plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

plate tectonics 2023-03-15

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-11-27

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

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

Plate tectonics 2025-03-13

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-25

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

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

plate tectonics 2025-05-29

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

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

Plate tectonics 2023-01-09

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2025-01-14

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

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

plate tectonics 2025-01-27

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

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

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-11-04

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-21

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2026-01-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when tectonic plates slide past each other
  2. crack in the Earths crust where 2 tectonic plates grind past each other
  3. outermost layer of earth
  4. seismic body waves transmitted by alternating series of sideways movements in a solid.
  5. Boundary - when 2 plates slide past each other horizontally
  6. shaking of the earth's surface caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
  7. Name given to the supercontinent that was one landmass
  8. the process where new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges as tectonic plates pull apart
  9. Zone - convergent plate boundary where continents are colliding together creating mountains
  10. When one plate slides under another if there is land the ocean plate would subduct
  11. valley that forms at the edge of a continent when a plate sinks
  12. the point of origin of an earthquake
  13. the distance from the center of a circle to any point on its circumference.
  14. The theory that says how continents separated after time.
  15. seismic body waves transmitted by alternating pulses of compression and and expansion.
  16. An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding
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  1. flowing layer of solid and liquid rock formed by heat and pressure
  2. when two plates move apart allowing magma to rise from the earth’s interior.
  3. theory that explains continental drift
  4. an area where two or more plates meet
  5. huge ocean wave caused by a shift in the ocean floor
  6. layer between the core and crust of the earth
  7. point on the earth's surface that is vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  8. theory that explains continental drift
  9. solid outer part of Earth including the crust and upper mantle
  10. part of a grid used for describing positions on the Earth’s surface
  11. where two land masses are pushed together causing them to collide and fold, creating a mountain range
  12. melted rock under the surface

28 Clues: outermost layer of earth • melted rock under the surface • the point of origin of an earthquake • an area where two or more plates meet • theory that explains continental drift • theory that explains continental drift • when tectonic plates slide past each other • layer between the core and crust of the earth • huge ocean wave caused by a shift in the ocean floor • ...

plate tectonics 2025-09-22

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. core The layer of the Earth’s core made from liquid iron and nickel
  2. boundary Where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. Drift The movement of continents from the motion of tectonic plates
  4. crust The rigid, rocky outer layer of the planet
  5. An opening in the Earth’s crust where lava, volcanic ash, and gas escape.
  6. of Fire A horseshoe-shaped zone around the Pacific Ocean that has most of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes
  7. A shaking of the ground caused by sudden movement of materials below the Earth's surface
  8. When plates move towards each other and collide.
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  1. A fracture in the Earth’s crust where tectonic plates move relative to each other.
  2. The force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth
  3. spot A place with unusually hot mantle material located deep within the Earth
  4. Plate The plate the makes up the surface of the Earth.
  5. Molten rock that has erupted on the surface of the Earth
  6. Tectonic plates being pushed together
  7. boundary Where two tectonic plates move towards each other, colliding
  8. The solid outer layer of the Earth, composed of the crust and upper mantle.
  9. Molten, hot liquefied rock located below the Earth’s surface
  10. A supercontinent made up of all the continents together
  11. boundary Where two or more tectonic plates meet
  12. floor spreading The geological process where one tectonic plate slides and sinks beneath each other

20 Clues: Tectonic plates being pushed together • When plates move towards each other and collide. • boundary Where two or more tectonic plates meet • crust The rigid, rocky outer layer of the planet • A supercontinent made up of all the continents together • Molten rock that has erupted on the surface of the Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock beneath or in the Earth's crust
  2. Semi-molten layer of the upper mantle on which tectonic plates float
  3. Rigid, outer part of Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  4. When two plates come together
  5. Solid layer of Earth's core, hottest part of planet
  6. Theory by Alfred Wagener that proposed that the continents were once joined together (Pangea) and have since broken apart
  7. When two plates move away from each other
  8. Process where sinking plate is pulled into mantle by gravity
  9. Mountain/hill that magma erupts from
  10. The thinner, denser type of crust (mostly basalt)
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  1. A violent, destructive shake of the ground caused from movements from the Earth's crust
  2. Area where a plate descends into the mantle beneath another plate
  3. A line of volcanic islands that are formed as a tectonic plate moves over a magma plume
  4. The thicker, less dense layer of the Earth's crust (mostly granite)
  5. An elevated portion of the earth's crust
  6. A large, rigid, irregular, moving piece of rock that makes up a part of the Earth's outer shell
  7. Liquid layer of Earth's core, generates Earth's magnetic field
  8. Where two continental plates meet and are forced upwards, creating fold mountains
  9. A place in the mantle where unstable elements breakdown, forming magma plumes
  10. Science that deals with Earth's physical structure and substance

20 Clues: When two plates come together • Mountain/hill that magma erupts from • An elevated portion of the earth's crust • When two plates move away from each other • Molten rock beneath or in the Earth's crust • The thinner, denser type of crust (mostly basalt) • Solid layer of Earth's core, hottest part of planet • Process where sinking plate is pulled into mantle by gravity • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The place where two or more plates in the Earth's crust meet.
  2. The rigid outer part of the Earth, which includes the crust and upper mantle.
  3. An area where magma from the mantle melts through the crust and erupts at the Earth's surface, often creating volcanoes.
  4. The layer of the Earth thats located in the very middle.
  5. The theory that the Earth's crust is broken into a number of slowly moving plates.
  6. When a lithospheric plate collides and forced under another plate, often directed back into the Earth's mantle.
  7. Where two plates move towards each other, causing collisions, mountain building, or subduction.
  8. Where two plates slide past eacho other, often causing earthquakes.
  9. The layer of rock between the crust and the outer core.
  10. A theory introduced by Alfred Wegener that the land had split off from eachother and slowly moved across the earth's surface to form the continents we see today.
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  1. An opening in the Earth's curst that allows magma and gases to escape.
  2. A break in the Earth's crust caused by rocks that have slipped and ruptured.
  3. Shaking of the Earth that occurs from sudden movement of rock beneath its surface.
  4. Occurs when two tectonic plates run into eachother.
  5. Where two plates move away from each other, causing new crust.
  6. Heat transfer by the movement of heated parts of a liquid or gas within the mantle, which drives the movement of tectonic plates.
  7. The process at divergent boundaries where new oceanic crust is formed.
  8. The weaker layer of he mantle on which the tectonic plates float.
  9. The outer layer of the Earth's surface.
  10. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface.

20 Clues: Molten rock beneath Earth's surface. • The outer layer of the Earth's surface. • Occurs when two tectonic plates run into eachother. • The layer of rock between the crust and the outer core. • The layer of the Earth thats located in the very middle. • The place where two or more plates in the Earth's crust meet. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-02-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The 750-mile long fault in California that is created by a transform boundary
  2. Large chunks of lithosphere that gradually move
  3. Type of boundary where two plates collide
  4. The scientist credited for the Continental Drift theory
  5. Layer of the earth that contains magma
  6. Process where one plate moves below another plate
  7. This is the area where you will find most of the volcanoes in the world
  8. This is created in the ocean when subduction occurs
  9. This is where two tectonic plates meet
  10. The deepest part of the ocean floor
  11. This natural disaster is caused by plates moving
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  1. Lava that is below the Earth’s surface
  2. The prehistoric conglomerate of the 7 continents all combined
  3. Layer of the earth that contains the asthenosphere
  4. Type of boundary where two plates collide
  5. The mountain range in Colorado that is created by a
  6. Layer of the earth that includes crust and solid upper mantle
  7. The process of circulating liquid as it heats and cools
  8. Type of boundary where two plates separatecollision at a convergent boundary
  9. Contains liquid iron inside the earth
  10. The layer of the earth with the lowest density
  11. Type of boundary where two plates slide past each other
  12. Contains solid iron inside the earth
  13. The theory that plates slowly move the continents over time

24 Clues: The deepest part of the ocean floor • Contains solid iron inside the earth • Contains liquid iron inside the earth • Lava that is below the Earth’s surface • Layer of the earth that contains magma • This is where two tectonic plates meet • Type of boundary where two plates collide • Type of boundary where two plates collide • The layer of the earth with the lowest density • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Planets thinnest layer, rocky outer layer from the top part of the lithosphere
  2. A thick layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core
  3. Vibrations that travel through the Earth
  4. The point on the Earths surface directly about the focus of an earthquake
  5. crust The thick less dense layer of Earth's outer shell
  6. Physical field produced by moving electric charges or magnetic materials
  7. The theory that Earths continents have moved over geologic time
  8. Type of fault where two plates slide horizontally past one another
Down
  1. Process by which new oceanic crust is formed at divergent plate boundaries
  2. Waves that cause side to side shaking
  3. Inner most layer of the planet
  4. Transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
  5. The place where two or more tectonic plates meet
  6. Process by which one tectonic plate moved under another and sinks into the matle
  7. The thick less dense layer of earths outer shell
  8. The theory that Earths continents have moved over geologic time
  9. The fastest seismic waves originating from earthquakes
  10. The process by which a continent is pulled apart, forming a rift
  11. Process by which heat is directly transmitted through a substance
  12. The thin dense layer of earths surface that lies beneath the oceans
  13. Deep, narrow depression in the seafloor

21 Clues: Inner most layer of the planet • Waves that cause side to side shaking • Deep, narrow depression in the seafloor • Vibrations that travel through the Earth • Transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid • The place where two or more tectonic plates meet • The thick less dense layer of earths outer shell • The fastest seismic waves originating from earthquakes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates move apart
  2. Plates sliding past one another
  3. The scientist who proposed the continental drift theory
  4. Plates moving towards each other
  5. Large section of Earth's crust
  6. Volcanic area away from plate boundaries
  7. Molten rock lava beneath the Earth's surface
  8. Type of crust which makes up land
  9. Mountain formed by magma eruption
Down
  1. Layer beneath the crust
  2. Giant wave caused by earthquakes underwater
  3. Where new crust is formed
  4. Pacific zone known for many volcanoes and earthquakes
  5. Earth's rigid outer layer
  6. Type of crust under oceans
  7. A crack where plates pull apart
  8. When one plate dives under another
  9. Shaking caused by plate movement
  10. A break in Earth's crust
  11. Deep underwater valley formed by subduction

20 Clues: Plates move apart • Layer beneath the crust • A break in Earth's crust • Where new crust is formed • Earth's rigid outer layer • Type of crust under oceans • Large section of Earth's crust • Plates sliding past one another • A crack where plates pull apart • Plates moving towards each other • Shaking caused by plate movement • Type of crust which makes up land • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-12-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The large, relatively stationary area of volcanic activity away from plate boundaries
  2. A type of plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. The circulation in the mantle driven by heat differences, believed to move the plates
  4. The largest type of landmass, combining all or most continents
  5. The name given to the single massive landmass 200 million years ago
  6. A measure used to quantify the magnitude of an earthquake
  7. A large, circular volcanic depression capable of massive eruptions
  8. A vent in the Earth's crust that releases molten rock, ash, and gases
  9. A fracture or zone of weakness in Earth's crust
  10. A type of plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other
  11. Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface
  12. The ground shaking caused by a rapid release of energy in the Earth's crust
Down
  1. The process where one oceanic plate sinks beneath another plate
  2. The layer of Earth's crust that forms the continents
  3. A seismic vibration produced by the sudden release of energy during rock rupture
  4. Boundary where plates slide horizontally past one another
  5. The theory describing the slow movement of continents over geologic time
  6. The large, rigid sections of Earth's lithosphere that move relative to one another
  7. The dense, heavy plate type that makes up the ocean floor
  8. The large depression in the Earth's surface that holds ocean water
  9. Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface

21 Clues: Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface • A fracture or zone of weakness in Earth's crust • Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth's surface • The layer of Earth's crust that forms the continents • Boundary where plates slide horizontally past one another • A measure used to quantify the magnitude of an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-12-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonic _______:, large rigid slabs of Earth's crust
  2. A convergent boundary with atleast one oceanic plate will lead to this
  3. The layer of the Earth where convection currents happen
  4. Two plates sliding towards eachother
  5. The type of boundary found in Southern California at the San Andreas Fault
  6. Faster moving of the two types of energy waves from Earthquakes
  7. Consistency of the outer core
  8. The spot on the surface of Earth directly above the focus
  9. Type of crust that is younger, thinner, and more dense
  10. _____________ Spreading, what begins at an oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary
  11. ________ Valley, happens at a Continental-Continental Divergent boundary
  12. Two plates moving away from eachother
  13. Type of volcano that does not occur at a plate boundary
  14. Two plates moving towards eachother
  15. What is created at a Continental-Continental convergent boundary
Down
  1. A convergent boundary with atleast one oceanic plate will lead to this
  2. Alfred _______, the guy who came up with the Continental Drift Theory
  3. Type of crust that is older, thicker, and less dense
  4. Layer of the Earth that is split into two sections, the inner ______ and the outer ______
  5. Slower moving of the two types of energy waves from earthquakes
  6. Glacial ____________, one piece of evidence used for the Continental Drift Theory
  7. What is created at a Oceanic-Oceanic Divergent Boundary
  8. Technique used to pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake, using seismometer readings from 3+ locations
  9. Consistency of the upper mantle, where convection currents happen
  10. These occur at most plate boundaries, especially Faults
  11. Location of first motion in an Earthquake

26 Clues: Consistency of the outer core • Two plates moving towards eachother • Two plates sliding towards eachother • Two plates moving away from eachother • Location of first motion in an Earthquake • Type of crust that is older, thicker, and less dense • Tectonic _______:, large rigid slabs of Earth's crust • Type of crust that is younger, thinner, and more dense • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-03-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a boundary in which two plates move apart, resulting in upwelling of material from the mantle to create new seafloor.
  2. deep canyonlike structure
  3. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by Harry Hess, which suggested that new oceanic crust is produced at the crests of mid-ocean ridges, which are the sites of divergence.
  4. 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.
  5. were formed when India “rammed” into Asia.
  6. an elongated depression
  7. a hypothesis which suggested that all present continents once existed as a single supercontinent.
  8. is the primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates.
  9. supercontinent containing all of the existing continents.
  10. older, denser portion of oceanic lithosphere descend into mantle at a rate equal to seafloor production.
Down
  1. wrote a book titled The Origin of Continents and Oceans that outline his continental drift hypothesis.
  2. processes that deform Earth’s crust to create major structural features, such as mountains, continents, and ocean basins.
  3. a well-tested theory proposing that Earth’s outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways and thereby produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the crust itself.
  4. linear zone of irregular topography on the deep-ocean floor that follows transform faults and their inactive extensions.
  5. elevated areas of the seafloor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism.
  6. occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range.
  7. a boundary in which two plates move together resulting in oceanic lithosphere being thrust beneath an overriding plate, eventually to be reabsorbed into the mantle; could also create a mountain system.
  8. a boundary in which two plates slide past one another without creating or destroying lithosphere.
  9. a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor
  10. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 500 to 5,000km 300-3,000 miles.

20 Clues: an elongated depression • deep canyonlike structure • were formed when India “rammed” into Asia. • a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor • occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range. • supercontinent containing all of the existing continents. • is the primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates. • ...

tectonic plates 2013-05-30

tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. land form
  2. climate
  3. rocks
  4. continental drift
  5. mantel
  6. fossils
  7. core
  8. seismologist
  9. volcano
  10. crust
Down
  1. sea floor
  2. shake
  3. molten
  4. rift
  5. earthquake
  6. plate tectonics
  7. pressure
  8. trench
  9. tsunami
  10. plates
  11. move
  12. magnetic

22 Clues: rift • move • core • shake • rocks • crust • molten • trench • plates • mantel • climate • tsunami • fossils • volcano • pressure • magnetic • sea floor • land form • earthquake • seismologist • plate tectonics • continental drift

Plate motion 2023-10-24

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The segments on the Earth’s outer space are —————————- plate.
  2. Plates move at a rate about 2?
  3. Where did Alfred Wegener die?
  4. What are the plate tectonics made of?
Down
  1. Flat topped mountains in the Pacific Ocean are known as?
  2. Crystals that point in the direction of the magnetic North Pole are made of
  3. The driving force behind the plate tectonics is the?
  4. Which layer of the earth contains the asthenosphere?
  5. Which piece of evidence indicates that the South America and Africa?
  6. Deepest part of the sea.

10 Clues: Deepest part of the sea. • Where did Alfred Wegener die? • Plates move at a rate about 2? • What are the plate tectonics made of? • The driving force behind the plate tectonics is the? • Which layer of the earth contains the asthenosphere? • Flat topped mountains in the Pacific Ocean are known as? • The segments on the Earth’s outer space are —————————- plate. • ...

my understanding of plate tectonics 2026-02-19

my understanding of plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. = the outer layer of the Earth
  2. = Stationary magma plume causing volcanism away from plate edges
  3. = the centre peice of earth
  4. = 2 plate tectonics move towards eachother
  5. = the second to last layer of the Earth
Down
  1. = 2 plate tectonics moving away from eachother
  2. = Area where an oceanic plate sinks into the mantle.
  3. = 2 plate tectonics shift from side to side

8 Clues: = the centre peice of earth • = the outer layer of the Earth • = the second to last layer of the Earth • = 2 plate tectonics move towards eachother • = 2 plate tectonics shift from side to side • = 2 plate tectonics moving away from eachother • = Area where an oceanic plate sinks into the mantle. • = Stationary magma plume causing volcanism away from plate edges

Evolution and Geologicic time 2023-01-09

Evolution and Geologicic time crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics caused when continents collided or
  2. clues to how organisms lived in different times
  3. their environment to survive
  4. plate tectonics caused collision and
  5. major divisions of Earth's history
  6. major division may be divided into these
  7. Cenozoic Era is divided by these
  8. major changes in Earth's environments, either
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  1. out or:
  2. what happened to species that couldn't adapt
  3. of these
  4. group of organisms that normally produce among
  5. different surroundings for organisms
  6. selection organisms' w/traits that are suited

14 Clues: out or: • of these • their environment to survive • Cenozoic Era is divided by these • major divisions of Earth's history • different surroundings for organisms • plate tectonics caused collision and • major division may be divided into these • tectonics caused when continents collided or • what happened to species that couldn't adapt • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-10-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The number of large continents
  2. _____ drift-another name for Plate tectonics
  3. ____ currents- how plates move
  4. The name of the 'super continent'
  5. The plate that Scotland is on
  6. The crust that is found under oceans
Down
  1. These were found on different continents, proving scientists theory of plate tectonics
  2. Plate____- where plates meet
  3. The number of smaller plates on earth
  4. 150____-the number of years ago the continents began to move
  5. It is around 2900km thick
  6. It consists of an inner and outer section

12 Clues: It is around 2900km thick • Plate____- where plates meet • The plate that Scotland is on • The number of large continents • ____ currents- how plates move • The name of the 'super continent' • The crust that is found under oceans • The number of smaller plates on earth • It consists of an inner and outer section • _____ drift-another name for Plate tectonics • ...

Unit 3 2025-02-12

Unit 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of plate boundary where plates move apart.
  2. A deep underwater valley formed at subduction zones.
  3. A famous transform fault located in California.
  4. Formed when magma reaches the Earth's surface due to plate movement.
  5. The force that resists motion between two surfaces in contact, causing earthquakes.
  6. A mid-ocean ridge example formed at a divergent boundary.
Down
  1. The study of Earth's plates and their movements.
  2. The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.
  3. A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago.
  4. A type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other.
  5. Remains of ancient organisms that provide evidence for plate tectonics.
  6. A type of plate boundary where plates move towards each other.
  7. When two continental plates push against each other, forming mountains.
  8. A reptile fossil found on different continents, supporting continental drift.
  9. A lowland region formed at a divergent boundary.

15 Clues: A famous transform fault located in California. • The study of Earth's plates and their movements. • A lowland region formed at a divergent boundary. • A type of plate boundary where plates move apart. • A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago. • A deep underwater valley formed at subduction zones. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-02-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. seafloor ____________ is the process of new seafloor being created at a divergent plate boundary
  2. a deep feature in the ocean formed by subduction
  3. boundary type where plates collide
  4. boundary type where plates slide past each other
  5. when one plate goes under another at a convergent boundary
Down
  1. boundary type where plates split apart
  2. plate ___________ explains how continental drift works
  3. an area of volcanic activity NOT associated with a plate boundary
  4. continental __________ is the idea that the continents have moved over time
  5. a system of ______________ currents in the Earth's mantle drives plate tectonics
  6. a volcanic __________ is a chain of volcanoes formed by subduction
  7. an underwater mountain range formed by a divergent plate boundary

12 Clues: boundary type where plates collide • boundary type where plates split apart • a deep feature in the ocean formed by subduction • boundary type where plates slide past each other • plate ___________ explains how continental drift works • when one plate goes under another at a convergent boundary • an area of volcanic activity NOT associated with a plate boundary • ...

Science crossword puzzle 2022-05-17

Science crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a _______ occurs along fault lines, and are formed by cracks in the earth crust where plate tectonics meet.
  2. The _____ crust is the layer that makes up continents & continental shelves
  3. the ____ is a very hot area beneath the earths crust formed by moving plates
  4. ____A plate boundary 2 tectonic plates moving away from eachother
  5. ____ is a break,crack,or fracture in the earths crust
  6. a ______ is formed by 2 convergent plates colliding
  7. a _____ is a large and narrow depression formed by 4 across
  8. ____ A plate boundary where 2 plates slide past eachother
Down
  1. The ___________ Ridge is a ridge located along the ocean floor caused by divergent plate boundary
  2. _________ is when 2 plate tectonics meet and one plate slides under the other
  3. _______ is a proven theory that explains how most landforms are made IE:mountains volcanoes etc
  4. ____A plate boundary where 2 or more plates collide
  5. the _____ is the outermost layer of a planet
  6. the _____ crust is a layer of the lithosphere that is found under water
  7. a _____ is formed when one plate slides under the other (subduction) can also be formed by 7 across

15 Clues: the _____ is the outermost layer of a planet • ____A plate boundary where 2 or more plates collide • a ______ is formed by 2 convergent plates colliding • ____ is a break,crack,or fracture in the earths crust • ____ A plate boundary where 2 plates slide past eachother • a _____ is a large and narrow depression formed by 4 across • ...

earthquakes 2022-03-21

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

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

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 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 2023-02-13

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 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 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, • ...

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 2025-10-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A _______is created at a transform boundary
  2. The person who discovered “seafloor spreading"
  3. What type of process is created by a divergent boundary.
  4. transfer of heat by direct contact
  5. the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core
  6. the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
  7. an underwater moutain chain where new ocean floor is formed
  8. The Mid-Ocean ___ is a seafloor mountain
  9. when plates move away from each other
  10. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
Down
  1. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  2. when plates move towards each other
  3. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  4. when plates slide past each other
  5. proposing the theory of continental drift
  6. Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core off the Earth.
  7. The mantle is made up of iron and ___
  8. caused by plate tectonics
  9. Supercontient

19 Clues: Supercontient • caused by plate tectonics • when plates slide past each other • transfer of heat by direct contact • when plates move towards each other • The mantle is made up of iron and ___ • when plates move away from each other • The Mid-Ocean ___ is a seafloor mountain • proposing the theory of continental drift • A _______is created at a transform boundary • ...

plate motion crossword puzzle 2025-11-04

plate motion crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first name of the first person who discovered plate tectonics
  2. A living thing
  3. The land when earth formed
  4. the boundary the splits land
  5. when plates separate it’s called ___.
  6. A mountain that erupts
  7. caused by a convergent boundary
  8. the middle of the earth
  9. One of supercontinent after Pangea that starts with a L
  10. the boundary that forms a trench
Down
  1. Formed by a divergent boundary
  2. One of the supercontinent after Pangea that starts with a G
  3. A rock like bone left from a organism
  4. The last name of the first person who discovered plate tectonics
  5. There are _____ main plates
  6. the pattern of the movement
  7. the layer under earth's crust
  8. where to plates meet
  9. when earths plates move apart
  10. The outer layer of earth

20 Clues: A living thing • where to plates meet • A mountain that erupts • the middle of the earth • The outer layer of earth • The land when earth formed • There are _____ main plates • the pattern of the movement • the boundary the splits land • the layer under earth's crust • when earths plates move apart • Formed by a divergent boundary • caused by a convergent boundary • ...

M2: Summative Project Crossword Puzzel 2022-12-07

M2: Summative Project Crossword Puzzel crossword puzzle
Across
  1. diver
  2. decay deca
  3. Subduct
  4. magnet
  5. aero
  6. coev
  7. Wave wave
  8. dating
  9. ton
  10. topo
  11. Tectonics tect
  12. bio
  13. mology
  14. abio
  15. trans
Down
  1. Destruc
  2. dating dating
  3. age
  4. Lith
  5. construc
  6. conver
  7. anae
  8. ction

23 Clues: age • ton • bio • Lith • aero • coev • topo • anae • abio • diver • ction • trans • magnet • conver • dating • mology • Destruc • Subduct • construc • Wave wave • decay deca • dating dating • Tectonics tect

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

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 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 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 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 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 2024-10-25

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

19 Clues: our teacher • The planet we live on • There are 12 on earth • The name of the puzzle • the layer under the land and ocean • the outside or top layer of something • when two plates slide next to each other • when two plates are moving apart from each other • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • The person who invented the theory of plate tectonics • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-01-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process or system responsible for a natural phenomenon
  2. the naturally preserved remains, imprints, or traces of organisms that lived long ago
  3. two things that are the same distance apart along their whole length
  4. to give information about something
  5. to slowly and gradually move
  6. to form or make up
  7. the very hot part of the mantle that is like plastic
  8. the cold, rigid, outermost rock layer of Earth
  9. the structure of substances and the way that they combine or change with each other
  10. an ice sheet that spreads out over land
Down
  1. to change from a solid into a liquid with an orderly, repeating pattern
  2. areas of continent that are under shallow water
  3. to use numbers to find out something
  4. ancient supercontinent
  5. not able to bend or move easily
  6. relating to the shape of the land
  7. an imaginary line on a map that shows points that have the same age
  8. to stop being together
  9. capable of being molded or changing shape without breaking

19 Clues: to form or make up • ancient supercontinent • to stop being together • to slowly and gradually move • not able to bend or move easily • relating to the shape of the land • to give information about something • to use numbers to find out something • an ice sheet that spreads out over land • the cold, rigid, outermost rock layer of Earth • ...

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
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  2. asdf
  3. fgdfgsfhgdshf
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  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
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  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

plate tectonics 2025-03-07

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. spot a stationary warm area
  2. plates plates below the continents
  3. tectonics earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called plates
  4. mid-oceanic ridges form from these
  5. how many types of boundaries are there?
  6. plastic layer below the lithopsphere
  7. current hot magma moves towards the surface, cools, sinks again
  8. forms from the friction of transform boundaries
Down
  1. the earth's crust and upper mantle, earth's outer shell
  2. ridges under water mountains
  3. subduction zones happen here
  4. mountains when 2 continental plates collide creates what?
  5. zones where less dense plates slide under the more dense plates
  6. lava erupting from the earth's surface
  7. 2 plates that slide past each other cause friction, than an earthquake
  8. 2 oceanic plates colliding
  9. plates plates below the ocean
  10. valleys a feature of divergent boundaries
  11. do hot spots ever move?

19 Clues: do hot spots ever move? • 2 oceanic plates colliding • spot a stationary warm area • ridges under water mountains • subduction zones happen here • plates plates below the ocean • plates plates below the continents • mid-oceanic ridges form from these • plastic layer below the lithopsphere • lava erupting from the earth's surface • how many types of boundaries are there? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A sudden shaking of Earth's surface caused by the motion of plates.
  2. The process where the older, denser ocean floor plunges back into the interior of the Earth through a trench
  3. A large section of hard, solid rock that makes up Earth’s outer layer
  4. The country whose plate collided with Asia to form the Himalayan mountains
  5. The general term for evidence of life from the past preserved in rock
  6. The type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  7. Hot liquid rock found beneath the surface of the Earth.
  8. The type of plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  9. The large mountain range, visible above water, formed underwater where two plates move apart
  10. A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move toward each other, resulting in subduction
  11. The name of the scientist from Princeton who suggested the theory of seafloor spreading
Down
  1. The country located directly on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where the divergent boundary can be seen on land
  2. The soft, solid rock layer located beneath Earth’s plates on which they float
  3. The name Alfred Wegener gave to the single giant land mass that once contained all the continents
  4. The slow pulling apart of land caused by divergent plate movement.
  5. How fast plate motion occurs, typically measured in centimeters per year
  6. An extinct reptile fossil, unable to swim long distances, found on both South America and Africa
  7. The meteorologist who proposed the initial theory of continental drift
  8. Any of Earth's main continuous areas of land.

19 Clues: Any of Earth's main continuous areas of land. • Hot liquid rock found beneath the surface of the Earth. • The slow pulling apart of land caused by divergent plate movement. • A sudden shaking of Earth's surface caused by the motion of plates. • A large section of hard, solid rock that makes up Earth’s outer layer • ...

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

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 Tectonics Project 2025-11-05

Plate Tectonics Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wave in the earths produced by an earthquake
  2. plate where two tectonic plates move towards and collide
  3. type of seismic wave that moves through the earth's interior
  4. the process by heat or electricity being transmitted
  5. field moving electric charge within the force continental drift a theory where earth's continents move slowly
  6. spreading formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  7. outermost layer between the earth's crust
  8. crust thick part of the earth's crust
  9. plate two Tectonics plates move apart
  10. polarity a property of a magnet that defines two poles
Down
  1. rifting stretched and thinned by forces
  2. crust thin part of the earth's crust
  3. the innermost or most essential part of something
  4. movement caused within the fluid
  5. boundary where two plates Tectonics meet and interact
  6. fault two plates slide past each other
  7. plains found between continental margins and mid-ocean ridges
  8. a long narrow ditch
  9. the outer most solid layer
  10. layer of rock between earth's crust

20 Clues: a long narrow ditch • the outer most solid layer • movement caused within the fluid • layer of rock between earth's crust • crust thin part of the earth's crust • crust thick part of the earth's crust • plate two Tectonics plates move apart • fault two plates slide past each other • rifting stretched and thinned by forces • outermost layer between the earth's crust • ...

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 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
Down
  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
Down
  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.
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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
Down
  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 2024-10-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Means "all land" and refers to the idea that the continents were once one large land mass
  2. boundary the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  3. a break in the Earth's crust which rocks move
  4. fit Wegener's evidence that stated the continents today use to fit together like a puzzle
  5. valley a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  6. boundary the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  7. plate a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  8. spot areas of volcanic activities that result from plumes of hot solid material that have risen from deep inside Earth's mantle
  9. striations Wegener's evidence that states glacier scrapes are found in warm climates today
  10. Hess Princeton geologist who proposed seafloor spreading in 1962 as the reason for Pangea's break-up
Down
  1. spreading the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  2. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  3. tectonics Earth's plates are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
  4. ocean trench a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle
  5. boundary the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  6. Wegener A German meteorologist who proposed a hypothesis in 1915 that stated that all the continents were once joined together in a single land mass in the past and they have moved apart since.
  7. and landforms Wegner's evidence that the Appalachian Mountain range matches well with those on the British Isles as well as other places
  8. ridge an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  9. evidence Wegener's evidence that stated plants and animal fossils are found today in places they could not exist today due to climate or distance from origin

19 Clues: a break in the Earth's crust which rocks move • valley a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • boundary the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • boundary the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • spreading the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor • ...

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 • ...

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

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 • ...

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 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
Down
  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 • ...