plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

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 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
Down
  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.
Down
  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
Down
  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 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 2024-03-16

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
Down
  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 2024-04-26

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 2024-04-26

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 • ...

earthquakes 2022-03-21

earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hazard
  2. Aleppo
  3. plate tectonics
  4. gravity
  5. wavelength
  6. displacement
  7. magnitude
  8. seismicity
  9. crust
  10. oceans
  11. San Francisco
  12. foreshocks
Down
  1. chutes
  2. greathashin
  3. naturally
  4. intensity
  5. bedrock
  6. landslide
  7. earthquakes
  8. ringoffire
  9. velocity
  10. tsunami
  11. greatalaska
  12. aftershocks

24 Clues: crust • chutes • hazard • Aleppo • oceans • gravity • bedrock • tsunami • velocity • naturally • intensity • landslide • magnitude • wavelength • seismicity • ringoffire • foreshocks • greathashin • earthquakes • greatalaska • aftershocks • displacement • San Francisco • plate tectonics

Heat Transfer and Plate Tectonics 2023-10-30

Heat Transfer and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Transfer of heat by direct touch
  2. When two plates push together
  3. The amount of matter in something
  4. Volcanoes formed due to subduction
  5. How much space something takes up
  6. Mass divided by volume
  7. When two plates slide past each other
  8. Part of the Earths crust
Down
  1. The transfer of heat by movement of fluid or gas
  2. Caused by a transform boundary, responsible for many of California's earthquakes
  3. Transfer of heat through empty space
  4. The part of Earth where convection currents take place
  5. When a more dense plate goes below another plate at a convergent boundary
  6. When two plates pull apart
  7. the top layer of Earth where plate tectonics are
  8. What molecules become when they heat up, the reason they become less dense
  9. The center of the Earth, and also the heat source

17 Clues: Mass divided by volume • Part of the Earths crust • When two plates pull apart • When two plates push together • Transfer of heat by direct touch • The amount of matter in something • How much space something takes up • Volcanoes formed due to subduction • Transfer of heat through empty space • When two plates slide past each other • ...

plate Tectonics 2013-01-17

plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / to move apart
  2. / pieces of the lithosphere that are made of a rigid layer of the uppermost mantle and/or a layer of oceanic or continental crust
  3. tectonics / a theory of global tectonics
  4. currents / Movement of hot fluids
  5. / underwater mountain range that run through oceans
  6. / when one plate is drawn down by another
  7. / vent in earths crust where lava comes out
  8. floor spreading / process of new oceanic lithosphere forming as magma rises towards surface and becomes solid
  9. / to come together
  10. of fire / linear zone of volcanic activity
Down
  1. plate boundary / a place where two tectonic plates meet
  2. st helens / an active volcano inn south west Washington
  3. / region below the lithosphere
  4. / all land
  5. / stress that occurs when forces act to occur when forces act to squeeze an object
  6. / rigid layer of earths crust
  7. / series of vibrations in earth's crust
  8. / to convert or change

18 Clues: / all land • / to move apart • / to come together • / to convert or change • / rigid layer of earths crust • / region below the lithosphere • currents / Movement of hot fluids • / series of vibrations in earth's crust • tectonics / a theory of global tectonics • / when one plate is drawn down by another • of fire / linear zone of volcanic activity • ...

plate movement 2023-11-15

plate movement crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crust pulls
  2. of Plate Tectonics
  3. suction
  4. crust at divergent boundaries
Down
  1. of heat transfer
  2. shell, plate movement
  3. pull
  4. currents near crust
  5. moved by convection\
  6. Movement
  7. push

11 Clues: pull • push • suction • Movement • crust pulls • of heat transfer • of Plate Tectonics • currents near crust • moved by convection\ • shell, plate movement • crust at divergent boundaries

continental drift/Plate Tectonic Geo20 Sadie 2021-09-27

continental drift/Plate Tectonic Geo20 Sadie crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates moving toward each other/colliding
  2. the number of inches plates move yearly
  3. theory that states the earth is made up of 13-20 plates
  4. most plates are made up of this and one other thing
  5. result of plate tectonic movement
  6. most plates are made up of this and one other thing
  7. plates slide past each other (horizontally)
  8. evidence of continental drift which involves an elevated portion of the earths crust
  9. evidence of continental drift which is like a puzzle
Down
  1. 90% of earths earthquakes happen here
  2. the layer plate tectonics move very slowly on
  3. person who developed the theory of continental drift
  4. evidence of continental drift which involves glaciers
  5. plates moving away from each other
  6. super-continent
  7. number of years ago the Theory of Plate Tectonics was developed
  8. the year the Theory of Continental Drift was introduced
  9. evidence of continental drift which involves animals
  10. plates are constantly...
  11. result of plate tectonic movement

20 Clues: super-continent • plates are constantly... • result of plate tectonic movement • result of plate tectonic movement • plates moving away from each other • 90% of earths earthquakes happen here • the number of inches plates move yearly • plates moving toward each other/colliding • plates slide past each other (horizontally) • the layer plate tectonics move very slowly on • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the mid-atlantic ridge is an example of this
  2. when lava erupts out of a mountain
  3. when one plate goes underneath another
  4. these happen at transform boundaries and strike-slip faults
  5. the plates float on the top of this
  6. the igneous rock that oceanic crust is made of
  7. where two tectonic plates meet
  8. when two tectonic plates move apart
  9. drift the theory that the continents move
Down
  1. where mid-ocean ridges form, also Harry Hess' theory
  2. the driving force of plate tectonics
  3. when two plates collide and the land is forced up
  4. the igneous rock that continental crust is made of
  5. the top layer of the mantle where the plates float
  6. when two plates slide past each other
  7. when you plates collide into each other
  8. currents that are in the mantle and the driving force of plate tectonics
  9. this is formed when two continental plates diverge

18 Clues: where two tectonic plates meet • when lava erupts out of a mountain • the plates float on the top of this • when two tectonic plates move apart • the driving force of plate tectonics • when two plates slide past each other • when one plate goes underneath another • when you plates collide into each other • drift the theory that the continents move • ...

chapter 9 2023-04-25

chapter 9 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continents in motion
  2. opposite orient
  3. two plates collide
  4. opposite direction of the magnetic field
  5. magnetic compass needles
  6. circulation of material
  7. two plates side past one another
  8. moves the lithosphere in opposite directions
  9. mountain ranges
  10. plates sank below the buoyant plate
Down
  1. oceanic crust on mid-ocean ridges
  2. two plates separate
  3. Supercontinent
  4. outermost rocky layer
  5. Earths surface

15 Clues: Supercontinent • Earths surface • opposite orient • mountain ranges • two plates collide • two plates separate • continents in motion • outermost rocky layer • circulation of material • magnetic compass needles • two plates side past one another • oceanic crust on mid-ocean ridges • plates sank below the buoyant plate • opposite direction of the magnetic field • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is known as a super continent
  2. Mountains that formed by the bending of rocks
  3. Is the record of earthquake's seismic waves
  4. These are vibrations that travel through earth
  5. This is an undersea mountain chain
  6. This is where the plates converge together
  7. A long narrow excavation in the fround
  8. This is a break in earth's crust
Down
  1. These are the peices of earth's lithosphere
  2. This is a big wave
  3. A small earthquake following a major earthquake
  4. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath earth's surface
  5. An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
  6. Mountain that form when mountains move along faults
  7. This is the movement of a fluid,caused by diffrences in temperature
  8. This is a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  9. The flow of ash,anders,bombs and gases down the side of a volcano
  10. The point of earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  11. This is where the plates slip by one another

19 Clues: This is a big wave • This is a break in earth's crust • This is known as a super continent • This is an undersea mountain chain • A long narrow excavation in the fround • This is where the plates converge together • These are the peices of earth's lithosphere • Is the record of earthquake's seismic waves • This is where the plates slip by one another • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is mass divided by volume
  2. Dense ball of solid metal
  3. Scientists say that the movement of this causes the Earth's magnetic field
  4. This supercontinent, known as Pangaea, existed before the ______.
  5. The process that takes place at the convergent boundary
  6. When two plates collide, one plate can slide under another into the subduction zone, or slide above another plate to form mountains
  7. Found in continental crust
  8. All life exists on this layer on Earth
  9. Located under the Lithosphere
Down
  1. When two plates move away from each other
  2. A well-substantiated explanation of some aspects of the world
  3. The flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  4. Heat transferred by the movement of currents within a fluid
  5. Found in oceanic crust
  6. Scientific Theory that describes the motion of the Lithosphere
  7. The transfer of heat within a material between materials that are touching
  8. When two plates slide past each other
  9. The crust and the uppermost mantle
  10. This layer's thickness is 2,867 km

19 Clues: Found in oceanic crust • Dense ball of solid metal • Found in continental crust • Located under the Lithosphere • This is mass divided by volume • The crust and the uppermost mantle • This layer's thickness is 2,867 km • When two plates slide past each other • All life exists on this layer on Earth • When two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. huge wave in the ocean
  2. flow/A cloud of ash, rock and gas exits from volcano
  3. is sinking down into the earth
  4. wave/A seismic wave.
  5. rock that has erupted onto the earth's surface.
  6. the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  7. rock
  8. layer of plastic
  9. striping/Patterns of magnetism
  10. boundary/ where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions.
Down
  1. break up
  2. crust/ the crust that forms the ocean floor
  3. boundary/Plates are sliding parallel
  4. rapid movement of the ground usually back and forth.
  5. place where there is extremely hot material.
  6. spreading/The process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges.
  7. boundary/Plates are colliding with each other
  8. tectonics/the theory that the earth's crust is cracked into many large pieces.
  9. arc/A chain of islands

19 Clues: rock • break up • layer of plastic • wave/A seismic wave. • huge wave in the ocean • arc/A chain of islands • is sinking down into the earth • striping/Patterns of magnetism • boundary/Plates are sliding parallel • crust/ the crust that forms the ocean floor • place where there is extremely hot material. • boundary/Plates are colliding with each other • ...

Plate tectonics 2017-02-26

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Types of waves produced by an earthquake
  2. Individual sections of the earths crust that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle
  3. Molten rock under the earths surface
  4. A plate boundary where two plates are moving towards each other
  5. A volcano not currently erupting and not likely to in the future
  6. The point at a converging boundary where one plate is pushed underneath the other
  7. The formation of mid-ocean ridges underwater
  8. The archeological find that showed the continents were once joined and lead scientists to the theory of continental drift
  9. Instrument used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes
Down
  1. A long and high sea wave caused by tectonic activity
  2. A plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other
  3. The surface of the earth broken up into tectonic plates
  4. A volcano that is neither active or extinct
  5. The supercontinent Australia was once a part of
  6. A plate boundary where two plates are sliding past each other in opposite directions.
  7. The section of the Earth's mantle which tectonic plates float on top of
  8. Scale used to describe the magnitude of earthquakes
  9. Where a tectonic plate is shifted up
  10. Fine material thrown out of a volcano

19 Clues: Molten rock under the earths surface • Where a tectonic plate is shifted up • Fine material thrown out of a volcano • Types of waves produced by an earthquake • A volcano that is neither active or extinct • The formation of mid-ocean ridges underwater • The supercontinent Australia was once a part of • Scale used to describe the magnitude of earthquakes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-11-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. core a layer of molten iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni) that surrounds the inner solid core of the Earth
  2. a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  3. the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
  4. valley a deep valley where two plates move apart
  5. current the movement of fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
  6. the transfer of heat within a material or between materials that are touching
  7. the name of the single land mass that broke apart and gave rise to today's continents
  8. drift the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  9. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  10. the transfer of energy through space
Down
  1. the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface.
  2. boundary a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  3. trench a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
  4. the transfer of heat by movement of fluid
  5. ridge an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced (usually at a divergent boundary)
  6. Weak, partially melted layer composed of semi-molten rocks
  7. boundary a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  8. tectonics the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
  9. core a dense sphere of solid iron (Fe) and nickel(Ni) at the center of the Earth

19 Clues: the transfer of energy through space • the transfer of heat by movement of fluid • valley a deep valley where two plates move apart • the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface. • Weak, partially melted layer composed of semi-molten rocks • a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. generates earthquakes
  2. a rock that is normally light colored
  3. when the oceanic crust bends down
  4. mountains under water
  5. any trace of anything ancient
  6. supercontinent
  7. force pressing on something
Down
  1. separating of the plates
  2. a dark fined grained rock
  3. core a part of the earths inner
  4. valley a deep valley
  5. wegeners idea that the continents move is called
  6. breaks in earths crust
  7. when somthing goes back into the mantle
  8. core the last layer in our earth
  9. tectonics the earth's motion into a single theory
  10. colliding of the plates
  11. a device that shows us down far below the ocean
  12. outer skin of the earth

19 Clues: supercontinent • valley a deep valley • generates earthquakes • mountains under water • breaks in earths crust • colliding of the plates • outer skin of the earth • separating of the plates • a dark fined grained rock • force pressing on something • any trace of anything ancient • core a part of the earths inner • core the last layer in our earth • when the oceanic crust bends down • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. San Andreas Fault is found in ____.
  2. What can transform boundaries create.
  3. What can convergent boundaries create.
  4. This is an example of divergent boundaries.
  5. The theory of a big land mass moving apart.
  6. Is the deepest part of the ocean.
  7. Continental to ____, is when two same plats collide.
  8. Boundaries that move apart.
  9. Boundaries that come together.
  10. The scientist who thought of the theory of continental drift.
Down
  1. Boundaries that slid pass each other.
  2. Convection currents make the ocean floor_____.
  3. Pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  4. Ocean to ___, is when two same plats collide.
  5. What is the name of the super continent.
  6. Going under.
  7. The part of land that is moving is the Earth's surface is called ___.
  8. The other scientists did what to Wegener's theory.
  9. Continental to ____, is when two different plants collide.
  10. What was left behind to help us believe continental drift existed.

20 Clues: Going under. • Boundaries that move apart. • Boundaries that come together. • Is the deepest part of the ocean. • San Andreas Fault is found in ____. • Boundaries that slid pass each other. • What can transform boundaries create. • What can convergent boundaries create. • What is the name of the super continent. • This is an example of divergent boundaries. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's longest mountain range
  2. Causes convection currents
  3. Type of boundary where plates move apart
  4. Plates are moved by convection currents
  5. Deepest part of the ocean
  6. Causes seafloor spreading
  7. Discovered seafloor spreading
  8. Type of boundary where plates move together
Down
  1. evidence in rock layers across continents
  2. Was initially rejected due to lack of evidence
  3. Giant landmass from 250 million years ago
  4. Can form at convergent or divergent boundaries
  5. Theory Earth used to be one landmass called Pangaea
  6. Lithosphere is ___ plates
  7. Earth's core is comprised of
  8. Comprised of crust and upper mantle
  9. A less dense plate gets pushed under another plate
  10. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other
  11. Wegener compared them from continent to continent
  12. Created Continental Drift Theory

20 Clues: Lithosphere is ___ plates • Deepest part of the ocean • Causes seafloor spreading • Causes convection currents • Earth's core is comprised of • Discovered seafloor spreading • Earth's longest mountain range • Created Continental Drift Theory • Comprised of crust and upper mantle • Type of boundary where plates move apart • Plates are moved by convection currents • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-09-15

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

20 Clues: what does hot air do • what does cold air do • when the sea floor diverges • how many boundaries are there • what plate is under the ocean • what happens to divergent plates • what plate is under the continent’s • semifluid below or within the crust • what happens in a transform boundary • what boundary has the plates come apart • this forms when 3 oceanic plates collide • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a natural formation when two plate brush up to eachother and gives a space for magma to come out of
  2. where all living things are apart of
  3. hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.
  4. where two plates move away from eachother
  5. Earths surface
  6. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  7. lava underneath earths surface
  8. sphere where things that are out of our atmosphere are (Planets, stars, black holes)
  9. are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles
  10. form when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure,
Down
  1. Where all ice is found
  2. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
  3. upper part of mantle
  4. where two plates come together
  5. underneath the crust
  6. where two plates brush against eachother
  7. a natural formation when two plates move away from eachother
  8. the upper parts of the earth (where weather occurs)
  9. a natural formation where to plates brush against each other

19 Clues: Earths surface • upper part of mantle • underneath the crust • Where all ice is found • where two plates come together • lava underneath earths surface • where all living things are apart of • where two plates brush against eachother • where two plates move away from eachother • hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies. • the upper parts of the earth (where weather occurs) • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A volcanic mountain that forms along a convergent boundary.
  2. A region where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other and one is forced beneath the other.
  3. The boundary between the Earth's crust and mantle.
  4. The process by which new oceanic crust is formed at a divergent boundary.
  5. The process by which one tectonic plate moves past another.
  6. The theory that explains how the Earth's lithosphere is broken into several plates that move relative to each other.
  7. A type of seismic wave that moves through the Earth's interior and can only be detected with special instruments.
Down
  1. A chain of volcanic islands that form along an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary.
  2. The layer of the Earth that is located beneath the crust and is composed of dense, solid rock.
  3. A boundary where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other.
  4. The supercontinent that existed approximately 300 million years ago.
  5. A boundary where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
  6. A type of seismic wave that moves through the Earth's interior and can be detected on the Earth's surface.
  7. A type of boundary where two plates are moving apart and magma rises to fill the gap between them.
  8. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  9. A section of the Earth's lithosphere that moves as a single unit.
  10. The study of the Earth's crust and the processes that shape it.
  11. The type of boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  12. The process by which one tectonic plate moves beneath another and sinks into the mantle

19 Clues: The boundary between the Earth's crust and mantle. • A volcanic mountain that forms along a convergent boundary. • The process by which one tectonic plate moves past another. • The type of boundary where two plates slide past each other. • The study of the Earth's crust and the processes that shape it. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Zones
  2. faulted mountain
  3. EARTHQUAKES
  4. rifting
  5. currents
  6. plates
  7. Mid-ocean
  8. magma
  9. TRENCH
  10. Boundaries
Down
  1. Lithosphere
  2. colliding
  3. plates
  4. Subduction
  5. Asthenosphere
  6. VOLCANOES
  7. sliding
  8. folded
  9. the plates to move
  10. Fault

20 Clues: Zones • magma • Fault • plates • folded • plates • TRENCH • sliding • rifting • currents • colliding • VOLCANOES • Mid-ocean • Subduction • Boundaries • Lithosphere • EARTHQUAKES • Asthenosphere • faulted mountain • the plates to move

Plate tectonics 2023-11-29

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where the continents are slowly growing further apart
  2. a rumble of seismic plates after a build up from pressure
  3. a crack in the earth that is in California
  4. an ancient part of an animal or plant
  5. the thinner part of the crust
  6. molten rock
  7. when the plates are coming apart and the magma from the mantle refills the crust
  8. the spaces between the tectonic plates
  9. when plates are pulling apart from each other
  10. the guy who had a theory that the continents were whole and the split apart
  11. the thicker part of the crust
Down
  1. when heat rises and cools back down
  2. when two plates slide past each other
  3. the upper mantle and crust
  4. when two plates headbutt each other and make mountains
  5. a range of mountains in the Atlantic ocean
  6. the area of the oceanic crust as it slides under the continental crust
  7. a range of volcanoes in the Pacific
  8. what scientists believe was the first continent

19 Clues: molten rock • the upper mantle and crust • the thinner part of the crust • the thicker part of the crust • when heat rises and cools back down • a range of volcanoes in the Pacific • when two plates slide past each other • an ancient part of an animal or plant • the spaces between the tectonic plates • a crack in the earth that is in California • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. area around the North Pole or the South Pole
  2. a large land mass separated from other land masses by oceans
  3. scientific study of the deformation of the rocks that make up the Earth's crust and the forces that produce such deformation.
  4. a name for all sediment
  5. the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  6. separate different regions of Earth.
  7. an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.Plate
  8. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  9. the solid, outer part of Earth.
Down
  1. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  2. what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another.
  3. a central region in an economy, with good communications and high population density, which leads to its prosperity
  4. preserved remains of plants and animals whose bodies were buried in sediments,
  5. is the zone of the earth which lies beneath the lithosphere.
  6. a super-continent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  7. the movement of particles through a substance,
  8. a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another.
  9. When magma flows onto Earth's surface
  10. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.

19 Clues: a name for all sediment • the solid, outer part of Earth. • separate different regions of Earth. • When magma flows onto Earth's surface • the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior. • area around the North Pole or the South Pole • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • the movement of particles through a substance, • ...

Geo Cross word puzzle 2024-04-02

Geo Cross word puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pressure that builds up leading to 2 plates colliding
  2. when 2 plates collide
  3. crust in the earths core
  4. The mostly solid bulk of the earths interior
  5. a Phenomenon that occurs when plate tectonics shift
  6. the mega continent
  7. when 2 plates move away from eachother
  8. occurs when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
Down
  1. openings or vents where lava erupts
  2. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land
  3. drift the theory of continents drifting apart
  4. steep depressions in the deepest parts of the ocean
  5. a long narrow, elevated strip of land or any raised strip or band
  6. a natural feature of the earths surface
  7. core the very hot, dense center of our planet
  8. 2 plates moving towards eachother
  9. huge waves from the ocean caused by an earth quake
  10. tectonics the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into large slabs of solid rock
  11. a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them.

19 Clues: the mega continent • when 2 plates collide • crust in the earths core • 2 plates moving towards eachother • openings or vents where lava erupts • when 2 plates move away from eachother • a natural feature of the earths surface • The mostly solid bulk of the earths interior • drift the theory of continents drifting apart • core the very hot, dense center of our planet • ...

Plate TEctonics 2021-04-13

Plate TEctonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one tectonic plate goes under another
  2. tectonics plates that move toward each other
  3. process that causes tectonic plates to move
  4. two tectonic plates sliding past each other
  5. a _____ is formed at a subduction zone
Down
  1. this feature is found on continents at a divergent boundary
  2. two converging continental plates form this feature
  3. a famous transform boundary in California
  4. these geological features form when one tectonics plate subducts under another
  5. divergent plates under the ocean cause this
  6. currents in the __________ cause the tectonic plates to move
  7. tectonics plates that are moving away from each other

12 Clues: a _____ is formed at a subduction zone • a famous transform boundary in California • when one tectonic plate goes under another • divergent plates under the ocean cause this • process that causes tectonic plates to move • two tectonic plates sliding past each other • tectonics plates that move toward each other • two converging continental plates form this feature • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outer rigid layer of the earth.
  2. Feature that forms at Convergent Boundaries
  3. A crack in earths lithosphere.
  4. The Pacific ocean is getting _______.
  5. ___________ drift is the theory that the plates are in constant movement
  6. Plate boundary that moved together
  7. __________ currents occur in the mantle and drive plate movement.
  8. The fault line in Missouri
  9. Plate Boundary that moves in different directions past eachother
  10. Fault where plates slide past another
Down
  1. Fault where plates move together
  2. Fault where plates squeeze together
  3. Valley that forms at divergent boundaries
  4. A supercontinent that once incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  5. A large segment of earth's crust that moves
  6. Where old ocean floor gets destroyed.
  7. the upper layer of the earths' mantle
  8. The Atlantic ocean is getting ______.
  9. Plate boundary that spreads apart

19 Clues: The fault line in Missouri • A crack in earths lithosphere. • Fault where plates move together • Plate boundary that spreads apart • Plate boundary that moved together • The outer rigid layer of the earth. • Fault where plates squeeze together • Where old ocean floor gets destroyed. • The Pacific ocean is getting _______. • the upper layer of the earths' mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. supercontinent that began to break apart 200 million years ago
  2. theory of the formation and movement of the rigid pieces, or plates, that cover the Earth’s surface
  3. where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other
  4. the movement of continents resulting from convection currents in the mantle
  5. area in which crust plunges back into the Earth’s interior
  6. the region below the lithosphere where convection currents occur
  7. a scale indicating the magnitude, or energy output, of an earthquake
  8. the process of mountain building
  9. area of the Earth that does not receive vibrations from earthquakes
Down
  1. a layer of the Earth that extends from the bottom of the crust to the outer core
  2. energy that is generated by an earthquake that travels within the Earth or along its surface
  3. where two adjacent plates are moving away from each other
  4. vibrations caused by the sudden movement of Earth’s crust
  5. outer solid shell of the Earth that extends to a depth of about 100 km
  6. where two adjacent plates slides against each other in a sideways motion
  7. a system of cracks in the Earth’s crust through which molten material rises
  8. thin, outermost layer of the Earth
  9. innermost layer of the Earth
  10. a crack in Earth’s crust along which movement has occurred

19 Clues: innermost layer of the Earth • the process of mountain building • thin, outermost layer of the Earth • where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other • where two adjacent plates are moving away from each other • vibrations caused by the sudden movement of Earth’s crust • area in which crust plunges back into the Earth’s interior • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-11-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a synclinal fold
  2. the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases
  3. a monoclinal structure or fold
  4. the thin and solid outermost layer of Earth above the mantle
  5. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 250 million years ago
  6. the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  7. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  8. the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  9. the central part of Earth below the mantle
  10. rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations
Down
  1. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  2. the central part of Earth below the mantle
  3. the layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core
  4. stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  5. the theory that explains how large pieces of Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape
  6. stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
  7. a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  8. the bending of rock layers due to stress
  9. an anticlinal rock structure
  10. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another

20 Clues: a synclinal fold • an anticlinal rock structure • a monoclinal structure or fold • the bending of rock layers due to stress • the central part of Earth below the mantle • the central part of Earth below the mantle • the layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core • stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-01-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener that states that continents have slowly to their current locations on earth.
  2. Single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together.
  3. Waves that travel outward from an earthquakes focus and move thought earth by causing particles in rocks to vibrate at right angles to the direction of the wave.
  4. Vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults.
  5. Scientist who study earthquakes and seismic waves.
  6. In an earthquake, the point beneath Earth's surface where energy release occurs.
  7. Large opening formed when the top of a volcano collapses.
  8. 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.
  9. Plastic like layer below the lithosphere.
  10. Measure of the energy released by an earthquake.
  11. Earth's outermost layer, which varies in thickness from about 5km to 60km.
  12. Device used by seismologists to record primary, secondary, surface waves from earthquakes.
  13. Surface along which rocks break and move.
Down
  1. Surface along which rocks break and move.
  2. Steep walled depression around a volcanos vent.
  3. Cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking that is thought to be the force behind plate tectonics.
  4. Theory that earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that move around on a plastic like layer of the mantle.
  5. Largest layer inside earth, lying directly above the outer core.
  6. An opening on earth’s surface where magma is forced up and flows out as lava.
  7. Energy waves that are produced at and travel outward from the earthquakes focus.

20 Clues: Surface along which rocks break and move. • Plastic like layer below the lithosphere. • Surface along which rocks break and move. • Steep walled depression around a volcanos vent. • Measure of the energy released by an earthquake. • Vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults. • Scientist who study earthquakes and seismic waves. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-02-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate.
  2. The layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the continents.
  3. A rupture in the crust that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
  4. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.
  5. Waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers, and are a result of an earthquake, explosion, or a volcano.
  6. A process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  7. The outermost solid rocky shell of Earth.
  8. States that parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core.
  9. The shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
  10. The region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core.
Down
  1. An actively deforming region where two or more tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  2. Supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  3. Meteorologist that came up with the theory of continental drift.
  4. A current in a fluid that results from convection.
  5. The uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate.
  6. Theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere.
  7. Fluid layer composed of iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle.
  8. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  9. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter to rise, and colder to sink.
  10. Earth's innermost part It is composed of an iron and nickel.

20 Clues: The outermost solid rocky shell of Earth. • A current in a fluid that results from convection. • Earth's innermost part It is composed of an iron and nickel. • The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere. • The uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate. • The uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core.
  2. Boundary A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  3. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  4. The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents.
  5. Boundary A boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  6. The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface.
  7. Current The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature that transfer heat from one part of the fluid to another.
  8. The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume.
  9. Core A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth.
Down
  1. Boundary lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  2. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  3. Valleys A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  4. trenches: A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
  5. Drift: The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  6. The process by which oceanic trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  7. Tectonics The theory that pieces of Earth's
  8. The transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another.
  9. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
  10. Core A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.

19 Clues: Tectonics The theory that pieces of Earth's • The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves. • The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface. • The transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another. • Boundary A boundary where two plates move toward each other. • Valleys A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics the earth's motion into a single theory
  2. core a part of the earths inner
  3. a rock that is normally light colored
  4. outer skin of the earth
  5. colliding of the plates
  6. when the oceanic crust bends down
  7. mountains under water
  8. generates earthquakes
  9. a dark fined grained rock
  10. a device that shows us down far below the ocean
Down
  1. core the last layer in our earth
  2. wegeners idea that the continents move is called
  3. when somthing goes back into the mantle
  4. separating of the plates
  5. force pressing on something
  6. valley a deep valley
  7. any trace of anything ancient
  8. breaks in earths crust
  9. supercontinent

19 Clues: supercontinent • valley a deep valley • mountains under water • generates earthquakes • breaks in earths crust • outer skin of the earth • colliding of the plates • separating of the plates • a dark fined grained rock • force pressing on something • any trace of anything ancient • core a part of the earths inner • core the last layer in our earth • when the oceanic crust bends down • ...

Plate tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mountain which can burst any time
  2. Large aera of land
  3. Relating to the ocean
  4. Shaking of the ground
  5. Supercontinent that includes all current landmasses
  6. Part of Earth were living thing exist
  7. slow movement of Earth's continents
  8. Tectonic process
  9. Thin, outer portion of the Earth
Down
  1. Sound navigation and ranging
  2. Very large aera of land
  3. Black rock that comes from volcanos
  4. Theory of global tectonics
  5. something caused by an earthquake
  6. Remains or trace of a living thing
  7. German researcher geophysicst and metorologist
  8. Thick, dence layer of rock that underlines Earth's crust
  9. spreading: Process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
  10. San Andreas Fault line

19 Clues: Tectonic process • Large aera of land • Relating to the ocean • Shaking of the ground • San Andreas Fault line • Very large aera of land • Theory of global tectonics • Sound navigation and ranging • Thin, outer portion of the Earth • mountain which can burst any time • something caused by an earthquake • Remains or trace of a living thing • Black rock that comes from volcanos • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Makes tectonic plates move
  2. Currents Never ending cycle
  3. Plates Collide
  4. Earthquakes
  5. Three
  6. Continetal vs Continetal
  7. Plates below the continent
  8. Black people like
  9. Crust
  10. Crust
Down
  1. Plates below the ocean
  2. Plastic Layer Under lithosphere
  3. Crust and part of the upper mantle
  4. Plates divided
  5. Two PLates sliding past each other
  6. Oceanic vs Oceanic
  7. Plates
  8. What do Plates cause
  9. Continental vs Oceanic
  10. Fat people rubbing causes

20 Clues: Three • Crust • Crust • Plates • Earthquakes • Plates divided • Plates Collide • Black people like • Oceanic vs Oceanic • What do Plates cause • Plates below the ocean • Continental vs Oceanic • Continetal vs Continetal • Fat people rubbing causes • Makes tectonic plates move • Plates below the continent • Currents Never ending cycle • Plastic Layer Under lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sdfgrtew
  2. asdf
  3. fgdfgsfhgdshf
  4. sdfgsdfgdfgdsfg
  5. sdfgfdsfg
  6. sdfasdf
  7. dfgre
  8. sdfgdfgdfgdfg
  9. asdfsdf
  10. sdfgdsfgfdsgfds
Down
  1. asdfdf
  2. fdgdsfg
  3. asdffga
  4. ghjert
  5. asdfasdf
  6. fhdshdfgsfgsdfg
  7. asdfsdf
  8. asdfasdfwet
  9. fhrthwrhw
  10. gsdfgert

20 Clues: asdf • dfgre • asdfdf • ghjert • fdgdsfg • asdffga • sdfasdf • asdfsdf • asdfsdf • sdfgrtew • asdfasdf • gsdfgert • sdfgfdsfg • fhrthwrhw • asdfasdfwet • fgdfgsfhgdshf • sdfgdfgdfgdfg • sdfgsdfgdfgdsfg • fhdshdfgsfgsdfg • sdfgdsfgfdsgfds

&th 2022-10-04

&th crossword puzzle
Across
  1. trenches
  2. Transformboundary
  3. earthquakes
  4. plateboundaries
  5. Convergent boundary
  6. mountainranges
Down
  1. divergentboundary
  2. continents
  3. volcanoes
  4. tectonics
  5. Subduction
  6. Epicenter
  7. faults
  8. Seismicwaves

14 Clues: faults • trenches • volcanoes • tectonics • Epicenter • continents • Subduction • earthquakes • Seismicwaves • mountainranges • plateboundaries • divergentboundary • Transformboundary • Convergent boundary

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. zones
  2. / two tectonic plates moving towards each other
  3. fault
  4. / two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  5. theory
  6. lithosphere
  7. plate
  8. wegener / he couldn't explain mechanism
  9. hess
Down
  1. to
  2. holmes / thought of using
  3. belts
  4. zone
  5. minerals
  6. / when two tectonic plates slide against each other
  7. tuzo wilson
  8. tectonics

17 Clues: to • zone • hess • zones • belts • fault • plate • theory • minerals • tectonics • tuzo wilson • lithosphere • holmes / thought of using • wegener / he couldn't explain mechanism • / two tectonic plates moving towards each other • / two tectonic plates moving away from each other • / when two tectonic plates slide against each other

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory
  2. wegener / he couldn't explain mechanism
  3. / two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  4. / when two tectonic plates slide against each other
  5. belts
  6. zones
  7. lithosphere
  8. holmes / thought of using
  9. / two tectonic plates moving towards each other
Down
  1. fault
  2. tectonics
  3. zone
  4. plate
  5. hess
  6. tuzo wilson
  7. to
  8. minerals

17 Clues: to • zone • hess • fault • plate • belts • zones • theory • minerals • tectonics • tuzo wilson • lithosphere • holmes / thought of using • wegener / he couldn't explain mechanism • / two tectonic plates moving towards each other • / two tectonic plates moving away from each other • / when two tectonic plates slide against each other

Plate Tectonics 2013-04-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundaries/ Locations in which two tectonic plates move apart from one another
  2. Ancient Supercontinent
  3. Puzzle/ One of the first pieces of evidence supporting continental drift.
  4. A device uses to detect small changes in magnetic fields
  5. Push/ The weight of a plate forces the plate toward the trench formed by a subduction zone
  6. Evidence of Pangaea's existence
  7. The process of a dense oceanic plate descending beneath another
  8. Valley/ A long, narrow depression in Earth's crust
Down
  1. What is often found at Divergent, Convergent and Transform Boundaries
  2. Reversal/ A change in Earth's magnetic field
  3. The study of Earth's magnetic record
  4. Pull/ The weight of a plate pulls the plate down into the subduction zone
  5. Boundaries/ Locations in which two tectonic plates move toward each other
  6. Boundaries/ Where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another
  7. Wegener/ German scientist who developed the hypothesis of continental drift
  8. of Plate Tectonics/ Theory which states that Earth's crust is broken into massive slabs, called plates
  9. A line on a map that connects points with the same age
  10. Spreading/ A theory that states that new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and is destroyed at trenches
  11. A technological advance that uses sound waves to measure water depth

19 Clues: Ancient Supercontinent • Evidence of Pangaea's existence • The study of Earth's magnetic record • Reversal/ A change in Earth's magnetic field • Valley/ A long, narrow depression in Earth's crust • A line on a map that connects points with the same age • A device uses to detect small changes in magnetic fields • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earths crust and upper mantle are broken into sections
  2. Less dense than oceanic crust
  3. They occur when hot magma, solids,and gas erupt onto Earths surface
  4. Cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking
  5. All land
  6. Theory that combined continental drift and seafloor spreading
  7. Plates that move or pull apart from each other
  8. When rock breaks and moves along surfaces
  9. The crust and upper mantle are combined
Down
  1. Plates that come together or collide
  2. Continents have slowly moved to their current locations
  3. Thin layer in comparison to other three layers
  4. Plates that slide past each other
  5. Rock, basalt under the ocean
  6. Plastic like layer below the lithosphere
  7. Largest layer of the Earth
  8. Portion of the Earths crust that lies beneath ocean waters
  9. A movement of the ground that occurs when rocks inside the Earth break suddenly
  10. Oceanic crust is destroyed

19 Clues: All land • Largest layer of the Earth • Oceanic crust is destroyed • Rock, basalt under the ocean • Less dense than oceanic crust • Plates that slide past each other • Plates that come together or collide • The crust and upper mantle are combined • Plastic like layer below the lithosphere • When rock breaks and moves along surfaces • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supercontinent over 300 million years ago.
  2. Plates slide apart.
  3. Plates come together .
  4. Slipes past each other.
  5. Continents slowly side apart over time.
  6. German Scientist who hypothesis was that all continents were connected as one landmass.
  7. A device that uses sound waves to measure the distance to an object.
  8. Breaks in earth’s crust.
  9. Deep valley.
  10. Ancient organism that has been preserved.
Down
  1. Mountain ranges that ran along the ocean floor.
  2. Process which ocean floor sinks beneath deep ocean trench and back into the mantle.
  3. Ocean crust bends downward.
  4. Measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance.
  5. The flow that transfers heat within a fluid .
  6. Europe and Asia.
  7. A layer of hot rock.
  8. Plate motions and Sea floor spreading.
  9. Pieces separated by cracks.

19 Clues: Deep valley. • Europe and Asia. • Plates slide apart. • A layer of hot rock. • Plates come together . • Slipes past each other. • Breaks in earth’s crust. • Ocean crust bends downward. • Pieces separated by cracks. • Plate motions and Sea floor spreading. • Continents slowly side apart over time. • Ancient organism that has been preserved. • Supercontinent over 300 million years ago. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly.
  2. a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain
  3. a German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist. During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research
  4. a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface
  5. one of the plates oceanic crust and lithospheric mantle is pushed, or subducted, under the other It mixes with the overlying mantle, and the addition of water to the hot mantle lowers the crust's melting point and leads to the formation of magma
  6. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
  7. is the movement of the plates that make up Earth's crust lightest, most buoyant rock layer.
  8. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight
  9. 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.
Down
  1. Two plates sliding past each other
  2. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  4. Convective heat transfer, often referred to simply as convection, is the transfer of heat from one place to another by the movement of fluids.
  5. gravitational forces acting on the young, raised oceanic lithosphere around mid-ocean ridges
  6. arge-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust
  7. oceanic crust is often forced down into the mantle where it begins to melt.
  8. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
  9. he sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  10. volcanic activity or phenomena.
  11. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

20 Clues: volcanic activity or phenomena. • Two plates sliding past each other • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain • arge-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust • a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-02-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gravitational forces acting on the young, raised oceanic lithosphere around mid-ocean ridges
  2. is the movement of the plates that make up earths crust lightest most buoyant rock layer
  3. a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface
  4. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight
  5. Two plates sliding past each other
  6. a German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist. During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research
  7. Convective heat transfer, often referred to simply as convection, is the transfer of heat from one place to another by the movement of fluids
  8. the upper layer of the earth's mantle below the lithosphere in which there is low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur
  9. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  2. large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust
  3. one of the plates oceanic crust and lithosphere mantle is pushed or subducted under the other it mixes with the overlying mantle and the addition of water to the hot mantle lowers the crusts melting point and leads to the formation of magma
  4. oceanic crust is often forced down into the mantle where it begins to melt
  5. volcanic activity or phenomena
  6. a rigid layer of the earths crust is believed to drift slowly
  7. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it
  8. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  9. a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain
  10. when two tectonic plates move away from each other

19 Clues: volcanic activity or phenomena • Two plates sliding past each other • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain • a rigid layer of the earths crust is believed to drift slowly • large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stated the idea of seafloor spreading
  2. where plates move together
  3. a downward fold in rock
  4. the section of the mantle that bends like putty
  5. the most common rock in oceanic crust
  6. where plates move apart
  7. a bend in rock that forms from compression
  8. an upward bend in rock
  9. the crust and the rigid part of the mantle
Down
  1. stated the hypothesis of continental drift
  2. a system that uses sound to determine distance
  3. a liquid's resistance to flowing
  4. where plates slide past one another
  5. a stress the causes rock to slide pass each other
  6. a stress that squeezes rock
  7. a break in earth's crust where movement has occurred
  8. a stress that stretches rock
  9. when one plate sinks beneath another plate
  10. the property of having poles

19 Clues: an upward bend in rock • a downward fold in rock • where plates move apart • where plates move together • a stress that squeezes rock • a stress that stretches rock • the property of having poles • a liquid's resistance to flowing • where plates slide past one another • stated the idea of seafloor spreading • the most common rock in oceanic crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When an oceanic and continental plate collide the denser plate ……..
  2. A result of movement at a convergent boundary, eventually lava, ash, and gas escape from a magma chamber
  3. The plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
  4. When rock subducts, melts, and turns into magma, this is called …….
  5. A common result of a strike-slip fault, shakes the earth’s surface.
  6. Force that causes rock to break
  7. Cracks in the Earth created when the plates move and build stress.
  8. The cycling of hot and cold material in the earth’s mantle.
  9. A depression on the sea floor made from a convergent boundary
  10. An area beneath the surface where melted rock is moving up in a plume.
  11. A feature that forms new material at the ocean floor.
Down
  1. These two people developed the theory of plate tectonics.
  2. The plate boundary where plates move towards each other
  3. …………………have been forming since the Earth was made, and continuously but slowly over time keep forming
  4. The plate boundary where plates move side by side.
  5. Crust is …………… at convergent plate boundaries.
  6. Crust is ………………. at divergent boundaries.
  7. The earth’s plates can slowly ………… and move over a long period of time, and create many landforms.
  8. The supercontinent that formed 225 million years ago.

19 Clues: Force that causes rock to break • Crust is ………………. at divergent boundaries. • Crust is …………… at convergent plate boundaries. • The plate boundary where plates move side by side. • The supercontinent that formed 225 million years ago. • A feature that forms new material at the ocean floor. • The plate boundary where plates move towards each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heats up the bottom of the mantle
  2. Process in the mantle
  3. where the old ocean floor is smashed
  4. caused by convection currents
  5. body of water that is spreading
  6. cause damage at transform boundaries
  7. the name of how the Pacific is shrinking
  8. known for its volcanic activity
  9. Missouri fault line
  10. person who theorized pangea
  11. boundaries that spread apart
Down
  1. body of water that is shrinking
  2. break in earth's crust
  3. boundaries that collide
  4. form at convergent boundaries
  5. area on 2 boundaries where new crust
  6. Super continent
  7. boundary where plates slide past
  8. rocks sliding past each other makes

19 Clues: Super continent • Missouri fault line • Process in the mantle • break in earth's crust • boundaries that collide • person who theorized pangea • boundaries that spread apart • caused by convection currents • form at convergent boundaries • body of water that is shrinking • body of water that is spreading • known for its volcanic activity • boundary where plates slide past • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  2. Process of which new oceanic crust is formed
  3. created by transform boundaries.
  4. tectonic plates which include oceanic and continental
  5. properties that involve a reaction to various properties
  6. made of iron and nickel
  7. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate
  8. makes up 1 percent of earth
  9. lower part of the mantle
  10. only liquid layer in the earth
Down
  1. theory developed by Alfred Wegner
  2. the theory explains how large pieces of the earth's crust move and change shapes
  3. plates sliding past each other
  4. Moving apart
  5. Colliding
  6. plastic like layer of earth
  7. makes up 66 percent of earth
  8. center of earth
  9. one of the two types of layers in the earth

19 Clues: Colliding • Moving apart • center of earth • made of iron and nickel • lower part of the mantle • plastic like layer of earth • makes up 1 percent of earth • makes up 66 percent of earth • plates sliding past each other • only liquid layer in the earth • created by transform boundaries. • theory developed by Alfred Wegner • one of the two types of layers in the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics Terminology 2020-06-10

Plate Tectonics Terminology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earthquake
  2. Trench
  3. Secondary
  4. Convergent
Down
  1. Tectonics, Primary
  2. Plate
  3. Hot Spot
  4. Fracture
  5. Transform
  6. Oceanic

10 Clues: Plate • Trench • Oceanic • Hot Spot • Fracture • Secondary • Transform • Earthquake • Convergent • Tectonics, Primary

Science 2016-08-17

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. change: it is human-caused or anthropogenic
  2. Theory: proposed by Georges Lemaitre
  3. galaxies: spherical or elongated galaxies
  4. destructive plate margins
  5. spiral galaxy: variation of the spiral galaxy
  6. proposed the continental drift theory
  7. emerged from rising molten rocks
  8. tectonics theory: earth's surface is not a static and intact structure
  9. Have the greatest contribution to global warming
  10. storm: one of the natural sources of aerosols
  11. galaxies: flat, disk-shaped galaxies
  12. clusters: gravitationally bound clusters
  13. fine liquid and solid particles
  14. larger groups of galactic clusters
  15. law: law that states galaxies recede at speeds proportional to their distances from the observer
  16. single supercontinent
  17. Milky Way's nearest neighboring spiral galaxy
  18. galaxies: no distinct symmetry compared to spiral and elliptical galaxies
  19. fission: H2O combine with another atom to form helium
  20. imaginary path around the planets
Down
  1. rainfall: can wash out pathogens
  2. warming: increase in the average global temperature
  3. plate: one of the tectonics plate
  4. fault: conservative plate margins
  5. constructive plate margins
  6. collection of start
  7. clearing of forests
  8. tallest mountain on earth
  9. birthplace of the stars
  10. deepest trench
  11. Way: example of spiral galaxy
  12. large volumes of ocean water
  13. effect: the ability to absorb and hold heat in the atmosphere
  14. gases:gases that contributes to greenhouse effect
  15. region in space where gravity is strong
  16. group: galactic cluster
  17. largest plate
  18. matter: undetectable form of matter
  19. dioxide: transparent to incoming solar radiation

39 Clues: largest plate • deepest trench • collection of start • clearing of forests • single supercontinent • birthplace of the stars • group: galactic cluster • tallest mountain on earth • destructive plate margins • constructive plate margins • large volumes of ocean water • Way: example of spiral galaxy • fine liquid and solid particles • rainfall: can wash out pathogens • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. belts
  2. lithosphere
  3. minerals
  4. hess
  5. / two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  6. plate
  7. holmes / thought of using
  8. / when two tectonic plates slide against each other
Down
  1. fault
  2. tuzo wilson
  3. / two tectonic plates moving towards each other
  4. to
  5. tectonics
  6. zones
  7. wegener / he couldn't explain mechanism

15 Clues: to • hess • fault • belts • zones • plate • minerals • tectonics • tuzo wilson • lithosphere • holmes / thought of using • wegener / he couldn't explain mechanism • / two tectonic plates moving towards each other • / two tectonic plates moving away from each other • / when two tectonic plates slide against each other

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formed by ocean to continent convergent boundaries
  2. Plates move on top of this layer
  3. Formed by continent to continent convergent boundries
  4. Tectonic plates are made from this layer
  5. Hot rock rises, cool rock sinks
  6. Boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other
  7. Molten rock from a volcano
  8. When one plate sinks under another plate
  9. Most common type of divergent boundary
Down
  1. Theory that the Earth's crust is divided in sections
  2. The rate of movement in plates
  3. Boundary where tectonic plate collide
  4. Plate sinks and is pulled down by gravity
  5. Boundary where tectonic plates seperate
  6. Where the San Andreas Fault is located
  7. Formed by transform boundaries
  8. Mid ocean ridge forces older crust to move
  9. Helps to track plate movement
  10. A place where tectonic plates touch

19 Clues: Molten rock from a volcano • Helps to track plate movement • The rate of movement in plates • Formed by transform boundaries • Hot rock rises, cool rock sinks • Plates move on top of this layer • A place where tectonic plates touch • Boundary where tectonic plate collide • Where the San Andreas Fault is located • Most common type of divergent boundary • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-09-14

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is another word for a fault?
  2. a feature of divergent boundaries
  3. plates below the ocean
  4. which is the density of the plate that slides under the more dense plate?
  5. plates below the continent
  6. the lithosphere plates does what on top of the asthenosphere?
  7. two plates that go away from each other (divide)
  8. when one plate slides under the other
  9. what is caused when an ocean plates collides with one another?
  10. caused from a subduction zone
  11. the outer shell of the earths crust that are divided into large slabs of rock
Down
  1. the plastic layer below the lithosphere
  2. a feature of divergent boundaries
  3. what is it called when two plates slide past one another?
  4. what is it called when hot magma rises and when it cools it falls back down, then repeats.
  5. two plates that collide or come together
  6. what is caused in the transform boundary?
  7. the rigid outer part of the crust and upper mantle
  8. what is caused when two continental plates collide with each other?
  9. what is it called when a sea floor is spreading?

20 Clues: plates below the ocean • plates below the continent • caused from a subduction zone • a feature of divergent boundaries • what is another word for a fault? • a feature of divergent boundaries • when one plate slides under the other • the plastic layer below the lithosphere • two plates that collide or come together • what is caused in the transform boundary? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When the seperate.
  2. When they collide together.
  3. These are circular movements caused by heat rising a cold sinking.
  4. it's a line between two cities.
  5. It is a bunch of volcanoes in a circle.
  6. Mid-_________
  7. The thing called __________ is next to the earth's crust.
  8. What is it called where the plates meet?
  9. A big wave that is a natural disaster.
Down
  1. A crust but thin.
  2. It is a type of zone.
  3. What have the continents done?
  4. When they slide past eachother.
  5. A crust but thick
  6. What is it called when our earth shakes?
  7. What is the book by Alfred Wegner called?
  8. The seafloor is ________!
  9. Who created the continental drift theory?
  10. It's what comes out of volcanoes.

19 Clues: Mid-_________ • A crust but thin. • A crust but thick • When the seperate. • It is a type of zone. • The seafloor is ________! • When they collide together. • What have the continents done? • When they slide past eachother. • it's a line between two cities. • It's what comes out of volcanoes. • A big wave that is a natural disaster. • It is a bunch of volcanoes in a circle. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-02-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / a large mass of igneous rock in Earth's crust that, if exposed at the surface, covers an area of at least 100 km
  2. Boundaries / the boundary at which two tectonics plates slide past one another horizontally
  3. / the solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  4. / the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonics plate move
  5. / the layer of rock between Earth's crust and core
  6. Terrane / a piece of lithosphere that becomes a part of a larger landmass when tectonic plates collide at
  7. Drift / the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
Down
  1. / a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  2. / machines that measure the time seismic waves take to travel various distance from an earthquake's center
  3. Andreas Fault System / a transform plate boundary that California is home to
  4. Boundaries / the boundaries at which two tectonic plates collide
  5. / the central part of Earth below the Mantle
  6. Boundaries / the boundary at which two tectonic plates separate
  7. / single large continents, Greek for "all Earth"
  8. / the process by which the shape of a rock changes in response to stress
  9. Faults / when rocks are pushed together by compression, _______ ______ form
  10. Faults / when rocks are moved horizontally by opposing forces, ______-____ ______ form
  11. / the bending of rock layers due to stress
  12. Faults / when rocks are pulled apart because of tension, ______ ______ is form

19 Clues: / the bending of rock layers due to stress • / the central part of Earth below the Mantle • / single large continents, Greek for "all Earth" • / the layer of rock between Earth's crust and core • Boundaries / the boundary at which two tectonic plates separate • Boundaries / the boundaries at which two tectonic plates collide • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-04-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convergent boundaries create this feature.
  2. Ash, cinder, rocks, gases, and bombs that are considered lava is termed this.
  3. One of the Earth's cores that is made of liquid.
  4. The measure of a material (lava or magma) resistance to flow.
  5. Transform boundaries create this feature.
  6. Type of currents that make continents move.
  7. Last name of the man who developed the theory of continental drift.
Down
  1. Divergent boundaries create this type of stress.
  2. Plate boundary where the plates slide against each other.
  3. The thickest layer of the Earth.
  4. Convergent boundaries create this type of stress.
  5. Transform boundaries create this type of stress. Ridge: Divergent boundaries create this feature.
  6. The thinnest layer of the Earth.
  7. Plate boundary where the plates move towards each other.
  8. Plate boundary where the plates move away from each other.
  9. Last name of the man that developed the theory of seafloor spreading.
  10. Found at convergent boundaries where ocean crust subducts.
  11. This is where seafloor is destroyed.
  12. This is where new seafloor is formed.

19 Clues: The thickest layer of the Earth. • The thinnest layer of the Earth. • This is where seafloor is destroyed. • This is where new seafloor is formed. • Transform boundaries create this feature. • Convergent boundaries create this feature. • Type of currents that make continents move. • Divergent boundaries create this type of stress. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-04-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ash, cinder, rocks, gases, and bombs that are considered lava is termed this.
  2. Last name of the man who developed the theory of continental drift.
  3. Plate boundary where the plates move towards each other.
  4. Last name of the man that developed the theory of seafloor spreading.
  5. The measure of a material (lava or magma) resistance to flow.
  6. Transform boundaries create this type of stress. Ridge: Divergent boundaries create this feature.
  7. Type of currents that make continents move.
  8. The thickest layer of the Earth.
  9. The thinnest layer of the Earth.
Down
  1. Plate boundary where the plates move away from each other.
  2. Convergent boundaries create this type of stress.
  3. This is where new seafloor is formed.
  4. Divergent boundaries create this type of stress.
  5. Transform boundaries create this feature.
  6. This is where seafloor is destroyed.
  7. One of the Earth's cores that is made of liquid.
  8. Plate boundary where the plates slide against each other.
  9. Convergent boundaries create this feature.
  10. Found at convergent boundaries where ocean crust subducts.

19 Clues: The thickest layer of the Earth. • The thinnest layer of the Earth. • This is where seafloor is destroyed. • This is where new seafloor is formed. • Transform boundaries create this feature. • Convergent boundaries create this feature. • Type of currents that make continents move. • Divergent boundaries create this type of stress. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-03-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / Fracture in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock mass movement
  2. Atlantic Ridge / mid-ocean ridge, a divergent tectonic plate or constructive plate boundary located along the floor of the atlantic ocean and part of the longest mountain range in the world
  3. Valley / a long elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly faults or fault systems
  4. Boundary / two or more tectonic plates move towards each other
  5. Currents / current in a fluid that results from convection
  6. / sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  7. / a sudden and violent shaking of the ground sometimes causing great destruction
  8. / a mountain or hill, having a crater or vent through which lava and gas are being erupted from the earth's crust
  9. Andreas Fault / continental transform fault that extends roughly 1300 km through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the pacific-plate and the north american plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike slip
  10. of Plate Tectonics / Theory that the outer rigid layer of the earth (lithosphere) is divided into a couple of dozen "plates" that move around across the earth's surface relative to each other
  11. / layer of hot rock material that is located beneath the crust
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  1. / layer of earth that forms the outer skin
  2. / a long, narrow ditch
  3. Ranges / a line of mountains connected by high ground
  4. crust / hick part of the earth's crust that forms the large land masses
  5. Crust / thin part of the earth's crust that underlines the ocean basins
  6. Boundary / two or more tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. Boundary / places where plates slide sideways past each other
  8. of Fire / an area in the basin of the pacific ocean whee a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur

19 Clues: / a long, narrow ditch • / layer of earth that forms the outer skin • Ranges / a line of mountains connected by high ground • Currents / current in a fluid that results from convection • Boundary / places where plates slide sideways past each other • Boundary / two or more tectonic plates move towards each other • ...

Plate tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. San Andreas Fault line
  2. Supercontinent that includes all current landmasses
  3. Black rock that comes from volcanos
  4. Very large aera of land
  5. Theory of global tectonics
  6. spreading: Process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
  7. Part of Earth were living thing exist
  8. something caused by an earthquake
  9. Remains or trace of a living thing
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  1. Relating to the ocean
  2. German researcher geophysicst and metorologist
  3. Shaking of the ground
  4. Thick, dence layer of rock that underlines Earth's crust
  5. slow movement of Earth's continents
  6. Tectonic process
  7. mountain which can burst any time
  8. Large aera of land
  9. Thin, outer portion of the Earth
  10. Sound navigation and ranging

19 Clues: Tectonic process • Large aera of land • Relating to the ocean • Shaking of the ground • San Andreas Fault line • Very large aera of land • Theory of global tectonics • Sound navigation and ranging • Thin, outer portion of the Earth • mountain which can burst any time • something caused by an earthquake • Remains or trace of a living thing • slow movement of Earth's continents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-02-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / What is the top layer of the Earth, the layer we live on?
  2. / How many types of plates are there?
  3. / Which boundary has sliding plates?
  4. / What type of plate boundary spreads ridges?
  5. / What are tectonic plates made of?
  6. / What is the layer of molten magma?
  7. cells / What moves the plates?
  8. / What was the continents called when they were all together?
  9. / How many plates are there?
  10. / How many types of convergent boundaries are there?
Down
  1. / What is continental to Oceanic boundary also called?
  2. to Continental boundaries / Which convergent boundary forms mountains?
  3. / Are Earthquakes and vlocanoes linked to the margins of the tectonic plates?
  4. / What is the layer made of hot metal?
  5. / What is under the lithosphere?
  6. / What is an example of a divergent plate boundary?
  7. / Are Earthquakes randomly distributed around the world?
  8. to Oceanic boundary / Which boundary forms a Subduction zone?
  9. spots / What are hot plumes in the middle of a tectonic plate?

19 Clues: / How many plates are there? • cells / What moves the plates? • / What is under the lithosphere? • / What are tectonic plates made of? • / Which boundary has sliding plates? • / What is the layer of molten magma? • / How many types of plates are there? • / What is the layer made of hot metal? • / What type of plate boundary spreads ridges? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a low temperature of the atmosphere.
  2. when the plates move towards each other and collide.
  3. It is the soild, outer part of the earth.
  4. is the layer of the earth that is below the lithosphere.
  5. is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of soild rock.
  6. is the result of collision between two landmasses.
  7. there are there diffrent plate boubfary is convergent, divergent and transform.
  8. the palces where plates slide sideways past each other.
  9. the brown outer part, at the bottem of the sea floor.
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  1. is when earth starts to violently shake the ground cuasing a grate destitoin.
  2. is the only liquid layer and a small amount of the other substances.
  3. happens when subdcution rides on top on of each other.
  4. basin are the largest deperssions on the Earth.
  5. it occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  6. when plates come together and one ride on top of each other.
  7. is when the goo that comes out when the volcano erupts.
  8. core is the deepest hottest layer in the earth.
  9. is a method that converts a mixture or solution of chemical substances.
  10. is when the lava is cooling down.

19 Clues: is when the lava is cooling down. • is a low temperature of the atmosphere. • It is the soild, outer part of the earth. • basin are the largest deperssions on the Earth. • core is the deepest hottest layer in the earth. • is the result of collision between two landmasses. • when the plates move towards each other and collide. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Person who studies rocks
  2. Period of time
  3. Largest unit of geological time
  4. In reference to the oceans
  5. Very old
  6. Solid substance that occurs naturally
  7. Region of the Earth where organisms exist
  8. Earth's outer crust
  9. The process of covering the Earth's surface with ice
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  1. One of earth's large landmasses
  2. Sudden volcanic discharge
  3. Caused by earthquakes or volcanic activity
  4. Molten lava on the Earth's crust
  5. Phenomena associated with volcanic activity
  6. Crash together with violent impact
  7. Not flexible, unable to bend
  8. To reduce to a liquid state
  9. Relates to the movement of the Earth's crust
  10. To become separated

19 Clues: Very old • Period of time • To become separated • Earth's outer crust • Person who studies rocks • Sudden volcanic discharge • In reference to the oceans • To reduce to a liquid state • Not flexible, unable to bend • One of earth's large landmasses • Largest unit of geological time • Molten lava on the Earth's crust • Crash together with violent impact • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of current that causes movement of tectonic plates
  2. huge pieces of rock that the lithosphere is broken into
  3. underwater mountain range at a boundary
  4. place where subduction occurs
  5. boundary type where plates collide
  6. ring around the Pacific Ocean with lots of volcanoes
  7. all the land masses combined together
  8. theory that explains how tectonic plates move
  9. boundary type where plates scrape past each other
  10. continents move just a few of these each year
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  1. one piece of crust is pushed under another
  2. oceanic plates moving apart
  3. layer containing the crust and top of the mantle
  4. places where tectonic plates meet
  5. hypothesis that the continents have slowly moved
  6. fluid-like layer beneath the lithosphere
  7. thinner but more dense type of crust
  8. thicker but less dense type of crust
  9. boundary type where plates move away from each other

19 Clues: oceanic plates moving apart • place where subduction occurs • places where tectonic plates meet • boundary type where plates collide • thinner but more dense type of crust • thicker but less dense type of crust • all the land masses combined together • underwater mountain range at a boundary • fluid-like layer beneath the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where plates slide sideways past each other
  2. the mechanically weak and ductile region of the upper mantle of Earth.
  3. relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust.
  4. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  5. formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock.
  6. the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite.
  7. study the materials, processes, and history of the Earth.
  8. a tectonic plate covering most of North America, Cuba, the Bahamas, extreme northeastern Asia,
  9. the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed.
  10. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
  11. an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.
Down
  1. The process in which one lithospheric plate collides with and is forced down under another plate
  2. an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America.
  3. linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  4. the floor of a sea or ocean
  5. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  6. When two plates come together,
  7. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth.
  8. a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia,

19 Clues: the floor of a sea or ocean • When two plates come together, • where plates slide sideways past each other • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • study the materials, processes, and history of the Earth. • an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. • a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia, • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where two or more plates meet
  2. Earths outer layer divided into plates
  3. Where one plate slides under another
  4. Breaking apart due to faulting
  5. Molten rock that breaks through Earth's surface
  6. Innermost layer of Earth
  7. Process that turns any rock into magma
  8. Plates moving away from each other
  9. Caused by tectonic plates that are moving apart
  10. Liquified rock that is underground
  11. the rigid outer part of earth
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  1. A giant supercontinent
  2. Hardens magma and turns it into igneous rock
  3. Movement of continents spreading apart from each other
  4. Plates rubbing against each other
  5. The formation of new oceanic crust
  6. the thick part of the Earth's crust that forms large landmasses
  7. Process that turns any rock into magma
  8. Narrow depressions on the seafloor at the boundary where one plate slides under another
  9. A solid material that is moved to a new location

20 Clues: A giant supercontinent • Innermost layer of Earth • Where two or more plates meet • the rigid outer part of earth • Breaking apart due to faulting • Plates rubbing against each other • The formation of new oceanic crust • Plates moving away from each other • Liquified rock that is underground • Where one plate slides under another • Earths outer layer divided into plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. belts
  2. lithosphere
  3. minerals
  4. hess
  5. / two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  6. plate
  7. holmes / thought of using
  8. / when two tectonic plates slide against each other
Down
  1. fault
  2. tuzo wilson
  3. / two tectonic plates moving towards each other
  4. to
  5. tectonics
  6. zones
  7. wegener / he couldn't explain mechanism

15 Clues: to • hess • fault • belts • zones • plate • minerals • tectonics • tuzo wilson • lithosphere • holmes / thought of using • wegener / he couldn't explain mechanism • / two tectonic plates moving towards each other • / two tectonic plates moving away from each other • / when two tectonic plates slide against each other

Exam 2 Tectonics 2023-04-11

Exam 2 Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rocks upwell, enter lower pressure zone and expand rapidly, creates major force of plate tectonics
  2. hinge of fold is oriented downward with limbs that rise up away from the hinge
  3. weakest of 3 forces of plate tectonics, between crust and mantle
  4. faults that have vertical motion – can be reverse or normal
  5. Bending, squishing, or stretching deformation occurs slowly over time.
  6. coarsening upward pattern of sediments as sea level drops
  7. lateral or transform faults form when fault movement is horizontal as plates slide past each other
  8. unseen force applied to rocks that can build up and eventually produce strain
  9. zone of earthquakes that form along a subducting tectonic plate
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  1. Strain in which an object suddenly breaks, fractures, or otherwise fails
  2. result of an applied force, either ductile, brittle, or elastic deformation
  3. Tectonic boundary where two plates move toward each other, O-O, O-C, or C-C.
  4. Driving force of tectonics exerted by old, dense, cold crust sinking into the mantle.
  5. downfolded circular structure formed by intersecting synclines
  6. hinge of a fold pushes upward with limbs that dip away and down from it
  7. continental drift hypothesis using many lines of evidence but lacked mechanism.
  8. uplifted circular structure forms by intersecting anticlines
  9. parent rock material, before metamorphism
  10. where two plates move apart from each other
  11. fining upward pattern of sediments as sea level rises

20 Clues: parent rock material, before metamorphism • where two plates move apart from each other • fining upward pattern of sediments as sea level rises • coarsening upward pattern of sediments as sea level drops • faults that have vertical motion – can be reverse or normal • uplifted circular structure forms by intersecting anticlines • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 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.
  2. In oceanic-oceanic convergence, the denser plate sinks beneath the _______ _______ plate
  3. a stress that squeezes or shortens material.
  4. stress a stress that causes material to twist or become distorted.
  5. the layer immediately below the lithosphere.
  6. the process by which Earth's lithosphere pulls apart to form long, narrow, faulted rift valleys.
  7. the hypothesis that today's continents were once one big landmass
  8. boundary A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
  9. boundary A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other.
Down
  1. convection one process thought by scientists to be a cause of tectonic plate movement.
  2. boundary where the two plates slide against each other in a sideways motion.
  3. the process by which new sea floor forms
  4. the process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate.
  5. a stress that lengthens a material or pulls a material apart.
  6. the outermost physical layer of Earth.
  7. the bending, tilting and breaking of rock.
  8. ground movements that occur when blocks of rock in Earth move suddenly and release energy.
  9. trenches deepest land forms found on the ocean floor.
  10. a system of ideas that explain many related observations about the natural world.

19 Clues: the outermost physical layer of Earth. • the process by which new sea floor forms • the bending, tilting and breaking of rock. • a stress that squeezes or shortens material. • the layer immediately below the lithosphere. • trenches deepest land forms found on the ocean floor. • a stress that lengthens a material or pulls a material apart. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-11-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waves / vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  2. / a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  3. / the transfer of heat within a material or between materials that are touching
  4. / the transfer of heat by movement of fluid
  5. / the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core
  6. / the transfer of energy through space
  7. / Weak, partially melted layer composed of semi-molten rocks
  8. / a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of the continental and oceanic crust
  9. core / a layer of molten iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni) that surrounds the inner solid core of the Earth
  10. core / a dense sphere of solid iron (Fe) and nickel(Ni) at the center of the Earth
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  1. ridge / an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced (usually at a divergent boundary)
  2. trench / a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
  3. / the process by which the oceanic crust sinks beneath the deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent boundary
  4. / A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  5. / the name of the single land mass that broke apart and gave rise to today's continents
  6. drift / the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  7. / the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
  8. spreading / the process by which molten materials add new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  9. / a device that determines the distance of an object underwater by recording echoes

19 Clues: / the transfer of energy through space • / the transfer of heat by movement of fluid • / the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • / Weak, partially melted layer composed of semi-molten rocks • / a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock • / the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core • ...

Plate tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Part of Earth were living thing exist
  2. Theory of global tectonics
  3. Large aera of land
  4. Very large aera of land
  5. Supercontinent that includes all current landmasses
  6. Thick, dence layer of rock that underlines Earth's crust
  7. mountain which can burst any time
  8. something caused by an earthquake
  9. Black rock that comes from volcanos
Down
  1. slow movement of Earth's continents
  2. German researcher geophysicst and metorologist
  3. Tectonic process
  4. San Andreas Fault line
  5. Thin, outer portion of the Earth
  6. Shaking of the ground
  7. spreading: Process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
  8. Sound navigation and ranging
  9. Relating to the ocean
  10. Remains or trace of a living thing

19 Clues: Tectonic process • Large aera of land • Shaking of the ground • Relating to the ocean • San Andreas Fault line • Very large aera of land • Theory of global tectonics • Sound navigation and ranging • Thin, outer portion of the Earth • mountain which can burst any time • something caused by an earthquake • Remains or trace of a living thing • slow movement of Earth's continents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These are the peices of earth's lithosphere
  2. Is the record of earthquake's seismic waves
  3. This is a break in earth's crust
  4. This is the movement of a fluid,caused by diffrences in temperature
  5. The point of earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  6. This is known as a super continent
  7. This is a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  8. Mountain that form when mountains move along faults
  9. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath earth's surface
Down
  1. The flow of ash,anders,bombs and gases down the side of a volcano
  2. These are vibrations that travel through earth
  3. This is a big wave
  4. A small earthquake following a major earthquake
  5. This is where the plates converge together
  6. This is where the plates slip by one another
  7. A long narrow excavation in the ground
  8. Mountains that formed by the bending of rocks
  9. An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
  10. This is an undersea mountain chain

19 Clues: This is a big wave • This is a break in earth's crust • This is known as a super continent • This is an undersea mountain chain • A long narrow excavation in the ground • This is where the plates converge together • These are the peices of earth's lithosphere • Is the record of earthquake's seismic waves • This is where the plates slip by one another • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-12-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. like an egg shell that is broken into different parts
  2. force that squeezes rock together
  3. force that pulls on crust
  4. caused from the heat from the core
  5. energy that travels through space
  6. a thing that bounces waves off of under water objects
  7. ocean crust plunging below continental crust
  8. layer of molten metal
  9. stress that pushes rock in two different directions
  10. metals like iron and nickel
Down
  1. breaks the Earth’s crust where the rocks has slipped past each other
  2. a supercontinent discover by Wagener
  3. heat through two objects that are touching
  4. layer of very hot rock
  5. a ball of solid metal Crust earths outer skin
  6. who first discovered Continental Drift
  7. any trace of something in preserved rock
  8. rock that changes shape
  9. occurs at deep valleys shaped like a V

19 Clues: layer of molten metal • layer of very hot rock • rock that changes shape • force that pulls on crust • metals like iron and nickel • force that squeezes rock together • energy that travels through space • caused from the heat from the core • a supercontinent discover by Wagener • who first discovered Continental Drift • occurs at deep valleys shaped like a V • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crust:Crust that's part of continents
  2. pieces of earths crust that move due to convection
  3. rises and new crust is formed
  4. Scale:Measures how strong the earthquake is.
  5. floor spreading:when two oceanic plates pull apart,
  6. currents occur in it. It is solid and hot.
  7. arc:a chain of volcanic mountains formed at an ocean-continental convergent boundary
  8. in crust. plates slip past each other.
  9. of Plate Tectonics:Theory that plates that move
  10. Crust:Dense crust below the ocean.Earths crust located under the ocean
Down
  1. range:formed at a continental-continental convergent boundary
  2. formed at a subduction zone.
  3. to convection currents
  4. Atlantic Ridge:divergent boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
  5. Tectonics:Theory that crust is broken into plates and move around.
  6. oceanic crust meets continental crust,
  7. currents:circular movement of a substance dueto changes in temperature and density
  8. arc:a chain of volcanic islands formed at an ocean-ocean convergent boundary
  9. oceanic crust goes under and melts in the mantle.

19 Clues: to convection currents • formed at a subduction zone. • rises and new crust is formed • Crust:Crust that's part of continents • oceanic crust meets continental crust, • in crust. plates slip past each other. • currents occur in it. It is solid and hot. • Scale:Measures how strong the earthquake is. • of Plate Tectonics:Theory that plates that move • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cone A steep-sided volcano formed by the explosive eruption of cinders that form by a vent
  2. lava fragments about 1cm in diameter
  3. wave secondary wave
  4. shaking of the Earth caused by a sudden movement of rock beneath its surface
  5. wave primary wave
  6. the thin outer layer of the earths surface
  7. the circular depression containing a volcanic vent
  8. Volcano A volcano that is currently erupting, or has erupted during recorded history
  9. the layer of rock that lies between the crust and the outer core
  10. molten rock
Down
  1. pertaining to igneous rock bodies that form at great depth
  2. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the hypocenter of an earthquake
  3. to bend or change direction
  4. of or having to do with earthquakes
  5. to bounce back from a surface
  6. Boundary the place where two or more plates in the earth's crust meet
  7. the innermost layer of the earth
  8. a risk
  9. the term used for magma

19 Clues: a risk • molten rock • wave primary wave • wave secondary wave • the term used for magma • to bend or change direction • to bounce back from a surface • the innermost layer of the earth • of or having to do with earthquakes • lava fragments about 1cm in diameter • the thin outer layer of the earths surface • the circular depression containing a volcanic vent • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-02-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle.
  2. device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects and then records the echo's of these sound waves
  3. a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
  4. place where two plates slide past eachother.
  5. a tall, cone-shaped mountain in which layers of lava alternate with layers of ash and other volcanic materials
  6. squeezing rocks till they fold or break
  7. plates where two boundaries come together or collide.
  8. when the edge of a contiental plate collides with an oceanic plate
  9. pushing a massive rock in two different directions
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  1. bends in the rock to form when compression shortens and thickens the Earth's crust.
  2. a wide, gently sloping mountain made of layers of lava and formed by quiet eruptions.
  3. large waves produced by earthquakes in the ocean floor.
  4. plates where two plates move apart.
  5. rise in the asthenosphere and spread out beneath the lithosphere.
  6. stretching rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
  7. weak spot in the crust where molten material comes to the surface
  8. fold in a rock that bends upward.
  9. the motion or trembling of the ground produced by sudden displacement of rock in the Earth's crust.
  10. when magma reaches the surface.

19 Clues: when magma reaches the surface. • fold in a rock that bends upward. • plates where two plates move apart. • squeezing rocks till they fold or break • place where two plates slide past eachother. • pushing a massive rock in two different directions • plates where two boundaries come together or collide. • large waves produced by earthquakes in the ocean floor. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earthquakes occur here
  2. this type of material describes both magma and lava
  3. home state of the San Andreas fault
  4. Mount Everest is part of this mountain range
  5. the study of the oceans
  6. type of valley that occurs at a divergent boundary
  7. one who studies weather patterns; Wegner was one
  8. used by scientists to measure plate movements
  9. type of heat transfer involving density
Down
  1. type of boundary where plates are moving away from each other
  2. subduction occurs at this type of plate boundary
  3. where one would find a mid-ocean ridge
  4. ocean that hosts the "Ring of Fire"
  5. word that describes two or more objects moving toward each other
  6. type of crust that is more dense
  7. type of plates that make up the surface of Earth
  8. 115 million years ago Australia was attached to this continent
  9. underwater volcanoes
  10. a good guess based on scientific facts

19 Clues: underwater volcanoes • earthquakes occur here • the study of the oceans • type of crust that is more dense • ocean that hosts the "Ring of Fire" • home state of the San Andreas fault • where one would find a mid-ocean ridge • a good guess based on scientific facts • type of heat transfer involving density • Mount Everest is part of this mountain range • ...

plate tectonics 2021-02-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convective heat transfer, often referred to simply as convection, is the transfer of heat from one place to another by the movement of fluids
  2. volcanic activity or phenomena
  3. a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain
  4. one of the plates oceanic crust and lithosphere mantle is pushed or subducted under the other it mixes with the overlying mantle and the addition of water to the hot mantle lowers the crusts melting point and leads to the formation of magma
  5. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  6. a rigid layer of the earths crust is believed to drift slowly
  7. oceanic crust is often forced down into the mantle where it begins to melt
  8. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  9. gravitational forces acting on the young, raised oceanic lithosphere around mid-ocean ridges
  10. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it
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  1. a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface
  2. Two plates sliding past each other
  3. a German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist. During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research
  4. the upper layer of the earth's mantle below the lithosphere in which there is low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur
  5. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust
  7. is the movement of the plates that make up earths crust lightest most buoyant rock layer
  8. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  9. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight

19 Clues: volcanic activity or phenomena • Two plates sliding past each other • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain • a rigid layer of the earths crust is believed to drift slowly • large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. separate from each other
  2. slide against each other
  3. moves towards each other
  4. Layer that moves these plates
  5. the place that was called when plates were together
  6. Plate of North America
  7. cause by convergent
  8. caused by convergent
  9. Plate of Asia
  10. Plate of Africa
  11. the plates what forever?
  12. denser plate sink below the other plate
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  1. Plate of Antarctic
  2. caused by convergent
  3. Plate of South America
  4. cause by transform
  5. Plate of Australian
  6. Plate of Europe
  7. How many Major plates
  8. earth surface that moves with respect with of each other

20 Clues: Plate of Asia • Plate of Europe • Plate of Africa • Plate of Antarctic • cause by transform • Plate of Australian • cause by convergent • caused by convergent • caused by convergent • How many Major plates • Plate of South America • Plate of North America • separate from each other • slide against each other • moves towards each other • the plates what forever? • Layer that moves these plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The scientist who thought of the theory of continental drift.
  2. Continental to ____, is when two different plants collide.
  3. What was left behind to help us believe continental drift existed.
  4. What can convergent boundaries create.
  5. Ocean to ___, is when two same plats collide.
  6. What is another name for continental drift.
  7. Boundaries that move apart.
  8. Continental to ____, is when two same plats collide.
  9. The part of land that is moving is the Earth's surface is called ___.
  10. Pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  11. San Andreas Fault is found in ____.
Down
  1. Boundaries that slid pass each other.
  2. Convection currents make the ocean floor_____.
  3. Going under.
  4. Is the deepest part of the ocean.
  5. The other scientists did what to Wegener's theory.
  6. This is an example of divergent boundaries.
  7. The theory of a big land mass moving apart.
  8. Boundaries that come together.
  9. What can transform boundaries create.

20 Clues: Going under. • Boundaries that move apart. • Boundaries that come together. • Is the deepest part of the ocean. • San Andreas Fault is found in ____. • Boundaries that slid pass each other. • What can transform boundaries create. • What can convergent boundaries create. • This is an example of divergent boundaries. • The theory of a big land mass moving apart. • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-10-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. these can be boundaries and can form underwater
  2. top layer of earth
  3. largest convention current in the
  4. these boundaries cause oceans to grow
  5. divergent boundary occurs
  6. when plates collide it will be
  7. oceanic crust melts it can form
  8. ___ plates
  9. these can grow as plates grow apart
Down
  1. mountain range was formed from collisions
  2. when two plates hit each other
  3. these boundaries can cause shallow
  4. the lower mantle
  5. when plates collide
  6. lava that hasn’t touched the earth
  7. depression of the sea floor caused by subduction
  8. plate boundary and new crust is created
  9. when two plates slide past each other
  10. generates earths heat

19 Clues: ___ plates • the lower mantle • top layer of earth • when plates collide • generates earths heat • divergent boundary occurs • when two plates hit each other • when plates collide it will be • oceanic crust melts it can form • largest convention current in the • these boundaries can cause shallow • lava that hasn’t touched the earth • these can grow as plates grow apart • ...

plate tectonics 2023-03-06

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The core mantle boundary of Earth is between the earth’s mantle and outer core
  2. boundary Is something that is between two combined tectonic plates
  3. the area where oceanic crust sinks beneath continental crust
  4. the process by which molten material adds new crust to the ocean floor
  5. deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle at a convergent boundary
  6. a lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart, or rift.
  7. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  8. the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  9. Alfred Wegner's hypothesis that the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have slowly moved apar
  10. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
Down
  1. a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  2. the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  3. created by two pieces of continental crust converging or coming together
  4. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent boundary
  5. boundaries occur when two continental plates move towards each other.
  6. a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental
  7. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  8. he result of differential heating. Lighter warm material rises while heavier cool material sinks.
  9. a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another
  10. the theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant slow motion

20 Clues: the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago • a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • the area where oceanic crust sinks beneath continental crust • any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock • boundary Is something that is between two combined tectonic plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-06-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Remains of extinct animals
  2. A layer of mostly iron and nickel
  3. An split between all 7 continents formed from magma swelling up through the weakness of the crust
  4. A outer part of the Earth
  5. An inside layer of a planetary body found below the core and above the crust
  6. Layer of rock under the lithosphere
  7. When two plates move away from eachother
  8. A volcano in the middle of a plate
  9. Area where many volcanoes and earthquakes occur
  10. The outer layer of Earth
  11. A fracture or zone of all fractures between 2 layers of rock
Down
  1. Person who discovered Pangea
  2. An theory that scientists make of what will happen in the future
  3. A type of convergent when one plate sinks under the other
  4. When two plates collide
  5. Plates that move around earth
  6. When two plates slide past eachother
  7. A violent shake that can cause many destruction
  8. When two plates collide
  9. All 7 continents grouped together

20 Clues: When two plates collide • When two plates collide • The outer layer of Earth • A outer part of the Earth • Remains of extinct animals • Person who discovered Pangea • Plates that move around earth • A layer of mostly iron and nickel • All 7 continents grouped together • A volcano in the middle of a plate • Layer of rock under the lithosphere • When two plates slide past eachother • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-06-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Remains of extinct animals
  2. A layer of mostly iron and nickel
  3. An split between all 7 continents formed from magma swelling up through the weakness of the crust
  4. A outer part of the Earth
  5. An inside layer of a planetary body found below the core and above the crust
  6. Layer of rock under the lithosphere
  7. When two plates move away from eachother
  8. A volcano in the middle of a plate
  9. Area where many volcanoes and earthquakes occur
  10. The outer layer of Earth
  11. A fracture or zone of all fractures between 2 layers of rock
Down
  1. Person who discovered Pangea
  2. An theory that scientists make of what will happen in the future
  3. A type of convergent when one plate sinks under the other
  4. When two plates collide
  5. Plates that move around earth
  6. When two plates slide past eachother
  7. A violent shake that can cause many destruction
  8. When two plates collide
  9. All 7 continents grouped together

20 Clues: When two plates collide • When two plates collide • The outer layer of Earth • A outer part of the Earth • Remains of extinct animals • Person who discovered Pangea • Plates that move around earth • A layer of mostly iron and nickel • All 7 continents grouped together • A volcano in the middle of a plate • Layer of rock under the lithosphere • When two plates slide past eachother • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where plates slide sideways past each other
  2. the mechanically weak and ductile region of the upper mantle of Earth.
  3. relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust.
  4. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  5. formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock.
  6. the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite.
  7. study the materials, processes, and history of the Earth.
  8. a tectonic plate covering most of North America, Cuba, the Bahamas, extreme northeastern Asia,
  9. the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed.
  10. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
  11. an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.
Down
  1. The process in which one lithospheric plate collides with and is forced down under another plate
  2. an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America.
  3. linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  4. the floor of a sea or ocean
  5. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  6. When two plates come together,
  7. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth.
  8. a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia,

19 Clues: the floor of a sea or ocean • When two plates come together, • where plates slide sideways past each other • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • study the materials, processes, and history of the Earth. • an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. • a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia, • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the denser weaker layer beneath the lithospheric mantle
  2. The thickest layer of all three layers that is responsible for convection currents
  3. Pangaea had broken apart into are country this breakage is called
  4. A part of the earths center that is liquid
  5. When two plates move away from each other
  6. The center of the earth
  7. When two plates move side by side
  8. The last mechanical layer that is made of Iron and Nikel
  9. The small layer that makes up the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. Occurs as tectonic plates are pushed together and the crust becomes shorter and thicker
  2. Lines crated my plate moments
  3. When two plates come together
  4. A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
  5. The earths crust is split into ____
  6. Discovered by Harry Hess
  7. When a oceanic plate moves under a continental plate
  8. This is the stiffer part of the mantle under the asthenosphere
  9. A thin top most area of the earth surface that is divided into plates
  10. The rigid outer layer of the Earth that remains mechanically strong over geological time spans

19 Clues: The center of the earth • Discovered by Harry Hess • Lines crated my plate moments • When two plates come together • When two plates move side by side • The earths crust is split into ____ • When two plates move away from each other • A part of the earths center that is liquid • When a oceanic plate moves under a continental plate • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2021-10-14

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Trench, Long, narrow depressions on the sea floor
  2. An area where an oceanic plate sinks down into the Asthenosphere
  3. Volcano, Volcanoes along the shoreline, usually formed by convergent boundaries
  4. A boundary between two colliding Tectonic Plates
  5. Wegener, The scientist that came up with the theory of Continental Drift
  6. A boundary that causes plates to slide past each other
  7. A boundary where two Tectonic Plates move away from each other
  8. A supercontinent
  9. The rigid and outermost layer of the Earth
  10. The center of the Earth
Down
  1. Crust, The outer layer of the Earth's lithosphere
  2. Mountains, Mountains that are formed by the effects of folding on layers
  3. The Southern half of the Pangea that existed over 300 million years ago
  4. Striation, Scratches that are lodged onto a piece of land due to Glaciers moving
  5. The thinnest layer of the Earth
  6. The layer of the Earth between the Crust and the Core
  7. Caused by Convergent Boundaries, also occurs around fault lines
  8. Ridge, A seafloor mountain system that can be formed by plate tectonics
  9. Crust, The upper layer of the oceanic portion of a Tectonic Plate
  10. Valley, A lowland region formed by plate tectonics

20 Clues: A supercontinent • The center of the Earth • The thinnest layer of the Earth • The rigid and outermost layer of the Earth • A boundary between two colliding Tectonic Plates • Crust, The outer layer of the Earth's lithosphere • Trench, Long, narrow depressions on the sea floor • Valley, A lowland region formed by plate tectonics • ...

Geology 2022-04-28

Geology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The San Andreas ______ fault in California extends roughly 750 miles along a transverse plate boundary!
  2. the outermost solid shell of our rocky planet.
  3. hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure.
  4. Last name of the German scientist who first proposed the theory of plate tectonics.
  5. The scientific study of Earth (not just rocks!)
  6. The majority of Earth's volcanos and earthquakes occur along the Ring of ______.
  7. layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust
  8. The most common mineral in Earth's crust.
  9. rocks form when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors
  10. ________ crust is denser and thinner of the two types of crust
  11. Mountains are formed at this type of tectonic plate boundary.
  12. ________ crust is lighter and thicker of the two types of crust.
  13. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  14. the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water.
  15. Solid inorganic naturally occurring compounds that have distinct organized compositions
Down
  1. when one plate in plate tectonics (usually the denser one) is push below the other.
  2. Horizontal layer of mostly rock sediments
  3. Name of the supercontinent from when all the landmasses were joined together
  4. Molten rock material found below Earth's surface
  5. is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earths surface.
  6. The ____ core is the only liquid layer, and is mainly made up of the metals iron and nickel.
  7. Plate _______ is a theory in geology: the lithosphere of the earth is divided into plates that float on & travel independently over the mantle. Earth's seismic activity occurs at the boundaries of these plates.
  8. A divergent plate boundary can result in this geological feature such as the "Great" one in Africa or the one in the Mid-Atlantic.
  9. Rocks formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten materials
  10. The ____ core is the solid, mostly iron, center of our planet.

25 Clues: Horizontal layer of mostly rock sediments • The most common mineral in Earth's crust. • the outermost solid shell of our rocky planet. • The scientific study of Earth (not just rocks!) • Molten rock material found below Earth's surface • hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure. • Mountains are formed at this type of tectonic plate boundary. • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-03-30

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary: Where two plates meet and collide,
  2. to the continental crust,Mid ocean ridge is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics.
  3. Boundaries: A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in oppisite directions,
  4. the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.The San Andreas Fault: is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,000 kilometers through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike-slip.
  5. What the lithosphere is broken into. A plate can cover a continent the ocean floor or both,
  6. volcano in hawaii
  7. theory of plate tectonics explains the formation, movement, and subduction of Earth’s plates,
  8. Theory: A well-tested concept that explains a wide reange of observations,
Down
  1. crust: The relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins it is young
  2. Boundaries: A place where two plates move apart,
  3. 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. Breaks in the Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other,
  5. ridge:location of mid ocean ridge
  6. Tectonics: The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constane slow motion driven by convection currents in the mantle,
  7. Valley: Where the Earth’s surface is being pulled apart by a divergent boundary,

15 Clues: volcano in hawaii • ridge:location of mid ocean ridge • Boundary: Where two plates meet and collide, • Boundaries: A place where two plates move apart, • Breaks in the Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other, • Theory: A well-tested concept that explains a wide reange of observations, • ...

Tic-Tac Toe Crossword 2021-11-02

Tic-Tac Toe Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hydrothermal Vent
  2. Plate Tectonics
  3. Divergent Boundary
  4. Convergent Boundary
  5. Desiccation
  6. Asthenosphere
  7. Isostasy
  8. Transform Boundary
Down
  1. Trench
  2. Continental Shelf
  3. Subduction
  4. Continental Drift
  5. Infauna
  6. Zonation
  7. Lithosphere

15 Clues: Trench • Infauna • Zonation • Isostasy • Subduction • Desiccation • Lithosphere • Asthenosphere • Plate Tectonics • Hydrothermal Vent • Continental Shelf • Continental Drift • Divergent Boundary • Transform Boundary • Convergent Boundary

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Devise that helped map the ocean floor
  2. ___________ tectonics is the theory that the Earth's surface is cracked into large pieces.
  3. When 2 plates collide and 1 plate sinks into the mantle, under the other plate.
  4. When tectonic plates slip past each other.
  5. Geological event that occurs when 2 plates move past each other ad releases energy.
  6. The border between 2 plates
  7. The movement of the tectonic plates, made by heat and pressure.
  8. Name for when all the continents were once joined together millions of years ago.
  9. Valley a low region that forms where plates move apart
Down
  1. Last name of the man who first came up with the idea of plate tectonics.
  2. The rigid outer part of the Earth (includes the crust and upper mantle)
  3. When 2 continental plates collide they create ____________.
  4. Where convection currents occur
  5. When 2 tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. What the plates are made out of
  7. When tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.
  8. Melted rock inside the Earth
  9. A fracture or zone of fractures between 2 blocks of rock.

18 Clues: The border between 2 plates • Melted rock inside the Earth • Where convection currents occur • What the plates are made out of • Devise that helped map the ocean floor • When tectonic plates slip past each other. • When 2 tectonic plates move away from each other • Valley a low region that forms where plates move apart • ...

plate tectonics 2013-01-21

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outer most layer of earth
  2. tectonics/ theory that says the earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into dections
  3. core/ solid core composed of dense iron and nickel
  4. Adreas Fault/example of a transform fault boundry
  5. boundry/where 2 plates are moving towards each other
  6. mountains/example of a boundry where continental crust collided
  7. crust and upper mantle
  8. drift/ theory that the continents move
  9. largest layer inside earth
  10. core/ liquid core composed of iron and nickel
Down
  1. trench/ deepest spot in the ocean example of converging oceanic plates
  2. zone/ area where denser converging plate decends or sinks under a less dense converging plate
  3. boundry/boundry b/w 2 plates that are separating
  4. plastic layer below the lithosphere
  5. super continent that existed 200 million yrs ago
  6. boundry/boundry where 2 plates are moving or sliding next to each other
  7. wegener/ scientist who thought that the continents were one super continent
  8. large sections of earth's crust and upper mantle, lithosphere

18 Clues: crust and upper mantle • outer most layer of earth • largest layer inside earth • plastic layer below the lithosphere • drift/ theory that the continents move • core/ liquid core composed of iron and nickel • boundry/boundry b/w 2 plates that are separating • super continent that existed 200 million yrs ago • Adreas Fault/example of a transform fault boundry • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-01-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Partially melted rock is a major property of the_________.
  2. Mountains are formed from the collision of two lithospheric plates that have the same.
  3. Ridge ______________ is another name for a seafloor spreading center.
  4. ___________ Is the driving force that causes plates to move.
  5. Is a famous example of a Divergent boundary.
  6. boundary Creates faults and moves in a sliding motion.
  7. boundary creates seafloor spreading centers.
  8. Ocean The Ring of Fire follows the border of which body of water?
  9. of Fire largest active belt that surrounds the Pacific Ocean.
  10. Flow measure of the amount of heat leaving the rocks of the lithosphere.
Down
  1. This person came up with the theory of Continental Drift
  2. Crust What kind of crust is involved in the formation of major mountains?
  3. The lithosphere and Asthenosphere belong here.
  4. Andreas Fault ______________ In California is an example of a transform boundary.
  5. Supercontinent that broke and drifted apart.
  6. Center Area where lithospheric plates are moving apart.
  7. Polarity Reversal Present north magnetic pole became the south magnetic pole and the present south magnetic pole became the north magnetic pole.
  8. tectonics theory of the formation and movement of the rigid pieces, or plates, that cover earths surface.

18 Clues: Supercontinent that broke and drifted apart. • Is a famous example of a Divergent boundary. • boundary creates seafloor spreading centers. • The lithosphere and Asthenosphere belong here. • boundary Creates faults and moves in a sliding motion. • Center Area where lithospheric plates are moving apart. • This person came up with the theory of Continental Drift • ...