plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2013-02-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. an opening in the earths crust that expels lava magma and other substances
  2. two boundaries that move toward each other.
  3. two boundaries that move away from each other.
  4. the molten rock inside the earth
  5. the section of earth beneath the earth's crust
  6. a ridge underneath the Atlantic ocean that expels magma
  7. caused by two continental convergent plates
  8. the super continent
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  1. two boundaries that slide against each other.
  2. his first name is Alfred, people made fun of his theory
  3. the molten rock exposed in earth's crust
  4. the pieces of the earths crust and lithosphere make up this
  5. caused by one continental plate and one oceanic plate.
  6. the spastic shaking of the earths crust.
  7. the scientist that confirmed the theory of sea floor spreading
  8. the crust and upper mantle make up this
  9. under water earthquakes can cause this.
  10. caused by divergent boundaries
  11. the center of the earth
  12. caused by transform boundaries

20 Clues: the super continent • the center of the earth • caused by divergent boundaries • caused by transform boundaries • the molten rock inside the earth • the crust and upper mantle make up this • under water earthquakes can cause this. • the molten rock exposed in earth's crust • the spastic shaking of the earths crust. • two boundaries that move toward each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The amount of force per unit area.
  2. currents Circular movement of a substance due to changes in temperature and density.
  3. Convection currents occur in it.
  4. Boundary Two plates moving towards each other.
  5. When oceanic crust meets continental crust.
  6. A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  7. boundary Sliding past each other horizontally.
  8. Wegener Credited with the theory of Continental Drift.
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  1. Tectonics Theory that crust is broken into plates and move around.
  2. Occurs when forces act to stretch an object.
  3. drift The theory that continents can drift apart from one another.
  4. boundary Plates moving away from each other.
  5. The central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle.
  6. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth.
  7. Shakes the Earth.
  8. spreading The process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created at mid-ocean ridges.
  9. An ancient super-continent.
  10. Breaks in crust.
  11. Hess Credited with the theory of Plate Tectonics.
  12. valley Formed when two plates pull apart and land falls downard.

20 Clues: Breaks in crust. • Shakes the Earth. • An ancient super-continent. • Convection currents occur in it. • The amount of force per unit area. • The thin, outermost layer of the Earth. • When oceanic crust meets continental crust. • Occurs when forces act to stretch an object. • boundary Plates moving away from each other. • Boundary Two plates moving towards each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the name of the single landmass that broke apart 225million years ago
  2. a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of the Earth (2wrds)
  3. amount of force pushing on an area
  4. a deep valley that forms where 2 plates move away from each other
  5. a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
  6. where the oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench
  7. a boundary where 2 plates move toward each other
  8. a soft layer which floats on the lithosphere
  9. a system that determines the distance of an object under water.
  10. the layer of rock that forms Earths outer core
  11. a boundary where 2 plates slide past each other
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  1. the hypothesis that the continents slowly moved across the Earth’s surface
  2. the layer of hot solid material between the core and crust
  3. a ridge layer made up in the upper most part of the mantle
  4. a break in the lithosphere
  5. the movement of a fluid caused by difference in temperature (2wrds)
  6. a vibration that travels through Earth carrying energy released in an earthquake (2 wds)
  7. a layer of molten iron and nickel(2wrds0
  8. the amount of mass in a given space
  9. a boundary that moves away from each other

20 Clues: a break in the lithosphere • amount of force pushing on an area • the amount of mass in a given space • a layer of molten iron and nickel(2wrds0 • a boundary that moves away from each other • a soft layer which floats on the lithosphere • the layer of rock that forms Earths outer core • a boundary where 2 plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a vibration that travels through Earth carrying energy released in an earthquake (2 wds)
  2. a mountain chain under water
  3. the hypothesis that the continents slowly moved across the Earth’s surface
  4. a layer of molten iron and nickel(2wrds0
  5. a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
  6. amount of force pushing on an area
  7. where the oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench
  8. a boundary where 2 plates slide past each other
  9. a break in the lithosphere
  10. a boundary that moves away from each other
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  1. the name of the single landmass that broke apart 225million years ago
  2. the movement of a fluid caused by difference in temperature (2wrds)
  3. the layer of hot solid material between the core and crust
  4. a deep valley that forms where 2 plates move away from each other
  5. the layer of rock that forms Earths outer core
  6. a boundary where 2 plates move toward each other
  7. a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of the Earth (2wrds)
  8. a soft layer which floats on the lithosphere
  9. a ridge layer made up in the upper most part of the mantle
  10. the amount of mass in a given space
  11. a system that determines the distance of an object under water.

21 Clues: a break in the lithosphere • a mountain chain under water • amount of force pushing on an area • the amount of mass in a given space • a layer of molten iron and nickel(2wrds0 • a boundary that moves away from each other • a soft layer which floats on the lithosphere • the layer of rock that forms Earths outer core • a boundary where 2 plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A line on a map that connects points that have the same age
  2. A mushroom shaped pluton
  3. A device that can detect small changes
  4. Bowl shaped depression
  5. The internal resistance to flow
  6. Where lava erups through; an opening
  7. Where the earthquake originates
  8. A Greek word "all the earth"
  9. Forces per unit area acting on a material
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  1. Intrusive igneous rock bodies
  2. Directly above the focus
  3. Largest plutons
  4. One of the two plates beneath the other
  5. Apluton that cuts across preexisting rocks
  6. Resulting fracture or system of fractures
  7. Larger depressions
  8. Smaller and irregular plutons
  9. Rock fragments thrown into the air during an volcanic eruption
  10. Deformation of materials in response to stress
  11. A pluton that forms when magma intrudes parallel layers of rock

20 Clues: Largest plutons • Larger depressions • Bowl shaped depression • Directly above the focus • A mushroom shaped pluton • A Greek word "all the earth" • Intrusive igneous rock bodies • Smaller and irregular plutons • The internal resistance to flow • Where the earthquake originates • Where lava erups through; an opening • A device that can detect small changes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-10-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. : All the continents that were all once together called
  2. : When 2 plates slide past another
  3. : Then outer part of Earth
  4. : The layer the tectonic plates slide on
  5. : Where two or more plates meet at Earths crust
  6. : A break or crack in Earth
  7. : When one plate goes down another plate
  8. Wegener: The scientist who had the theory that the continents were once together
  9. : When one plate goes down under another plate
  10. : Bounded by 2 or more faults
  11. : A pulling force
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  1. : A squeezing force
  2. : When 2 tectonic plates move away from another
  3. : Movement of hot fluids
  4. : A shaking movement on Earths surface
  5. plates : Lithosphere that moves over on the Asthenosphere
  6. : Central part of the Earth
  7. : The chain of mountains on the oceans floor
  8. : Where magma rises and erupts on Earths surface
  9. When a tectonic plate sinks below another plate
  10. : Whem rock layers bend
  11. core: Liquid layer of the Earth

22 Clues: : A pulling force • : A squeezing force • : Whem rock layers bend • : Movement of hot fluids • : A break or crack in Earth • : Central part of the Earth • : Bounded by 2 or more faults • core: Liquid layer of the Earth • : A shaking movement on Earths surface • : The layer the tectonic plates slide on • : When one plate goes down another plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A mound or mountain composed of extrusive igneous rock.
  2. Core The zone of Earth between the mantle and the inner core.
  3. The mostly solid part of Earth between the crust and the outer core.
  4. Waves Waves that only travel through solids and not liquids or gases.
  5. Raised up; as in mountain building.
  6. Wave The energy wave given off by an earthquake.
  7. The process by which one plate is pushed down and beneath the other.
  8. A supercontinent that existed on the Earth millions of years ago and covered about one-third of its surface.
  9. Core The innermost zone of Earth's core.
  10. The outermost portion of Earth's solid lithosphere.
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  1. Trench The long, steep, and narrow depression produced by the bending down of subducting plates, which warps the crust.
  2. The bends in layered rock due to movement in the lithosphere; a type of deformed rock.
  3. A crack in a mass of a rock or soil along which there has been displacement, shifting, or movement of the rock or soil on each side of the crack.
  4. Very fast large wavelength ocean wave or waves produced by impact events and disturbances of the ocean floor caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides.
  5. The whole crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.
  6. The place on Earth's surface lying directly above the focus, or the origin of an earthquake.
  7. Ridge A mountain range at the bottom of the ocean; forms at zones of diverging plates.
  8. Plate Section of the lithosphere that moves around Earth's solid surface.
  9. Waves The fastest moving of all earthquake waves.
  10. Wegener Man who gave us Continental Drift Theory.

20 Clues: Raised up; as in mountain building. • Core The innermost zone of Earth's core. • Wave The energy wave given off by an earthquake. • Waves The fastest moving of all earthquake waves. • Wegener Man who gave us Continental Drift Theory. • The outermost portion of Earth's solid lithosphere. • The whole crust and the uppermost part of the mantle. • ...

Plate tectonics 2014-04-29

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2014-02-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. layer between the crust and the core
  2. boundary between two colliding plates
  3. Name of the hypothetical great continent
  4. the bending of rock layers
  5. a break in the Earth's crust
  6. theory that continents drift apart
  7. Movement of a fluid because of density differences.
  8. the central part of the Earth below the mantle
  9. Deep valley which runs down the middle of a mid-ocean ridge
  10. outermost layer of the Earth
  11. boundary between two plates moving away from each other
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  1. Long chain of underwater mountains
  2. a pulling force
  3. Large moving section of lithosphere that contains continents and seafloor
  4. a region where a an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  5. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  6. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  7. a squeezing force
  8. soft layer of the mantle
  9. plate piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere

20 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • a break in the Earth's crust • outermost layer of the Earth • Long chain of underwater mountains • theory that continents drift apart • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • boundary between two colliding plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-26

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-26

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2014-10-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. most layer of earths surface
  2. layer of earths surface, composed mostly of silicon, oxygen, magnesium, and iron
  3. ridges/where new ocean crust is formed
  4. sea trenches/where ocean crust is destroyed
  5. magma forced upward mantle at mid-ocean ridges produce seafloor
  6. boundary/place where two plates move together
  7. tectonics/theory that states that earths crust and upper mantle are broken into sections, which move around on a special layer of the mantle
  8. large landmass hypothesized to have broken apart about 200 million years ago into continents
  9. layer of earths surface made up of the crust and a part of the upper mantle
  10. people to consider the moving of landmasses
  11. rate that south america is moving away from Africa
  12. current/cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking
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  1. valley/long, narrow depression
  2. drift/hypothesis that the continents have moved slowly to their current locations
  3. wegner/his hypothesis was the continental drift
  4. the earth/pangaea means
  5. layer of earth's surface below the lithosphere
  6. boundary/boundary between two plates that are moving apart
  7. boundary/plate boundary that occurs when two plates slide past one another
  8. of earths crust and upper mantle
  9. Hess/proved Alferd Wegners hypothesis

21 Clues: the earth/pangaea means • most layer of earths surface • valley/long, narrow depression • of earths crust and upper mantle • Hess/proved Alferd Wegners hypothesis • ridges/where new ocean crust is formed • sea trenches/where ocean crust is destroyed • people to consider the moving of landmasses • boundary/place where two plates move together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-08-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The outer layer of the earth
  2. Last name of the scientist who proposed the continental drift theory
  3. Carries heat from the inner mantle to the outer mantle
  4. Continental __________ Theory
  5. Mountain range thought to have formed when India drifted into Asia
  6. Occurs after a sudden movement in the Earth's crust
  7. Raised area or mountain range lying under the ocean
  8. Liquid rock found under the surface of the Earth
  9. The continent believed to fit perfectly into Africa
  10. Formed when magma rises to the Earth's surface
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  1. Crust that lays under the ocean
  2. ______________ plate is when two plates move away from each other
  3. Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken up into pieces known as ____________ _________
  4. When two plates mtle / ove towards each other and collide, they are known as _____________ plates
  5. A deep valley forming at the edge of a continent when subduction takes place
  6. A ____________ plate movement is when two plates slide past each other
  7. Name of the one continent before continental drift
  8. The portion of the Earth between the crust and the core
  9. When one plate is forced sideways and down into the mantle below another plate
  10. The centre of the Earth

20 Clues: The centre of the Earth • The outer layer of the earth • Continental __________ Theory • Crust that lays under the ocean • Formed when magma rises to the Earth's surface • Liquid rock found under the surface of the Earth • Name of the one continent before continental drift • Occurs after a sudden movement in the Earth's crust • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2014-10-18

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
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  1. cone / A type of volcano formed by slow-flowing lava
  2. / A vast continental area or supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth.
  3. / A slow flowing lava with a toothpaste like consistency.
  4. / When two tectonic plates converge they form a _____
  5. / A volcano ejects _____
  6. / Pahoehoe is _____
  7. chamber / A reservoir of magma within the earth beneath a volcano
  8. / The location where the earthquake begins.
  9. / A sliding movement that occurs when two tectonic plates meet.
  10. / The point of the earth’s surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
  11. / A type of volcano formed by fast-flowing lava
  12. / The consistency of lava refers to its _____
  13. / The theory of continental drift was discovered by Alfred _____
  14. / When the stiffness of soil is disturbed by an earthquake causing it to act like liquid.
  15. / A type of volcano formed by a combination of both slow and fast flowing lava
  16. / The instrument used to measure the force of an earthquake
  17. Scarp / A step on the ground surface where one side of a fault has moved vertically in respect to another.
  18. / A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
  19. / Smaller tremors endured prior to a stronger earthquake
  20. / The process of two tectonic plates meeting and forming a volcano.
  21. / The southernmost subcontinent formed after the initial split of the super continent.
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  1. conduit/ The spout magma travels up to exit a volcano.
  2. / A mountain or hill created by molten material that rises from the earth’s mantle to the surface.
  3. / A fast flowing lava with a honey like consistency.
  4. / The force of an earthquake is measured in _____
  5. / A large ocean wave typically caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption.
  6. scale / The scale used to measure the force of an earthquake.
  7. / The northernmost subcontinent formed after the initial split of the super continent.
  8. / The rigid outer part of the earth.
  9. / When two tectonic plates _____ they form mountains.
  10. / Relating to the structure of the earth’s crust and the large scale processes which take place within it.
  11. / When two tectonic plates _____ they cause seafloor spreading
  12. current / A fast moving current of hot gas and rock
  13. vibrations / The shaking of the ground during an earthquake is called _____
  14. / A volcano contains _____
  15. Spreading / a process that forms new oceanic crust.
  16. / Smaller tremors endured after a stronger earthquake
  17. / A sudden violent shaking of the ground as two tectonic plates meet.
  18. / Any of the world’s main expanses of land.

39 Clues: / Pahoehoe is _____ • / A volcano ejects _____ • / A volcano contains _____ • / The rigid outer part of the earth. • / The location where the earthquake begins. • / Any of the world’s main expanses of land. • / The consistency of lava refers to its _____ • / A type of volcano formed by fast-flowing lava • / The force of an earthquake is measured in _____ • ...

Plate tectonics 2014-10-16

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. earths outest most layer and earths thinnest layer.
  2. vibrations caused by the tectonic plates slipping against each other.
  3. an igneous rock having abundant light-colored minerals.
  4. a black or dark coloured volcanic glass, usually composed of rhyolite.
  5. A type of eruption consisting of the explosive ejection of incandescent fragments of new viscous lava, usually on the form of blocks.
  6. and area surrounded by a lava flow.
  7. a submarine volcano
  8. an opening formed by a collapse in the roof of a lava tube.
  9. a person who studies in earthquakes.
  10. plate/ It is the plate where the Australian main land sits.
  11. Term used to describe volcanic rock or magma composed chiefly of dark-coloured, iron- and magnesium-rich minerals.
  12. Igneous rocks made mostly of the mafic minerals hypersthene, augite, and/or olivine.
  13. it's a smaller earthquake which happens after a bigger one
  14. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  15. drift/ The theory, first advanced by Alfred Wegener, that Earth's continents were originally one land mass. Pieces of the land mass split off and migrated to form the continents.
  16. scale/ We use this type of scale to measure the strength of the earthquake.
  17. fine particles of pulverized rock blown from an explosion vent.
  18. boundaries/ the movement of two tectonic plates moving into each other.
  19. core/ a liquid core that surrounds the earths inner core.
  20. the process by which solid, liquid, and gaseous materials are ejected into the earth's atmosphere and onto the earth's surface by volcanic activity.
  21. core/ innest most layer and it is solid due to tremendous pressure.
  22. the reflection of light from the surface of a mineral.
  23. It’s the flow of lava that comes out and sets smooth and comes out slowly.
  24. volcanic ash that has fallen through the air from an eruption cloud.
  25. It's a molten, liquid rock found under the surface of the earth.
  26. a small earthquake.
  27. earths thickest layer
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  1. the solid matter in which a fossil or crystals embedded.
  2. single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together that broke apart 200 million years ago.
  3. a slop formed at the base of a steeper slope, made of fallen and disintegrated materials.
  4. Materials of all types and sizes that are erupted from a crater or volcanic vent and deposited from the air.
  5. a passage followed by magma in a volcano.
  6. boundaries/ the movement of two tectonic plates sliding past each other.
  7. the strength of an earthquake, measured with numbers 1 to 10.
  8. A crystal that resembles a phenocryst in igneous rock, but is a foreign to the body of rock in which it occurs.
  9. a person who studies in volcanoes
  10. A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano, through which magmatic materials have passed. Commonly filled with volcanic breccia and fragments of older rock.
  11. The opening at the earth's surface through which volcanic materials issue forth.
  12. an instrument that is used for measuring the strength of earthquakes.
  13. It’s the name you call lava when it sets really rough.
  14. the force of an earthquake which effects places far away.
  15. A small air pocket or cavity formed in volcanic rock during solidification.
  16. boundaries/ the movement of two tectonic plates moving away from each other.
  17. A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano, through which magmatic materials have passed. Commonly filled with volcanic breccia and fragments of older rock.
  18. the area of land directly over the centre of an earthquake.
  19. a word to describe an inactive volcano.
  20. a Hawaiian term for lava with a smooth, billowy, or ropy surface.
  21. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  22. magma which has reached the surface through a volcanic eruption.
  23. A weak point in the Earth's crust and upper mantle where the rock layers have ruptured and slipped.

50 Clues: a submarine volcano • a small earthquake. • earths thickest layer • a person who studies in volcanoes • and area surrounded by a lava flow. • a person who studies in earthquakes. • a word to describe an inactive volcano. • a passage followed by magma in a volcano. • earths outest most layer and earths thinnest layer. • It’s the name you call lava when it sets really rough. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-12-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. landform at a divergent boundary
  2. sea-floor spreading expert
  3. one plate forced under another
  4. diverging on the ocean floor
  5. the crust and upper part of the mantle
  6. where plates move apart
  7. suggested Continental Drift
  8. type of crust made of granite
  9. type of crust made of basalt
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  1. mountains like the Himalayas
  2. what the tectonic plates ride on
  3. way heat is transferred in the mantle
  4. the process of tectonic plates sliding past each other
  5. example of an island chain formed by a hot spot
  6. said the plates move because of currents in the mantle
  7. where the edges of plates meet
  8. where plates come together
  9. where plates slide past each other
  10. deep hole in the ocean floor where plates meet
  11. found at divergent and convergent boundaries

20 Clues: where plates move apart • sea-floor spreading expert • where plates come together • suggested Continental Drift • mountains like the Himalayas • diverging on the ocean floor • type of crust made of basalt • type of crust made of granite • one plate forced under another • where the edges of plates meet • landform at a divergent boundary • what the tectonic plates ride on • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
  2. __________ often occur when transform plates slide past each other
  3. A huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over the land
  4. _______ is where new ocean floor is produced
  5. ___________ happens when continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  6. A deep valley along the ocean floor
  7. Opposite of a normal fault
  8. There is approximately 12 major ______
  9. The ______ is between the crust and core
  10. The process that breaks down rock at the earth's surface
  11. Pushing against or going toward each other
Down
  1. Was called a supercontinent
  2. Moving away from each other
  3. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  4. The rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways, with little up or down motion
  5. Moves fragments of rock and soil
  6. Tension in Earth's crust pulls rock apart, causing _______
  7. The center of the earth
  8. Sliding by each other
  9. The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it and is deposited in a new location

20 Clues: Sliding by each other • The center of the earth • Opposite of a normal fault • Was called a supercontinent • Moving away from each other • Moves fragments of rock and soil • A deep valley along the ocean floor • There is approximately 12 major ______ • The ______ is between the crust and core • Pushing against or going toward each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonics, theory of structure of earths crust
  2. move away from each other
  3. science concerned with earthquakes
  4. one of 2 waves
  5. shear waves
  6. sideways and downwards movement of earth’s crust
  7. movement of magma inside a volcano
  8. waves, surface waves
  9. a long sea wave
  10. large scale model
Down
  1. sudden and violent shaking ground
  2. one slides beneath another
  3. waves, horizontal polarized surfaced waves
  4. points, initial rupture or focus
  5. connects to another plate
  6. ruptures in crust of mass object
  7. sliding down mass of earth and rock
  8. waves, elastic wave in earth produced by earthquakes
  9. geyser is a volcano
  10. hot lava and volcanic ash

20 Clues: shear waves • one of 2 waves • a long sea wave • large scale model • geyser is a volcano • waves, surface waves • connects to another plate • move away from each other • hot lava and volcanic ash • one slides beneath another • points, initial rupture or focus • ruptures in crust of mass object • sudden and violent shaking ground • science concerned with earthquakes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonics, theory of structure of earths crust
  2. move away from each other
  3. science concerned with earthquakes
  4. one of 2 waves
  5. shear waves
  6. sideways and downwards movement of earth’s crust
  7. movement of magma inside a volcano
  8. waves, surface waves
  9. a long sea wave
  10. large scale model
Down
  1. sudden and violent shaking ground
  2. one slides beneath another
  3. waves, horizontal polarized surfaced waves
  4. points, initial rupture or focus
  5. connects to another plate
  6. ruptures in crust of mass object
  7. sliding down mass of earth and rock
  8. waves, elastic wave in earth produced by earthquakes
  9. geyser is a volcano
  10. hot lava and volcanic ash

20 Clues: shear waves • one of 2 waves • a long sea wave • large scale model • geyser is a volcano • waves, surface waves • connects to another plate • move away from each other • hot lava and volcanic ash • one slides beneath another • points, initial rupture or focus • ruptures in crust of mass object • sudden and violent shaking ground • science concerned with earthquakes • ...

plate tectonics :) 2021-02-25

plate tectonics :) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  2. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  3. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake
  4. solid bulk of Earth's interior
  5. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
  6. a supercontinent
  7. the upper layer of the earth's mantle
  8. the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time
  9. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust
  10. the person whoformulated the first complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis
Down
  1. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  2. name of wegeners theory
  3. a mountain with magma inside
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  5. a line of mountains connected by high ground.
  6. its lightest, most buoyant rock layer.
  7. the fraction of the pore space occupied by water
  8. the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth.
  9. a fluid layer thick and composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core
  10. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat

20 Clues: a supercontinent • name of wegeners theory • a mountain with magma inside • solid bulk of Earth's interior • the upper layer of the earth's mantle • its lightest, most buoyant rock layer. • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • the formation of new areas of oceanic crust • a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake • a line of mountains connected by high ground. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-01-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Zone, Where one tectonic plate is pushed under by another plate.
  2. what is another name for the layer of crust that we live on.
  3. waves, ____________ were used to map the bottom of the ocean floor, it also led to the discovery of the mid ocean ridge.
  4. what kind of plate can cause an Earthquake.
  5. plate, Less dense than the oceanic plate.
  6. what kind of landforms can be created by transform boundaries.
  7. What kind of plant fossils were used as proof of continental drift.
  8. the upper layer of the earth's mantle
  9. Hess, The person that proposed the theory of seafloor spreading
  10. ocean ridge, Is created by two oceanic plates moving away from one another.
Down
  1. The layer of Earth underneath the Crust.
  2. currents, What in the mantle powers the movement in the mantle.
  3. what was the name of the supercontinent?
  4. other word for lithosphere
  5. plates,These plates are more dense than the continental plate.
  6. The dividing line between two plates.
  7. A crustal feature is called a ____________?
  8. Challenger, What is the name of the boat that picked samples from the mid ocean ridge.
  9. _____ evidence helped prove Alfred Wengener's theory on continental drift.
  10. Himalayas, The mountain range that holds Mount Everest, and was created by two convergent plate boundaries.
  11. Wegener, The person that proposed the theory of continental drift.

21 Clues: other word for lithosphere • The dividing line between two plates. • the upper layer of the earth's mantle • The layer of Earth underneath the Crust. • what was the name of the supercontinent? • plate, Less dense than the oceanic plate. • what kind of plate can cause an Earthquake. • A crustal feature is called a ____________? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-12-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge- an underwater mountain range that stretches along the center of much of Earth's ocean floor that forms when two oceanic plates diverge
  2. spreading- hot, less dense material below Earth's crust rises toward the surface at the mid-ocean ridges, flows sideways, carrying the seafloor away from the ridge in both directions leaving the youngest rocks at/near the ridge and the oldest farther away
  3. – all of the crust and the upper solid portion of the mantle
  4. – boundary that forms when two plates slide past each other; causes earthquakes
  5. – the plastic-like layer of the mantle located below the lithosphere
  6. Wegener- German scientist who proposed the hypothesis of continental drift; his ideas were initially rejected
  7. – reptile fossil found in South America and Africa
  8. – fossil plant found in Africa, Australia, India, South America, and Antarctica
  9. – boundary that forms when two plates collide; causes subduction, trenches, mountains, volcanoes
  10. a sensing device used to detect magnetic fields on the rocks on the ocean floor
Down
  1. Drift – Wegener’s hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their present-day locations.
  2. – boundary that forms when two plates move apart; causes mid-ocean ridges, rift zones, earthquakes
  3. Hess- proposed the theory of seafloor spreading in the 1960s
  4. mountains- mountains similar to those in Greenland and Europe
  5. tectonics – the theory that Earth’s crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections called plates that move on a plastic-like layer of the mantle (asthenosphere)
  6. – sections of Earth’s crust and upper part of the mantle (the lithosphere)
  7. current – the cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking that occurs in the mantle that is the driving force of plate tectonics
  8. valley - a valley that forms when two plates diverge
  9. – the process by which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle where the crust is melted and recycled
  10. ocean trench – feature formed where subduction occurs; island arcs and volcanic arcs can be created
  11. when Earth's magnetic force runs the opposite way. Recorded in the rocks along the mid-ocean ridge. Occurs over thousands or millions of years

21 Clues: – reptile fossil found in South America and Africa • valley - a valley that forms when two plates diverge • Hess- proposed the theory of seafloor spreading in the 1960s • – all of the crust and the upper solid portion of the mantle • mountains- mountains similar to those in Greenland and Europe • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate boundary, Forms where two plates separate
  2. push, Rising mantle material at mid--ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
  3. pull, As a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with force
  4. A layer the is so hot that it behaves like a plastic material
  5. spot, Volcanoes that are associated with plate boundaries
  6. polarity, A state which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
  7. plate boundary, Forms where two plates slide past each other
  8. The circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
Down
  1. A graphical illustration of seismic waves
  2. The denser the plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
  3. plate boundaries, Form where two plates collide
  4. Measures and records ground motion and can be used to determine the distance seismic waves travel
  5. molten rock below the Earth's surface
  6. The cold and rigid outermost rock layer
  7. tectonics, Earths surface is made of rigid of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other
  8. Molten rock that erupts onto Earth's surface
  9. The vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in Earth's lithosphere
  10. polarity, A state in which magnetized objects, such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north
  11. ocean ridges, The mountain range in the middle of the oceans
  12. A vent in Earth's crust through which melted or molten rock flows

20 Clues: molten rock below the Earth's surface • The cold and rigid outermost rock layer • A graphical illustration of seismic waves • Molten rock that erupts onto Earth's surface • plate boundaries, Form where two plates collide • plate boundary, Forms where two plates separate • The denser the plate sinks below the more buoyant plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock below Earth's surface
  2. The Earth's outermost layer
  3. When one plate sinks below another plate during a collision
  4. An opening in the Earth’s crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape.
  5. The point on Earth's surface directly above the hypocenter
  6. molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface
  7. The center of the Earth
  8. The process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  9. The layer beneath Earth's crust
  10. Where two plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions
  11. A huge wave caused by the displacement of water below the surface; usually caused by earthquakes
Down
  1. A layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the lower mantle on which Earth's tectonic plates move
  2. The crust that forms the continents
  3. Where plates are colliding with each other
  4. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  5. The separating of continents by drifting across earth's surface
  6. A zone where Earth's crust and mantle are being torn apart
  7. The rapid movement of the ground, usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion, due to the movement of tectonic plates
  8. The dense, watery crust
  9. the place below ground where the earthquake starts

20 Clues: The center of the Earth • The dense, watery crust • The Earth's outermost layer • The layer beneath Earth's crust • Molten rock below Earth's surface • The crust that forms the continents • Where plates are colliding with each other • molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface • the place below ground where the earthquake starts • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-03-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a linear zone where the Earth's crust.
  2. A steep-sided mount that forms when very viscous lava is extruded from a volcanic vent.
  3. the solid outer layer of the earth.
  4. Pertaining to igneous rock bodies that form at great depth.
  5. The opening at the Earth's surface through which volcanic materials (lava, tephra, and gases) erupt. Vents can be at a volcano's summit or on its slopes; they can be circular (craters) or linear (fissures).
  6. the thin, almost liquid, layer under the hard rock that forms the outer layer of the earth.
  7. A written record of an earthquake, recorded by a seismograph.
  8. The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface.
  9. forms when blobs of gas-charged lava are thrown into the air during an eruption and cool in flight, falling as dark volcanic rockcontaining cavities created by trapped gas bubbles.
  10. Used loosely as a collective term for all consolidated pyroclastic rocks.
Down
  1. the part of the earth that surrounds the central core.
  2. the round hole at the top of a volcano, or a hole in the ground similar to this.
  3. the distance between the top and the bottom of a wave.
  4. a narrow hole that is dug into the ground.
  5. That point within the Earth from which originates the first motion of an earthquake and its elastic waves.
  6. To bend or change direction.
  7. To bounce back from a surface.
  8. One of the huge sections which make up the Earth's crust.
  9. Term used to describe volcanic rock or magma composed chiefly of dark-colored, iron- and magnesium-rich minerals.
  10. Molten rock containing liquids, crystals, and dissolved gases that forms within the upper part of the Earth's mantle and crust. When erupted onto the Earth's surface, it is called lava.

20 Clues: To bend or change direction. • To bounce back from a surface. • the solid outer layer of the earth. • a linear zone where the Earth's crust. • a narrow hole that is dug into the ground. • the part of the earth that surrounds the central core. • the distance between the top and the bottom of a wave. • One of the huge sections which make up the Earth's crust. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate _____ is the theory that states there are large plates that slowly move around the globe.
  2. The science of the structure of the earth.
  3. Places where plates are pulling apart are called ______ boundaries.
  4. The region where an oceanic plate sinks into the asthenosphere at a convergent plate is known as a subduction _______.
  5. The crust of Earth is composed mainly of rocks that contain silicon and oxygen also known as ________.
  6. The process where new lithosphere is created at mid-ocean ridges is known as seafloor ________.
  7. The sinking of oceanic lithosphere into the asthenosphere is known as ________.
  8. Places where tectonic plates are coming together are called ______ boundaries
  9. The science that studies the history, structure, and natural processes of planet Earth.
Down
  1. The part of the Earth’s structure that contains the crust and the upper portion of the mantle.
  2. ______ boundaries are places where tectonic plates slide along beside one another as they move.
  3. The hypothesis that the world’s continent move slowly over Earth’s surface.
  4. has a density of 0.95 g/cm^3
  5. Alfred_____ was the theoristof continental drift and Pangea
  6. The deepest subduction trench in the world is called the ______ trench.
  7. Separate pieces of lithosphere that move on top of the asthenosphere are known as ________ plates.
  8. a global system of underwater mountains created by seafloor spreading is the ______ridge.
  9. Long, deep, steep troughs in the seafloor where an oceanic plate sinks below a plate. (think Nemo)
  10. The molten rock inside the earth.
  11. The most commonly found metal in the inner core.

20 Clues: has a density of 0.95 g/cm^3 • The molten rock inside the earth. • The science of the structure of the earth. • The most commonly found metal in the inner core. • Alfred_____ was the theoristof continental drift and Pangea • Places where plates are pulling apart are called ______ boundaries. • The deepest subduction trench in the world is called the ______ trench. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These occur at transform boundary faults and can cause tremendous devastation
  2. Layer of Earth with the lowest temperature
  3. When one tectonic plate moves underneath another one, it’s called this
  4. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  5. Earth’s thickest layer
  6. Theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on the asthenosphere
  7. The bending and crumpling of rock. This happens at continental vs. continental convergent boundaries and results in the tallest mountains
  8. This is the process of creating new oceanic crust
  9. Theory that the continents were once joined as one large, single land mass
  10. Word used to describe the state of the mantle
  11. Type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart
Down
  1. Scientist that proposed Earth’s continents were once joined together in a single land mass
  2. The process of plates sliding past each other in opposite directions. This can be found at transform boundaries and results in faults.
  3. Layer of Earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is solid
  4. Type of crust that is thick and contains granite
  5. This is a type of heat transfer (hint: lava lamp). Some scientists believe these are occurring in the mantle and moving the tectonic plates
  6. Areas along a transform boundary created by the shearing of two pieces of crust. There is a famous one in California
  7. This forms on land at divergent plate boundaries. There is a great one in eastern Africa
  8. These form under water (on the ocean floor) at most convergent boundaries
  9. Layer of Earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is liquid

20 Clues: Earth’s thickest layer • Layer of Earth with the lowest temperature • Word used to describe the state of the mantle • Type of plate boundary where two plates collide • Type of crust that is thick and contains granite • This is the process of creating new oceanic crust • Layer of Earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is solid • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A rift valley is a linear shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift
  2. molten rock that has been expelled from the earth
  3. the slipping motion of a plate into the upper mantle
  4. solid layer of core
  5. liquid layer of core
  6. a mountain range in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that spurts lava
  7. zone of earth mantle below the
  8. molten rock in the earths crust
  9. theory on how major landforms are created
  10. part of the earth that contains the crust and upper mantle
  11. tectonic plates that spread apart
Down
  1. a type of natural disaster that is caused by divergent and convergent boundaries
  2. tectonic plates that slide against each other
  3. a type of landform caused by convergent bounderies
  4. the theory that states that continents move
  5. tectonic plates that collide
  6. scientist who discovered continental drift
  7. a type of natural disaster that is caused by transform boundary
  8. the process of tectonic plates splitting on the sea floor
  9. edge where two plates mean
  10. the movement of energy from one place to another

21 Clues: solid layer of core • liquid layer of core • edge where two plates mean • tectonic plates that collide • zone of earth mantle below the • molten rock in the earths crust • tectonic plates that spread apart • theory on how major landforms are created • scientist who discovered continental drift • the theory that states that continents move • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The _______ (crust and asthenosphere) is cracked and divided into tectonic plates.
  2. Two plates that slide past each other
  3. Tectonic plates have different size, ____, and thickness
  4. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another.
  5. Process where new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and hardens
  6. Which boundary moves in this direction ← →
  7. Earth's _____ is broken into about 19 pieces.
  8. The flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  9. Continents used to look like a giant _____ ____.
  10. PT.1 Tectonic plates move around Earth's surface at rates of ______
Down
  1. Formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates, EX: Himalaya Mountains
  2. A more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate
  3. The bending of rock layers due to stress.
  4. Who discovered the theory of continental drfit
  5. 300 million years ago all of the continents were combined into one super-continent called _____
  6. Submerged mountain range extended from the Arctic Ocean to beyond the southern tip of Africa. One of the better known Divergent Boundaries
  7. Vibrations created by an earthquake.
  8. Zones of geologic activity at the surface of Earth
  9. PT.2 and _______ per year.
  10. The core is made up of mostly ____

20 Clues: PT.2 and _______ per year. • The core is made up of mostly ____ • Vibrations created by an earthquake. • Two plates that slide past each other • The bending of rock layers due to stress. • Which boundary moves in this direction ← → • The flow that transfers heat within a fluid • Earth's _____ is broken into about 19 pieces. • Who discovered the theory of continental drfit • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-09

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. vibrations that travel through Earth
  2. rigid crust
  3. a narrow long ditch
  4. partially molten
  5. supercontinent
  6. recycling plates
  7. material under the Earths surface
  8. moving apart
  9. plates moving apart from each other cause
  10. created theory of continental drift
Down
  1. skin of the Earth
  2. erupting pieces of Earths surface
  3. mountains rising through the ocean floor
  4. plates sliding together
  5. circularmotion of the liquid in the mantle due to uneven heating
  6. move on top of the asthenosphere
  7. move together
  8. valley that is diverting
  9. shaking of the Earths surface
  10. thickest layer of the Earth

20 Clues: rigid crust • moving apart • move together • supercontinent • partially molten • recycling plates • skin of the Earth • a narrow long ditch • plates sliding together • valley that is diverting • thickest layer of the Earth • shaking of the Earths surface • move on top of the asthenosphere • erupting pieces of Earths surface • material under the Earths surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates there are 7 major plates and 8 _____
  2. which layer of the earth is broken into pieces called tectonic plates
  3. when the denser plate sinks below the other plate
  4. A boundary that forms where two plate slide past each other
  5. A boundary that forms where two plates move toward each other
  6. A boundary that forms where two plate move away from each other
  7. As a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force
  8. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  9. there are 7 _______ and 8 minor plates
  10. Happens when a transform boundary takes place
  11. what continent is on the Eurasian plate
Down
  1. the lithosphere is comprised of 15 of them
  2. happens when a divergent boundary takes place
  3. you will find he continent Asia on this plate
  4. The continent on the Indo-Australian plate
  5. form when a convergent boundary takes place
  6. the lower mantle
  7. rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge
  8. you will find Houston Texas on this plate
  9. earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other

20 Clues: the lower mantle • there are 7 _______ and 8 minor plates • what continent is on the Eurasian plate • you will find Houston Texas on this plate • the lithosphere is comprised of 15 of them • The continent on the Indo-Australian plate • plates there are 7 major plates and 8 _____ • form when a convergent boundary takes place • happens when a divergent boundary takes place • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-04-14

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A deep depression in the ocean floor caused by the convergence of plates
  2. a form of stress produced by the action of equal and opposite forces
  3. One of two principal forms of tectonics, the other being orogenesis
  4. Deals with the large feature of the lithosphere and the forces that fashion them
  5. an abbreviation used by earth sciences, meaning "MILLION YEARS"
  6. an area of historical geology devoted to studying the direction and intensity of magnetic fields in the past
  7. the uppermost division of the solid earth
  8. the theory that seafloor crack open along the crests of mid-ocean ridges
  9. Hotter, weaker region in the mantle
  10. a split between two bodies that were once joined
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  1. an area of fracturing between rocks resulting from stress
  2. Sub marine mountain ridges where new seafloor is created by seafloor spreading
  3. Large movable segments of the lithosphere
  4. Plates move apart from each other, making oceanic crust
  5. the center of earth
  6. the theory that the configuration of Earth's continents was once different than it is today
  7. Plates move toward each other, making mountains or volcanoes
  8. in general terms, any attempt to deform a solid
  9. the thick, dense layer of rock
  10. the strong layer formed from the crust and uppermost mantle
  11. Plates grind past each other without making or destroying crust
  12. describing the phenomenon wherre certain materials are subject to a form of decay brought by radiation
  13. One of two principals forms of tectonism, the other being epeirogenesis
  14. a branch of the earth sciences that combines aspects of geology and physics
  15. an area of rock that has been bent by stress

25 Clues: the center of earth • the thick, dense layer of rock • Hotter, weaker region in the mantle • Large movable segments of the lithosphere • the uppermost division of the solid earth • an area of rock that has been bent by stress • in general terms, any attempt to deform a solid • a split between two bodies that were once joined • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earth processes that may lead to widespread damage or risk
  2. boundary where plates slide past each other
  3. instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
  4. destructive mud flow on the slopes of a volcano
  5. great mass of falling snow and ice
  6. a crack in the earths crust
  7. wave caused by an earthquake
  8. 2nd wave, s shape, only travel through solids
  9. the point on earths surface directly above the focus
  10. the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath earths surface
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  1. measure of the energy released during an earthquake
  2. record of an earthquake’s seismic waves produced by a seismograph
  3. 1st wave, push pull motion, move through solids liquids, and gases
  4. boundary where two plates move toward each other
  5. molten rock beneath the earths surface
  6. magma that reaches earths surface
  7. the sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope
  8. boundary where two plates move away from each other
  9. the point where an earthquake begins
  10. seismic waves that travel along the ground surface

20 Clues: a crack in the earths crust • wave caused by an earthquake • magma that reaches earths surface • great mass of falling snow and ice • the point where an earthquake begins • molten rock beneath the earths surface • boundary where plates slide past each other • 2nd wave, s shape, only travel through solids • destructive mud flow on the slopes of a volcano • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a preserved part of a long dead plant
  2. pieces of earth's crust and the top of the mantle
  3. what magma becomes when it spews out of a volcano
  4. hot liquid from inside earth that can be seen in volcanoes
  5. current in a liquid that results in convection
  6. energy released from a focus inside the earth that makes the ground shake and rumble
  7. the surface right above the focus
  8. the second deepest part of the earth, made from liquid iron
  9. where energy is released creating an earthquake
  10. thickest layer of the earth
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  1. outer part of the earth
  2. center of the earth, solid surface that only stays together due to the pressure
  3. where all countries and where we live are
  4. what makes the continents move 1-4 centimeters every year
  5. A Theory That All Continents Were Once Together
  6. A hole in the surface of the earth created from plates pushing against each other
  7. Creator Of The Pangea Theory
  8. top layer of the earth
  9. earth's tilt
  10. a tool used to show the magnitude of earthquakes

20 Clues: earth's tilt • top layer of the earth • outer part of the earth • thickest layer of the earth • Creator Of The Pangea Theory • the surface right above the focus • a preserved part of a long dead plant • where all countries and where we live are • current in a liquid that results in convection • A Theory That All Continents Were Once Together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-09-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of the earth made mostly of iron and contains small amounts of nickel
  2. type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed
  3. tectonic plates fit together like pieces of this type of puzzle
  4. theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided in tectonic plates that move around
  5. boundary between two plates moving horizontally past each other
  6. pieces of the lithosphere that move around
  7. made up of solid rock that flows very slowly
  8. the rising of regions of the Earth's crust due to high elevations
  9. process by which rock changes because of stress
  10. boundary formed by two plates moving away from each other
Down
  1. stress when forces act to stretch an object
  2. boundary formed by the collision of two plates
  3. Greek for "all earth"
  4. Spreading where the new ocean floor is formed by magam rising towards the surface and solidifies
  5. the theory that suggests the continents at one point were all one big land mass
  6. strong, lower part of the mantle
  7. layer of the earth that conists of the crust and upper part of the mantle
  8. the surface along where rocks break and slide past each other
  9. Sinking of the Earth's crust in lower elevations
  10. the outermost layer of the earth
  11. the types of waves that are produced by an earthquake
  12. the layer of the earth that contains most of the earth's mass
  13. bending of rock layers due to stress

23 Clues: Greek for "all earth" • strong, lower part of the mantle • the outermost layer of the earth • bending of rock layers due to stress • pieces of the lithosphere that move around • stress when forces act to stretch an object • made up of solid rock that flows very slowly • boundary formed by the collision of two plates • process by which rock changes because of stress • ...

plate tectonics 2021-06-17

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcano is currently active
  2. types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral
  3. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  4. volcanoes that have not erupted in a long time but are expected to erupt again
  5. solid material found in the centre of some planets
  6. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  7. formed from the solidification of molten rock material
  8. he mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
  9. sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust
  10. upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  11. the third layer of the Earth
Down
  1. volcanoes that wont erupt again
  2. two plates slide past one another
  3. current in a fluid that results from convection
  4. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  5. intensely hot area in the mantle below Earth's crust
  6. plate ________ theory
  7. mountain that has a crater or vent through which lava comes out
  8. large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
  9. started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous

20 Clues: plate ________ theory • volcano is currently active • the third layer of the Earth • volcanoes that wont erupt again • two plates slide past one another • he mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior • two tectonic plates move away from each other • current in a fluid that results from convection • solid material found in the centre of some planets • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  2. mountains formed by crust crumpling upwards as plates collide
  3. an instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake
  4. where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions
  5. a chain of islands formed at the edges of colliding tectonic plates that where one plate subducts
  6. molten rock that has erupted onto the Earth's surface
  7. the separating of the continents by drifting across Earth's surface
  8. isolated place away from plate boundaries where a lot of magma is collecting
  9. molten rock below the earth's surface
  10. the center of Earth
  11. layer beneath the earth's crust
Down
  1. name for the crust and the upper mantle together; Earth's tectonic plates
  2. a deep channel in the ocean floor where crust is sinking downwards
  3. the place below the ground where and earthquake starts
  4. when one plate sinks below another plate during collision
  5. a place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts at the surface
  6. a layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the lower mantle on which Earth's tectonic plates move
  7. the rapid movement of the ground, usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion, due to the movement of tectonic plates
  8. a huge wave caused by an earthquake occurring on the sea floor
  9. a zone where Earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart

20 Clues: the center of Earth • layer beneath the earth's crust • molten rock below the earth's surface • molten rock that has erupted onto the Earth's surface • the place below the ground where and earthquake starts • when one plate sinks below another plate during collision • a zone where Earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-02-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Transfer of energy through an empty space
  2. Vibrations that travel through the earth
  3. Movement of fluid that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
  4. Layer of molten metal that surrounds the inner core
  5. Plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  6. Where tectonic plates move towards each other
  7. Movement of heat from a hot object to a cooler object
  8. Earths outermost layer
  9. break in earths crust
  10. Soft layer of the mantle
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  1. Transfer of heat through direct contact
  2. Layer of hot solid material between the earths crust and core
  3. German scientists who was curios about the relationships of continents
  4. Dense ball of metal
  5. Instrument used to detect and record seismic waves
  6. Theory that earth continents move over time
  7. how much mass is contained in a given volume
  8. Deep valley that forms when two plates move away from each other
  9. Rocky outer part of earth
  10. Name of continent that broke off 200 million years ago

20 Clues: Dense ball of metal • break in earths crust • Earths outermost layer • Soft layer of the mantle • Rocky outer part of earth • Transfer of heat through direct contact • Vibrations that travel through the earth • Transfer of energy through an empty space • Theory that earth continents move over time • how much mass is contained in a given volume • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a pulling force
  2. new lithosphere is created here
  3. outermost layer of the earth
  4. layer between the crust and the core
  5. capable of being molded or changing shape without breaking
  6. piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  7. outer most, rigid layer of the Earth
  8. rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
  9. the bending of rock layers
  10. boundary between two colliding plates
  11. theory that continents drift apart
Down
  1. a region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  2. boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  3. as a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force
  4. soft layer of the mantle
  5. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  6. a squeezing force
  7. a break in the Earth's crust
  8. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  9. the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlines the ocean basins
  10. the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil or oceans

21 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • outermost layer of the earth • a break in the Earth's crust • new lithosphere is created here • theory that continents drift apart • layer between the crust and the core • outer most, rigid layer of the Earth • boundary between two colliding plates • ...

plate tectonics 2022-10-06

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the upper layer of the earth's mantle below the lithosphere
  2. the several large landmasses that make up the world
  3. form when plate motions generate magma that erupts on the earths surface
  4. a boundary where two plates move together
  5. the process by which new oceanic crust forms when magma rises up
  6. join together into a single large landmass and then started drifting
  7. a ring of volcanos on the edge of tectonic plates
  8. the impression of a prehistoric animals in rocks
  9. a process by which material is added to tectonic plates or landmass
  10. when two tectonic plates move away from each other and make room in the ocean floor is called
Down
  1. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the matle crust
  2. where two tectonic plates are sliding against each other
  3. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  4. the study of magnetic minerals in rocks
  5. the lithosphere is divided into
  6. a long undersea mountain chain that has a steep narrow valley at its center
  7. crust beneath the ocean
  8. the single huge super continent that existed many years ago when all earths continents were joined together
  9. what element makes up most of earth's core
  10. when one tectonic plate sinks beneath another

20 Clues: crust beneath the ocean • the lithosphere is divided into • the study of magnetic minerals in rocks • a boundary where two plates move together • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • what element makes up most of earth's core • when one tectonic plate sinks beneath another • the impression of a prehistoric animals in rocks • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-12-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate boundary where two plates move apart
  2. Most common cause of tsunamis
  3. Surface of the earth
  4. super continent that once existed
  5. land-form formed at a divergent boundary
  6. Composite volcano in Washington State
  7. Bottom of a wave
  8. Boundary where two plates slide past each other
Down
  1. The force that drives wind and waves
  2. The exact age of something
  3. Boundary where 2 plates move towards each other
  4. Age based off something else
  5. Top of a wave
  6. Where the lava comes out of the volcano
  7. Sea floor ________
  8. Magma on the surface
  9. The word for volcanoes when they blow up
  10. Youngest and most active volcano in Hawaii
  11. Natural disaster as a result of an earthquake (shorline)
  12. Lava under the surface of the earth

20 Clues: Top of a wave • Bottom of a wave • Sea floor ________ • Surface of the earth • Magma on the surface • The exact age of something • Age based off something else • Most common cause of tsunamis • super continent that once existed • Lava under the surface of the earth • The force that drives wind and waves • Composite volcano in Washington State • Where the lava comes out of the volcano • ...

plate tectonics 2023-11-16

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. most destruction during an earthquake
  2. the plates start shaking
  3. pressing something into a smaller space or putting pressure on it from different sides until it gets smaller
  4. second wave of an earthquake
  5. the act of stretching or the state or degree of being stretched stress
  6. vertical fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally
  7. recording of the ground shaking at the specific location of the instrument
  8. move on the crust
  9. first wave of an earthquake
  10. magma reaching the surface
Down
  1. great size of something
  2. past each other
  3. the force on earth changing its shape
  4. evidence of pangea
  5. ground shaking and damage
  6. fault the block above the fault moves up relative to the block below the fault
  7. above the epicenter
  8. where an earthquake begins underground
  9. fault block above the fault has moved downward relative to the block below
  10. crack in the earth

20 Clues: past each other • move on the crust • evidence of pangea • crack in the earth • above the epicenter • great size of something • the plates start shaking • ground shaking and damage • magma reaching the surface • first wave of an earthquake • second wave of an earthquake • the force on earth changing its shape • most destruction during an earthquake • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. someone who studies seismic waves
  2. An area in earths crust where magma is able to form and seep through
  3. a cycle of heat in which the hotter something is, the more it rises, and the colder something is, the more it sinks
  4. A large well known belt of bubbles
  5. Scientist that discovered Pangea's existence and presented the idea of continental drift
  6. The theory about all motion of plates
  7. Long mountain range that forms underwater
  8. the super continent that existed more than 200 million years
  9. The solid parts of the Earth lithosphere that are broken into pieces
Down
  1. An ancient specimen secured in rock
  2. An area where the ocean floor sinks into the mantle, forming a dipped area
  3. The process when Oceanic crust gets sucked underground into the mantle
  4. The idea of the continents slowly gliding over Earth
  5. a boundary in which two plates come together
  6. a boundary in which two plates scrape against each other in opposite direction
  7. Breaks in the Earths crust
  8. An area where Earth's crust diverges above water
  9. a boundary where two plates split away from each other
  10. heated material melted to a liquid state underground
  11. Magma after it gets to the surface

20 Clues: Breaks in the Earths crust • someone who studies seismic waves • A large well known belt of bubbles • Magma after it gets to the surface • An ancient specimen secured in rock • The theory about all motion of plates • Long mountain range that forms underwater • a boundary in which two plates come together • An area where Earth's crust diverges above water • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Primary, longitudinal, irrotational, push, pressure, dilatational, compressional, or push-pull wave (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  2. An instrument that records the motions of the Earth, especially earthquakes (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  3. A scientist who studies earthquakes (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  4. Shaking of the Earth caused by a sudden movement of rock beneath its surface (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  5. Molten rock containing liquids, crystals, and dissolved gases that forms within the upper part of the Earth's mantle and crust (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  6. A written record of an earthquake, recorded by a seismograph (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  7. The circular depression containing a volcanic vent (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  8. The theory, first advanced by Alfred Wegener, that Earth's continents were originally one land mass (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  9. A weak point in the Earth's crust and upper mantle where the rock layers have ruptured and slipped (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  10. One of the huge moving sections which make up the Earth's crust (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  11. A steep-sided volcano formed by the explosive eruption of cinders that form around a vent (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
Down
  1. The place where two or more plates in the Earth's crust meet (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  2. That point on the Earth's surface directly above the hypocenter of an earthquake (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  3. The process in which one lithospheric plate collides with and is forced down under another plate and drawn back into the Earth's mantle (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  4. The theory that the Earth's crust and upper mantle (the lithosphere) is broken into a number of more or less rigid, but constantly moving, segments or plates (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  5. Of or having to do with earthquakes (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  6. The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface, averaging about 10 kilometers thick under the oceans and up to about 50 kilometers thick on the continents (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  7. Shear, secondary, rotational, tangential, equivoluminal, distortional, transverse, or shake wave (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  8. The layer of rock that lies between the crust and the outer core of the Earth (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).
  9. The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.).

20 Clues: A scientist who studies earthquakes (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.). • Of or having to do with earthquakes (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.). • The circular depression containing a volcanic vent (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.). • The place where two or more plates in the Earth's crust meet (Plate Tectonic Dictionary, n.d.). • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonic plates can move less than a ___________a day
  2. Name of the biggest tectonic plate
  3. The layer in which earthquakes are most likely to occur
  4. The country where the largest earthquake occurred
  5. This is caused when two tectonic plates collide with teach other
  6. The movement of tectonic plates causes ____________ and volcanoes
  7. The plate tectonic theory was developed _________ years ago
  8. Name of the super continent, 300 million years ago
  9. The planet where the largest volcano is in the Solar System
  10. Scotland is located on this tectonic plate
  11. This action is when tectonic plates move into each other
  12. Layer of the Earth that is closet to the Earth's core
Down
  1. This action is when tectonic plates move apart
  2. Tectonic plate motion cause __________ to rise
  3. The number of major tectonic plates
  4. This action is when tectonic plates move against each other
  5. The state where the largest volcano is located
  6. The thickest layer of the Earth
  7. Name of the smallest tectonic plate
  8. Last name of the man who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift

20 Clues: The thickest layer of the Earth • Name of the biggest tectonic plate • The number of major tectonic plates • Name of the smallest tectonic plate • Scotland is located on this tectonic plate • This action is when tectonic plates move apart • Tectonic plate motion cause __________ to rise • The state where the largest volcano is located • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates colliding with each other.
  2. Seismic wave that travels along Earth's surface.
  3. Place where extremely hot material from inside Earth erupts at the surface.
  4. One plate sinks below another plate.
  5. Huge wave in the ocean caused by earthquakes or other disruptions.
  6. Separating of continents by drifting across Earth's surface.
  7. Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface.
  8. Longitudinal seismic wave that travels fast through Earth.
  9. Point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an Earthquake.
  10. Place below the ground where earthquake starts.
  11. Plates move apart from each other in opposite directions.
  12. Crust that forms continents.
  13. Molten rock below Earth's surface.
  14. Layer beneath Earth's crust.
Down
  1. Section of crust that moves about on the Earth's surface.
  2. New crust forms at ocean ridges and spreads outwards.
  3. Formed by crust crumpling upwards as plates collide.
  4. Isolated place away from plate boundaries where a lot of hot magma is collecting.
  5. Transverse seismic wave that travels through Earth.
  6. Rapid movement of the ground due to movement of tectonic plates.
  7. Deep channel in ocean floor where crust is sinking downwards.
  8. Plates sliding past each other in opposite directions.
  9. The centre of Earth.
  10. Zone where Earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart.

24 Clues: The centre of Earth. • Crust that forms continents. • Layer beneath Earth's crust. • Plates colliding with each other. • Molten rock below Earth's surface. • One plate sinks below another plate. • Place below the ground where earthquake starts. • Seismic wave that travels along Earth's surface. • Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface. • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-10-20

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the innermost layer of the earth and hottest layer
  2. when plates move towards each other
  3. a sudden shaking of the earth's surface that often causes a lot of damage
  4. the preserved remains of organisms that lived many years ago
  5. the layer of the earth that lies below the lithosphere
  6. a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge
  7. magma from earth's mantle comes up at the mid-ocean ridge and create new oceanic crust
  8. a circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler,denser fluid
  9. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  10. the thick of the earth beneath its outer crust
Down
  1. a lowland region that forms where earth's techtonic plates move apart, or rift
  2. continents were once connected but have drift apart
  3. the solid, outer part of earth
  4. the thin outermost layer of the earth
  5. the eruption of molten rock onto the surface of a planet
  6. the theory that the crust divided into large pieces
  7. the outer layer of the core that is made of liquid iron and nickel
  8. cracks in the earth's crust along which there is movement
  9. when two tectonic plates slide past each other
  10. deep and narrow depression in the seafloor where the subducted plate move into the asthenosphere

20 Clues: the solid, outer part of earth • when plates move towards each other • the thin outermost layer of the earth • when two tectonic plates slide past each other • the thick of the earth beneath its outer crust • the innermost layer of the earth and hottest layer • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • continents were once connected but have drift apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Studies the materials, processes, nature, and history of the Earth.
  2. begins beneath the crust.
  3. Right below the lithosphere.
  4. About 1500 miles in thickness and is the center core of the Earth.
  5. One edge of one lithospheric plate is forced below the edge of another plate.
  6. Created by a subducting plate beneath the other and shakes
  7. The transfer of heat by the movements of the heated part of a liquid/gas.
  8. Discovered Pangaea
  9. A mix of elements but mostly iron and nickel
  10. When plates slide across from each other
Down
  1. A generally large piece of the Earth's crust.
  2. Can be created by an oceanic plate that goes below a continental plate
  3. Name of the super continent.
  4. The act of colliding.
  5. When plates move away from each other
  6. Straight above the mantle.
  7. A crack in the Earth's crust where there has been movement.
  8. When plates collide
  9. Earthquakes are measured by the _____ scale.
  10. Occurs when two plates of similar thickness collide.

20 Clues: Discovered Pangaea • When plates collide • The act of colliding. • begins beneath the crust. • Straight above the mantle. • Name of the super continent. • Right below the lithosphere. • When plates move away from each other • When plates slide across from each other • Earthquakes are measured by the _____ scale. • A mix of elements but mostly iron and nickel • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. slowest moving waves
  2. the theory that proposes that Earths outer shell consist of individual plates that interact in various ways
  3. how many types of surface waves
  4. the amount of layers Earth is made up of
  5. areas of low earthquake activity
  6. the lateral movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates
  7. caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks move along a fault.
  8. measures ground motion and can be used to determine determine the distance seismic waves travel
  9. spot on surface above the focus
  10. fastest waves that travel through liquids or gases
  11. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake
Down
  1. location of first motion in Earth
  2. what plates are made of
  3. the strength of an earthquake
  4. slower waves that travel through solids only
  5. areas where no body waves are detected
  6. refers to the deformation of the crust as a consequence of plate interaction
  7. where plates slide past each other
  8. small earthquakes that precede a large earthquake
  9. the layer of earth we live on

20 Clues: slowest moving waves • what plates are made of • the strength of an earthquake • the layer of earth we live on • how many types of surface waves • spot on surface above the focus • areas of low earthquake activity • location of first motion in Earth • where plates slide past each other • areas where no body waves are detected • the amount of layers Earth is made up of • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a theory that proves Alfred Wegners theory of continental drift. Made by Harry Hess
  2. a theory made by Alfred Wegner
  3. the earths crust is split into different parts of these
  4. The way the earth is set up
  5. squeezing stuff
  6. the innermost part in the earths composition and is solid due to immense
  7. Strong lower part of mantle
  8. the biggest part in the earths composition
  9. coming together and folding makes mountains and volcanos
  10. a boundary meaning moving apart
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  1. the outer part of the core
  2. it is all San Andreas Fault! A crack in the crust when a transform boundary takes place.
  3. a boundary where the heavier oceanic crust sinks under the lighter continental crust
  4. plates move side by side
  5. the innermost part of earth
  6. this mechanical properity includes the crust and upper mantle
  7. the earth is split into this way(lithosphere asthenosphere mesosphere core)
  8. a theory making fact that the tectonic plates are moving everyday
  9. The outer layer that we live on
  10. soft plastic like layer in the mechanical map of earth

20 Clues: squeezing stuff • plates move side by side • the outer part of the core • the innermost part of earth • The way the earth is set up • Strong lower part of mantle • a theory made by Alfred Wegner • The outer layer that we live on • a boundary meaning moving apart • the biggest part in the earths composition • soft plastic like layer in the mechanical map of earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is the layer people call is like plastic
  2. What is the hole line in san andres
  3. in mantle and between asthenosphere and outer core
  4. what are the big peices of earths crust
  5. what consists of inner core and outer core
  6. squeezes rocks together
  7. what is the layer in the middle of the earth
  8. The thickest layer in earth
  9. the theory of tectonic plates
  10. boundaries that are diverging
  11. when one plate subducts under the other
Down
  1. when sea floor spreads
  2. what are the boundaries that are coming together
  3. what consists of upper mantle and crust
  4. layers of earth placed by how they behave
  5. what is the boundary when two tranform plates slide past each other
  6. Outer part of the core
  7. consists of lithosphere athenosphere lower mantle outer core and inner core
  8. The outermost layer
  9. what is the movement of plates

20 Clues: The outermost layer • when sea floor spreads • Outer part of the core • squeezes rocks together • The thickest layer in earth • the theory of tectonic plates • boundaries that are diverging • what is the movement of plates • What is the hole line in san andres • what consists of upper mantle and crust • what are the big peices of earths crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. above the stratoshphere
  2. incress presure
  3. exsplains magir land forms
  4. slab of soild rock
  5. hot and the largest layer
  6. lithospheric plates collide.
  7. liquid upper layer
  8. Above the Astheosphere
  9. the inner layer
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  1. ocshanic and continal
  2. techonic plate move away
  3. alfred weggner
  4. beneth the lithosphere
  5. a crack in earths crust
  6. center
  7. reachoith to a laoded apill
  8. one plate gets wht under nethe eachother
  9. hennry hess
  10. thin sliver plate
  11. a thin plastic layer

20 Clues: center • hennry hess • alfred weggner • incress presure • the inner layer • thin sliver plate • slab of soild rock • liquid upper layer • a thin plastic layer • ocshanic and continal • beneth the lithosphere • Above the Astheosphere • above the stratoshphere • a crack in earths crust • techonic plate move away • hot and the largest layer • exsplains magir land forms • reachoith to a laoded apill • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layer of Earth beneath the crust and above the core, composed of solid rock
  2. Earth's outermost layer, composed of solid rock, and divided into continental and oceanic types.
  3. Supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago.
  4. Theory proposed by Alfred Wegener to explain the movement of continents.
  5. Point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  6. Fracture in Earth's crust along which movement has occurred.
  7. Type of mountain formed by the folding of rock layers due to tectonic forces.
  8. One of the major tectonic plates covering parts of Europe and Asia.
  9. Sudden shaking or trembling of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
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  1. Boundary where two tectonic plates collide.
  2. Vibrations that travel through Earth's crust during an earthquake.
  3. Boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  4. Boundary where two tectonic plates move apart.
  5. tectonics Theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.
  6. The number of major tectonic plates that make up Earth's lithosphere.
  7. Where the edges of tectonic plates interact
  8. Underwater mountain range formed by divergent plate boundaries.
  9. Jamaica, Haiti and Dominica Republic are located on this minor plate.
  10. Earth's innermost layer.
  11. Point within Earth where an earthquake originates.

20 Clues: Earth's innermost layer. • Boundary where two tectonic plates collide. • Where the edges of tectonic plates interact • Boundary where two tectonic plates move apart. • Point within Earth where an earthquake originates. • Supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago. • Fracture in Earth's crust along which movement has occurred. • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-02-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates move past each other
  2. seafloor spreading occurs along
  3. the largest tectonic plate
  4. plates move toward each other
  5. Shield volcanoes are mostly made of
  6. ___ volcanoes are mostly at subduction convergent boundaries
  7. ____ spreading ridges form tall, narrow underwater cliffs/mountains
  8. there are ___ minor tectonic plates
  9. a fracture zone/fractures between two blocks of rock
  10. ___ spreading ridges have much more gentle slopes
  11. this plate includes the oceanic crust of the Indian Ocean
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  1. Tectonic plates are huge
  2. There are ___ major tectonic plates
  3. plates are similar in density and collide
  4. convergent boundaries can be classified as
  5. these mountains form a volcanic arc
  6. plates that move apart
  7. of (crust and upper mantle)
  8. the largest volcanoes on Earth
  9. describes earthquakes that occur at transform boundaries

20 Clues: plates that move apart • Tectonic plates are huge • the largest tectonic plate • plates move past each other • of (crust and upper mantle) • plates move toward each other • the largest volcanoes on Earth • seafloor spreading occurs along • There are ___ major tectonic plates • these mountains form a volcanic arc • Shield volcanoes are mostly made of • ...

Plate tectonics 2020-04-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pacific _____ __ ______. Zone of volcanically active mountain chains resulting from subduction on margins of Pacific Ocean.
  2. Plate ___________.
  3. Scientist who formalized theory of seafloor spreading.
  4. Section of the Earth below the crust.
  5. Seafloor __________.
  6. Hawaiian Islands were formed by a stationary ___ _______.
  7. Places where new seafloor is created.
  8. where two plates move forward
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  1. Largest plate.
  2. The Earth's ___________ field reverses from time to time.
  3. ___________ are formed via the process of collision.
  4. where two plates move apart
  5. where one plate slips laterally past another
  6. Scientist who first proposed the theory that the continents drifted.
  7. Fold in crust with an arch-like ridge.
  8. Earth's supercontinent 300 million years ago.
  9. ___________ continental margin does not coincide with a plate boundary.
  10. Solid plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere.
  11. Paleontologists noticed that these were the same on different continents even though the continents were separated by oceans.
  12. ___________ zones. Places where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.

20 Clues: Largest plate. • Plate ___________. • Seafloor __________. • where two plates move apart • where two plates move forward • Section of the Earth below the crust. • Places where new seafloor is created. • Fold in crust with an arch-like ridge. • where one plate slips laterally past another • Earth's supercontinent 300 million years ago. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-05-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The weakest of the Earth's plates.
  2. Boundary where plates pull apart.
  3. These are formed in the ocean when two ocean plates come together.
  4. These are most common around transform faults.
  5. Area of solid and dense material, high concentration of iron.
  6. The mega continent when all of Earth's land was connected.
  7. Boundary where plates come together.
  8. The strongest of the Earth's plates.
  9. These are formed on land near subduction zones.
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  1. Area of solid iron and nickel.
  2. Large, flat region of an ocean basin.
  3. The gentle slope from an ocean basin, made of sediment.
  4. These are formed underwater where plates pull apart.
  5. Boundary where plates slide next to each other.
  6. The steep drop from a continent to an ocean basin.
  7. The theory that the Earth surface is comprised of moving masses riding on top of molten rock.
  8. These are formed where continental plates pull apart.
  9. Massive mountain range formed by a continental plate collision.
  10. These are formed off the coast of subduction zones.
  11. Area of liquid iron and nickel.
  12. Area of molten rock under the Earth's surface.

21 Clues: Area of solid iron and nickel. • Area of liquid iron and nickel. • Boundary where plates pull apart. • The weakest of the Earth's plates. • Boundary where plates come together. • The strongest of the Earth's plates. • Large, flat region of an ocean basin. • These are most common around transform faults. • Area of molten rock under the Earth's surface. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-09-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Zone the process by which one tectonic plate sinks below another, returning to the mantle, where the rock is re-melted. Subduction takes place at convergent plate boundaries. Oceanic crust, which is denser, will always subduct under the less dense continental crust. It is also the process in which slab pull occurs.
  2. Waves vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  3. Crust thinner, more dense,mostly basalt younger crust making ocean floor
  4. Crust Thicker, less dense, mostly granite, older crust that makes up the continents
  5. Push a tectonic process associated with convection currents in Earth's mantle that occurs when the weight of an elevated ridge pushes an oceanic plate towards a subduction zone
  6. a German meteorologist and geophysicist who originated the theory of continental drift.
  7. the single huge super continent that existed about 200 million years ago, when all of Earth's continents were joined together.
  8. A dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust
  9. Boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  10. of Plate Tectonics the theory that Earth's lithosphere is broken into enormous slabs, or plates, that are in motion. Scientists use the theory of plate tectonics to explain how Earth's continents drift.
  11. Maps imaginary line on a map that shows points of the same age; formed at the same time
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  1. Current the convection currents in the mantle that occur because hot rock in the lower part of the mantle is less dense and rises, and cooler rock in the upper part of the mantle cools, becomes more dense, and sinks. Mantle convection is thought to be the mechanism driving the movement of tectonic plates.
  2. Canadian Scientist who developed Theory of Plate Tectonics
  3. Ridge a chain of mountains on the ocean floor. New ocean floor forms at the mid-ocean ridge where the seafloor is spreading and ridge push is initiated.
  4. an area around the Pacific Ocean where 75% of active and dormant volcanoes are located and 90% of earthquakes occur
  5. Valley a deep valley caused by the rifting (splitting) of a continental tectonic plate. The East African Rift Valley is an example of continental rifting in progress.
  6. Ocean Trench a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
  7. Boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other.
  8. Reversal the switching or changing of Earth's magnetic poles such that the north magnetic pole becomes located at the south magnetic pole's position and vice-versa. Scientists have found evidence of magnetic reversals in layers of rock along the ocean floor.
  9. A usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust
  10. Spreading the process by which new oceanic crust is formed when magma rises up through fissures and solidifies at the mid-ocean ridges and thus pushing the older, adjacent seafloor towards trenches. This is why the age of the sea floor increases with distance away from the mid-ocean ridges.
  11. Hess an American geologist who studied mid-ocean ridges using echo-sounding surveys of the Pacific and ultimately developed the theory of sea-floor spreading.
  12. Boundary where two tectonic plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions.
  13. Pull a convection current process that occurs at subduction zones when a denser tectonic plate sinks into the asthenosphere and "pulls" the trailing lithosphere along.

24 Clues: Canadian Scientist who developed Theory of Plate Tectonics • Boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other. • Boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other. • A usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust • A dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust • ...

plate tectonics 2020-01-03

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Compositional layer below crust
  2. What Earth's layers are arranged by
  3. The center of Earth
  4. There are 7 of these and they were once connected
  5. When a tectonic plate is pulled beneath another
  6. Earth's outer layer
  7. When gravity pulls high and low dense materials
  8. Landmass, or known as supercontinent
  9. A large sheet of ice that is in cold areas
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  1. Caused the solar nebula to contract
  2. ideas explaining related observations in the world
  3. A rock fragment which another rock surrounds
  4. Bending, tilting, and breaking of rock
  5. Beneath the lithosphere
  6. Remains of a dead organism from a long time ago
  7. A cloud of gas and dust in space
  8. Earth's thin, outer shell
  9. Movement on the ground when rocks break and move
  10. When 2 objects hit
  11. Where magma erupts

20 Clues: When 2 objects hit • Where magma erupts • The center of Earth • Earth's outer layer • Beneath the lithosphere • Earth's thin, outer shell • Compositional layer below crust • A cloud of gas and dust in space • Caused the solar nebula to contract • What Earth's layers are arranged by • Landmass, or known as supercontinent • Bending, tilting, and breaking of rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-03-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wave A longitudinal seismic wave that that travels fast through earth
  2. Push Older crust is pushed below new ocean crust and squeezes the plates sideways
  3. Trench A deep channel in the ocean floor where crust is sinking down
  4. A place where extremely hot material from inside Earth erupts at the surface
  5. Spreading Process of new crust forming at the ocean ridge and spreading
  6. A zone where Earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart
  7. Layer beneath Earth's crust
  8. When one plate sinks below another during a collision
  9. The centre of Earth
  10. Drift The separating of continents
  11. An instrument that detects the seismic waves form an earthquake
Down
  1. The rapid movement of the ground,usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion, due to the movement of tectonic plates
  2. Boundary Where plates are sliding parallel to each other, but in opposite directions
  3. The focus or middle point of an earthquake
  4. A huge wave caused by an earthquake on the sea floor
  5. mountain Mountains formed by crust crumpling upwards as plates collide
  6. Name for the crust and the upper mantle together; Earth's tectonic plates
  7. Earth's outermost solid layer
  8. A layer of plastic in the lower mantle
  9. Plate Section of Earth's crust that moves about on earth's surface

20 Clues: The centre of Earth • Layer beneath Earth's crust • Earth's outermost solid layer • Drift The separating of continents • A layer of plastic in the lower mantle • The focus or middle point of an earthquake • A huge wave caused by an earthquake on the sea floor • When one plate sinks below another during a collision • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-03-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The rapid movement of the ground,usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion, due to the movement of tectonic plates
  2. An instrument that detects the seismic waves form an earthquake
  3. Section of Earth's crust that moves about on earth's surface
  4. Earth's outermost solid layer
  5. A huge wave caused by an earthquake on the sea floor
  6. Push Older crust is pushed below new ocean crust and squeezes the plates sideways
  7. Name for the crust and the upper mantle together; Earth's tectonic plates
  8. A place where extremely hot material from inside Earth erupts at the surface
  9. Trench A deep channel in the ocean floor where crust is sinking down
  10. Wave A longitudinal seismic wave that that travels fast through earth
  11. Layer beneath Earth's crust
Down
  1. Boundary Where plates are sliding parallel to each other, but in opposite directions
  2. Drift The separating of continents
  3. A layer of plastic in the lower mantle
  4. The focus or middle point of an earthquake
  5. When one plate sinks below another during a collision
  6. Mountains formed by crust crumpling upwards as plates collide
  7. Spreading Process of new crust forming at the ocean ridge and spreading
  8. The centre of Earth
  9. A zone where Earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart

20 Clues: The centre of Earth • Layer beneath Earth's crust • Earth's outermost solid layer • Drift The separating of continents • A layer of plastic in the lower mantle • The focus or middle point of an earthquake • A huge wave caused by an earthquake on the sea floor • When one plate sinks below another during a collision • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-11-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is an example of a volcanic island.
  2. A type of plate boundary where oceanic crust is pushed into the mantle.
  3. The name of the deepest oceanic trench.
  4. A movement caused when a liquid or a gas is heated.
  5. An area of weakness found between two transform plates.
  6. The main part of the earth, where magma is found.
  7. These are found underwater at divergent plate boundaries.
  8. A type of mountain found at a collision plate boundary.
  9. Formed at destructive plate boundaries, they are the deepest parts of the ocean
  10. An example of a fold mountain in Asia.
  11. The centre of the earth, the heat source.
Down
  1. A plate boundary where plates are divergent.
  2. A type of movement where plates slide past each other.
  3. A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic rock.
  4. Type of crust where our continents are found.
  5. Solid rock, the outermost layer of the earth.
  6. A shaking of the ground caused by the movement of plates.
  7. The term for when oceanic crust is pushed under continental crust.
  8. A famous fault line in California
  9. A crater or vent through which lava, and gas have been erupted from the earth's crust.

20 Clues: A famous fault line in California • An example of a fold mountain in Asia. • The name of the deepest oceanic trench. • This is an example of a volcanic island. • The centre of the earth, the heat source. • A plate boundary where plates are divergent. • Type of crust where our continents are found. • Solid rock, the outermost layer of the earth. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The amount of mass in a given volume
  2. Top layer of earth
  3. A crack in the Earth's crust
  4. Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere
  5. The bending of rock layers
  6. Slide right past
  7. Earth shaking
  8. The tectonic plates are moving away from one another
  9. Movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another.
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  1. Round 2
  2. Central point
  3. Eruption
  4. Boundary Where two plates move toward each other
  5. Now known as North America
  6. How intense something is
  7. The amount of force pushing on a surface or area.
  8. covers 70% of the Earth
  9. A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave
  10. Wave A vibration that travels through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
  11. Result in failure to stop

20 Clues: Round 2 • Eruption • Central point • Earth shaking • Slide right past • Top layer of earth • covers 70% of the Earth • How intense something is • Result in failure to stop • Now known as North America • The bending of rock layers • A crack in the Earth's crust • The amount of mass in a given volume • Boundary Where two plates move toward each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The amount of mass in a given volume
  2. Top layer of earth
  3. A crack in the Earth's crust
  4. Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere
  5. The bending of rock layers
  6. Slide right past
  7. Earth shaking
  8. The tectonic plates are moving away from one another
  9. Movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another.
Down
  1. Round 2
  2. Central point
  3. Eruption
  4. Boundary Where two plates move toward each other
  5. Now known as North America
  6. How intense something is
  7. The amount of force pushing on a surface or area.
  8. covers 70% of the Earth
  9. A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave
  10. Wave A vibration that travels through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
  11. Result in failure to stop

20 Clues: Round 2 • Eruption • Central point • Earth shaking • Slide right past • Top layer of earth • covers 70% of the Earth • How intense something is • Result in failure to stop • Now known as North America • The bending of rock layers • A crack in the Earth's crust • The amount of mass in a given volume • Boundary Where two plates move toward each other • ...

plate tectonics 2024-03-16

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what can plate tectonics raise that is related to global warming
  2. who invented the continental drift theory
  3. what forms when tectonic plates move vertically towards each other
  4. what makes the plates move
  5. what is the name of the liquid layer of earth that pushes through the lithosphere
  6. what is a result of moving tectonic plates
  7. what is one type of plate boundary
  8. where are most of the worlds volcanoes
  9. what is the place where the sea floor submerges into the molten layer of the earth
  10. how many kilometers long is the lithosphere
Down
  1. what was the super continent called
  2. A famous place in America where a lot of earthquakes happen
  3. how many kilometers is the ring of fire
  4. how many inches do tectonic plates move each year
  5. how many active volcanoes there are
  6. the number of tectonic plates
  7. what was one piece of evidence he had
  8. what does the greek word asthenos mean
  9. how many years old do secular scientists think the world is
  10. when was the theory of continental drift invented

20 Clues: what makes the plates move • the number of tectonic plates • what is one type of plate boundary • what was the super continent called • how many active volcanoes there are • what was one piece of evidence he had • what does the greek word asthenos mean • where are most of the worlds volcanoes • how many kilometers is the ring of fire • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-03-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates, heating and cooling of material in mantle
  2. elevated area of the seafloor characterized by high heat flow & volcanism
  3. individual pieces of Earth’s shell that interact to produce earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.
  4. formed during continental-continental convergence; composed of deformed sedimentary and metamorphic rocks; ex. The Himalayas
  5. Older, denser portions of oceanic lithosphere that descend into mantle at a rate equal to seafloor production
  6. deep canyonlike structure along the crest of some ridge segments
  7. Lithosphere stretches, promotes mantle upwelling, thins lithosphere and breaks brittle crystal rocks, broken fragments sink generating an elongated depression
  8. theory that new oceanic crust is produced at the crests of mid-ocean ridges
  9. a plate boundary in which two plates move apart
  10. one descends beneath the other, initiating volcanic activity; produces volcanic island arcs
  11. crust folds and deforms the accumulation of sediments and sedimentary rocks along the continental margin; produces mountain belts
  12. a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor
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  1. the buoyant continental crust remains “floating” while the denser oceanic crust sinks into the mantle; forms continental volcanic arcs
  2. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from a trench where there is active subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another
  3. linear zone of irregular topography on the deep-ocean floor that follows transform faults and their inactive extensions
  4. a plate boundary in which two plates slide past one another without creating or destroying lithosphere
  5. the theory that there was once a supercontinent and over time it broke into smaller continents which drifted to their present positions
  6. mountains formed in part by igneous activity associated w/ the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  7. supports Continental drift theory, ancient climates, coastlines, matching fossils, etc.
  8. a plate boundary in which two plates move toward one another

20 Clues: a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor • a plate boundary in which two plates move apart • a plate boundary in which two plates move toward one another • deep canyonlike structure along the crest of some ridge segments • elevated area of the seafloor characterized by high heat flow & volcanism • ...

plate tectonics 2024-04-23

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lots of volcanos are on along this line
  2. the juan de fuca plate
  3. when 2 plates slide
  4. the plates that the world is made of.
  5. Hawaii is a blank in a plate
  6. what comes up from the earth when theres a gap
  7. under water divergent plate boundary
  8. which part of land goes under the plate when they smash into each other
  9. when a earth quake is under water
  10. a movie
Down
  1. a theory on how plates move
  2. when a plates pull apart what forms
  3. when 2 plates move away
  4. a mega continent
  5. when 2 plates push agents each other
  6. where plates meat
  7. the rubbing of plates can produce these
  8. these are made from plates pushing agenst another
  9. what the pates float on
  10. there's a lot of them near us.

20 Clues: a movie • a mega continent • where plates meat • when 2 plates slide • the juan de fuca plate • when 2 plates move away • what the pates float on • a theory on how plates move • Hawaii is a blank in a plate • there's a lot of them near us. • when a earth quake is under water • when a plates pull apart what forms • when 2 plates push agents each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Melted rock beneath the Earth’s surface.
  2. An opening in the earth's crust where gases erupt
  3. Continents have moved to a different place
  4. innermost layer of the earth, very hot
  5. The point of origin of an earthquake
  6. When plates crash into one another
  7. A break in the earth's crust
  8. A deep valley formed because of plate movement
Down
  1. Melted rock on Earth’s surface
  2. the layer of hot and solid material between Earth's crust and core
  3. How major landforms are created due to movement
  4. When molten adds new crust to the ocean floor
  5. Two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  6. When plates slide past each other
  7. bending of rock layers
  8. Huge wave caused by sudden plate movement
  9. The outermost layer of the earth
  10. Supercontinent
  11. Vibration from underground movement
  12. A person who studies the properties of the earth

20 Clues: Supercontinent • bending of rock layers • A break in the earth's crust • Melted rock on Earth’s surface • The outermost layer of the earth • When plates slide past each other • When plates crash into one another • Vibration from underground movement • The point of origin of an earthquake • Two tectonic plates are pulling apart • innermost layer of the earth, very hot • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. major tectonic plate that includes much of the continent of Africa
  2. Thin plates that form the ocean floor; more dense than continental plates.
  3. An opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
  4. Major tectonic plate which includes the continent of South America.
  5. A supercontinent containing all of Earth land.
  6. A theory stating that the earth's surface broken into plates that move.
  7. A German scientist
  8. Oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.
  9. moving or extending in different directions from a common point.
  10. One plate going under another plate
Down
  1. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present.
  2. Is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  3. tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica.
  4. Change with time of the position or orientation of a body.
  5. Very hot, very dense center of our planet
  6. Tectonic Plate covering most of North America Cuba, the Bahamas.
  7. Deep valley in the ocean floor
  8. The edges of tectonic plates.
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  10. tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia.

20 Clues: A German scientist • The edges of tectonic plates. • Deep valley in the ocean floor • One plate going under another plate • Very hot, very dense center of our planet • Is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. • A supercontinent containing all of Earth land. • tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. discovered sea floor spreading
  2. reveals rock of the same geological age
  3. seafloor mountain created by divergent boundaries
  4. created by convergent boundaries
  5. tectonic plates that lie under surface kind mass
  6. moving or dropping off of sediment
  7. The plates collide
  8. The plates slide
  9. giant super-continent 200 million years ago
  10. creates volcanoes and trenches
Down
  1. Cold rises and hot sinks
  2. map of earth taken from space
  3. tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean
  4. created continetial drift theory
  5. removing or transportation of sediment
  6. breaking down of sediment
  7. The plates divide
  8. theory that all continents were once connected
  9. long crack in the surface
  10. shows elevation

20 Clues: shows elevation • The plates slide • The plates divide • The plates collide • Cold rises and hot sinks • breaking down of sediment • long crack in the surface • map of earth taken from space • discovered sea floor spreading • creates volcanoes and trenches • created by convergent boundaries • created continetial drift theory • moving or dropping off of sediment • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-03

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Gaint super Continent 200 million years ago means all earth
  2. distance above sea level
  3. break rocks into smaller pieces
  4. Long crack on a surface where earthquakes usually occur
  5. Thicker line marking every 5th contour line of a map
  6. Different elevations between two adjacent contour lines of a topo map
  7. Physical features of earths surface
  8. Plates that are at the bottom of the ocean
  9. remove or transport sediment
  10. Formed by divergent boundaries, seafloor mountain
  11. when two plates slide past each other
  12. are moved and then dropped into a new place
Down
  1. Pattern of rock material located across he mid Atlantic
  2. tectonic plates that lie under surface land mass
  3. Plates moving away
  4. photos and images from taken of earths from space
  5. when a denser plate is pushed down
  6. When two tectonic plates move toward each other
  7. German meteorologist
  8. Shape and elevation of the land using contour line
  9. Lines on a map that connects points with the same elevation and show the shape of the land forms

21 Clues: Plates moving away • German meteorologist • distance above sea level • remove or transport sediment • break rocks into smaller pieces • when a denser plate is pushed down • Physical features of earths surface • when two plates slide past each other • Plates that are at the bottom of the ocean • are moved and then dropped into a new place • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how to measure earthquakes
  2. a valley
  3. 2nd wave to hit seismograph
  4. a narrow section on the ocean floor
  5. caused by transform boundary
  6. sinking
  7. moving plates
  8. gradual destruction
  9. above earthquake
  10. a numerical earthquake scale
  11. Move towards each other
Down
  1. Move past each other
  2. when new ocean crust forms
  3. ridge in the atlantic ocean
  4. first wave to hit seismograph
  5. Move away from each other
  6. straight line
  7. zone where plates meet
  8. above stratosphere
  9. supercontinent

20 Clues: sinking • a valley • straight line • moving plates • supercontinent • above earthquake • above stratosphere • gradual destruction • Move past each other • Move towards each other • Move away from each other • how to measure earthquakes • when new ocean crust forms • ridge in the atlantic ocean • 2nd wave to hit seismograph • caused by transform boundary • a numerical earthquake scale • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Stresses that cause rocks to shorten
  2. Boundary where two tectonic plates move horizontally against each other
  3. Lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart
  4. Compressed plates that fold upward
  5. Boundary where two tectonic plates collide together
  6. Hanging wall has moved upward above the foot wall
  7. Sudden shaking of the rock in the Earth's crust
  8. Super continent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  9. Hanging wall and foot wall are even in height but moving horizontally
  10. Compressed plates that fold downward
Down
  1. Movements of circulation patterns made by differential heating
  2. Boundaries where two plates converge, and one plate is thrust beneath the other
  3. Boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. Stresses that cause rocks to elongate
  5. Gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  6. Wave of acoustic energy that travels through the Earth
  7. The theory that Earth's land masses are in constant motion
  8. Hanging wall has moved downward below the foot wall
  9. Separates the earth into plates
  10. Stresses that cause rocks to slip past each other

20 Clues: Separates the earth into plates • Compressed plates that fold upward • Stresses that cause rocks to shorten • Compressed plates that fold downward • Stresses that cause rocks to elongate • Sudden shaking of the rock in the Earth's crust • Hanging wall has moved upward above the foot wall • Stresses that cause rocks to slip past each other • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where geological feature is cut in half
  2. study of magnetic fields frozen in rocks
  3. 1959, used ridge patterns
  4. more dangerous volcanic eruption
  5. releasing bend,can form depressions
  6. less deadly type of eruption
  7. used to create first detailed ocean floor map
  8. plates that spread away from each other
  9. measure of strength of earthquake
  10. when one plate slides beneath another
Down
  1. developed continental drift theory
  2. zone where plates split apart
  3. molten rock found within volcanic chambers
  4. compression added to shearing motion
  5. large but not steep volcano
  6. lava that forms tubes,smooth and ropy
  7. volcano,felsic to intermediate rock
  8. most dangerous volcano
  9. most typical volcano
  10. plates that come towards each other
  11. type of lava that erupts underwater

21 Clues: most typical volcano • most dangerous volcano • 1959, used ridge patterns • large but not steep volcano • less deadly type of eruption • zone where plates split apart • more dangerous volcanic eruption • measure of strength of earthquake • developed continental drift theory • volcano,felsic to intermediate rock • plates that come towards each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-09

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

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

Plate tectonics 2023-01-23

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when all the continents were once joined together
  2. the number of stations required to locate and earthquake.
  3. volcano with runny magma. Formed at hot spots and divergent boundaries
  4. when one plate goes under another plate
  5. Second type of wave to reach a seismic station.
  6. Fastest Earthquake wave. First to reach a seismic station
  7. when two plates go in the opposite direction
  8. heat transfer process that takes place in the asthenosphere. The reason plates move.
  9. Volcano found along the Ring of Fire
  10. Fault found at strike-slip boundaries Example: San Andreas Fault.
  11. Type of fault in a divergent plate boundary
  12. an opening in the crust where lava and hot gases can erupt
  13. second layer from the crust. Plastic-like
  14. convergent plate boundaries produce along the ocean floor
  15. the center of the Earth
Down
  1. Uppermost part of the mantle. Weaker region in the mantle
  2. rigid layer of the uppermost mantle and crust
  3. last name of person who developed continental drift theory
  4. when two plates collide
  5. the study of earthquakes
  6. a plate made of basalt. Most dense
  7. When two plates slide past each other
  8. Type of fault found in a convergent boundary
  9. a plate made of granite. Least dense
  10. Ocean where the ring of fire is located

25 Clues: when two plates collide • the center of the Earth • the study of earthquakes • a plate made of basalt. Most dense • Volcano found along the Ring of Fire • a plate made of granite. Least dense • When two plates slide past each other • when one plate goes under another plate • Ocean where the ring of fire is located • second layer from the crust. Plastic-like • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - When subducting plates contain continental material, two continents collide
  2. – Deep faulted structures found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries
  3. – form as volcanoes emerge from the sea
  4. - At a______ ______ ______, plates grind past each other without destroying the lithosphere. (3 words)
  5. – The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  6. – Form in part by volcanic activity caused by the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  7. - Fossil evidence for continental drift includes several fossil organisms found on different _______.
  8. – Where two plates move together
  9. – Margins where two plates grind past each other without the production or destruction of the lithosphere
  10. - Denser oceanic slab sinks into the asthenosphere
Down
  1. – Produces new oceanic lithosphere
  2. – One oceanic plate is forced down into the mantle beneath a second plate
  3. – The continents had once been joined to form a single supercontinent
  4. – Early aquatic relative of reptiles, found as fossils from the Early Permian Period in South Africa and South America
  5. – Extinct genus of about seven species of medium-sized heavily built animals that lived from the middle of the Permian Period until early in the Triassic Period
  6. – Genus of extinct advanced therapsids (mammals and their relatives) found as fossils in South Africa and South America
  7. – Continuous elevated zones on the floor of all major ocean basins
  8. – The supercontinent that began to break apart 200 million years ago and form the present landmasses
  9. – Genus of fossilized woody plants known from rocks that have been dated to the Permian and Triassic periods deposited on the southern supercontinent of Gondwana
  10. – Numerous rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit over the material of the asthenosphere
  11. – 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
  12. – When spreading centers develop within a continent, the landmass may split into two or more smaller segments
  13. – The place where two plates move apart
  14. - Two oceanic slabs converge and one descends beneath the other

24 Clues: – Where two plates move together • – Produces new oceanic lithosphere • – form as volcanoes emerge from the sea • – The place where two plates move apart • - Denser oceanic slab sinks into the asthenosphere • - Two oceanic slabs converge and one descends beneath the other • – Continuous elevated zones on the floor of all major ocean basins • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory where all of Earth's land was a supercontinent
  2. when 2 plates _____, mountains are formed
  3. causes the mantle to melt deep in the Earth
  4. petrified remains of prehistoric dead organisms
  5. Earth's surface cracked into large pieces
  6. a sudden shaking of the ground
  7. a flat dishes for food; tectonic ____
  8. piece of the ____
  9. movement of plates away or toward each other
  10. make a change in form or appearance
  11. Alfred ___, first proposed Pangaea
Down
  1. a dividing line that marks a border
  2. when two plates move away from each other
  3. a small bowl used for water
  4. land formations created by convergence
  5. thickest layer of the Earth
  6. mountains that erupt
  7. Pacific or Atlantic
  8. outermost shell of Earth
  9. solid, outer part of the Earth

20 Clues: piece of the ____ • Pacific or Atlantic • mountains that erupt • outermost shell of Earth • a small bowl used for water • thickest layer of the Earth • a sudden shaking of the ground • solid, outer part of the Earth • Alfred ___, first proposed Pangaea • a dividing line that marks a border • make a change in form or appearance • a flat dishes for food; tectonic ____ • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two tectonic plates are moving away from each other
  2. a number of volcanoes in a volcanic arc in western North America
  3. part of the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates
  4. when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  5. a mostly underwater mountain range in the Atlantic Ocean
  6. a continuous range of underwater volcanoes that wraps around the globe
  7. two tectonic plates moving toward each other and colliding
  8. occur in ocean basins or on or near ocean ridges
  9. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  10. when two plates collide
  11. two tectonic plates colliding and the less dense plate, submerges underneath the denser one
  12. a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes
  13. the edge of the lithospheric plates
Down
  1. a series of mountains or mountain ridges closely related in position and direction
  2. include the highest mountains in the world
  3. where two plates converge, and one plate is thrust beneath the other.
  4. a series of contiguous geographic trenches
  5. he outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that is found under the oceans
  6. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor
  7. the outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that makes up the planet's continents
  8. an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt
  9. heat transfer involving the movement of energy and heat from one place to another
  10. magma moves in between tectonic plates and creates new oceanic crust
  11. gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  12. a weak to violent shaking of the ground because of sudden rock movement below Earth's surface

25 Clues: when two plates collide • the edge of the lithospheric plates • long, narrow depressions on the seafloor • include the highest mountains in the world • a series of contiguous geographic trenches • occur in ocean basins or on or near ocean ridges • places where plates slide sideways past each other • when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-22

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

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

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-22

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

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

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-22

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

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

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-29

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

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

plate tectonics 2023-03-15

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a major fault separating blocks of the earth's surface; a rift valley.
  2. a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
  3. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
  4. a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.
  5. the person that came up with the theory of pangea
  6. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  7. the outermost layer of rock of which a planet consists, especially the part of the earth above the mantle.
  8. make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of.
  9. a location where airflows or ocean currents meet, characteristically marked by upwelling (of air) or downwelling (of water).
  10. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
  11. an extended break in a body of rock, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular surface.
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  1. a super continent that consisted of all the connected continents today
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  4. cause to undergo bending or curvature.
  5. tending to be different or develop in different directions.
  6. a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor, typically one running parallel to a plate boundary and marking a subduction zone.
  7. the dense central region of a planet, especially the nickel–iron inner part of the earth.
  8. the region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core, believed to consist of hot, dense silicate rocks
  9. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.

20 Clues: cause to undergo bending or curvature. • the person that came up with the theory of pangea • tending to be different or develop in different directions. • a super continent that consisted of all the connected continents today • a major fault separating blocks of the earth's surface; a rift valley. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-11-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 plates sliding past each other
  2. 2 plates moving towards each other
  3. core Innermost layer
  4. The border between two tectonic plates
  5. Earths outer layer
  6. 2 plates moving away from each other
  7. A large steep hill on the earths surface
  8. A large piece of the earths crust and mantle
  9. melted rock on Earth’s surface
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  1. A series of connected mountains
  2. A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake
  3. A deep valley in the oceans floor
  4. The shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates
  5. A mountain or hill that lava erupts from
  6. one plate forced under another
  7. core liquid layer between the mantle and inner core
  8. The distance from the center of a circle to any point on its circumference
  9. "all land" "super-continent"
  10. Layer between crust and outer core
  11. molten rock beneath earths surface

20 Clues: Earths outer layer • core Innermost layer • "all land" "super-continent" • one plate forced under another • melted rock on Earth’s surface • A series of connected mountains • 2 plates sliding past each other • A deep valley in the oceans floor • 2 plates moving towards each other • Layer between crust and outer core • molten rock beneath earths surface • ...

Plate tectonics 2025-03-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Vibrations that travel through Earth during an earthquake.
  2. Spreading – The process where new ocean crust forms at mid-ocean ridges.
  3. A place where two tectonic plates collide.
  4. The thin, outermost layer of Earth.
  5. Hot, melted rock inside Earth.
  6. The idea that continents move slowly over time.
  7. The rigid outer part of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
  8. The shaking of Earth's surface caused by plate movement.
  9. A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other.
  10. The center of Earth, made of very hot metal.
  11. An underwater mountain range formed by plate movement.
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  1. The process where one plate sinks beneath another.
  2. Magma that reaches Earth's surface.
  3. A mountain that forms when magma reaches the surface.
  4. Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move over time.
  5. A soft layer of the mantle that allows tectonic plates to move.
  6. The thick layer of rock beneath the crust.
  7. A place where two tectonic plates move apart.
  8. A deep valley in the ocean caused by subduction.
  9. A crack in Earth's surface where movement occurs.

20 Clues: Hot, melted rock inside Earth. • Magma that reaches Earth's surface. • The thin, outermost layer of Earth. • A place where two tectonic plates collide. • The thick layer of rock beneath the crust. • The center of Earth, made of very hot metal. • A place where two tectonic plates move apart. • The idea that continents move slowly over time. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outer, thinnest layer of earth
  2. point on surface above focus
  3. rock layers found at angle
  4. molten rock from within earth
  5. two plates coming together
  6. rock layers get warped or bent
  7. two plates sliding past each other
  8. scale describing amount of energy released by an earthquake
  9. two plates moving opposite directions
  10. sudden movement of rocks along a fault
  11. records arrival time of earthquake waves
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  1. large, fast moving wave
  2. molten rock that breaks through the Earth's surface
  3. layer of earth below crust
  4. upper plastic mantle
  5. pressure on rock layers causes breakage
  6. rock sphere
  7. point where the earthquake occurs
  8. name of trench
  9. introduced theory of crust movement

20 Clues: rock sphere • name of trench • upper plastic mantle • large, fast moving wave • rock layers found at angle • layer of earth below crust • two plates coming together • point on surface above focus • molten rock from within earth • outer, thinnest layer of earth • rock layers get warped or bent • point where the earthquake occurs • two plates sliding past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. energy waves that travel through Earth’s layers
  2. rock formed through the cooling of lava or magma
  3. the generally accepted idea of Earth’s crust as large areas of rock slowly moving
  4. having a connection between factors that mutually affects the factors
  5. the ability to read, hear, and comprehend information about scientific topics
  6. an area in Earth’s crust prone to volcanic activity
  7. characterization of the age of material based on its occurrence related to other materials
  8. Earth’s rocky outer layer
  9. an instrument used to detect waves from an earthquake
  10. websites and applications that allow users to participate in sharing content on the internet
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  1. attracted to magnets
  2. added together over time
  3. a device that measures a magnetic field
  4. an idea that proposes an unproven or not fully provable explanation for a phenomenon
  5. a fracture between two blocks of rock where the blocks shift relative to one another
  6. the concept of gradual movement of Earth’s continents over geologic time
  7. determination of the age of material based on its physical properties
  8. the ongoing transition of rock from one type (sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous) to another
  9. the process where new oceanic crust forms at and then pushes away from a ridge
  10. the shortened name for hydraulic fracturing
  11. a scientist who uses the fossil record to study Earth’s history

21 Clues: attracted to magnets • added together over time • Earth’s rocky outer layer • a device that measures a magnetic field • the shortened name for hydraulic fracturing • energy waves that travel through Earth’s layers • rock formed through the cooling of lava or magma • an area in Earth’s crust prone to volcanic activity • an instrument used to detect waves from an earthquake • ...

plate tectonics 2025-05-29

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The sudden energy release that goes with the fault
  2. below the lower mantle; made mostly of molten metallic material such as nickel and iron.
  3. Boundary is formed where two plates slide sideways past each other.
  4. A mountain with a crater on top through which lava, rock fragments flow.
  5. a crack in Earth’s crust along which movement can take place or has taken place.
  6. The outermost layer of the Earth.
  7. Boundary is formed when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  8. Boundary is formed when two tectonic plates collide together.
  9. The molten portion of the Earth's innermost layer.
  10. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground resulting from movements of the Earth's crust.
  11. In liquid form because of extreme heating:
  12. The thick layer of the Earth's interior that lies between the thin outer layer (the crust) and the super-heated core.
  13. the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus
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  1. The Border between two tectonic plates.
  2. The rigid outer part of the Earth, made up of the crust and the upper mantle.
  3. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate beneath another plate.
  4. The solid metal center of the Earth's innermost layer.
  5. Large-scale processes that affect the Earth's surface.
  6. Ancient supercontinent that incorporated most of the land mass on Earth and which broke into two smaller supercontinents.
  7. Hot molten rock that erupts from a volcano or fissure.

20 Clues: The outermost layer of the Earth. • The Border between two tectonic plates. • In liquid form because of extreme heating: • The sudden energy release that goes with the fault • The molten portion of the Earth's innermost layer. • the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus • The solid metal center of the Earth's innermost layer. • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-01-09

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2025-01-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. more than a dozen distinct plates that make up Earth’s surface and slowly move in different directions
  2. boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other in opposite directions
  3. shaking and trembling that result from tectonic plate movement
  4. area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward
  5. an idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation
  6. process in which a dense plate sinks under a less dense plate and melts in Earth’s mantle
  7. structure that forms when magma rises into Earth’s crust but is trapped and can’t break through to the surface, causing pressure to build over time and finally erupt
  8. description of a repeated pattern observed in nature, without an explanation for the pattern
  9. a break in the rock of Earth’s crust or mantle
  10. a structure that forms in Earth’s crust when molten material reaches Earth’s surface
  11. boundary where two tectonic plates move away, or diverge, from one another
  12. one giant continent into which most or all of the continents were assembled long ago
  13. magma that has reached Earth’s surface
Down
  1. a type of thermal energy transfer in which differences in temperature and density of fluids make them rise and fall
  2. molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from Earth’s mantle
  3. the idea that the continents were once fused together but slowly drifted apart over time
  4. a rating of an earthquake’s magnitude, on a scale from 0-9, based on the size if its seismic waves
  5. the condition of undisturbed sedimentary rock in which the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top
  6. an explanation for why a phenomenon
  7. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy
  8. the area under ocean water
  9. boundary where two tectonic plates move together, or converge

22 Clues: the area under ocean water • an explanation for why a phenomenon • magma that has reached Earth’s surface • area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward • a break in the rock of Earth’s crust or mantle • vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy • boundary where two tectonic plates move together, or converge • ...

plate tectonics 2025-01-27

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the idea that the continents were once fused together but slowly drifted apart over time
  2. boundary where two tectonic plates move together, or converge
  3. boundary where two tectonic plates move away, or diverge, from one another
  4. molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from Earth’s mantle
  5. more than a dozen distinct plates that make up Earth’s surface and slowly move in different directions
  6. a rating of an earthquake’s magnitude, on a scale from 0-9, based on the size if its seismic waves
  7. a break in the rock of Earth’s crust or mantle
  8. structure that forms when magma rises into Earth’s crust but is trapped and can’t break through to the surface, causing pressure to build over time ad finally erupt
  9. one giant continent into which most or all of the continents were assembled long ago
  10. a structure that forms in Earth’s crust when molten material reaches Earth’s surface
  11. magma that has reached Earth’s surface
  12. the condition of undisturbed sedimentary rock in which the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top
Down
  1. the area under ocean water
  2. an idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation
  3. boundary where two tectonic plates move away, or diverge, from one another
  4. shaking and trembling that result from tectonic plate movement
  5. a type of thermal energy transfer in which differences in temperature and density of fluids make them rise and fall
  6. description of a repeated pattern observed in nature, without an explanation for the pattern
  7. process in which a dense plate sinks under a less dense plate and melts in Earth’s mantle
  8. an explanation for why a phenomenon
  9. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy
  10. area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward

22 Clues: the area under ocean water • an explanation for why a phenomenon • magma that has reached Earth’s surface • a break in the rock of Earth’s crust or mantle • area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward • vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy • boundary where two tectonic plates move together, or converge • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-11-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What type of activity is common along the Ring of Fire?
  2. What deep ocean features can occur from subduction?
  3. What type of plate boundary involves plates sliding past each other?
  4. What bodies of water are also moved by tectonic plates?
  5. What can form at subduction zones?
  6. What type of spreading occurs at mid-ocean ridges?
  7. What is the hot and bendable layer under the Earth's crust?
  8. What are the large landmasses that move across the Earth's surface?
  9. Who proposed the theory of Continental Drift? (Last name only)
  10. What is the study of the movement of Earth's plates called? (no spaces)
Down
  1. What occurs when one plate moves under another?
  2. What geological event can occur at convergent plate boundaries?
  3. Which state is home to the San Andreas Fault?
  4. What was the name of the ancient supercontinent?
  5. What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?
  6. What is the name of the area in the Pacific known for volcanic activity? (no spaces)
  7. What is the hot liquid rock that comes from the mantle?
  8. What can form when two continental plates collide?
  9. What type of valley can form at divergent boundaries?
  10. What is the process called when new oceanic crust is created (hint: moving apart)?
  11. What is the outer layer of the Earth called?
  12. Tectonics What is the scientific theory that explains geological events?

22 Clues: What can form at subduction zones? • What is the outer layer of the Earth called? • Which state is home to the San Andreas Fault? • What occurs when one plate moves under another? • What was the name of the ancient supercontinent? • What can form when two continental plates collide? • What type of spreading occurs at mid-ocean ridges? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The thick, middle layer of Earth made of hot but solid rock
  2. What the core is mostly made of
  3. How scientists study Earth's interior through rock samples
  4. Where two plates move apart, and new seafloor is created
  5. Earth's magnetic field is generated by the core's movement
  6. What happens to pressure as you go deeper into Earth's interior
  7. A region where one plate sinks beneath another plate
  8. A piece of Earth's lithosphere that moves and shapes the surface
Down
  1. When two continental plates collide and form mountains
  2. What happens to temperature as you go deeper into Earth's interior
  3. What are the compositional layers of the Earth
  4. When an oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate
  5. The theory that explains how and why continents move
  6. How scientists study Earth's interior through seismic waves
  7. Heat-driven currents in the mantle causing plate movement
  8. Where two plates slide past each other without creating or destroying lithosphere
  9. The rigid outer layer made up of the crust and uppermost mantle
  10. What drives the movement of tectonic plates in the mantle
  11. Where two plates move towards each other and collide
  12. The process of creating new oceanic crust at a divergent boundary
  13. The layer beneath the lithosphere where rocks are plastic and flow slowly

21 Clues: What the core is mostly made of • What are the compositional layers of the Earth • The theory that explains how and why continents move • Where two plates move towards each other and collide • A region where one plate sinks beneath another plate • When two continental plates collide and form mountains • When an oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate • ...

plate tectonics 2025-09-22

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a continuous underwater mountain range on the ocean floor formed where tectonic places spread apart
  2. earths magnetic field preserved in rocks, sediments, and archaeological materials
  3. study of earth
  4. thickest layer of the earth
  5. new ocean floors being created at mid-ocean ridges
  6. massive super continent that existed millions of years ago
  7. theory that Earth’s continents slowly move over time
  8. two tectonic plates move toward each other
  9. splitting apart a single tectonic plate into two or more plates separated by divergent plate boundaries
  10. who proposed the seafloor spreading hypothesis
Down
  1. earth’s continental crust repeatedly assembles into a single supercontinent and then breaks apart and disperses over hundreds of millions of years
  2. where plate tectonics are located
  3. who proposed the continental drift hypothesis in the early 1900s
  4. two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  5. molten rock inside of the earths mantle
  6. two tectonic plates pull apart
  7. thinnest layer of the earth
  8. massive slab of rock
  9. an area of volcanic activity
  10. how many major tectonic plates are there

20 Clues: study of earth • massive slab of rock • thinnest layer of the earth • thickest layer of the earth • an area of volcanic activity • two tectonic plates pull apart • where plate tectonics are located • molten rock inside of the earths mantle • how many major tectonic plates are there • two tectonic plates move toward each other • who proposed the seafloor spreading hypothesis • ...