • Remains of a prehistoric organism. • transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves. • A thin flat sheet of metal or other material. • mass or a unit volume of a material substance. • transfer of thermal energy by movement of a fluid. • A fracture or zone of fractures between 2 blocks of rock. • ...

FOOD AND DRINKS 2022-07-13

FOOD AND DRINKS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. glass
  2. lunchbox
  3. drinks
  4. knife
  5. breakfast
  6. dinner
Down
  1. mug
  2. lunch
  3. food
  4. sweets
  5. fork
  6. plate
  7. family

13 Clues: mug • food • fork • glass • lunch • knife • plate • drinks • sweets • family • dinner • lunchbox • breakfast

EARTH: ZODIAC ELEMENT 2023-08-07

EARTH: ZODIAC ELEMENT crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lava spewing mountain
  2. Flat elevated landform
  3. Large landmass
  4. Dense wooded area
  5. Earth's features and study
  6. Molten rock beneath the surface
  7. Earth's crust movements
  8. Bowl-shaped cavity
  9. Watercourse flowing to seas
  10. Relating to earthquakes
  11. Cold treeless biome
  12. Lowland between mountains
Down
  1. Vast bodies of saltwater
  2. Gaseous layer surrounding Earth
  3. Deep narrow gorge
  4. Arid region with little rain
  5. Slow-moving ice mass
  6. Study of the Earth's structure
  7. Inland bodies of water
  8. Earth's outermost layer
  9. Landmass surrounded by water
  10. High landform with a peak

22 Clues: Large landmass • Deep narrow gorge • Dense wooded area • Bowl-shaped cavity • Cold treeless biome • Slow-moving ice mass • Lava spewing mountain • Flat elevated landform • Inland bodies of water • Earth's crust movements • Earth's outermost layer • Relating to earthquakes • Vast bodies of saltwater • High landform with a peak • Lowland between mountains • Earth's features and study • ...

Table Etiquette and Manners 2024-04-02

Table Etiquette and Manners crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Food is cut with the knife in the __________ hand.
  2. When leaving the table ________ yourself first.
  3. Always wait for the ____________ before eating.
  4. The ___________ is placed on top of the plate.
  5. Use utensils from the ___________ in toward the plate.
  6. Always __________ with your mouth closed.
  7. Codes of polite _____________ used in our society.
Down
  1. Knives and then ____________ go to the right of the plate.
  2. ___________ go to the left of the plate.
  3. Do not _______________ across the table.
  4. ___________ are placed in the order of use.
  5. Always keep your ___________ of the table.
  6. Do not blow your ____________ at the table.
  7. Always put your _________________ away when at the dinner table.
  8. Place your ________________ on your lap.

15 Clues: ___________ go to the left of the plate. • Do not _______________ across the table. • Place your ________________ on your lap. • Always __________ with your mouth closed. • Always keep your ___________ of the table. • ___________ are placed in the order of use. • Do not blow your ____________ at the table. • The ___________ is placed on top of the plate. • ...

Shaping Earth’s Surface 2024-12-02

Shaping Earth’s Surface crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mountains formed by the folding of Earth's crust due to compressional forces.
  2. The force that squeezes rocks together, often causing folding.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.
  4. The effect of things acting upon one another.
  5. To move something out of its position.
  6. A large sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake or other disturbance.
  7. A sudden release of energy in Earth's crust, causing ground shaking.
  8. The height above sea level.
  9. An area with many fractures in Earth's crust associated with a fault.
  10. The edge where two tectonic plates meet.
  11. A curved chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate.
  12. Forming a 90-degree angle.
  13. Large pieces of Earth's crust that move over the mantle, causing geological events.
  14. A deep gorge carved by river erosion.
  15. The breaking down of rocks by natural forces like water or wind.
  16. To come together with force or impact.
Down
  1. Involving sudden and great damage.
  2. The process of a denser plate sinking below a less-dense plate at a convergent boundary.
  3. A circular depression formed by the impact of a meteoroid.
  4. Movement of one tectonic plate in relation to another.
  5. To cause something to happen.
  6. Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface.
  7. The movement of weathered materials by wind, water, or ice.
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  9. Stress that pulls rocks apart, leading to faults or rifting.
  10. A deep valley formed where tectonic plates move apart, typically at divergent boundaries.
  11. Mountains formed when blocks of Earth's crust move up or down along a fault.
  12. A plate boundary where two plates move apart.
  13. A break in Earth's crust along which movement occurs.
  14. The rapid downhill movement of soil and rock caused by gravity.
  15. A vent in Earth's crust where molten rock, gases, and ash are expelled.
  16. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface.
  17. The force acting on rocks to deform them.

33 Clues: Forming a 90-degree angle. • The height above sea level. • To cause something to happen. • Involving sudden and great damage. • Molten rock beneath Earth's surface. • A deep gorge carved by river erosion. • To move something out of its position. • To come together with force or impact. • The edge where two tectonic plates meet. • The force acting on rocks to deform them. • ...

The Earth 2016-03-04

The Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. area where an oceanic plate goes into the mantle
  2. boundary where two plates move apart
  3. the inner most layer of Earth; made completely of dense metal
  4. the largest layer of earth
  5. cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking
  6. a rigid layer of Earth made of the crust and upper mantle
  7. plasticlike layer of Earth
  8. sections of the lithosphere
Down
  1. theory that the continents slowly moved apart
  2. place where two plates move together
  3. plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  4. the continent that is believed to once be all the continents together
  5. a plate found under the sea floor
  6. a plate found on land
  7. outermost layer of Earth

15 Clues: a plate found on land • outermost layer of Earth • the largest layer of earth • plasticlike layer of Earth • sections of the lithosphere • a plate found under the sea floor • place where two plates move together • boundary where two plates move apart • theory that the continents slowly moved apart • cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking • ...

The Kitchen 2024-02-22

The Kitchen crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sink
  2. Bowl
  3. Fork
  4. Mug
  5. Toaster
  6. Spoon
  7. Knife
Down
  1. Microwave
  2. Plate
  3. Fridge
  4. Glass
  5. Oven
  6. Pan

13 Clues: Mug • Pan • Sink • Bowl • Fork • Oven • Plate • Glass • Spoon • Knife • Fridge • Toaster • Microwave

Crossword Project 10 point 2022-10-20

Crossword Project 10 point crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the supercontinent that split up 250 million years ago.
  2. 2 plates moving away from each other.
  3. hot, molten rock below the Earths surface.
  4. Plates move as fast as your…
  5. the biggest tectonic plate.
  6. boundary The place where 2 plates meet.
  7. the tallest volcano ever.
  8. natural disasters are a result of….
  9. how long a earthquake lasts.
  10. h
Down
  1. this volcano exploded in 79AD in Italy.
  2. There are ______ major plates.
  3. 80% of all earthquakes occur here.
  4. a feature on Earths surface. (mountain, canal etc)
  5. the shortest volcano ever.
  6. the biggest volcano in the solar system.
  7. the tiniest plate on Earth.
  8. k
  9. 2 plates moving towards each other.
  10. number of years that the Yasur volcano erupted for.

20 Clues: k • h • the tallest volcano ever. • the shortest volcano ever. • the biggest tectonic plate. • the tiniest plate on Earth. • Plates move as fast as your… • how long a earthquake lasts. • There are ______ major plates. • 80% of all earthquakes occur here. • 2 plates moving towards each other. • natural disasters are a result of…. • 2 plates moving away from each other. • ...

Caden Zerby 2024-03-14

Caden Zerby crossword puzzle
Across
  1. very middle of earth
  2. close to dirt, also has small rocks and minerals in it
  3. a thing caused by plate movement
  4. the scale used to measure earthquakes the ___ scale
  5. the thing we breathe
  6. tall structures of rock and some are very big
  7. natural solid substance with a crystal structure
  8. large cracks in earths crust
  9. very old bug/animal/rock
Down
  1. convergent, divergent, transforming
  2. soft material involved with divergent and convergent plate boundaries
  3. the study of rock
  4. outer layer of earth
  5. spews lava
  6. tectonic things
  7. huge wave
  8. big, is Pacific, Atlantic, and more
  9. they are in igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
  10. the planet we live on
  11. can form magma, and changes form

20 Clues: huge wave • spews lava • tectonic things • the study of rock • outer layer of earth • very middle of earth • the thing we breathe • the planet we live on • very old bug/animal/rock • large cracks in earths crust • a thing caused by plate movement • can form magma, and changes form • convergent, divergent, transforming • big, is Pacific, Atlantic, and more • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2024-02-12

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crust under the ocean
  2. Dense plate slides under the less dense plate
  3. Boundary where plates move together
  4. Responsible for most of Hawaiian volcanic activity
  5. Collisional mountain ranges made when the mountain is _?
  6. Another word for composite volcanos
  7. What comes out of a volcano
  8. Boundary where plates move apart
  9. Composite volcanoes are made out of ash, lava, and _?
  10. Plates move very _?
  11. Plates similar in density and collide
Down
  1. Boundary where plates move past each other
  2. Mountain range made of volcanic arcs
  3. Types of volcanoes that are at subduction convergent boundaries
  4. Ring of _?
  5. Largest volcanoes, made of basalt
  6. What is inside volcanoes
  7. Plate under Europe
  8. Transform boundaries have these type of earthquakes
  9. Crust is neither created or _?

20 Clues: Ring of _? • Plate under Europe • Plates move very _? • Crust under the ocean • What is inside volcanoes • What comes out of a volcano • Crust is neither created or _? • Boundary where plates move apart • Largest volcanoes, made of basalt • Boundary where plates move together • Another word for composite volcanos • Mountain range made of volcanic arcs • ...

Sybonet Davis 2021-05-18

Sybonet Davis crossword puzzle
Across
  1. preparing your body before dancing
  2. bending of the knees as much as possible without losing PBA
  3. bending of the knees
  4. land on one toe plate
  5. to the back
  6. disengage from the floor to a tendu
  7. into your center
  8. in a cross shape
  9. rise to the toes from a pile
  10. circle of the leg
Down
  1. land on toe plate with both feet at the same time
  2. to the side
  3. rise onto the toes
  4. swing foot forward and only sticking the toe plate
  5. to the front
  6. stretching the foot along the floor
  7. movie directed by Anne Fletcher in 2006
  8. movie directed by Michael Damian in 2018
  9. beat the floor
  10. away from your center

20 Clues: to the side • to the back • to the front • beat the floor • into your center • in a cross shape • circle of the leg • rise onto the toes • bending of the knees • land on one toe plate • away from your center • rise to the toes from a pile • preparing your body before dancing • stretching the foot along the floor • disengage from the floor to a tendu • movie directed by Anne Fletcher in 2006 • ...

Plate motion crossword 2024-10-15

Plate motion crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. these spew out hot rock from the mantle
  2. the rock we stand on
  3. plates moving up and down
  4. our planet
  5. the biggest layer of the earth
  6. these spread out all over the earth to form the crust
  7. these come from divergent plate boundaries
  8. super continent
  9. these happen on plate boundaries
  10. plates moving towards each other
Down
  1. The lower layer of the mantle
  2. The outer layer of the lithosphere
  3. the center of the earth
  4. these come from convergent plate boundaries
  5. the process of the sea floor going underneath the crust
  6. The upper layer of the mantle
  7. think of Pangea
  8. The branch of geophysics involving magnetism
  9. plates moving apart
  10. someone who studies rocks

20 Clues: our planet • think of Pangea • super continent • plates moving apart • the rock we stand on • the center of the earth • plates moving up and down • someone who studies rocks • The lower layer of the mantle • The upper layer of the mantle • the biggest layer of the earth • these happen on plate boundaries • plates moving towards each other • The outer layer of the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-13

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. the region where two tectonic plates are in contact
  4. a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  5. a series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone
  6. the idea that continents have moved and are still moving slowly across the Earth's surface
  7. the theory that the lithosphere is broken up into large plates that move and then rejoin; considered the unifying theory of geology
Down
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  2. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  4. A break in the earth's crust
  5. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  6. A weak spot in the middle of a tectonic plate where magma surfaces; forms a volcano (ex: Hawaii & Yellowstone)

13 Clues: A break in the earth's crust • 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 • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • ...

Dynamic Earth 2017-11-16

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a layer of the earth that is a fluid layer
  2. is a wave motion in a solid medium where the medium
  3. is a fracture along which the blocks of crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture
  4. a tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other
  5. underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  6. a layer of the earth that powers the movement of the tectonic plates of the Earth's crust
  7. Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other
  8. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface between the two plates
Down
  1. a longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first conspicuous wave to be recorded by a seismograph.
  2. the transfer of heat by the mass movement
  3. a geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall
  4. a map using a representation of relief usually using contour lines
  5. a method for comparing the dimensions of the physical quantities
  6. A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall
  7. it is a record of the ground motion at a measuring station as a function of time

15 Clues: the transfer of heat by the mass movement • a layer of the earth that is a fluid layer • is a wave motion in a solid medium where the medium • underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics • a method for comparing the dimensions of the physical quantities • a map using a representation of relief usually using contour lines • ...

RELIEF - 1° ESO 2022-10-16

RELIEF - 1° ESO crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Semi-liquid rock forming the Mantle
  2. plate boundary - Plates sliding past each other horizontally
  3. - Formed by the crust and upper mantle
  4. - Outer layer of the Earth
  5. drift - Movement caused by the tectonic plates
  6. core - Mainly made of iron and nickel
  7. - Represents 60% of the Earth's mass
  8. plate boundary - Plates moving away from each other
  9. Crust - forms the Ocean floor
Down
  1. - Semi-solid layer of the Earth
  2. crust - forms the Earth's continents
  3. forces - caused by Tectonic activity at plate boundaries
  4. plates - pieces of land that are connected to the Earth's outer layer
  5. plate boundary - Two plates colliding
  6. core - Mainly the liquid part of the Core

15 Clues: - Outer layer of the Earth • Crust - forms the Ocean floor • - Semi-solid layer of the Earth • crust - forms the Earth's continents • - Represents 60% of the Earth's mass • - Semi-liquid rock forming the Mantle • plate boundary - Two plates colliding • core - Mainly made of iron and nickel • - Formed by the crust and upper mantle • core - Mainly the liquid part of the Core • ...

plate tectonics earth system 2024-03-26

plate tectonics earth system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary between 2 plates that are scraping past each other (slide, scrape)
  2. Wegner German scientist who developed the theory of continental drift
  3. consists of all of the crust as we;; as the upper, ridged part part of the mantle
Down
  1. the broken up pieces of the lithosphere
  2. ring of volcanoes around the pacific plate
  3. boundary between 2 plates moving away from each other (seperate, divide)

6 Clues: the broken up pieces of the lithosphere • ring of volcanoes around the pacific plate • Wegner German scientist who developed the theory of continental drift • boundary between 2 plates moving away from each other (seperate, divide) • boundary between 2 plates that are scraping past each other (slide, scrape) • ...

plate tectonics earth system 2024-03-26

plate tectonics earth system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary between 2 plates that are scraping past each other (slide, scrape)
  2. Wegner German scientist who developed the theory of continental drift
  3. consists of all of the crust as we;; as the upper, ridged part part of the mantle
Down
  1. the broken up pieces of the lithosphere
  2. ring of volcanoes around the pacific plate
  3. boundary between 2 plates moving away from each other (seperate, divide)

6 Clues: the broken up pieces of the lithosphere • ring of volcanoes around the pacific plate • Wegner German scientist who developed the theory of continental drift • boundary between 2 plates moving away from each other (seperate, divide) • boundary between 2 plates that are scraping past each other (slide, scrape) • ...

Earth’s Interior and Processes 2018-12-19

Earth’s Interior and Processes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the earth. __________ core
  2. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at convergent plate boundary
  3. a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of the earth. __________ core
  4. theory that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart. __________ __________ theory
  5. a block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault. __________ wall
  6. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other. __________ plate boundary
  7. the theory that pieces of earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle. __________ __________ theory
  8. a type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other side-ways with little up or down movement. __________-__________ fault
  9. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. __________ plate boundary
  10. the name of a single landmass that broke apart 225 million years ago and gave rise to today’s continents
  11. a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward; caused by compression in the crust. __________ fault
Down
  1. stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
  2. a break or crack in earth’s lithosphere along which the rocks move
  3. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. __________ plate boundary
  4. current in earth’s mantle cause by density changes due to heating of matter. __________ currents
  5. a block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault
  6. stress that stretches the rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
  7. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  8. the layer of rock that forms earth’s outer surface
  9. the layer of hot, solid material between earth’s crust and core
  10. a rigid layer made up of the upper part of the mantle and the crust
  11. a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by compression in the crust. __________ fault

22 Clues: stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • the layer of rock that forms earth’s outer surface • a block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault • the layer of hot, solid material between earth’s crust and core • a break or crack in earth’s lithosphere along which the rocks move • a rigid layer made up of the upper part of the mantle and the crust • ...

Species 2020-03-05

Species crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics- the movements as the result of solid "plates" moving slowly, as little as 3 cm a year, over Earth's mantle
  2. Radiation- process where single species or a small group of species evolve over a relatively short period of time
  3. theory- prokaryotic cells entered those ancestral eukaryotes
  4. extinction- an event during which many species become extinct over a relatively short period of time
  5. extinction- paleontologists use this to describe the kind of "business as usual" extinction
  6. researchers who study fossils to learn about ancient life
  7. eons are divided
  8. Evolution needed to be slow and steady
  9. fossils- distinctive fossils used to establish and compare the relative ages of rock layers and the fossils they contain
  10. time scale- geologists and paleontologists have built a time line of Earth's history
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  1. Equilibrium- the terms used to describe equilibrium that is interrupted by brief periods or more rapid change
  2. evolution-evolution produces similar structures and characteristics in distantly related organisms through this process
  3. time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay
  4. Eras are subdivided
  5. patterns- grand transformations in anatomy, phylogeny, ecology, and behavior, which usually take place in clades larger than a single species
  6. is one that has died out
  7. the process by which two species evolve in response to changes in each other over time
  8. dating- relies on radioactive isotopes, which decay, or break down, into stable isotopes at a steady rate
  9. Dating- places rock layers and their fossils in a temporal sequence

19 Clues: eons are divided • Eras are subdivided • is one that has died out • Evolution needed to be slow and steady • researchers who study fossils to learn about ancient life • theory- prokaryotic cells entered those ancestral eukaryotes • Dating- places rock layers and their fossils in a temporal sequence • time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay • ...

Earth Processes Unit Test Crossword 2023-12-11

Earth Processes Unit Test Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a theory that states Earth is covered in patches of crust called plates, which are pushed along by the convection currents in the Earth’s mantle
  2. transportation of sediment
  3. German climatologist and meteorologist who made Continental Drift Theory
  4. rocks breaking down into sediment
  5. tectonic plate boundary where plates are sliding against each other horizontally
  6. the movement of rock matter between different groups
  7. light-colored igneous rock with large crystals
Down
  1. a denser plate moving underneath another plate
  2. fragments of existing rock formed by weathering & erosion
  3. tectonic plate boundary where plates are colliding
  4. mountain range located in between India and China that was formed by a convergent plate boundary
  5. tectonic plate boundary where plates are moving away from each other

12 Clues: transportation of sediment • rocks breaking down into sediment • a denser plate moving underneath another plate • light-colored igneous rock with large crystals • tectonic plate boundary where plates are colliding • the movement of rock matter between different groups • fragments of existing rock formed by weathering & erosion • ...

Les Repas French Vocab 2023-02-20

Les Repas French Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sauerkraut with sausages
  2. well done
  3. rare
  4. cream based soup
  5. beef in wine sauce
  6. salmon terrine
  7. veggie plate with dip
  8. cheese plate
Down
  1. savory crepe with mushrooms, cheese, egg
  2. chicken in wine sauce
  3. for starters
  4. mineral water
  5. apple juice
  6. medium
  7. snails
  8. flan
  9. pasta

17 Clues: rare • flan • pasta • medium • snails • well done • apple juice • for starters • cheese plate • mineral water • salmon terrine • cream based soup • beef in wine sauce • chicken in wine sauce • veggie plate with dip • sauerkraut with sausages • savory crepe with mushrooms, cheese, egg

Earth Science! 2025-08-07

Earth Science! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. solid centre layer of Earth that is super hot
  2. same density plates moving towards each other
  3. current that transfers heat in the mantle
  4. when plates move side by side
  5. a plate that is thin but very dense
  6. when plates move toward each other
  7. where we are going on our field trip soon
  8. layer of Earth that is semi-molten rock
  9. when plates move away from each other
Down
  1. what the broken parts of the crust are
  2. sudden release of energy that shakes the crust
  3. dense plate is pushed below a less dense plate
  4. a plate that is thick but less dense
  5. liquid layer above the inner core
  6. thinnest outermost layer of planet Earth

15 Clues: when plates move side by side • liquid layer above the inner core • when plates move toward each other • a plate that is thin but very dense • a plate that is thick but less dense • when plates move away from each other • what the broken parts of the crust are • layer of Earth that is semi-molten rock • thinnest outermost layer of planet Earth • ...

Dynamic Earth 2.0 2017-11-29

Dynamic Earth 2.0 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. below the lithosphere is a layer made up rock that is fluid and can move
  2. A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall
  3. analysis using the fact that physical quantities, must be expressed in terms of the same fundamental quantities
  4. fluid layer about 2,300 km (1,400 mi) thick and composed of mostly iron and nickel
  5. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other
  6. A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall
  7. is an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics
Down
  1. an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration
  2. is a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief
  3. is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass
  4. Earth's outer layer, the crust, is divided into a set of large moving plates. The lines where they meet
  5. a longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth
  6. a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  7. are places where plates slide sideways past each other
  8. is a wave motion in a solid medium where the medium moves perpendicular to the direction of the travel of the wave

15 Clues: a current in a fluid that results from convection. • are places where plates slide sideways past each other • is an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics • A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other • below the lithosphere is a layer made up rock that is fluid and can move • ...

Some Body and Arm protection 2025-07-13

Some Body and Arm protection crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Circular plate that covers the armpit
  2. A type of padded jacket that was worn as a form of armor during the medieval period
  3. Gloves that cover from the fingers to the forearms
  4. Covers the shoulder, armpit and sometimes the back and chest.
  5. Covers the chest, not the back, but the name is sometimes used to describe the chest and back plates together
  6. Plate that covers the section of upper arm from elbow to area covered by shoulder armour
  7. Plate that guards the elbow
Down
  1. Bands of plate that cover the shoulder and part of upper arm but not the armpit
  2. Small, horizontal lames that protect the small of the back or the buttocks, attached to a backplate.
  3. Extra layer of plate armour initially covering the belly. Often decorated.
  4. Cloth garment, generally canvas or leather, lined with small oblong steel plates riveted to the fabric
  5. Forearm guard. May be solid metal or splints of metal attached to a leather backing
  6. Bands to protect the front waist and hips, attached to cuirass
  7. Mail that protects areas not covered by plate
  8. Scale armor is usually only secured to the backing by a couple holes near the top of the scale

15 Clues: Plate that guards the elbow • Circular plate that covers the armpit • Mail that protects areas not covered by plate • Gloves that cover from the fingers to the forearms • Covers the shoulder, armpit and sometimes the back and chest. • Bands to protect the front waist and hips, attached to cuirass • ...

À Mesa Vocabulário (make sure to use accents and use dashes as spaces when needed) 2021-12-21

À Mesa Vocabulário (make sure to use accents and use dashes as spaces when needed) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cheque/Bill
  2. Credit Card
  3. Cup/Glass
  4. Gravy Boat
  5. Teapot
  6. Fish Fork
  7. Meat Knife
  8. Utensils
  9. Dessert Plate
  10. Fish Knife
  11. Butter Knife
  12. Fruit Knife
  13. Dishes
  14. Lunch
  15. Dinner
Down
  1. Sugar Bowl
  2. Napkin
  3. Pepper Shaker
  4. Deep Plate
  5. Meat Fork
  6. Soup Spoon
  7. Coffee Cup
  8. Afternoon Snack
  9. Saucer
  10. Creamer
  11. Salt Shaker
  12. Fruit Fork
  13. Tea Spoon
  14. Dessert Fork
  15. Table Cloth
  16. Platter
  17. The Tip
  18. Restaurant Table
  19. Tea Cup
  20. Bowl
  21. Breakfast
  22. Shallow Plate

37 Clues: Bowl • Lunch • Napkin • Teapot • Saucer • Dishes • Dinner • Creamer • Platter • The Tip • Tea Cup • Utensils • Cup/Glass • Meat Fork • Fish Fork • Tea Spoon • Breakfast • Sugar Bowl • Deep Plate • Gravy Boat • Soup Spoon • Coffee Cup • Fruit Fork • Meat Knife • Fish Knife • Cheque/Bill • Credit Card • Salt Shaker • Table Cloth • Fruit Knife • Dessert Fork • Butter Knife • Pepper Shaker • Dessert Plate • Shallow Plate • Afternoon Snack • Restaurant Table

earthquakes & volcanoes 2023-01-13

earthquakes & volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
  2. plate that moves an inch every year.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  4. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  5. rumbling tectonic plate
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  1. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  2. a large mountain that builds up and releases ho
  3. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  5. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  6. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  7. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  8. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  9. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  10. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary

15 Clues: rumbling tectonic plate • plate that moves an inch every year. • a large mountain that builds up and releases ho • Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere • ...

Plate Tectonic Puzzle 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonic Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What does the movement of the mantle move like, as the plates slide around on top of the layer?
  2. What type of plate boundary moves alongside each other?
  3. What happens when plates move?
  4. What type of rock do the Earth's plates ride on?
  5. What kind of plate boundary forms mountains?
  6. What type of plates crust is less dense but thicker?
  7. What is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago?
Down
  1. Where does convection occur, as hot, less dense material rises and cold material sinks?
  2. What happens when plates move convergence?
  3. When two continental plates move toward each other and slowly collide and crumble, what does it form?
  4. When a plate moves over a fixed hotspot, what type of geologic features/events create a chain?
  5. As a plate with ocean floor rock material is on the top edge it subducts beneath another plate, which makes it what?
  6. What type of plate crusts is denser and thinner?
  7. Conservation of matter can either be created or what to cause changes with other matter?
  8. Rock material that makes up Earth's plates, comes from what rock material?

15 Clues: What happens when plates move? • What happens when plates move convergence? • What kind of plate boundary forms mountains? • What type of plate crusts is denser and thinner? • What type of rock do the Earth's plates ride on? • What type of plates crust is less dense but thicker? • What type of plate boundary moves alongside each other? • ...

Volcano Definitions 2025-02-13

Volcano Definitions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A layer containing the crust and upper mantle
  2. A ring around the pacific ocean where the most earthquakes occur
  3. A place where two oceanic plates collide and subduct, causing a volcanic island
  4. A hot liquid disputed from a volcano
  5. A violent shaking in the ground caused by movements in the earths crush or volcanic action
  6. The less dense crust made up of granite
  7. A powdery substance
  8. The more dense crust made up of basalt
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  1. The layer under the lithosphere where convection currents are found
  2. Where two plates meet and start to rise upwards
  3. An plate beneath the pacific ocean
  4. A place where an oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate, creating this
  5. A place where magma can be found underground
  6. Spot A spot in a plate where the temperature is hotter and can create volcanic areas
  7. A hot liquid inside a volcano or underground
  8. Where two plates meet and one goes under the other
  9. A place where two plates meet
  10. Cool magma that was turned into a rock
  11. A destructive mudslide
  12. A fast moving current of hot gas

20 Clues: A powdery substance • A destructive mudslide • A place where two plates meet • A fast moving current of hot gas • An plate beneath the pacific ocean • A hot liquid disputed from a volcano • Cool magma that was turned into a rock • The more dense crust made up of basalt • The less dense crust made up of granite • A place where magma can be found underground • ...

RMS changing earth 2025-11-27

RMS changing earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcano A volcano formed over a plume of hot mantle
  2. A break or crack in Earth’s crust
  3. Sudden shaking of Earth’s crust
  4. A natural, nonliving solid with a crystal structure
  5. Large landforms created by uplift or collisions
  6. Where one plate sinks beneath another
  7. The dropping or settling of sediments
  8. Deep, narrow valleys on the ocean floor
  9. Earth’s thin, outermost layer
  10. Rock changed by heat and pressure
  11. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  12. Rock formed from cooled magma or lava
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  1. The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
  2. Openings in Earth where lava, ash, and gases erupt
  3. Rapid downhill movement of rock and soil
  4. Rock formed from compacted layers of sediments
  5. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  6. A large ocean wave caused by underwater earthquakes
  7. A supercontinent that existed long ago before breaking apart
  8. A naturally occurring solid made of minerals
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  10. The movement of rock pieces by wind, water, or ice

22 Clues: Earth’s thin, outermost layer • Sudden shaking of Earth’s crust • A break or crack in Earth’s crust • Rock changed by heat and pressure • Where one plate sinks beneath another • The dropping or settling of sediments • Rock formed from cooled magma or lava • Deep, narrow valleys on the ocean floor • Rapid downhill movement of rock and soil • ...

Y7 End of topic crossword 2020-12-07

Y7 End of topic crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of volcano with a wide base and runny lava you can find it at constructive plate boundaries
  2. a building especially made to withstand earthquakes
  3. the cloud formed by all the volcanic ash
  4. the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another
  5. when hot magma reaches the surface it cools down and turns into this
  6. working out what might happen
  7. the place where the magma is held
  8. the point at which an earthquake originated in the crust
  9. how badly the earthquake shook the earth
  10. the epicenter of the Haiti earthquake
Down
  1. capital city of Belgium
  2. A long high see wave caused by an earthquake or other natural disasters
  3. capital city of Australia
  4. earthquakes are measured on this
  5. the plate boundary where the oceanic plate sinks under the continental plate, causing volcanic eruptions or earthquakes
  6. a type of volcano also know as a composite volcano
  7. capital city of Bulgaria
  8. capital city of Italy
  9. the thin out layer (the earths surface)
  10. the point on the earths surface directly above the focus

20 Clues: capital city of Italy • capital city of Belgium • capital city of Bulgaria • capital city of Australia • working out what might happen • earthquakes are measured on this • the place where the magma is held • the epicenter of the Haiti earthquake • the thin out layer (the earths surface) • the cloud formed by all the volcanic ash • how badly the earthquake shook the earth • ...

Science Puzzle 4: Tectonic Plates 2015-03-05

Science Puzzle 4: Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the hottest and most dense of the Earth's layers
  2. the rock formed from compacting and cementation
  3. the property of the color of a mineral's powder
  4. boundary in which 2 tectonic plates divide/separate
  5. boundary where ocean plate goes under continental plate
  6. the tectonic plate which is found on the ring of fire
  7. boundary in which 2 tectonic plates collide
  8. the property of how a mineral reflects light
Down
  1. the property of a mineral after dividing its mass and volume
  2. the rock formed from heat and pressure
  3. the property of how a mineral resists scratching
  4. the southern most tectonic plate found on Earth
  5. the (semisolid, plasticity) layer below the lithosphere
  6. the mineral which has a "10" in the Moh's scale
  7. the rock formed from the cooling of magma
  8. the thinnest and coolest layer of Earth
  9. the Earth's layer that is liquid
  10. boundary in which 2 tectonic plates slide against each other
  11. the thickest layer of the Earth
  12. the mineral which is a "1" in the Moh's scale

20 Clues: the thickest layer of the Earth • the Earth's layer that is liquid • the rock formed from heat and pressure • the thinnest and coolest layer of Earth • the rock formed from the cooling of magma • boundary in which 2 tectonic plates collide • the property of how a mineral reflects light • the mineral which is a "1" in the Moh's scale • ...

CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2023-10-23

CROSSWORD PUZZLE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ,the collision of two plates like continental to continental
  2. ,the solid bulk interior of earth
  3. ,pangea broke into two continents called gondwanaland and
  4. ,the mammal- like reptile and now extinct,the fossils can be found only in south Africa and south America
  5. ,this is the plate boundary that will move away to each other
  6. ,the outermost layer of the earth
  7. ,scientist mapped mid-oceans ridges using what
Down
  1. ,the kind of crust that is thicker and less dense
  2. ,the oceanic plate diving down towards the mantle is called
  3. ,the plate boundary that slide past each other and can cause earthquakes
  4. ,its a liqiud molten rocks that come out to the mantle
  5. ,a line of mountains
  6. ,Philippines plates convert toward what plate?
  7. ,plant fossil evidence
  8. ,the theory of alfred wegener
  9. ,one of the active volcano in the Philippines
  10. ,the kind of crust that is thinner and denser
  11. ,the most safest island in the Philippines
  12. ,the supercontinent called
  13. ,it is made of nickel and iron and can be found in the innermost layer of the earth

20 Clues: ,a line of mountains • ,plant fossil evidence • ,the supercontinent called • ,the theory of alfred wegener • ,the solid bulk interior of earth • ,the outermost layer of the earth • ,the most safest island in the Philippines • ,one of the active volcano in the Philippines • ,the kind of crust that is thinner and denser • ,Philippines plates convert toward what plate? • ...

Geology 1 2025-11-22

Geology 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the principal that states the laws governing Earth processes are constant over time
  2. An element with a different number of neutrons compared to protons
  3. The process where dense minerals sink and light minerals move upwards
  4. Volcano type that is expected to have basaltic magma
  5. Mineral formed at low temperatures on Bowen's Reaction Series
  6. High silica and aluminum content
  7. A portion of a resource that is legally and economically feasible to extract
  8. Volcano type that is expected to have rhyolitic magma
  9. Mineral property that describes how a mineral's surface reflects light
  10. High magnesium and iron content
  11. Most abundant mineral group
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  1. Density of oceanic crust
  2. Mineral property that describes how resistance a mineral's surface is to being scratched
  3. Plate boundary where two plates are pulled apart
  4. Mineral formed at high temperatures on Bowen's Reaction Series
  5. Density of continental crust
  6. The process by which atoms arrange themselves into an orderly, repeating structure
  7. Plate boundary where orogenies occur
  8. Plate boundary where two plates come together
  9. Plate boundary where plates move horizontally past each other

20 Clues: Density of oceanic crust • Most abundant mineral group • Density of continental crust • High magnesium and iron content • High silica and aluminum content • Plate boundary where orogenies occur • Plate boundary where two plates come together • Plate boundary where two plates are pulled apart • Volcano type that is expected to have basaltic magma • ...

8GEO LANDFORMS - Kiran Baireddy 2015-10-06

8GEO LANDFORMS - Kiran Baireddy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 'plastic' layer of the Earth
  2. The most devastating type of volcanic eruption
  3. A type of plate boundary that pushes into another plate boundary
  4. The 'skin' of the earth
  5. The thickness of liquids and lava
  6. Causes the eruptions in Hawaii
Down
  1. A release of ash, lava and pumice
  2. A layer of the Earth that is mainly made up of liquid iron
  3. A type of plate boundary that pulls away from another plate boundary
  4. Caused the destruction of Pompeii
  5. The layer of the Earth located beyond the outer core
  6. A release of pressure in the Earth's tectonic plates
  7. What the Earth is made up of
  8. Created by tectonic plates
  9. A massive wave

15 Clues: A massive wave • The 'skin' of the earth • Created by tectonic plates • What the Earth is made up of • Causes the eruptions in Hawaii • The 'plastic' layer of the Earth • A release of ash, lava and pumice • Caused the destruction of Pompeii • The thickness of liquids and lava • The most devastating type of volcanic eruption • The layer of the Earth located beyond the outer core • ...

nails 2024-02-26

nails crossword puzzle
Across
  1. folds of skin that surround the nail plate
  2. hard keratin plate on top of and slowly sliding across the nail bed as it grows; the most visible and functional part of the nail unit
  3. part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe
  4. living skin underneath the PNF found at the nail plate’s base covering the matrix area
  5. nonliving colorless tissue attached to the nail plate
  6. collectively; the nail bed (or sterile matrix), nail fold, eponychium, paronychium, and hyponychium
Down
  1. thin layer of tissue between the nail plate and the nail bed
  2. area where the nail plate cells are formed; composed of matrix cells that produce the nail plate
  3. tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place
  4. visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin; whitish half-moon shape at the base of the nail
  5. portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge
  6. technical term for nails of the fingers or toes

12 Clues: folds of skin that surround the nail plate • technical term for nails of the fingers or toes • nonliving colorless tissue attached to the nail plate • thin layer of tissue between the nail plate and the nail bed • part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe • tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place • ...

Our Restless Earth :) 2014-04-30

Our Restless Earth :) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The country Mount Fuji is located in...
  2. When earthquakes occur you must ___, cover and hold on
  3. Type of oceanic landform.
  4. One of Australia's well known landforms.
  5. A tectonic plate located in the south.
  6. The ringoffire is located in the...
  7. A plate boundary.
  8. A Fold Mountain Range
  9. Highest mountain in the world.
  10. One of the earth's inner layers.
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  1. Type of Glacial landform
  2. Landforms can be created by...
  3. A way to measure earthquakes.
  4. Earthquakes can cause a _________
  5. there are three types of ______ __________
  6. Most volcanoes are located along the____ __ ____
  7. A tectonic plate near south america.
  8. Where mountains maily occur
  9. The biggest mountain in the solar system is located on _________
  10. An oasis is a ___________ landform.

20 Clues: A plate boundary. • A Fold Mountain Range • Type of Glacial landform • Type of oceanic landform. • Where mountains maily occur • A way to measure earthquakes. • Landforms can be created by... • Highest mountain in the world. • One of the earth's inner layers. • Earthquakes can cause a _________ • The ringoffire is located in the... • An oasis is a ___________ landform. • ...

All about the geosphere 2024-10-31

All about the geosphere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how often or fast something happens
  2. A large section of rock that makes up Earth
  3. two plates slide up and down against each other
  4. when two plates are moving toward each other
  5. based on Evidence Scientists have gathered overtime
  6. a sudden shaking
  7. A view of the inside
  8. The deepest layer
  9. a 3D diagram
  10. caused by convergent plate boundary
  11. when two plates are moving away from each other
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  1. where two plates meet
  2. to examine in detail
  3. Alfred wegner’s theory
  4. outmost layer
  5. soft solid rock underneath earth plates
  6. something that we observe that happens again and again
  7. a scientist that studies the Earth
  8. caused by divergent plate boundary
  9. erupts lava and gases

20 Clues: a 3D diagram • outmost layer • a sudden shaking • The deepest layer • to examine in detail • A view of the inside • where two plates meet • erupts lava and gases • Alfred wegner’s theory • a scientist that studies the Earth • caused by divergent plate boundary • how often or fast something happens • caused by convergent plate boundary • soft solid rock underneath earth plates • ...

Geologic Crossword Puzzle 2020-02-19

Geologic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rocks from cooled lava
  2. heavy rains
  3. dry streambed
  4. rocks formed from sand, rocks, and shells
  5. mudflow
  6. long crack in the earth's crust
  7. concerned with folds and faults of the earth
  8. soil deposited by wind
  9. liquid rock
Down
  1. scientist who study rocks
  2. lava rock
  3. decays or rots
  4. large waterfalls
  5. huge boulder carried by a glacier
  6. smooths out rough surfaces
  7. breaks in the earth's crust
  8. layer of rock that holds water
  9. temporarily inactive

18 Clues: mudflow • lava rock • heavy rains • liquid rock • dry streambed • decays or rots • large waterfalls • temporarily inactive • rocks from cooled lava • soil deposited by wind • scientist who study rocks • smooths out rough surfaces • breaks in the earth's crust • layer of rock that holds water • long crack in the earth's crust • huge boulder carried by a glacier • ...

WA Geologic Crossword 2022-03-03

WA Geologic Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dry streambed
  2. liquid rock
  3. smooths out a rough surface
  4. soil deposited by wind
  5. layer of rock that holds water
  6. scientist who studies rocks
  7. rock from cooled lava
  8. large waterfalls
  9. temporarily inactive
  10. heavy rain
  11. huge boulder carried by a glacier
Down
  1. the folds and faults of the earth
  2. rock formed from sand, rocks, and shells
  3. to decay or rot
  4. breaks in the Earth's crust
  5. long crack in the Earth's crust
  6. lava rock
  7. mudflow

18 Clues: mudflow • lava rock • heavy rain • liquid rock • dry streambed • to decay or rot • large waterfalls • temporarily inactive • rock from cooled lava • soil deposited by wind • smooths out a rough surface • breaks in the Earth's crust • scientist who studies rocks • layer of rock that holds water • long crack in the Earth's crust • the folds and faults of the earth • ...

Plate Tectonic 2018-02-18

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  2. A long, narrow, but very deep depression in ocean floor.
  3. The process by which sounds waves travel through medium.
  4. the outer layer of the Earth, between the surface and the mantle
  5. An elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake.
  6. The concept that new oceanic crust is created at the mid ridges as a result of divergence between plate.
  7. Plates moving toward each other.
  8. A boundary in which two plates slide past each other.
  9. A solid sphere in the middle of the core.
Down
  1. one of the sections of the earth's lithosphere.
  2. The outer solid part of the earth, including the crust and uppermost mantle.
  3. The site where tectonic plates move apart and new oceanic crust creates.
  4. the layer of the earth between the crust and the outer core.
  5. A theory that explains scientific observation.
  6. The theory that the earth's surface is divided into few large, thick plates that are constantly moving.
  7. A current in a fluid that result from convection.
  8. Plates that moves away from each other.
  9. The gradual movement of the continental across the earth's surface.

18 Clues: Plates moving toward each other. • Plates that moves away from each other. • A solid sphere in the middle of the core. • A theory that explains scientific observation. • one of the sections of the earth's lithosphere. • A current in a fluid that result from convection. • A boundary in which two plates slide past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonic 2024-10-25

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rupture in the crust of a planetary mass object
  2. trench steep depression in the seafloor formed at subduction zones where one plate moves downward beneath another
  3. the solid, outer part of the Earth
  4. crust a layer of earth's crust that lies under the seven continents. It is about 20 to 40 plates.
  5. solid shell of a planet
  6. the border between two tectonic plates
  7. super continent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  8. drift the theory that the earth was one
  9. assembly of most or all of Earth's continental blocks or cratons to form a a single large landmass
Down
  1. the process which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at the convergent
  2. melted rock beneath Earth's surface
  3. plate the theory that slabs of crust under ocean and continents move around like jigsaw puzzle pieces
  4. a crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  5. tectonic process where plate move away from each other
  6. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by the heat and pressure
  7. the layer of Earth between the core and the crust; contains the lower part of the lithosphere and all of the asthenosphere
  8. shaking resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere
  9. tectonic process where plates move toward each other
  10. of fire created by the subduction of different tectonic plates at convergent boundaries around the Pacific
  11. melted rock on Earth's surface

20 Clues: solid shell of a planet • melted rock on Earth's surface • the solid, outer part of the Earth • melted rock beneath Earth's surface • the border between two tectonic plates • drift the theory that the earth was one • rupture in the crust of a planetary mass object • tectonic process where plates move toward each other • ...

Lithosphere Vocabulary 2023-10-23

Lithosphere Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pertaining to or exhibiting structural change.
  2. a relatively small earthquake that precedes a greater one by a few days or weeks and originates at.
  3. a small earthquake or tremor that follows a major earthquake.
  4. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  5. a point, directly above the true center of disturbance, from which the shock waves of an earthquake apparently radiate.
  6. the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago.
  7. a defect or imperfection.
  8. a major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics
Down
  1. the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena.
  2. the solid portion of the earth.
  3. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
  4. differing; deviating.
  5. a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular interva
  6. a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity
  7. molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed.
  8. formed by the deposition of sediment, as certain rocks.
  9. produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma.
  10. a series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has be
  11. the molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent.

19 Clues: differing; deviating. • a defect or imperfection. • the solid portion of the earth. • pertaining to or exhibiting structural change. • formed by the deposition of sediment, as certain rocks. • the science or study of earthquakes and their phenomena. • a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity • ...

Science Final Review 2022-06-08

Science Final Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed.
  2. resources Resources that cannot be replaced.
  3. a chamber in an animal's heart that pumps blood out to the body.
  4. a fossil fuel that forms from decomposed plant materials.
  5. meaning "all lands"; the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and created the continents we know today.
  6. system the system that transports blood and other fluids throughout the body.
  7. A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart..
  8. the muscular organ of an animal that pumps blood throughout the body.
  9. gas A fossil fuel in the gaseous state.
  10. resource A natural resource that can be replaced.
  11. tissue that brings oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the body and removes wastes from the cells of the body
Down
  1. fuels Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.
  2. pressure the pressure that is exerted by the blood against the walls of blood vessels.
  3. the major artery responsible for transporting blood from the heart to other parts of the human body.
  4. a small blood vessel that transports nutrients and gases between the blood and tissues in an animal.
  5. tectonics the theory that describes the movement and recycling of segments of Earth's crust, called tectonic plates
  6. spreading The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  7. a liquid fossil fuel composed primarily of carbon that forms from decomposed plant and materials.
  8. drift the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  9. a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
  10. resources Materials found in nature that are used by living things.
  11. vessels tubes in the body through which blood flows.

22 Clues: gas A fossil fuel in the gaseous state. • resources Resources that cannot be replaced. • resource A natural resource that can be replaced. • vessels tubes in the body through which blood flows. • A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart.. • a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart. • a fossil fuel that forms from decomposed plant materials. • ...

The Geosphere 2013-09-25

The Geosphere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Thin outer layer of Earth
  2. Mountains that are located between the Indian and Asian continents
  3. An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
  4. A boundary also known as a destructive plate boundary
  5. Shaking of the ground
  6. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  7. Shows progression of how and when rocked form
  8. The scientist who theorized continental drift
  9. Point on the earth's surface above the focus of an earthquake
  10. Long high sea wave caused by disturbances such as earthquakes
Down
  1. The point where seismic waves originate
  2. A mountain that explodes causing lava to come out
  3. A boundary also known as conservative plate boundary
  4. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  5. Hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth
  6. Spots A small area or region with a relatively hot temperature
  7. The number of centimeter that Earth moves each year
  8. A break in the Earth
  9. Also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary
  10. Layer between the crust and core of the Earth

20 Clues: A break in the Earth • Shaking of the ground • Thin outer layer of Earth • The point where seismic waves originate • Shows progression of how and when rocked form • The scientist who theorized continental drift • Layer between the crust and core of the Earth • A mountain that explodes causing lava to come out • The number of centimeter that Earth moves each year • ...

Geospehere 2024-02-14

Geospehere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundires-A plate boundary is a three-dimensional surface or zone across which there is a significant change in the velocity
  2. - a mixture of molten rock found beneth the surface of earth
  3. - the central part of earth below the mantle
  4. - a mountain or hill that eruptts with lava
  5. - the layer between the earths crust and core
  6. - a sudden violent shaking from the ground
  7. rock - formed from pre existing rocks
  8. rock - form when hot molten rock crystallizes and solidfies
  9. a branch that studies the geosphere
  10. core-a hot dense ball of mostly iorn
  11. - a solid material forming part of the surface
Down
  1. plate - gigantic plate of the earths crust and uper most mantle
  2. - the solid outer layer of earth
  3. a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence.
  4. - mostly rocky part of earth
  5. - the thin and solid outermost layer of the earth above the mantle
  6. crust- the part of earths crust that makes up the sea floor
  7. a silvery white metal
  8. liquid, iron-nickel layer of the Earth between the solid inner core and lower mantle.
  9. a storng hard mataliic silvery/gray metal

20 Clues: a silvery white metal • - mostly rocky part of earth • - the solid outer layer of earth • a branch that studies the geosphere • core-a hot dense ball of mostly iorn • rock - formed from pre existing rocks • a storng hard mataliic silvery/gray metal • - a sudden violent shaking from the ground • - a mountain or hill that eruptts with lava • ...

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface 2022-03-15

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occurs when both plates are (p 347)
  2. plates converge
  3. gives rise to the Himalayas
  4. the crust and upper part of the mantle (p 341
Down
  1. is the type of crust that is found at the bottom
  2. mid ocean ridges and rift valleys are features
  3. most earthquakes and volcanoes occur here
  4. plates slip past each other along

8 Clues: plates converge • gives rise to the Himalayas • plates slip past each other along • occurs when both plates are (p 347) • most earthquakes and volcanoes occur here • the crust and upper part of the mantle (p 341 • mid ocean ridges and rift valleys are features • is the type of crust that is found at the bottom

Sewing Maching 2021-11-15

Sewing Maching crossword puzzle
Across
  1. : Adjusts the length of stitches
  2. : Holds the fabric
  3. : built-in buttonhole maker
  4. : Holds spool of thread
  5. : Lever raises and lowers presser
  6. : Differs the stitch pattern
  7. : Large wheel on the right side
  8. : Holds bobbin; under the throat plate
  9. : Spindle holds bobbin
  10. : Dial adjusts the tightness
  11. : Adjusts the width of stitches
  12. : Set of metal teeth
Down
  1. : Metal plate under the machine needle
  2. : Button/lever ;goes backward
  3. : Regulates machine
  4. lever : Lever that feeds the thread
  5. : Small flat spool
  6. : Guides thread

18 Clues: : Guides thread • : Holds the fabric • : Small flat spool • : Regulates machine • : Set of metal teeth • : Spindle holds bobbin • : Holds spool of thread • : built-in buttonhole maker • : Differs the stitch pattern • : Dial adjusts the tightness • : Button/lever ;goes backward • : Large wheel on the right side • : Adjusts the width of stitches • : Adjusts the length of stitches • ...

Sewing Maching Parts 2021-11-15

Sewing Maching Parts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. : Metal plate under the machine needle
  2. : Lever raises and lowers presser
  3. : Adjusts the width of stitches
  4. : Set of metal teeth
  5. : Guides thread
  6. lever : Lever that feeds the thread
  7. : Regulates machine
  8. : Holds spool of thread
  9. : Large wheel on the right side
  10. : Spindle holds bobbin
  11. : built-in buttonhole maker
Down
  1. : Button/lever ;goes backward
  2. : Holds bobbin; under the throat plate
  3. : Differs the stitch pattern
  4. : Dial adjusts the tightness
  5. : Adjusts the length of stitches
  6. : Small flat spool
  7. : Holds the fabric

18 Clues: : Guides thread • : Small flat spool • : Holds the fabric • : Regulates machine • : Set of metal teeth • : Spindle holds bobbin • : Holds spool of thread • : built-in buttonhole maker • : Differs the stitch pattern • : Dial adjusts the tightness • : Button/lever ;goes backward • : Adjusts the width of stitches • : Large wheel on the right side • : Adjusts the length of stitches • ...

Structure of the earth and plate tectonics revision 2023-10-18

Structure of the earth and plate tectonics revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the san andreas _________ is found in California
  2. the section of the earth where we live
  3. the __________ plate is where most of Europe and Asia is found
  4. this type of plate boundary produces violent earthquakes AND eruptions
  5. this type of plate boundary doesn't contain volcanoes
  6. this type of plate boundary produces gentle earthquakes and eruptions
Down
  1. the name of the process where one plate is forced underneath the other
  2. the __________ currents move the sections of the earth's crust
  3. this is what lava is called before it reaches the surface
  4. this is what we call the various parts of the earth's crust
  5. Oceanic plates are made of this type of rock
  6. continental plates are made of this type of rock
  7. the Mid-Atlantic ________ created the country of Iceland
  8. core This is the hottest part of the earth

14 Clues: the section of the earth where we live • core This is the hottest part of the earth • Oceanic plates are made of this type of rock • the san andreas _________ is found in California • continental plates are made of this type of rock • this type of plate boundary doesn't contain volcanoes • the Mid-Atlantic ________ created the country of Iceland • ...

Europe 2018-02-15

Europe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. storytellers historians singers
  2. transition zone south of the Sahara
  3. a place to catch fish
  4. husband wife children
  5. native
  6. action to make change
  7. tame
  8. waterfall
  9. project to stop desertification
  10. waste disposal
  11. valley created by tectonics
  12. river end
  13. same ancestor
Down
  1. source of water
  2. illegal hunting
  3. farming for yourself
  4. steep cliff
  5. forbidden
  6. desert
  7. led my male family member
  8. telephone and road systems
  9. land becoming desert
  10. wearing away of soil
  11. nature religion
  12. crack in the Earth

25 Clues: tame • desert • native • forbidden • waterfall • river end • steep cliff • same ancestor • waste disposal • source of water • illegal hunting • nature religion • crack in the Earth • farming for yourself • land becoming desert • wearing away of soil • a place to catch fish • husband wife children • action to make change • led my male family member • telephone and road systems • valley created by tectonics • ...

Plate Motion 2021-12-07

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A feature that forms on the surface of a planet such as a mountain
  2. evidence of life from the past
  3. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  4. how often or fast something happens
  5. an extinct reptile
  6. something we observe over and over again
  7. moving toward the same place
  8. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when 2 plates move together
  9. boundary where two plates meet
Down
  1. hot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth
  2. section shows the inside of something
  3. a large section of hard solid rock
  4. moving apart in different directions
  5. to examine in detail
  6. ridge an underwater mountain found at divergent plate boundaries
  7. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath the plates
  8. layer earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock
  9. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  10. any of earth's main continuous areas of land

19 Clues: an extinct reptile • to examine in detail • moving toward the same place • evidence of life from the past • boundary where two plates meet • a large section of hard solid rock • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • section shows the inside of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • ...

Plate Motion 2021-12-09

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an extinct reptile
  2. earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock
  3. a large section of hard solid rock
  4. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed
  5. evidence of life from the past
  6. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath the plates
  7. moving apart in different directions
  8. to examine in detail
  9. where two plates meet
Down
  1. when 2 plates move together
  2. shows the inside of something
  3. something we observe over and over again
  4. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  5. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  6. an underwater mountain
  7. feature that forms on the surface of a planet such as a mountain
  8. any of earth's main continuous areas of land
  9. how often or fast something happens
  10. hot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth

19 Clues: an extinct reptile • to examine in detail • where two plates meet • an underwater mountain • when 2 plates move together • shows the inside of something • evidence of life from the past • a large section of hard solid rock • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • ...

Crossword Puzzle 2013-07-31

Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. refers to the way to set a table with tableware.
  2. Placed at the top,left,above the salad plate.(1)
  3. Most rules in Table etiquette requires this.(1)
  4. Dinner Plate is placed in the______.(1)
  5. Placed on the lap before starting to eat
  6. Consist of Butter,dinner and steak knives;salad/dessert,dinner forks
  7. It must be placed in the lower left and above the napkin.
  8. The Rule of ______.
  9. It must be placed at the tip of the knife blade.
  10. Consist of plates,cups,bowls,saucer,platters and other serving pieces.
  11. On Plate or separated.
  12. consist of water goblet,wine glasses and sherbet glass.
  13. Arrangement of a place setting for one person.
Down
  1. Reflect part of your personality to others.
  2. courtesy shown by good manners.
  3. Glassware contents are serve cold with saucer to catch________condensation.
  4. Placed at the top,left,above the salad plate.(2)
  5. Most rules in table etiquette requires this.(2)
  6. Must be separated according to the rules of proper dinnerware displacement.
  7. other beverage glasses must be place at the right of the water goblet slightly forward in
  8. Dinner Plate is placed in the______.(1)

21 Clues: The Rule of ______. • On Plate or separated. • courtesy shown by good manners. • Dinner Plate is placed in the______.(1) • Dinner Plate is placed in the______.(1) • Placed on the lap before starting to eat • Reflect part of your personality to others. • Arrangement of a place setting for one person. • Most rules in Table etiquette requires this.(1) • ...

Science 2020-11-28

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. it is rigid, rocky outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and the solid outermost layer of the upper mantle.
  2. a fracture along which the blocks of crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture.
  3. Two plate move together
  4. is the layer on which the lithosphere rest; where rocks deform by flowing due to heat and pressure
  5. A boundary between the crust and mantle, as inferred from the change in the speed of body waves (point B)is called....
  6. a series of waves caused by earthquakes or undersea volcanic eruptions.
  7. a collision between two of Earth's tectonic plates, where one plate sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate.
  8. extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface.
  9. tend to stick together, even though they are constantly
  10. shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
  11. a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance.
  12. made up of natural substances called minerals
  13. The top layer, least dense layer, compose of the continental and oceanic crust.
  14. Two plates slide past each other horizontally
  15. inside layer, most dense.
  16. are created as a result of erosion by rivers or by geological movement of tectonic plates.
  17. underlies the oceans and is made mostly of heavy, dense basalt.
Down
  1. the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core.
  2. a vent or fissure in the planet's crust through which lava, ash, rock and gases erupt.
  3. _____ plate is the third largest major plate.
  4. a volcanic rock and and it forms the oceanic crust...
  5. Two plates move apart from each other
  6. materials tend to sink
  7. _____ plate is the only major tectonic plate that is mainly underwater, it is also the largest.
  8. is a mineral that's a major component of continental crust
  9. Because the plates are _____,
  10. a large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.
  11. is a region deep within the Earth's mantle from which heat rises through the process of convection.
  12. Middle layer, more dense than the crust.
  13. Is lighter, older, and mostly made of granite.
  14. volcanic ____ is a chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape as seen from above.

31 Clues: materials tend to sink • Two plate move together • inside layer, most dense. • Because the plates are _____, • Two plates move apart from each other • Middle layer, more dense than the crust. • _____ plate is the third largest major plate. • made up of natural substances called minerals • Two plates slide past each other horizontally • ...

First Half of Quarter 2 2024-11-15

First Half of Quarter 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rock made of magma and lava
  2. results volcanoes from convergent boundary
  3. heat transfer through empty space
  4. Liquid rock underground
  5. the process of changing rocks to other kinds
  6. results from a divergent boundary
  7. results from convergent boundary
  8. Plate boundary going toward each other
  9. results from a transform boundary
Down
  1. heat transfer through fluids
  2. Rock made from little particles
  3. heat transfer through direct touching
  4. the wearing away of materials
  5. Rock made from heat and pressure
  6. Plate boundary going away from each other
  7. Plate boundary going past each other
  8. how much mass there is in a space
  9. Liquid rock above ground

18 Clues: Liquid rock underground • Liquid rock above ground • Rock made of magma and lava • heat transfer through fluids • the wearing away of materials • Rock made from little particles • Rock made from heat and pressure • results from convergent boundary • heat transfer through empty space • how much mass there is in a space • results from a divergent boundary • ...

Intro to Physical Geography A-I 2025-08-15

Intro to Physical Geography A-I crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a natural underground layer of rock or sediment that stores water and allows it to flow, often tapped for drinking water
  2. defined as an envelope of air, gases, and suspended articles surrounding the earth
  3. a deep valley with steep sides, often carved by river erosion, such as the Grand Canyon in the United States
  4. the area or region where a species of animals or plants reside
  5. a prolonged time with less than average rainfall which can negatively affect living conditions
  6. a well-engineered manner of watering agriculture
Down
  1. a group of islands such as the Galapagos or Hawaii
  2. Type of drift that explains the gradual movement of Earth's continents over geological time due to plate tectonics
  3. known as a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment working together and interacting as one whole system
  4. the vertical height above the sea level
  5. the process by which natural forces such as wind, water, or ice wear away rocks, soil, and other surface materials
  6. a large, slow-moving mass of ice formed from compacted layers of snow, found in polar regions and high mountains
  7. a low-lying area on the Earth's surface, often surrounded by higher land, where water collects or flows into a river system

13 Clues: the vertical height above the sea level • a well-engineered manner of watering agriculture • a group of islands such as the Galapagos or Hawaii • the area or region where a species of animals or plants reside • defined as an envelope of air, gases, and suspended articles surrounding the earth • ...

Tectonic Plates Vocab 2023-09-27

Tectonic Plates Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot fluid below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
  2. plate boundary that separates from each other
  3. where two plates meet
  4. when diverging oceanic plates spread ocean floor
  5. plate boundary that collides into each other, causing the lighter one to sublimate
  6. the gap left between to diverging plates
  7. plate boundary that rubs against each other
Down
  1. when one plate sinks underneath a heaver plate
  2. a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  3. piece of the earth's crust
  4. a mountain that spews lava, caused by converging plates

11 Clues: where two plates meet • piece of the earth's crust • the gap left between to diverging plates • plate boundary that rubs against each other • plate boundary that separates from each other • when one plate sinks underneath a heaver plate • when diverging oceanic plates spread ocean floor • a current in a fluid that results from convection. • ...

plate tectonics earth system 2024-03-26

plate tectonics earth system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary between 2 plates that are scraping past each other (slide, scrape)
  2. Wegner German scientist who developed the theory of continental drift
  3. consists of all of the crust as we;; as the upper, ridged part part of the mantle
Down
  1. the broken up pieces of the lithosphere
  2. ring of volcanoes around the pacific plate
  3. boundary between 2 plates moving away from each other (seperate, divide)

6 Clues: the broken up pieces of the lithosphere • ring of volcanoes around the pacific plate • Wegner German scientist who developed the theory of continental drift • boundary between 2 plates moving away from each other (seperate, divide) • boundary between 2 plates that are scraping past each other (slide, scrape) • ...

Theory of plate tectonics 2025-01-08

Theory of plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The gradual movement of continents across the Earth's surface through geological time.
  2. A large supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, made up of all the Earth's landmasses.
  3. The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.
Down
  1. The process by which new oceanic crust is created at divergent boundaries, pushing older crust away.
  2. A scientific theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates and the interactions between them.
  3. The movement of molten rock in the Earth's mantle that causes tectonic plates to move.

6 Clues: The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift. • The gradual movement of continents across the Earth's surface through geological time. • The movement of molten rock in the Earth's mantle that causes tectonic plates to move. • A large supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, made up of all the Earth's landmasses. • ...

WA Geologic Crossword 2022-03-03

WA Geologic Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dry streambed
  2. liquid rock
  3. smooths out a rough surface
  4. soil deposited by wind
  5. layer of rock that holds water
  6. scientist who studies rocks
  7. rock from cooled lava
  8. large waterfalls
  9. temporarily inactive
  10. heavy rain
  11. huge boulder carried by a glacier
Down
  1. the folds and faults of the earth
  2. rock formed from sand, rocks, and shells
  3. to decay or rot
  4. breaks in the Earth's crust
  5. long crack in the Earth's crust
  6. lava rock
  7. mudflow

18 Clues: mudflow • lava rock • heavy rain • liquid rock • dry streambed • to decay or rot • large waterfalls • temporarily inactive • rock from cooled lava • soil deposited by wind • smooths out a rough surface • breaks in the Earth's crust • scientist who studies rocks • layer of rock that holds water • long crack in the Earth's crust • the folds and faults of the earth • ...

Chapter 3 Vocabulary Game 2016-10-17

Chapter 3 Vocabulary Game crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move.
  2. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  3. Preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.
  4. A plate boundary where two plate move toward each other.
  5. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across the Earth's surface.
  6. A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
  7. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
Down
  1. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  3. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  5. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  6. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  7. The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents.

14 Clues: A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move. • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • A plate boundary where two plate move toward each other. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • Preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past. • ...

Plate Motion 2021-12-09

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an extinct reptile
  2. earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock
  3. a large section of hard solid rock
  4. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed
  5. evidence of life from the past
  6. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath the plates
  7. moving apart in different directions
  8. to examine in detail
  9. where two plates meet
Down
  1. when 2 plates move together
  2. shows the inside of something
  3. something we observe over and over again
  4. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  5. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  6. an underwater mountain
  7. feature that forms on the surface of a planet such as a mountain
  8. any of earth's main continuous areas of land
  9. how often or fast something happens
  10. hot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth

19 Clues: an extinct reptile • to examine in detail • where two plates meet • an underwater mountain • when 2 plates move together • shows the inside of something • evidence of life from the past • a large section of hard solid rock • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • ...

Plate motion 2022-10-19

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. big pieces of earths crust
  2. moving away
  3. Below the asthenosphere
  4. crust and uppermantal
  5. underground currents
  6. shaking ground
  7. Under the lithosphere
  8. layer of ground under the ocean
Down
  1. plates moving
  2. 2nd layer of earth
  3. 2nd layer way from the center
  4. liquid rock
  5. where lava comes out
  6. outermost earths layer
  7. magma on the surface
  8. continents when they were together
  9. moving together
  10. center of earth

18 Clues: liquid rock • moving away • plates moving • shaking ground • moving together • center of earth • 2nd layer of earth • where lava comes out • magma on the surface • underground currents • crust and uppermantal • Under the lithosphere • outermost earths layer • Below the asthenosphere • big pieces of earths crust • 2nd layer way from the center • layer of ground under the ocean • ...

Tectonics revision 2013-11-19

Tectonics revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Volcano that is supposed to erupt again
  2. Name of less violent lava
  3. One of the states of matter of lava
  4. Volcanoes formed of constructive plate boundaries
  5. 3rd layer of the Earth (taken from the core)
  6. The lightest crust
  7. Volcano that has not had an eruption last 10,000 years
  8. Place where the magma is stored
  9. Result of a shifting plates under the water
Down
  1. Name of slope which is not steep
  2. Scale that measures the intensity of an earthquake
  3. Crushing of plates which leads to subduction
  4. Molten material under the surface
  5. Boundary in which are the plates moving in opposite direction
  6. Africa + (convergent)
  7. Boundary in which are plates moving closer together

16 Clues: The lightest crust • Africa + (convergent) • Name of less violent lava • Place where the magma is stored • Name of slope which is not steep • Molten material under the surface • One of the states of matter of lava • Volcano that is supposed to erupt again • Result of a shifting plates under the water • Crushing of plates which leads to subduction • ...

Plate Tectonics Station Lab 2022-01-19

Plate Tectonics Station Lab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. spreading
  2. Valley
  3. boundary
  4. ridge
  5. boundary
Down
  1. currents
  2. zone
  3. boundary

8 Clues: zone • ridge • Valley • currents • boundary • boundary • boundary • spreading

Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift 2025-01-16

Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the plate boundary where tectonic plates slide against each other
  2. the plate boundary where tectonic plates go away from each other
  3. Alfred Wegener's theory in which the continents slowly drifted apart over time
Down
  1. the process in which two plates collide and the older, more dense plate goes under the less dense and younger plate
  2. the plate boundary where tectonic plates collide with each other
  3. the name of the supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago

6 Clues: the plate boundary where tectonic plates collide with each other • the plate boundary where tectonic plates go away from each other • the plate boundary where tectonic plates slide against each other • the name of the supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago • Alfred Wegener's theory in which the continents slowly drifted apart over time • ...

Nail disorders 2023-01-04

Nail disorders crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a piece of torn skin at the root of a fingernail
  2. split or bittle nails have a series of lengthwise ridges around surface
  3. soft nails that look scooped out
  4. darkening of the fingernail or toenails
  5. indentions that run across the nail
  6. discoloration of the nail
  7. excessive transverse nail curvature progressively pinching the nail bed distally
  8. blood clot forms under the nail plate forming dark purplish spots
Down
  1. white spots, a whitish discoloration of the nails
  2. also known as cyanosis
  3. thin white nail plate that are much more flexible then normal nails
  4. tiny blood clots that tend to run vertically under nail
  5. folded nail a highly curved nail plate caused by injury to matrix
  6. an overgrowth or thickening of the nail
  7. running vertically down the length to the naturalnailplate caused by uneven growth
  8. abnormal condition that occur when skin is stretched by nail plate
  9. the living skin splits around the nail cuticle

17 Clues: also known as cyanosis • discoloration of the nail • soft nails that look scooped out • indentions that run across the nail • an overgrowth or thickening of the nail • darkening of the fingernail or toenails • the living skin splits around the nail cuticle • a piece of torn skin at the root of a fingernail • white spots, a whitish discoloration of the nails • ...

Tectonic Plates 2021-04-29

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  2. The amount of matter in a given space or volume; oceanic crust is thinner, but denser than continental crust.
  3. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
  4. boundaries when two tectonic plates slide past each other
  5. Occurs when two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.
  6. Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  7. Dense plate composed of iron-rich basalt rocks.
  8. The place where two different plates have contact.
  9. term for the super continent which contained all the plates together
  10. Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle.
Down
  1. Molten rock spews out from the mantle to the surface of Earth as ash, lava, and gases. Major geological events that occur when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate.
  2. Are natural features of the landscape, natural physical features of the earth's surface
  3. Major geological events that occur when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries
  4. is the layer of the upper mantle composed of low-density rock material that is semi plastic.
  5. one plate is denser then another and is forced below as the two plates converge at their boundary.
  6. Less dense plate, composed of silica-rich granite rocks.
  7. underwater chain of mountains.
  8. Proposed the continental drift theory in the 1900s
  9. the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart; can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust

19 Clues: underwater chain of mountains. • Dense plate composed of iron-rich basalt rocks. • Proposed the continental drift theory in the 1900s • The place where two different plates have contact. • Less dense plate, composed of silica-rich granite rocks. • Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • ...

My Pals are Here 1B 2013-01-28

My Pals are Here 1B crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (beside)
  2. A place where you live
  3. A place to read books
  4. (telephone)
  5. A place to meet a police man
  6. (under)
  7. A place to send a letter
  8. (sofa)
  9. A place to buy eggs
  10. (lamp)
  11. (in)
  12. (bowl)
Down
  1. (behind)
  2. (plate)
  3. A place to buy burger
  4. A place to study
  5. A place to watch a movie
  6. A place to buy clothes
  7. (on)
  8. (spoon)

20 Clues: (on) • (in) • (sofa) • (lamp) • (bowl) • (plate) • (under) • (spoon) • (beside) • (behind) • (telephone) • A place to study • A place to buy eggs • A place to buy burger • A place to read books • A place where you live • A place to buy clothes • A place to watch a movie • A place to send a letter • A place to meet a police man

In the kitchen - crossword 2025-10-16

In the kitchen - crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tongs
  2. Sink
  3. Trivet
  4. Spatula
  5. Can
  6. Napkin
  7. Grater
  8. Spoon
  9. Bowl
  10. Dishrack
  11. Glass
  12. Tap
  13. Peeler
  14. Tablecloth
  15. Microwave
  16. Pantry
  17. Lid
  18. Ladle
  19. Can-opener
  20. Pot
Down
  1. Utensils
  2. Blender
  3. Cuttingboard
  4. Pan
  5. Freezer
  6. Fork
  7. Steamer
  8. Scissors
  9. Dishtowel
  10. Jar
  11. Dishes
  12. Rag
  13. Cupboard
  14. Sieve
  15. Mug
  16. Cutlery
  17. Drain
  18. Cup
  19. Plate

39 Clues: Can • Pan • Jar • Rag • Tap • Mug • Lid • Cup • Pot • Sink • Fork • Bowl • Tongs • Spoon • Sieve • Glass • Drain • Ladle • Plate • Trivet • Napkin • Grater • Dishes • Peeler • Pantry • Blender • Spatula • Freezer • Steamer • Cutlery • Utensils • Scissors • Dishrack • Cupboard • Dishtowel • Microwave • Tablecloth • Can-opener • Cuttingboard

earth science crossword 2017-06-14

earth science crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a deep underwater valley
  2. is the action of one plate pushing below the other
  3. waves- a body wave that travels about 6 km through earths crust
  4. a seismometer produces a record of ground motion
  5. plate boundary- occurs where tectonic plates collide
  6. ridge- ridge lay right along the middle of the ocean floor
  7. drift theory- states that the continents have not always been in their present locations but "drifted" there over a million years
  8. refers both to the extent of ancient glaciers and to the rock makings they have left behind
  9. fault- a fault that occurs at a transform plate boundary
Down
  1. is a sudden, ground shaking release of built-up energy at or under Earths surface
  2. plates- earths broken into large, movable slabs of rock
  3. pull- as the edge of a tectonic plate sub ducts deep into the mantle, it pulls the rest of the plate with it
  4. is the study of the magnetic properties of the ancient rocks
  5. reversal- is the direction that can completely reverse
  6. a partly molten layer in the upper mantle
  7. belt- a long chain of volcanoes
  8. molten rock from beneath the earths surface

17 Clues: a deep underwater valley • belt- a long chain of volcanoes • a partly molten layer in the upper mantle • molten rock from beneath the earths surface • a seismometer produces a record of ground motion • is the action of one plate pushing below the other • plate boundary- occurs where tectonic plates collide • reversal- is the direction that can completely reverse • ...

Landforms and Mountains 2023-03-13

Landforms and Mountains crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ocean trenches are also called_______trenches.
  2. A curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary.
  3. A collision between two continental plates can produce tall _______.
  4. enormous splits in Earth's crust.
  5. Deep underwater troughs created by an oceanic plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary.
  6. when regions rise vertically with very little deformation this forms.
  7. This process has rounded the peaks and lowered the elevations of the Appalachian Mountains.
  8. Parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up or down along faults.
Down
  1. Being at right angels to a line or plane.
  2. The largest landforms on Earth are produced by this.
  3. These are made of layers of rock that are folded.
  4. An area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault.
  5. These are created from repeated eruptions.
  6. When two plates collide, one can go under the other and be forced into the mantel in a process called _______.
  7. Where blocks of crust slide horizontally past each other.
  8. Distinct landforms are produced by this.
  9. volcanic mountains can form in the ocean where oceanic plates converge and one plate subducts under another one. These volcanoes emerge as _________.

17 Clues: enormous splits in Earth's crust. • Distinct landforms are produced by this. • Being at right angels to a line or plane. • These are created from repeated eruptions. • Ocean trenches are also called_______trenches. • These are made of layers of rock that are folded. • The largest landforms on Earth are produced by this. • ...

Chapter 8 Crossword Puzzle 2018-12-10

Chapter 8 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Stress that pulls something apart
  2. The upward vertical motion of Earth’s surface
  3. Areas of subsidence and regions with low elevation
  4. The equilibrium between continental crust and the denser mantle below it
  5. Made of many layers of rocks that are folded
  6. Flat regions with high elevations
  7. Where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  8. When large regions rise vertically with very little deformation
  9. An extensive area of level or rolling land
Down
  1. Squeezing stress
  2. The downward vertical motion of Earth’s surface
  3. A curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary
  4. An area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault
  5. A change in the shape of rock caused by stress
  6. Ridges that form where blocks of crust move up or down along faults
  7. Deep, underwater troughs created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary
  8. Parallel forces acting in opposite directions

17 Clues: Squeezing stress • Stress that pulls something apart • Flat regions with high elevations • An extensive area of level or rolling land • Made of many layers of rocks that are folded • The upward vertical motion of Earth’s surface • Parallel forces acting in opposite directions • A change in the shape of rock caused by stress • ...

Tectonics keywords (iGCSE) 2013-09-16

Tectonics keywords (iGCSE) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The most dense tectonic plate
  2. Found just below the lithosphere, it is 180km thick.
  3. What is the process that causes the plates to move?
  4. Is the inner core solid or liquid?
  5. Another name for a transform boundary
  6. On which type of plate boundary would you find one plate subducting under another?
  7. In which ocean would you find the ring of fire?
Down
  1. Which part of the Earth is hotter than the surface of the Sun?
  2. One of the components of the Earths core.
  3. What process in the inner core generates heat?
  4. On which type of plate boundary is Iceland?
  5. Hawaii is not on a plate boundary, so why is it so volcanic?
  6. Which part of the Earth is up to 80km thick?
  7. One of the components of the Earths core.

14 Clues: The most dense tectonic plate • Is the inner core solid or liquid? • Another name for a transform boundary • One of the components of the Earths core. • One of the components of the Earths core. • On which type of plate boundary is Iceland? • Which part of the Earth is up to 80km thick? • What process in the inner core generates heat? • ...

Pacific ring of fire 2018-07-04

Pacific ring of fire crossword puzzle
Across
  1. second plate the ring of fire encircles
  2. the shape of the Ring of Fire
  3. most common plate boundary zone on the Ring of Fire
  4. New Zealand lies directly on top of two colliding plates. These are the Pacific Plate and the
Down
  1. length of the Ring of Fire
  2. trench north of New Zealand
  3. type of plate the pacific plate is
  4. deepest part of the ocean floor where one plate is subducting under another plate
  5. portions of the worlds volcanoes, active and dormant on the ring of fire
  6. ocean the Ring of Fire lies on

10 Clues: length of the Ring of Fire • trench north of New Zealand • the shape of the Ring of Fire • ocean the Ring of Fire lies on • type of plate the pacific plate is • second plate the ring of fire encircles • most common plate boundary zone on the Ring of Fire • portions of the worlds volcanoes, active and dormant on the ring of fire • ...

Unit 2 2023-10-18

Unit 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a crack or a fracture in earth's lithosphere along which movement occurs
  2. a vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows
  3. a deep, underwater trough created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary
  4. the boundary between two plates that move away from eachother
  5. a large mass of ice, formed by snow accumulation on land, that moves slowly across earth's surface
  6. magma that erupts onto earth's surface
  7. a naturally occurring solid composed of minerals, rock fragments, and sometimes other materials such as organic matter
  8. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  9. long narrow mountain range on the ocean floor; formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries
Down
  1. a violent, whirling column of air in contact with the ground
  2. the mechanical and chemical processes that change Earth's surface over time
  3. the boundary between two plates that slide past each other
  4. the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  5. Wegener's hypothesis that all continents were once connected in a single large landmass that broke apart about 200 million years ago and drifted slowly to their current positions
  6. the boundary between two plates that move toward each other
  7. the laying down or settling of eroded material
  8. vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in earth's crust

17 Clues: magma that erupts onto earth's surface • the laying down or settling of eroded material • a vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows • the boundary between two plates that slide past each other • the boundary between two plates that move toward each other • a violent, whirling column of air in contact with the ground • ...

Tectonics 1 2025-03-18

Tectonics 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the ring of volcanoes and earthquake sites circling the Pacific Ocean
  2. the death of many species over a short period of geological time; for example, because of an ice age
  3. mountains formed by plates pushing into each other causing the rock at the plate margins to fold upwards
  4. plate movement caused by the cooling and spreading of new rock along a ridge
  5. melted rock at Earth’s surface
  6. an opening in the Earth’s crust through which lava, ash and gases escape
  7. an area of relatively flat, high land
Down
  1. the region where two plates meet
  2. the shaking of Earth’s crust caused by sudden rock movement
  3. melted rock below Earth's surface
  4. the variation in the height of the land; for example, steep valleys, gentle slopes
  5. the hard, rigid outer part of Earth’s crust
  6. land that juts out into the sea and is almost surrounded by water
  7. plate movement caused by the sinking of heavier plates into the mantle due to gravity
  8. how far a place is north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees
  9. waves generated by an earthquake in the ocean floor

16 Clues: melted rock at Earth’s surface • the region where two plates meet • melted rock below Earth's surface • an area of relatively flat, high land • the hard, rigid outer part of Earth’s crust • waves generated by an earthquake in the ocean floor • the shaking of Earth’s crust caused by sudden rock movement • land that juts out into the sea and is almost surrounded by water • ...

living with tectonic hazards by MH 2016-04-18

living with tectonic hazards by MH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. name the famous mountain?
  2. where is fold mountains located?
  3. big waves?
  4. outter most internal structure?
  5. the biggest plate?
  6. last plate boundary?
Down
  1. what is formed on divergent plate?
  2. where is rift valley located?
  3. example of oceanic-oceanic plate, ________ ridge
  4. what currents create vlcanoes?
  5. most deepest internal structure of earth _____ core

11 Clues: big waves? • the biggest plate? • last plate boundary? • name the famous mountain? • where is rift valley located? • what currents create vlcanoes? • outter most internal structure? • where is fold mountains located? • what is formed on divergent plate? • example of oceanic-oceanic plate, ________ ridge • most deepest internal structure of earth _____ core

La casa (la cocina) 2020-09-18

La casa (la cocina) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to clean
  2. cup
  3. tongs
  4. small plate
  5. (cutting) board
  6. to sweep
  7. pitcher
  8. to cook
  9. set the table
  10. pot
  11. knife
  12. table
  13. container
  14. plate
  15. wooden spoon
  16. glass
Down
  1. pan
  2. napkin
  3. clear the table
  4. jar
  5. chair
  6. to wash
  7. rag
  8. spatula
  9. broom
  10. sponge
  11. fork
  12. garbage
  13. ladle
  14. spoon
  15. lid
  16. to scrub

32 Clues: pan • jar • cup • rag • pot • lid • fork • chair • tongs • broom • knife • table • ladle • spoon • plate • glass • napkin • sponge • to wash • spatula • pitcher • to cook • garbage • to clean • to sweep • to scrub • container • small plate • wooden spoon • set the table • clear the table • (cutting) board

Earth Science 2022-11-14

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boiling hot magma
  2. Where two techtonic plates meet
  3. The liquid layer of the earth
  4. Magma explosion
  5. The Pacific Plate is more _____ than the Indo - Austrailan Plate
  6. Other kind of convergent boundry
  7. the reason why the plates move
Down
  1. The type of currents that make the plates move
  2. First name of the man who proposed the 'Theory of Plate Techtonic'
  3. Mountains are created by this kind of plate movement
  4. Type of boundary that creates Volcanoes
  5. Type of boundary that causes cracks or fractures in the earths crust
  6. Core inmost layer of the earth
  7. Name of the large Plates that divide earths crust

14 Clues: Magma explosion • Boiling hot magma • The liquid layer of the earth • Core inmost layer of the earth • the reason why the plates move • Where two techtonic plates meet • Other kind of convergent boundry • Type of boundary that creates Volcanoes • The type of currents that make the plates move • Name of the large Plates that divide earths crust • ...

Earth Science 2022-11-14

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boiling hot magma
  2. Where two techtonic plates meet
  3. The liquid layer of the earth
  4. Magma explosion
  5. The Pacific Plate is more _____ than the Indo - Austrailan Plate
  6. Other kind of convergent boundry
  7. the reason why the plates move
Down
  1. The type of currents that make the plates move
  2. First name of the man who proposed the 'Theory of Plate Techtonic'
  3. Mountains are created by this kind of plate movement
  4. Type of boundary that creates Volcanoes
  5. Type of boundary that causes cracks or fractures in the earths crust
  6. Core inmost layer of the earth
  7. Name of the large Plates that divide earths crust

14 Clues: Magma explosion • Boiling hot magma • The liquid layer of the earth • Core inmost layer of the earth • the reason why the plates move • Where two techtonic plates meet • Other kind of convergent boundry • Type of boundary that creates Volcanoes • The type of currents that make the plates move • Name of the large Plates that divide earths crust • ...

Battery Quality Crossword 2024-04-04

Battery Quality Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. You should check the level of ______ every 80 batteries produced.
  2. Jammed________:Defect where terminal is damaged and prevents the terminal from being formed.
  3. Dross is removed from the ________.
  4. ________ Paste: defect type when (6) or more squares of Oxide are missing from the plate
  5. On the decoupled stackers, you should weight a plate per negative and positive skid every ______ .
  6. Max # of minutes plates can remain in PSTOUT before having to be placed in the chemset.
  7. Number of pounds clean/dirty scrap that can be accumulated before reaching STOP POINT
  8. The mold should be cleaned 2-3 time per shift or prior to _______ the mold.
  9. Frequency plate scrap should be recorded.
Down
  1. Where plate dimensional are recorded.
  2. Hole height is to be checked _____.
  3. Only _____ should be placed in the scrap barrel.
  4. Tool used to verify pose alignment.
  5. Placing the lug on the wrong on of these will create T-lugs.
  6. The person(s) responsible for the quality of OUR batteries.
  7. How many weld tips are required for a complete machine replacement?
  8. All batteries require a _______ check.
  9. The _____ tester, test for battery continuity.
  10. Lug defect caused by orifice plate center wiper pressure too loose: orifice plate center wiper stuck; mud build up in front of hopper; mud build up on flattener roller; or poor masking under hopper

19 Clues: Hole height is to be checked _____. • Tool used to verify pose alignment. • Dross is removed from the ________. • Where plate dimensional are recorded. • All batteries require a _______ check. • Frequency plate scrap should be recorded. • The _____ tester, test for battery continuity. • Only _____ should be placed in the scrap barrel. • ...

Tectonics key terms plates 2025-09-09

Tectonics key terms plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Encourage movement of tectonic plates
  2. Tectonic hazards that occur within the tectonic plate
  3. Irregularly broken sections of lithosphere
  4. The more dense plate is subducted below a less dense plate
  5. Upwelling of viscous mantle material causing plate move apart
  6. Rigid outer layer of the earth
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  1. Two plates of similar density create upward thrust
  2. Solid nickel and iron
  3. Denser oceanic plates are subducted at cold downwellings
  4. Semi plastic layer of upper mantle
  5. Plates move apart due to ridge push
  6. Mantle material mainly solid
  7. Plates move side by side along a strike slip boundary
  8. Tectonic hazards that occur on the edge of tectonic plates

14 Clues: Solid nickel and iron • Mantle material mainly solid • Rigid outer layer of the earth • Semi plastic layer of upper mantle • Plates move apart due to ridge push • Encourage movement of tectonic plates • Irregularly broken sections of lithosphere • Two plates of similar density create upward thrust • Tectonic hazards that occur within the tectonic plate • ...

Processes occur along the plate boundaries 2024-09-30

Processes occur along the plate boundaries crossword puzzle
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  1. belt a large scale chain of mountain typically formed by the collision of plates
  2. eruptions is when the lava, gas release in the volcano
  3. plate known as divergent, tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. is the solid, outer part of Earth, including the brittle upper portion of the mantle and the
  5. a material with more matter
  6. is a extremely hot liquid
  7. crust is the less dense, and thicker layer of earth crust
  8. trench are long, narrow depressions on the seafloo
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  1. plate margins occur when tectonic plates move towards each other and collide.
  2. a series of mountain connected
  3. crust is found under the ocean on BOD. it is four miles in thickness and has the youngest types of rock
  4. is a collision between two of earth tectonic plate
  5. occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another
  6. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by crust
  7. it is a transform plate boundaries also known sd conservative plate

15 Clues: is a extremely hot liquid • a material with more matter • a series of mountain connected • trench are long, narrow depressions on the seafloo • occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another • eruptions is when the lava, gas release in the volcano • crust is the less dense, and thicker layer of earth crust • ...

Landforms produce by Plate Movements 2023-10-05

Landforms produce by Plate Movements crossword puzzle
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  1. Boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. Boundary places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  3. pull produces a downward force along the rest of the plate.
  4. an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt
  5. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  6. the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior
  7. Drift large-scale horizontal movements of continents relative to one another and to the ocean
  8. Suction serves to pull the plate towards the trench.
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  1. Plate massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere
  2. Boundary When two plates come together
  3. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate
  4. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  5. Ocean Ridge a continuous range of underwater volcanoes
  6. process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.
  7. Boundaries boundary between two tectonic plates, where the plates are moving horizontally or vertically

15 Clues: Boundary When two plates come together • the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • Suction serves to pull the plate towards the trench. • Ocean Ridge a continuous range of underwater volcanoes • the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate • pull produces a downward force along the rest of the plate. • ...

Deep Sea Vents 2014-04-03

Deep Sea Vents crossword puzzle
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  1. explosion The relatively rapid appearance, around 542 million years ago, of most major animal phyla, as demonstrated in the fossil record. This was accompanied by major diversification of other organisms.
  2. The scientific study of prehistoric life.
  3. sea vents A fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues.
  4. of superposition A key axiom based on observations of natural history that is a foundational principle of sedimentary stratigraphy and so of other geology dependent natural sciences
  5. tectonics A scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere.
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  1. A period of time marked by distinctive character, events, changes on earth, etc.
  2. theory Several key organelles of eukaryotes originated as symbioses between separate single-celled organisms.
  3. generation an obsolete body of thought on the ordinary formation of living organisms without descent from similar organisms.
  4. dating The science of determining the relative order of past events, without necessarily determining their absolute age.
  5. The amount of time required for a quantity to fall to half its value as measured at the beginning of the time period.

10 Clues: The scientific study of prehistoric life. • A period of time marked by distinctive character, events, changes on earth, etc. • sea vents A fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues. • tectonics A scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere. • ...

1960 Valdivian Earthquake 2016-08-04

1960 Valdivian Earthquake crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the Valdivian Earthquake is also called:
  2. month it happened
  3. type of earthquake
  4. country where earthquake took place
  5. tsunami that struck Hawaii
Down
  1. what kind of plate boundary caused the earthquake?
  2. less denser plate in the plate boundary
  3. volcanic eruption in Los Lagos
  4. subducting plate in the plate boundary
  5. duration of the earthquake (in minutes)

10 Clues: month it happened • type of earthquake • tsunami that struck Hawaii • volcanic eruption in Los Lagos • country where earthquake took place • subducting plate in the plate boundary • less denser plate in the plate boundary • duration of the earthquake (in minutes) • the Valdivian Earthquake is also called: • what kind of plate boundary caused the earthquake?

1960 Valdivian Earthquake 2016-08-04

1960 Valdivian Earthquake crossword puzzle
Across
  1. month it happened
  2. subducting plate in the plate boundary
  3. volcanic eruption in Los Lagos
  4. the Valdivian Earthquake is also called:
  5. what kind of plate boundary caused the earthquake?
Down
  1. type of earthquake
  2. less denser plate in the plate boundary
  3. duration of the earthquake (in minutes)
  4. country where earthquake took place
  5. tsunami that struck Hawaii

10 Clues: month it happened • type of earthquake • tsunami that struck Hawaii • volcanic eruption in Los Lagos • country where earthquake took place • subducting plate in the plate boundary • less denser plate in the plate boundary • duration of the earthquake (in minutes) • the Valdivian Earthquake is also called: • what kind of plate boundary caused the earthquake?

Tectonic Plates 2024-04-10

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Divergent boundary causes it
  2. Plate boundary that slides away from each other
  3. Plate boundary that moves apart
  4. Another word for molten lava
  5. This makes the plate sink if it's not equal
Down
  1. A word before Plate
  2. A zone that moves downward
  3. moves tectonic plates
  4. Transform boundary causes it
  5. Plate boundary that collides

10 Clues: A word before Plate • moves tectonic plates • A zone that moves downward • Divergent boundary causes it • Transform boundary causes it • Plate boundary that collides • Another word for molten lava • Plate boundary that moves apart • This makes the plate sink if it's not equal • Plate boundary that slides away from each other

Plate Motion 2021-12-07

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
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  1. feature that forms on the surface of a planet such as a mountain
  2. evidence of life from the past
  3. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  4. how often or fast something happens
  5. an extinct reptile
  6. something we observe over and over again
  7. moving toward the same place
  8. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when 2 plates move together
  9. boundary where two plates meet
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  1. hot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth
  2. section shows the inside of something
  3. a large section of hard solid rock
  4. moving apart in different directions
  5. to examine in detail
  6. ridge an underwater mountain found at divergent plate boundaries
  7. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath the plates
  8. layer earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock
  9. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  10. any of earth's main continuous areas of land

19 Clues: an extinct reptile • to examine in detail • moving toward the same place • evidence of life from the past • boundary where two plates meet • a large section of hard solid rock • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • section shows the inside of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • ...

Plate Tectonic 2023-09-28

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Honey has a high ____.
  2. What is the fastest waves, can move through solids, liquids, and gasses, and they are the first to be recorded?
  3. What type of boundary do the plates move apart from each other?
  4. Where do the earthquakes occur?
  5. What occurs near transform boundaries?
  6. Subduction occurs most between continental and ocean crust because of ____.
  7. Mountains form when two plates of a ____ crust collides.
  8. The___is found below the surface when the rock breaks along the fault.
  9. An earthquake releases energy in the form of ____.
  10. At the epicenter the most destruction is from?
  11. The difference between magma and lava is ____.
  12. what waves cause the most damage?
Down
  1. Boundaries that move toward each other are ____.
  2. S waves can only move through ____.
  3. Where does seafloor spreading occur?
  4. Resistance of a liquid to flow.
  5. What can travel through solids, arrive 2nd, move side to side and up and down.
  6. where does subduction occur?
  7. Volcanoes at divergent boundaries are found in ____.
  8. explosive eruptions happen with volcanoes that produce____.

20 Clues: Honey has a high ____. • where does subduction occur? • Resistance of a liquid to flow. • Where do the earthquakes occur? • what waves cause the most damage? • S waves can only move through ____. • Where does seafloor spreading occur? • What occurs near transform boundaries? • At the epicenter the most destruction is from? • The difference between magma and lava is ____. • ...

Plate Boundaries 2021-03-11

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
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  1. opening in ground where magma escapes from a volcano.
  2. Waves at surface, move in all directions.
  3. where crust breaks during Earthquake.
  4. Type of volcano that is small, steep sided, and made of ash and cinders.
  5. plates move away
  6. bowl shaped pit at the top of volcano.
  7. plates grind past
  8. Eruption that is thin and cools quickly.
  9. plates come together
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  1. new crust is created as older moves away.
  2. Eruption that is very hot and thick.
  3. location on surface above focus.
  4. oceanic crust is destroyed as it pushes into continental crust and sinks beneath trenches.
  5. Waves under surface, travels FASTEST through rocks.
  6. Type of volcano that is large, steep sided, explosive, and made of lava and ash.
  7. Type of volcano that is wide, flat and formed from a quiet eruption.
  8. Waves under surface, move SLOWEST in all directions.
  9. Waves at surface, move side to side.

18 Clues: plates move away • plates grind past • plates come together • location on surface above focus. • Eruption that is very hot and thick. • Waves at surface, move side to side. • where crust breaks during Earthquake. • bowl shaped pit at the top of volcano. • Eruption that is thin and cools quickly. • new crust is created as older moves away. • ...

8th Grade STAAR Review 2022-05-03

8th Grade STAAR Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. season where hemisphere is tilted towards the sun
  2. Living
  3. A type of galaxy that is circular shaped
  4. Newton's ______ law; equal and opposite reaction
  5. A type of plate boundary where the plates slide past each other
  6. subatomic particle that is outside nucleus with negative charge
  7. A type of galaxy with no determined shape
  8. building blocks of existence; made of protons, neutrons, and electrons
  9. subatomic particle that is inside nucleus with positive charge
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  1. A type of convergent boundary where one plate slides under the other
  2. A type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other
  3. season where hemisphere is tilted away from sun
  4. A type of galaxy with many arms
  5. Newton's first law; objects keep doing what they're doing
  6. subatomic particle that is inside nucleus with neutral charge
  7. A type of plate boundary where the plates run into each other
  8. non-living
  9. Newton's second law; Force equals mass times acceleration

18 Clues: Living • non-living • A type of galaxy with many arms • A type of galaxy that is circular shaped • A type of galaxy with no determined shape • season where hemisphere is tilted away from sun • Newton's ______ law; equal and opposite reaction • season where hemisphere is tilted towards the sun • Newton's first law; objects keep doing what they're doing • ...

Manicure Technology 2018-05-28

Manicure Technology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Carefully trim dead skin
  2. Applied over coloured polish
  3. Through cleaning before?
  4. Table Equipment
  5. Removes polish
  6. Soaking clients fingers
  7. Tools
  8. Eponychium
  9. Protects against Pathogenic micro-organisms
  10. Coat applied on nail plate
  11. Manipulation of tissue
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  1. Retain skin moisture
  2. 180-240grit
  3. Enhances moisture
  4. Varnish
  5. Dissolves dead tissue on nail plate
  6. Who are you?
  7. Clipping
  8. 2/3 way

19 Clues: Tools • Varnish • 2/3 way • Clipping • Eponychium • 180-240grit • Who are you? • Removes polish • Table Equipment • Enhances moisture • Retain skin moisture • Manipulation of tissue • Soaking clients fingers • Carefully trim dead skin • Through cleaning before? • Coat applied on nail plate • Applied over coloured polish • Dissolves dead tissue on nail plate • ...