plate tectonics Crossword Puzzles

Plate tectonics 2013-12-08

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary The boundary of plates that collide (also know as a destructive boundary)
  2. Time Scale A way to date rock by looking at little bits of iron in the rock and use that and the fact that the earth magnetic field has shifted
  3. A supercontinent  that was made of all the continents
  4. boundaries The boundary of plate, there are three types
  5. Plastic like layer of the earth than the lithospheric plates float on
  6. boundary The boundary of plates that are moving away, and then cause lava to flow through the new crack in the earths crust (also know as a constructive boundary)
  7. boundary The boundary of plates that slide by each other, and causes earthquakes.
  8. Wegener Continental drift was his theory
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  1. ridge A underwater mountain range that the plates are moving apart and new land is being made
  2. One of two supercontinent that separated from pangaea
  3. Layer of earth's crust that is about 100 km thick, made of the crust and the upper mantle
  4. current currents in earth's mantle and is the cause of plate tectonics
  5. valley A valley between highlands caused by a fault
  6. The second layer of the earth, made of lava
  7. Drift Wegener's theory that all the continents were once we a part of a supercontinent
  8. floor spreading Hess's theory that new sea floor forms when magma is forced up by plates moving apart
  9. Hess Sea Floor spreading was his theory
  10. The point after a surface rock reaches its elastic limit and brake

18 Clues: Hess Sea Floor spreading was his theory • Wegener Continental drift was his theory • The second layer of the earth, made of lava • valley A valley between highlands caused by a fault • One of two supercontinent that separated from pangaea • A supercontinent  that was made of all the continents • boundaries The boundary of plate, there are three types • ...

Plate Tectonics! 2014-02-12

Plate Tectonics! crossword puzzle
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  1. is a large landmass.
  2. The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface.
  3. crust is a layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.
  4. ridge An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
  5. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  6. The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.
  7. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  8. trench A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
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  1. A break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move.
  2. currents The movement of a fluid, caused by difference in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
  3. valley A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  4. The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today’s continents.
  5. waves is a mechanical vibration.
  6. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  7. spreading The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  8. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  9. is the point or line where one region ends and another begins.
  10. boundary A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

18 Clues: is a large landmass. • waves is a mechanical vibration. • A break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move. • The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface. • valley A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • is the point or line where one region ends and another begins. • crust is a layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-04-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift is the hypothesis that today’s continents were one large landmass
  2. the outermost physical layer of Earth
  3. a system of ideas that explains many related observations about the world
  4. the layer immediately below the lithosphere
  5. breaks in rocks
  6. boundary forms when plates move away from one another
  7. the large moving pieces that the lithosphere is divided into
  8. a stress that causes a material to twist or become distorted
  9. a stress that squeezes or shortens material
  10. a stress that lengthens a material or pulls it apart
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  1. when one plate sinks below another plate
  2. the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock
  3. the process when new sea-floor forms from rising magma
  4. underwater mountain belts
  5. boundary forms when plates move toward each other and collide
  6. form along mid-ocean ridges
  7. the name Wegener called the supercontinent
  8. boundary forms when two tectonic plates move past each other in opposite directions

18 Clues: breaks in rocks • underwater mountain belts • form along mid-ocean ridges • the outermost physical layer of Earth • when one plate sinks below another plate • the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock • the name Wegener called the supercontinent • the layer immediately below the lithosphere • a stress that squeezes or shortens material • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. very hot rock
  2. that carry energy
  3. boundary- Two plates divide
  4. drift- Wegener's idea that the continents moved over the surface of earth
  5. core- molten metal covering the inner core
  6. valley- deep valley
  7. transferred by motion of a liquid
  8. ancient thing that is preserved in rock
  9. spreading- where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge Deep-ocean trench- long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom
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  1. boundaries- Two plates slide past each other
  2. All the contents that were together
  3. soft layer
  4. Heat transferred by touching
  5. tectonics-a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust convergent boundary- Two plates collide
  6. core- ball of solid mental
  7. ridge- seams that form mountains that are in the middle of the ocean floor
  8. top of mantle into a single layer
  9. break in the crust were they slipped

18 Clues: soft layer • very hot rock • that carry energy • valley- deep valley • core- ball of solid mental • boundary- Two plates divide • Heat transferred by touching • top of mantle into a single layer • transferred by motion of a liquid • All the contents that were together • break in the crust were they slipped • ancient thing that is preserved in rock • ...

plate tectonics 2021-03-30

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thing that move under you and move as fast as your finger nails grow
  2. made himalayas and folded moutains
  3. what can harded and make a island
  4. a place where a lot of volcanos form and is a state
  5. makes volcanicarcs and aleutain islands in alaska
  6. volcanos from cascades in washington
  7. the tallest mountain in the world
  8. caused by earth tectonic plates sliding past eachother
  9. formed bay convergent bounderes and are a lot of moutains
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  1. to plates colliding
  2. sinks below
  3. older crust that goes under the other one makes
  4. two plates diverge and make one
  5. to plates going away from eachother
  6. two plates divrge and make one
  7. plates slideing pass eachother
  8. when the sea floor pulls oposite directions
  9. a fault that is location is in californa

18 Clues: sinks below • to plates colliding • two plates divrge and make one • plates slideing pass eachother • two plates diverge and make one • what can harded and make a island • the tallest mountain in the world • made himalayas and folded moutains • to plates going away from eachother • volcanos from cascades in washington • a fault that is location is in californa • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Plates come together, or converge
  2. When magma reaches the surface
  3. The stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle and pulls two plates apart.
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  5. these form along the boundaries of Earth's plates
  6. The stress force that squeezes rock like a giant trash compactor until it folds or breaks.
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move apart or away from each other.
  8. The name that Alfred Wagener gave the super continent that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
  9. A German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.
  10. A string of volcanoes that form as the result of subduction of one oceanic plate beneath a second oceanic plate.
  11. An area where material from deep within Earth's mantle rises through the crust and melts to form magma, eventually leading to the formation of a volcano.
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  1. A mountain that forms in the Earth's crust when molten material, or magma, reaches the surface.
  2. A theory stating that the Earth's plates are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  3. The movement of rock within the mantle where hot rock rises and cooler rock sinks
  4. A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle.
  5. One major belt of volcanos along the coasts of North and South America and those in Japan and the Philippines.
  6. The idea, created by Alfred Wegener, that the continents slowly moved across the Earth's surface
  7. The fault cuts through the rock at an angle, so that one block of rock sits over the fault, while the other block lies under the fault

18 Clues: When magma reaches the surface • Plates come together, or converge • these form along the boundaries of Earth's plates • A German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift. • A plate boundary where two plates move apart or away from each other. • A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-27

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

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

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-01-18

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the floor of the crust and ceiling of the mantle
  2. cartographer who first mapped the sea floor
  3. force that drives plate movement
  4. where pieces of Earth's crust diverge on land
  5. mountains formed when India collided with China
  6. boundary type in which 2 plates move apart
  7. device using soundwaves to map the ocean floor
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  1. tropical fern whose fossils are distributed throughout Earth
  2. boundary type in which 2 plates move toward each other
  3. German scientist who proposed Continental Drift theory
  4. ancient reptile whose fossils are found throughout Earth
  5. frozen continent that somehow has tropical fern fossils
  6. an underwater canyon, such as the Mariana Trench
  7. place where new sea floor is formed
  8. supercontinent consisting of all 7 continents joined in one landmass
  9. break in the Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  10. when an older, denser plate sinks back into the mantle
  11. boundary type in which 2 plates slide past each other

18 Clues: force that drives plate movement • place where new sea floor is formed • boundary type in which 2 plates move apart • cartographer who first mapped the sea floor • where pieces of Earth's crust diverge on land • device using soundwaves to map the ocean floor • mountains formed when India collided with China • the floor of the crust and ceiling of the mantle • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Hot liquid
  2. Opening in the crust of planets that erupt molten rock,gas, and ash
  3. boundaries between two plates that are sliding past each other
  4. broken pieces of earth
  5. Less dense plates slide under more dense plates
  6. Less dense plate slides under more dense plate
  7. the sea floor spreading
  8. Plates below the ocean
  9. boundaries between two plates that are colliding
  10. The plastic layer below the lithosphere
  11. A huge wave caused by an disturbance in the ocean
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  1. Violent shaking of the ground
  2. the earths crust and upper mantle
  3. The crust and part of the upper mantle
  4. Plates under the continent
  5. hot magma in the earth moves towards the surface, cools then sinks again
  6. 2 types of plates
  7. boundaries between two plates that are moving apart or rifting

18 Clues: Hot liquid • 2 types of plates • broken pieces of earth • Plates below the ocean • the sea floor spreading • Plates under the continent • Violent shaking of the ground • the earths crust and upper mantle • The crust and part of the upper mantle • The plastic layer below the lithosphere • Less dense plate slides under more dense plate • ...

Geology 2022-04-28

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

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

Geology 2022-04-28

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

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

PLATE TECTONICS 2017-10-18

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wegener proposed the theory of continental …… to explain why the same fossils exist on separate continents.
  2. Magma that has flowed onto the Earth’s surface.
  3. Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
  4. Lava from a volcano cools and solidifies into this.
  5. Occurs when one plate sinks below another plate.
  6. Type of plate boundary where plates move towards each other.
  7. These occur around the “Ring of Fire”.
  8. Layer of the Earth where convection currents occur.
  9. Much of New Zealand’s south island rests on this plate.
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  1. Huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake.
  2. Forms under the ocean at the site of a diverging boundary – a mid-ocean ……
  3. The crust and uppermost solid mantle.
  4. Thinnest type of crust.
  5. Type of current in the mantle that causes tectonic plates to move.
  6. Large, but separate pieces of lithosphere are called …. plates.
  7. This forms on the ocean floor above a subduction zone – an ocean …….
  8. Very hot molten rock that rises by convection within the mantle.
  9. Very fine, light rock particles that issue from a volcano & form a rapidly rising cloud - volcanic …

18 Clues: Thinnest type of crust. • The crust and uppermost solid mantle. • These occur around the “Ring of Fire”. • Huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake. • Magma that has flowed onto the Earth’s surface. • Occurs when one plate sinks below another plate. • Lava from a volcano cools and solidifies into this. • Layer of the Earth where convection currents occur. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The location where two or more plates meet. (2 words, no spaces)
  2. the movement of material caused by differences in temperature and density. (2 words, no spaces)
  3. This occurs at divergent boundaries where new ocean floor is formed. (2 words, no spaces)
  4. German scientist that developed the theory of continental drift. He did not have any proof for how it happened, but he had evidence of fossils and landforms being identical in different parts of the world. (2 words, no spaces)
  5. a v-shaped valley formed at a subduction zone. (2 words, no spaces.
  6. The location where oceanic crusts sinks beneath less dense continental crust. (2 words, no spaces)
  7. The highly-active volcanic area around the Pacific Ocean where multiple plates meet. (3 words, no spaces)
  8. the name of Alfred Wegener's hypothesized supercontinent.
  9. when two tectonic plates move away from each other. (2 words, no spaces)
  10. the landform that is created when two pieces of continental crust separate. (2 words, no spaces)
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  1. The layer of the earth that makes up the upper mantle and crust.
  2. the scientific term used to explain how or why something occurs in the natural world.
  3. when two plates move towards each other. (2 words, no spaces)
  4. A break or crack in the Earth's plate.
  5. the location where energy is released to cause an earthquake.
  6. hot molten rock INSIDE the mantle
  7. The theory developed by Alfred Wegener that states that Earth's plates were once one supercontinent and over thousands of years they broke apart into the continents we have today. (2 words, no spaces)
  8. a trace of an ancient organism (plant or animal) that has been preserved in rock.

18 Clues: hot molten rock INSIDE the mantle • A break or crack in the Earth's plate. • the name of Alfred Wegener's hypothesized supercontinent. • when two plates move towards each other. (2 words, no spaces) • the location where energy is released to cause an earthquake. • The layer of the earth that makes up the upper mantle and crust. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-06-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hole in the ground, not just mountains (7 letters)
  2. core:the inner-most part of the earth (5,4 letters)
  3. appears, one section rises over the other (7 letters)
  4. appears, one section drops (6 letters)
  5. appears due to sideways movement, one section moves relative to the other (6,4 letters)
  6. Tectonics (5 letters)
  7. mantle:the ______ part of the mantle (5,6 letters)
  8. outer layer of the earth (5 letters)
  9. material beneath or within the earth’s crust, from which igneous rock is formed (5 letters)
  10. volcano has many ________ (7 letters)
  11. molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent (4 letters)
  12. mantle:the ______ part of the mantle (5,6 letters)
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  1. rocks break under pressure (8 letters)
  2. (9 letters)
  3. series of vibrations induced in the earth’s crust (10 letters)
  4. rock:rocks formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten materials (7,4 letters)
  5. __________ of a volcano (8 letters)
  6. drifts:is the movement of the Earth’s continents relative to each other by appearing to drift across the ocean bed. (10,6 letters)
  7. crust:is the part of Earth’s lithosphere that surfaces in the ocean basins (7,5 letters)

19 Clues: (9 letters) • Tectonics (5 letters) • __________ of a volcano (8 letters) • outer layer of the earth (5 letters) • volcano has many ________ (7 letters) • rocks break under pressure (8 letters) • appears, one section drops (6 letters) • hole in the ground, not just mountains (7 letters) • mantle:the ______ part of the mantle (5,6 letters) • ...

Plate tectonics 2013-12-08

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries The boundary of plate, there are three types
  2. current currents in earth's mantle and is the cause of plate tectonics
  3. floor spreading Hess's theory that new sea floor forms when magma is forced up by plates moving apart
  4. Plastic like layer of the earth than the lithospheric plates float on
  5. Hess Sea Floor spreading was his theory
  6. The point after a surface rock reaches its elastic limit and brake
  7. Drift Wegener's theory that all the continents were once we a part of a supercontinent
  8. The second layer of the earth, made of lava
  9. boundary The boundary of plates that are moving away, and then cause lava to flow through the new crack in the earths crust (also know as a constructive boundary)
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  1. Layer of earth's crust that is about 100 km thick, made of the crust and the upper mantle
  2. boundary The boundary of plates that slide by each other, and causes earthquakes.
  3. One of two supercontinent that separated from pangaea
  4. Wegener Continental drift was his theory
  5. valley A valley between highlands caused by a fault
  6. A supercontinent  that was made of all the continents
  7. ridge A underwater mountain range that the plates are moving apart and new land is being made
  8. boundary The boundary of plates that collide (also know as a destructive boundary)
  9. Time Scale A way to date rock by looking at little bits of iron in the rock and use that and the fact that the earth magnetic field has shifted

18 Clues: Hess Sea Floor spreading was his theory • Wegener Continental drift was his theory • The second layer of the earth, made of lava • valley A valley between highlands caused by a fault • One of two supercontinent that separated from pangaea • A supercontinent  that was made of all the continents • boundaries The boundary of plate, there are three types • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of crust
  2. this happens in the mantle
  3. the energy of an earthquake
  4. the core surrounding the inner core
  5. a boundary type that moves in opposite directions
  6. a boundary type that moves together
  7. they sit on top of the lithosphere
  8. The second pysical layer of earth
  9. The first physical layer of earth
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  1. the center of an earthquake on the surface
  2. where convection happens
  3. A type of crust
  4. I burst and errupt with magma or lava
  5. the center of the earth
  6. the outer layer of earth
  7. a boundary type that moves apart
  8. The outside of a tectonic plate
  9. I happen at all boundary types
  10. The third physical layer of earth

19 Clues: A type of crust • A type of crust • the center of the earth • where convection happens • the outer layer of earth • this happens in the mantle • the energy of an earthquake • I happen at all boundary types • The outside of a tectonic plate • a boundary type that moves apart • The third physical layer of earth • The second pysical layer of earth • The first physical layer of earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-06-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two or more plates collide
  2. a large slab of rock or parts of the crust which moves slowly, they interact with other plates differently
  3. when two plates move away from each other
  4. The deepest layer, solid and is very hot
  5. scientist who invented the theory of plate tectonics
  6. a well established explanation with a lot of backing evidence
  7. hot molten rock on the surface of the crust
  8. hot molten rock beneath the Earth's surface
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  1. a highly viscous, weak and ductile region of the upper crust
  2. the scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake
  3. vents or openings in the Earth's crust, that release ash, gas, steam and hot liquid rock called lava
  4. when two plates slide across each other
  5. The liquid layer deep within the earth
  6. Thin shell on the outside of the Earth
  7. A sudden violent shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy along a fault of a plate
  8. the rocky outer part of the Earth, made up of the brittle crust
  9. The mostly solid interior of the Earth and the largest layer
  10. A large wave caused by an earthquake or another disturbance

18 Clues: when two or more plates collide • The liquid layer deep within the earth • Thin shell on the outside of the Earth • when two plates slide across each other • The deepest layer, solid and is very hot • when two plates move away from each other • hot molten rock on the surface of the crust • hot molten rock beneath the Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earths magnetic field reversals
  2. the smallest of all plates
  3. where roughly 80% of earths volcanoes lie
  4. the theory that tried to explain why the continent moved before plate tectonics
  5. the largest of all plates
  6. consists of the crust and the upper mantle
  7. the number of major plates
  8. a type of boundary where two plate come together
  9. a place where lithosphere descends into the mantle
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  1. example of seafloor spreading and a rift zone
  2. the scientist who proposed continental drift
  3. ancient magnetism preserved in rocks
  4. an instrument used to study earthquakes
  5. a type of boundary where two plates slide past each other
  6. allows for the movement of the lithosphere
  7. a type of boundary where two plates move apart
  8. ancient supercontinent before it was split apart
  9. caused by the rising of mantle material to form islands and volcanoes

18 Clues: the largest of all plates • the smallest of all plates • the number of major plates • earths magnetic field reversals • ancient magnetism preserved in rocks • an instrument used to study earthquakes • where roughly 80% of earths volcanoes lie • allows for the movement of the lithosphere • consists of the crust and the upper mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-11-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The movement caused within a fluid caused by the tendency of hotter fluid to rise and cooler material to sinkdense Closely compacted in substance
  2. A submarine ridge system
  3. Outer part of earth, inc. the crust and mantle
  4. The upper layer of earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  5. One giant land mass, 200 million years ago
  6. Created Continental Drift Theory
  7. Long, narrow ditch
  8. A crack, split, or break in something
  9. Type of plate boundary
  10. Hard inner/outer layer of earth
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  1. Hot fluid similar to lava
  2. The gradual movement of continents through geologic time
  3. Type of plate boundary
  4. Closely compacted in substance
  5. Where two plates collide and the denser plate subducts under the less dense plate
  6. ______ spreading
  7. Used to join or strengthen things
  8. Capable of being attracted by a magnet
  9. Proposed theory about ocean-floor material
  10. Type of plate boundary

20 Clues: ______ spreading • Long, narrow ditch • Type of plate boundary • Type of plate boundary • Type of plate boundary • A submarine ridge system • Hot fluid similar to lava • Closely compacted in substance • Hard inner/outer layer of earth • Created Continental Drift Theory • Used to join or strengthen things • A crack, split, or break in something • Capable of being attracted by a magnet • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-06-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The place below the ground where an earthquake starts
  2. is a fast-moving current of deadly hot gas and volcanic matter
  3. a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
  4. basaltic lava rock ejected as fragments from a volcano, typically with a frothy texture
  5. Chain of islands formed at the edges of colliding tectonic plates where on plate subducts
  6. Boundary where plates are colliding
  7. is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers through California
  8. When continents separate and drift
  9. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
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  1. New crust being formed at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  2. Process of continents breaking up, subsiding and letting the sea in
  3. Isolated place away from plate boundaries, where a lot of hot magma is being created
  4. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an undersea earthquake
  5. An instrument for detecting the seismic waves from an earthquake
  6. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  7. Areas where one crust is sinking below another crust
  8. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus
  9. hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust

18 Clues: When continents separate and drift • Boundary where plates are colliding • Areas where one crust is sinking below another crust • The place below the ground where an earthquake starts • A huge wave in the ocean caused by an undersea earthquake • The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus • is a fast-moving current of deadly hot gas and volcanic matter • ...

Tectnoic plates Crossword 2023-10-30

Tectnoic plates Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The largest of the earth's layers
  2. The plate containing Argentina (2 words)
  3. The plate that covers most of Asia
  4. The Juan de ____ plate
  5. The total number of tectonic plates
  6. The type of Boundary that is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving apart from each other
  7. The smallest plate (3 words)
  8. The plate covering most of the south
  9. The largest tectonic plate
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  1. A large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth
  2. The plate covering most of the West side of the South American Plate
  3. Long, narrow depressions on the seafloor (two words)
  4. The outermost rigid layer of earth
  5. The number of major tectonic plates
  6. The number of minor tectonic plates
  7. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  8. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  9. the plate containing Greenland (2 words)
  10. Plate _________
  11. The type of Boundary when one plate slides beneath the other one

20 Clues: Plate _________ • The Juan de ____ plate • The largest tectonic plate • The smallest plate (3 words) • The largest of the earth's layers • The outermost rigid layer of earth • The plate that covers most of Asia • The number of major tectonic plates • The number of minor tectonic plates • The total number of tectonic plates • The plate covering most of the south • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-01-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates collide and neither subducts creating mountain ranges
  2. supercontinent that formed 300million years ago
  3. one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  4. boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  5. Process where a continent breaks apart
  6. large ocean that surrounded Pangaea
  7. german scientist who proposed continental drift in 1912
Down
  1. force that pushes the plate away from a mid-ocean ridge as new rock forms
  2. process where a terrane becomes apart of a continent
  3. Thin outer layer of earth consisting of crust and upper mantle
  4. Solid, plastic layer of mantle that allows tectonic plates to move on top of it
  5. large area of stable rock, all continents contain these
  6. tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  7. movement of heated materials due to differences of density caused by temperature
  8. rocks within cratons that are exposed at earth's surface
  9. leading edge of a subduction plate that pulls the rest of the plate into the asthenosphere
  10. a valley that developes along a rift, occurs at divergent plate boundaries
  11. boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

18 Clues: large ocean that surrounded Pangaea • Process where a continent breaks apart • supercontinent that formed 300million years ago • boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • process where a terrane becomes apart of a continent • one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate • large area of stable rock, all continents contain these • ...

Plate tectonics. 2016-12-14

Plate tectonics. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. example of a transform boundary
  2. what GPS stands for
  3. example of a divergent
  4. collision when a plate with an oceanic crust collides with a plate with a continental crust
  5. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  6. the thing that forms at a divergent boundary
  7. what the asthenosphere is made of
  8. example of a convergent boundary
  9. special name of a convergent boundary
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  1. collision when two tectonic plates with continental crust collide
  2. The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
  3. divided into the tectonic plates that move around and on top of the asthenosphere
  4. the theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth's outermost layer called tectonic plates move and change shape
  5. place where tectonic plates touch
  6. collision when two tectonic plates with oceanic lithosphere collide
  7. number of types of tectonic plate boundaries
  8. hot rock from deep within the Earth rises, but cooler rock near the surface sinks
  9. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

18 Clues: what GPS stands for • example of a divergent • example of a transform boundary • example of a convergent boundary • place where tectonic plates touch • what the asthenosphere is made of • special name of a convergent boundary • number of types of tectonic plate boundaries • the thing that forms at a divergent boundary • ...

Plate tectonics 2019-01-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere
  2. The rigid outer part of the earth
  3. Boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  4. A record produced by a seismograph
  5. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction
  6. The bending of rock layers
  7. Boundary between two colliding plates
  8. Supercontinent that existed approximately 335 million years ago
  9. Layer between the crust and the core
Down
  1. Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  2. An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration
  3. New lithosphere is created here
  4. 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
  5. Outermost layer of the Earth
  6. Liquid layer of the Earth's core
  7. A break in the Earth's crust
  8. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  9. Solid, dense center of the Earth

18 Clues: The bending of rock layers • Outermost layer of the Earth • A break in the Earth's crust • New lithosphere is created here • Liquid layer of the Earth's core • Solid, dense center of the Earth • The rigid outer part of the earth • A record produced by a seismograph • Layer between the crust and the core • Boundary between two colliding plates • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2021-02-11

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Thick, less-dense lithospheric plates that are made of granite and form the continents.
  2. Larger pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move over the asthenosphere.
  3. The mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior that lays between Earth's crust and core.
  4. Earth's lightest, most buoyant layer, which is made of oceanic and continental ____.
  5. Thin, dense lithospheric plates that are made of basalt and form the ocean floor.
  6. ____ in the rocks on either side of the mid-ocean ridge.
  7. ____ was a German climatologist and arctic explorer who suggested the concept of continental drift.
  8. A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates come together.
  9. A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates move apart.
  10. A hypothesis that new seafloor is created at mid-ocean ridges and that in the process the continents are pushed apart from each other.
  11. ____ is the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over Earth's mantle.
Down
  1. boundary A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates slide by each other.
  2. Huge mountain ranges that form a continuous chain down the centers of the ocean floors.
  3. Divergent, convergent, and transform fault boundaries are all types of ____.
  4. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  5. American geophysicist and Naval officer ____ did some of the mapping of the ocean floor during WWII. His work helped develop the theory of plate tectonics.
  6. The idea that the continents move around on Earth's surface.
  7. A process that involves a lithospheric plate sinking into the mantle.

18 Clues: ____ in the rocks on either side of the mid-ocean ridge. • A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates move apart. • The idea that the continents move around on Earth's surface. • A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates come together. • A process that involves a lithospheric plate sinking into the mantle. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-11-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
  4. The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
  5. A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move
  6. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  7. Rock formations that result from molten material erupting underwater and rapidly cooling
  8. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions
Down
  1. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  2. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  3. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean
  4. The scientist who proposed the hypothesis of continental drift
  5. A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
  6. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  7. A device used to map the ocean floor
  8. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  9. The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
  10. A scientist who mapped parts of the ocean floor in the 1950s

18 Clues: A device used to map the ocean floor • A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • A scientist who mapped parts of the ocean floor in the 1950s • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-27

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Area of land that existed 245 million years ago
  2. Caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  3. Knowledge on which to base belief
  4. Incapable of or resistant to bending
  5. Pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust
  6. Plates that push together
  7. Plates that pull apart
  8. Cause to change; make different
  9. One of the large landmasses of the earth
  10. The bottom of a sea or ocean
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  1. A large continuous extent of land
  2. Pushes magma up through a thin hole
  3. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  4. Crash together with violent impact
  5. Zones where mass of the crust is moving under another
  6. A single thickness of some substance or material
  7. A scientist devoted to systematic investigation
  8. Long narrow depression on the sea floor

18 Clues: Plates that pull apart • Plates that push together • The bottom of a sea or ocean • Cause to change; make different • A large continuous extent of land • Knowledge on which to base belief • Crash together with violent impact • Pushes magma up through a thin hole • Incapable of or resistant to bending • Long narrow depression on the sea floor • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Less dense plates slide under more dense plates
  2. Hot liquid
  3. 2 types of plates
  4. hot magma in the earth moves towards the surface, cools then sinks again
  5. Less dense plate slides under more dense plate
  6. Violent shaking of the ground
  7. The plastic layer below the lithosphere
  8. Plates below the ocean
  9. the earths crust and upper mantle
  10. the sea floor spreading
  11. broken pieces of earth
Down
  1. boundaries between two plates that are sliding past each other
  2. Plates under the continent
  3. boundaries between two plates that are moving apart or rifting
  4. boundaries between two plates that are colliding
  5. The crust and part of the upper mantle
  6. A huge wave caused by an disturbance in the ocean
  7. Opening in the crust of planets that erupt molten rock,gas, and ash

18 Clues: Hot liquid • 2 types of plates • Plates below the ocean • broken pieces of earth • the sea floor spreading • Plates under the continent • Violent shaking of the ground • the earths crust and upper mantle • The crust and part of the upper mantle • The plastic layer below the lithosphere • Less dense plate slides under more dense plate • ...

plate tectonics 2023-11-15

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the part of the earth's surface directly above the starting point of an earthquake.
  2. a graph output
  3. In physics
  4. secondary waves
  5. an area of relatively level high ground
  6. a measure of the strength of earthquakes
  7. the reduction in volume
  8. one in which one side of the fault, the hanging wall, moves up and over the other side, the foot wall
  9. the block above the fault
Down
  1. The forces that cause deformation
  2. Shallow earthquakes produce stronger surface waves
  3. Measuring instrument
  4. the place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates
  5. the size or extent of something
  6. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  7. seismic waves
  8. the built up stress
  9. the deformation

18 Clues: In physics • seismic waves • a graph output • secondary waves • the deformation • the built up stress • Measuring instrument • the reduction in volume • the block above the fault • the size or extent of something • The forces that cause deformation • an area of relatively level high ground • a measure of the strength of earthquakes • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-02-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary that spreads apart
  2. zone where a oceanic plates subducts under a continental plate
  3. the thickest layer
  4. boundary which collides
  5. rock hard surface we stand on
  6. the crust, the mantle and the core
  7. where 2 plates compress
  8. layer touching the core
  9. innermost layer
  10. an area between 2 tectonic plates
Down
  1. boundary which plates slide across
  2. Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving
  3. ies between the thermosphere and the stratosphere
  4. a theory of if the tectonic plates drift
  5. the layer we stand on
  6. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  7. zone of Earth's mantle lying beneath the lithosphere and believed to be much hotter and more fluid than the lithosphere.
  8. theory that oceanic plates slowly move

18 Clues: innermost layer • the thickest layer • the layer we stand on • boundary which collides • where 2 plates compress • layer touching the core • boundary that spreads apart • rock hard surface we stand on • an area between 2 tectonic plates • boundary which plates slide across • the crust, the mantle and the core • theory that oceanic plates slowly move • ...

Tectonic Plate Crossword! 2014-04-16

Tectonic Plate Crossword! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.
  2. referring to DC and causing electrons to flow from the base metal to the electrode
  3. violent shaking of the earth
  4. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  5. was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming approximately 300 million years ago. It began to break apart around 100 million years after it formed
  6. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  7. Plate tectonics is a scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere
  8. In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other within continents initially produce rifts which produce rift valleys
  9. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  10. Slab pull is the movement of tectonic plate lithosphere due to convection currents in the asthenosphere. When the currents circulate they pull the tectonic plates down causing subduction. The slab pull force is a tectonic plate force due to subduction
Down
  1. A geomagnetic reversal is a change in the Earth's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged
  2. A transform fault or transform boundary, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction
  3. In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary, is an actively deforming region where two tectonic plates or fragments of lithosphere move toward one another and collide
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
  5. 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.
  6. a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
  7. Ridge push or sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. Because mid-ocean ridges lie at a higher elevation than the rest of the ocean floor, gravity causes the ridge to push on the lithosphere that lies farther from the ridge

17 Clues: violent shaking of the earth • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle • referring to DC and causing electrons to flow from the base metal to the electrode • the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time • ...

plate tectonics 2020-08-16

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a system of detection of objects under water
  2. when rock solidifies while lined up with earths magnetic field
  3. violent sacking of the ground
  4. hot fluid within the earths crust
  5. outer part of earth consist of crust and mantle
  6. is where two plates slip sideways next to eachother
  7. center of an earthquake
  8. an elastic wave produced by earthquakes
Down
  1. came up with the theory of seafloor spreading
  2. when two plates collide and one dives under the other
  3. when two plates move away from each-other
  4. a mountain made of cooled magma
  5. the center of earth (really hot)
  6. a volcanic rock
  7. when rocks are slowly pulled apart
  8. the uper layer of earths mantle
  9. when rocks are squashed together
  10. a point on earths surface above the focus of an earthquake

18 Clues: a volcanic rock • center of an earthquake • violent sacking of the ground • a mountain made of cooled magma • the uper layer of earths mantle • the center of earth (really hot) • when rocks are squashed together • hot fluid within the earths crust • when rocks are slowly pulled apart • an elastic wave produced by earthquakes • when two plates move away from each-other • ...

plate tectonics 2020-08-16

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a point on earths surface above the focus of an earthquake
  2. came up with the theory of seafloor spreading
  3. when two plates move away from each-other
  4. outer part of earth consist of crust and mantle
  5. hot fluid within the earths crust
  6. when two plates collide and one dives under the other
  7. the center of earth (really hot)
  8. when rocks are slowly pulled apart
  9. violent sacking of the ground
  10. when rock solidifies while lined up with earths magnetic field
  11. center of an earthquake
Down
  1. a system of detection of objects under water
  2. is where two plates slip sideways next to eachother
  3. a mountain made of cooled magma
  4. when rocks are squashed together
  5. an elastic wave produced by earthquakes
  6. the uper layer of earths mantle
  7. a volcanic rock

18 Clues: a volcanic rock • center of an earthquake • violent sacking of the ground • a mountain made of cooled magma • the uper layer of earths mantle • when rocks are squashed together • the center of earth (really hot) • hot fluid within the earths crust • when rocks are slowly pulled apart • an elastic wave produced by earthquakes • when two plates move away from each-other • ...

plate tectonics 2020-08-16

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the center of earth (really hot)
  2. the uper layer of earths mantle
  3. a system of detection of objects under water
  4. when rock solidifies while lined up with earths magnetic field
  5. violent sacking of the ground
  6. center of an earthquake
  7. when rocks are squashed together
  8. when two plates collide and one dives under the other
  9. a volcanic rock
Down
  1. a point on earths surface above the focus of an earthquake
  2. when two plates move away from each-other
  3. an elastic wave produced by earthquakes
  4. hot fluid within the earths crust
  5. outer part of earth consist of crust and mantle
  6. when rocks are slowly pulled apart
  7. came up with the theory of seafloor spreading
  8. a mountain made of cooled magma
  9. is where two plates slip sideways next to eachother

18 Clues: a volcanic rock • center of an earthquake • violent sacking of the ground • the uper layer of earths mantle • a mountain made of cooled magma • the center of earth (really hot) • when rocks are squashed together • hot fluid within the earths crust • when rocks are slowly pulled apart • an elastic wave produced by earthquakes • when two plates move away from each-other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-05-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first continent
  2. boundary at ocean ridges
  3. plates do not collide or move away at these boundaries
  4. this element helps make up the inner core
  5. magma erupting through the seafloor
  6. rigid upper part of the outermost layer
  7. this plate lies west of the Caribbean Sea
  8. denser crust sinking
  9. third most abundant element in the crust
  10. the crust is broken up into many
Down
  1. these mountains form where the Indian and Eurasian plates meet
  2. can be found at plate boundaries
  3. crust made of sima
  4. thickest layer
  5. these happen along faults
  6. this crust is thicker but lighter
  7. deepest part of the ocean floor
  8. there are seven of these on our planet

18 Clues: thickest layer • first continent • crust made of sima • denser crust sinking • boundary at ocean ridges • these happen along faults • deepest part of the ocean floor • can be found at plate boundaries • the crust is broken up into many • this crust is thicker but lighter • magma erupting through the seafloor • there are seven of these on our planet • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-03

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

18 Clues: Under the Lithosphere • dense ball of solid metal • Found in the oceanic crust • Found in the continental crust • This is mass divided by volume • The crust and 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 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. very hot rock
  2. Heat transferred by touching
  3. ancient thing that is preserved in rock
  4. valley- deep valley
  5. top of mantle into a single layer
  6. transferred by motion of a liquid
  7. boundary- Two plates divide
  8. spreading- where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge Deep-ocean trench- long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom
Down
  1. break in the crust were they slipped
  2. soft layer
  3. boundaries- Two plates slide past each other
  4. that carry energy
  5. drift- Wegener's idea that the continents moved over the surface of earth
  6. ridge- seams that form mountains that are in the middle of the ocean floor
  7. tectonics-a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust convergent boundary- Two plates collide
  8. All the contents that were together
  9. core- ball of solid mental
  10. core- molten metal covering the inner core

18 Clues: soft layer • very hot rock • that carry energy • valley- deep valley • core- ball of solid mental • boundary- Two plates divide • Heat transferred by touching • top of mantle into a single layer • transferred by motion of a liquid • All the contents that were together • break in the crust were they slipped • ancient thing that is preserved in rock • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2017-10-18

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Magma that has flowed onto the Earth’s surface.
  2. These occur around the “Ring of Fire”.
  3. Type of current in the mantle that causes tectonic plates to move.
  4. Forms under the ocean at the site of a diverging boundary – a mid-ocean ……
  5. Huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake.
  6. Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
  7. This forms on the ocean floor above a subduction zone – an ocean …….
  8. Large, but separate pieces of lithosphere are called …. plates.
  9. Thinnest type of crust.
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  1. Lava from a volcano cools and solidifies into this.
  2. The crust and uppermost solid mantle.
  3. Layer of the Earth where convection currents occur.
  4. Much of New Zealand’s south island rests on this plate.
  5. Type of plate boundary where plates move towards each other.
  6. Occurs when one plate sinks below another plate.
  7. Very hot molten rock that rises by convection within the mantle.
  8. Wegener proposed the theory of continental …… to explain why the same fossils exist on separate continents.
  9. Very fine, light rock particles that issue from a volcano & form a rapidly rising cloud - volcanic …

18 Clues: Thinnest type of crust. • The crust and uppermost solid mantle. • These occur around the “Ring of Fire”. • Huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake. • Magma that has flowed onto the Earth’s surface. • Occurs when one plate sinks below another plate. • Lava from a volcano cools and solidifies into this. • Layer of the Earth where convection currents occur. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-06-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus
  2. Isolated place away from plate boundaries, where a lot of hot magma is being created
  3. Process of continents breaking up, subsiding and letting the sea in
  4. hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust
  5. New crust being formed at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  6. Chain of islands formed at the edges of colliding tectonic plates where on plate subducts
  7. is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers through California
  8. The place below the ground where an earthquake starts
Down
  1. When continents separate and drift
  2. a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
  3. An instrument for detecting the seismic waves from an earthquake
  4. is a fast-moving current of deadly hot gas and volcanic matter
  5. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an undersea earthquake
  6. Areas where one crust is sinking below another crust
  7. Boundary where plates are colliding
  8. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  9. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  10. basaltic lava rock ejected as fragments from a volcano, typically with a frothy texture

18 Clues: When continents separate and drift • Boundary where plates are colliding • Areas where one crust is sinking below another crust • The place below the ground where an earthquake starts • The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus • A huge wave in the ocean caused by an undersea earthquake • is a fast-moving current of deadly hot gas and volcanic matter • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two plates go away from each other
  2. a single supercontinent
  3. where two plates meet
  4. two or more of Earth's tectonic plates converge at the subduction point forming a big ditch
  5. shaking of the earth when energy is released from friction caused by plate movement
  6. places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  7. large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust, move constantly to reshape the Earth's landscape.
  8. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity
  9. When something is cut in half in order to determine and gather information
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  1. a repetition
  2. a layer of the earth made of a soft solid
  3. how fast something moves, we measure plates cm/year
  4. hard solid rock also known as the crust
  5. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth.
  6. the process by which the earth's surface slowly rises either due to increasing upward force applied from below or decreasing downward force (weight) from above.
  7. when two plates come together
  8. occur along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is created as the Earth's tectonic plates spread apart.
  9. when an oceanic plate and continental plate converge and the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate we call it this

18 Clues: a repetition • where two plates meet • a single supercontinent • when two plates come together • when two plates go away from each other • hard solid rock also known as the crust • a layer of the earth made of a soft solid • how fast something moves, we measure plates cm/year • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • ...

plate tectonics 2023-11-15

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the part of the earth's surface directly above the starting point of an earthquake.
  2. a graph output
  3. In physics
  4. secondary waves
  5. an area of relatively level high ground
  6. a measure of the strength of earthquakes
  7. the reduction in volume
  8. one in which one side of the fault, the hanging wall, moves up and over the other side, the foot wall
  9. the block above the fault
Down
  1. The forces that cause deformation
  2. Shallow earthquakes produce stronger surface waves
  3. Measuring instrument
  4. the place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates
  5. the size or extent of something
  6. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  7. seismic waves
  8. the built up stress
  9. the deformation

18 Clues: In physics • seismic waves • a graph output • secondary waves • the deformation • the built up stress • Measuring instrument • the reduction in volume • the block above the fault • the size or extent of something • The forces that cause deformation • an area of relatively level high ground • a measure of the strength of earthquakes • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-03-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate is forced under another
  2. This type of crust is more dense and will subduct in a collision
  3. These waves are the fastest and can move through liquid and solid
  4. The boundary where two plates collide
  5. This is the tool used to measure the intensity of earthquakes
  6. Fossil and age evidence helped proved this theory
  7. The plates are gliding over the mantle
  8. The origin of the earthquake
  9. The crust and upper mantle comprises this
  10. These waves are slower
Down
  1. When two continental plates collide and the crust crumples upward
  2. This plastic like layer is the upper portion of the mantle
  3. Rift Valleys and ocean ridges are found at this boundary
  4. Harry Hess used this feature to hypothesize seafloor spreading
  5. This scale measures the amount of energy released in an earthquake
  6. When two plates slide past each other you get these
  7. When two continental plates converge these are formed
  8. This type of volcano has sloped sides and basaltic magma

18 Clues: These waves are slower • The origin of the earthquake • The boundary where two plates collide • When one plate is forced under another • The plates are gliding over the mantle • The crust and upper mantle comprises this • Fossil and age evidence helped proved this theory • When two plates slide past each other you get these • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-02-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary that spreads apart
  2. zone where a oceanic plates subducts under a continental plate
  3. the thickest layer
  4. boundary which collides
  5. rock hard surface we stand on
  6. the crust, the mantle and the core
  7. where 2 plates compress
  8. layer touching the core
  9. innermost layer
  10. an area between 2 tectonic plates
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  1. boundary which plates slide across
  2. Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving
  3. ies between the thermosphere and the stratosphere
  4. a theory of if the tectonic plates drift
  5. the layer we stand on
  6. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  7. zone of Earth's mantle lying beneath the lithosphere and believed to be much hotter and more fluid than the lithosphere.
  8. theory that oceanic plates slowly move

18 Clues: innermost layer • the thickest layer • the layer we stand on • boundary which collides • where 2 plates compress • layer touching the core • boundary that spreads apart • rock hard surface we stand on • an area between 2 tectonic plates • boundary which plates slide across • the crust, the mantle and the core • theory that oceanic plates slowly move • ...

Science Vocabulary 2021-12-16

Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A mountain that holds and releases lava
  2. two plates that slide past each other
  3. happens when two tectonic plates slide past Each other
  4. Outermost layer of the earth
  5. tectonics there are 3,Convergent,Divergent,and transform
  6. when two plates go away from each other
  7. discovered Seafloor spreading
  8. had the theory of Plate tectonics
  9. spreading the theory by Harry Hess
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  1. Lava before it comes out of a volcano.
  2. when to plates come together
  3. core The innermost layer of the earth
  4. Core Almost the innermost layer of the earth
  5. Magma after it leaves the ground
  6. Upper layer of the mantle but under the lithosphere

15 Clues: when to plates come together • Outermost layer of the earth • discovered Seafloor spreading • Magma after it leaves the ground • had the theory of Plate tectonics • spreading the theory by Harry Hess • two plates that slide past each other • Lava before it comes out of a volcano. • core The innermost layer of the earth • A mountain that holds and releases lava • ...

Tectonic Plate Movement 2021-04-27

Tectonic Plate Movement crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 continental plates colliding
  2. water plate that is denser than a continental plate
  3. natural disaster caused by transform
  4. 2 continental plates forming a tipi
  5. 2 tectonic plates moving away from each other
  6. one of the other disaster that is caused by transform
  7. in the upper part of the mantle
  8. a feature that plate tectonics form
  9. land plate
  10. 1 oceanic sinking below a continental plate
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  1. caused by convergent subduction
  2. The layer above the inner core
  3. The center of the Earth
  4. hot liquid coming out of the mantle when the oceanic plate sinks
  5. the reason why the tectonic plates move
  6. The thickest part of Earth
  7. 2 plates sliding against each other
  8. caused by divergent
  9. The top layer of Earth

19 Clues: land plate • caused by divergent • The top layer of Earth • The center of the Earth • The thickest part of Earth • 2 continental plates colliding • The layer above the inner core • caused by convergent subduction • in the upper part of the mantle • 2 continental plates forming a tipi • 2 plates sliding against each other • a feature that plate tectonics form • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-05-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ___ crust was close to ridge.
  2. ___ came up with sea floor spreading.
  3. What motion does sea floor spreading create?
  4. HARD: Continents move one ___ annually.
  5. ___ came up with continental drift.
  6. ___ crust is created by ridges.
  7. Evidence of sea floor spreading
  8. Why was continental drift denied?
  9. Oceanic crust is subducted to ___.
  10. Wegener's theory was ___.
Down
  1. Evidence of continental drift
  2. What subducts crust?
  3. Evidence of sea floor spreading
  4. What century did Wegener discover continental drift?
  5. What century did Hess discover sea floor spreading?
  6. Name of super-continent
  7. Process of crust being pulled down
  8. Evidence of continental drift
  9. ___ and SA fit together almost perfectly.
  10. What does crust come out of?

20 Clues: What subducts crust? • Name of super-continent • Wegener's theory was ___. • What does crust come out of? • Evidence of continental drift • ___ crust was close to ridge. • Evidence of continental drift • Evidence of sea floor spreading • ___ crust is created by ridges. • Evidence of sea floor spreading • Why was continental drift denied? • Process of crust being pulled down • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-06-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The place below the ground where an earthquake starts
  2. is a fast-moving current of deadly hot gas and volcanic matter
  3. a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
  4. basaltic lava rock ejected as fragments from a volcano, typically with a frothy texture
  5. Chain of islands formed at the edges of colliding tectonic plates where on plate subducts
  6. Boundary where plates are colliding
  7. is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers through California
  8. When continents separate and drift
  9. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
Down
  1. New crust being formed at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  2. Process of continents breaking up, subsiding and letting the sea in
  3. Isolated place away from plate boundaries, where a lot of hot magma is being created
  4. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an undersea earthquake
  5. An instrument for detecting the seismic waves from an earthquake
  6. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  7. Areas where one crust is sinking below another crust
  8. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus
  9. hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust

18 Clues: When continents separate and drift • Boundary where plates are colliding • Areas where one crust is sinking below another crust • The place below the ground where an earthquake starts • A huge wave in the ocean caused by an undersea earthquake • The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus • is a fast-moving current of deadly hot gas and volcanic matter • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-06-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The place below the ground where an earthquake starts
  2. Process of continents breaking up, subsiding and letting the sea in
  3. New crust being formed at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  4. Isolated place away from plate boundaries, where a lot of hot magma is being created
  5. An instrument for detecting the seismic waves from an earthquake
  6. hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust
  7. Areas where one crust is sinking below another crust
  8. is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers through California
  9. basaltic lava rock ejected as fragments from a volcano, typically with a frothy texture
Down
  1. is a fast-moving current of deadly hot gas and volcanic matter
  2. a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
  3. Boundary where plates are colliding
  4. When continents separate and drift
  5. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus
  6. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  7. Chain of islands formed at the edges of colliding tectonic plates where on plate subducts
  8. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an undersea earthquake
  9. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras

18 Clues: When continents separate and drift • Boundary where plates are colliding • Areas where one crust is sinking below another crust • The place below the ground where an earthquake starts • The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus • A huge wave in the ocean caused by an undersea earthquake • is a fast-moving current of deadly hot gas and volcanic matter • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-10-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An instrument that records the motions of the Earth, especially earthquakes
  2. A written record of an earthquake, recorded by a seismograph
  3. Shaking of the Earth caused by a sudden movement of rock beneath its surface
  4. Tectonics The theory that the Earth's crust and upper mantle (the lithosphere) is broken into a number of more or less rigid, but constantly moving, segments or plates
  5. Of or having to do with earthquakes
  6. To bend or change direction
  7. One or a series of huge sea waves caused by earthquakes or other large-scale disturbance of the ocean floor
  8. The circular depression containing a volcanic vent
  9. volcano A volcano that is currently erupting, or has erupted during recorded history
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  1. The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface
  2. A scientist who studies earthquakes
  3. Spot An area in the middle of a lithospheric plate where magma rises from the mantle and erupts at the Earth's surface
  4. A measure of the strength of an earthquake or strain energy released by it, as determined by seismographic observations
  5. The maximum height of a wave crest or depth of a trough
  6. That point on the Earth's surface directly above the hypocenter of an earthquake
  7. The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface
  8. scale The system used to measure the strength of an earthquake
  9. The innermost layers of the Earth

18 Clues: To bend or change direction • The innermost layers of the Earth • A scientist who studies earthquakes • Of or having to do with earthquakes • The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface • The circular depression containing a volcanic vent • The maximum height of a wave crest or depth of a trough • A written record of an earthquake, recorded by a seismograph • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-02-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waves most destructive seismic wave
  2. the vibrations produced by the braking of rock
  3. oundary that comes together
  4. thickest layer of Earth
  5. s wave
  6. the elastic limit is first released
  7. which layer of earth contains the asthenosphere
  8. above the focus
  9. what is the fewest number of seismograph stations needed to find the earthquake epicenter
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  1. all land
  2. instrument used to record waves of an earthquake
  3. boundary where earthquakes form
  4. above the asthenosphere
  5. what is at the center of the earth
  6. below the lithosphere
  7. where no seismic waves are received
  8. what's the last name of the scientist that purposed the continental drift theory
  9. how many faults are there
  10. Earths crust and part of the upper mantle
  11. wave fastest seismic wave

20 Clues: s wave • all land • above the focus • below the lithosphere • above the asthenosphere • thickest layer of Earth • how many faults are there • wave fastest seismic wave • oundary that comes together • boundary where earthquakes form • what is at the center of the earth • waves most destructive seismic wave • where no seismic waves are received • the elastic limit is first released • ...

Plate tectonics 2015-03-08

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / A trench is a ? in the ocean
  2. Wegener/ Scientist who proposed of the theory of the continental drift
  3. / 2 plates come together
  4. happens in the asthenosphere
  5. / When two plates go away from each other
  6. boundaries / three types divergent,convergent and transform
  7. / Biggest plate out of the 7 major plates
  8. / 2 plates slide past each other
  9. / happens in trenches
  10. there are two types of ? one is oceanic
Down
  1. ocean ridge / seafloor spreading takes place
  2. Currents / the power of moving the continents
  3. Plates are located here
  4. crust / One of the two crusts
  5. /One super continent
  6. Wegener's theory was first ____
  7. Drift/ Theory of the continents moving
  8. spreading / at the mid-ocean ridge a new sea floor is built
  9. / Recent discovery of the plate tectonics happened in the mid ?
  10. tectonics / causes earthquakes

20 Clues: /One super continent • / happens in trenches • Plates are located here • / 2 plates come together • happens in the asthenosphere • crust / One of the two crusts • / A trench is a ? in the ocean • tectonics / causes earthquakes • Wegener's theory was first ____ • / 2 plates slide past each other • Drift/ Theory of the continents moving • there are two types of ? one is oceanic • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 6
  2. 9
  3. 8
  4. 4
  5. j
  6. g
  7. a
  8. b
  9. e
Down
  1. c
  2. 1
  3. d
  4. 5
  5. 2
  6. f
  7. 3
  8. h
  9. i
  10. 7
  11. k

20 Clues: c • 1 • d • 5 • 6 • 2 • f • 3 • 9 • 8 • h • 4 • j • i • 7 • g • k • a • b • e

plate tectonics 2021-11-08

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. trenches, what are the huge trenches on Earth's seafloor?
  2. push, what pushes the rest of a plate away from the mid-ocean ridge?
  3. boundaries, two plates collide they make...
  4. what is the strong lower past of the Earth's mantle?
  5. convection, what is the slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the Earth's to the surface?
  6. what is located between the core and the crust?
  7. what is the outermost rigid layer of Earth?
  8. spreading, what explains the age and magnetic patterns of sea floor rocks?
  9. what extends from below the mantle to the center of Earth?
Down
  1. boundary, a boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally is called a...
  2. plates, the lithosphere is divided into...
  3. tectonics, what describes large scale movements of the Earth's lithosphere?
  4. what is a layer of weak or soft mantle that is made of rock?
  5. boundaries, when two plates move away from each other this is called...
  6. what elements makes up most of the Earth's core?
  7. core, what is the liquid layer of Earth's core?
  8. pull, what is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction?
  9. what is the outermost layer of Earth?
  10. what is the movement of matter that results from differences in density?

19 Clues: what is the outermost layer of Earth? • plates, the lithosphere is divided into... • boundaries, two plates collide they make... • what is the outermost rigid layer of Earth? • core, what is the liquid layer of Earth's core? • what is located between the core and the crust? • what elements makes up most of the Earth's core? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of earth below the mantle
  2. layer that sits on top of lithosphere
  3. boundary where plates slide past each other
  4. instrument used to map the ocean floor
  5. proposed the theory of continental drift
  6. layer of the earth below the crust
  7. outermost layer of the earth
  8. occurs when oceanic crust slides under continental crust
  9. occurs at mid-ocean ridges
  10. boundary where plates collide
Down
  1. less dense and thicker crust type
  2. innermost layer of the earth
  3. occurs in mantle and causes plate movement
  4. supercontinent
  5. number of main layers of the earth
  6. layer made of crust and upper mantle
  7. boundary where plates move away from each other
  8. more dense crust type

18 Clues: supercontinent • more dense crust type • occurs at mid-ocean ridges • innermost layer of the earth • outermost layer of the earth • boundary where plates collide • layer of earth below the mantle • less dense and thicker crust type • number of main layers of the earth • layer of the earth below the crust • layer made of crust and upper mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-04-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. form along mid-ocean ridges
  2. the large moving pieces that the lithosphere is divided into
  3. a stress that squeezes or shortens material
  4. the layer immediately below the lithosphere
  5. boundary forms when two tectonic plates move past each other in opposite directions
  6. underwater mountain belts
  7. drift is the hypothesis that today’s continents were one large landmass
  8. the name Wegener called the supercontinent
Down
  1. a system of ideas that explains many related observations about the world
  2. the process when new sea-floor forms from rising magma
  3. when one plate sinks below another plate
  4. the outermost physical layer of Earth
  5. boundary forms when plates move away from one another
  6. the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock
  7. a stress that causes a material to twist or become distorted
  8. a stress that lengthens a material or pulls it apart
  9. breaks in rocks
  10. boundary forms when plates move toward each other and collide

18 Clues: breaks in rocks • underwater mountain belts • form along mid-ocean ridges • the outermost physical layer of Earth • when one plate sinks below another plate • the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock • the name Wegener called the supercontinent • a stress that squeezes or shortens material • the layer immediately below the lithosphere • ...

chapter 9 2023-04-24

chapter 9 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earths surface plates
  2. magnetized objects orient themselves
  3. outermost rock layer
  4. circulation of different materials
  5. reverse and orient
  6. Two palates collide
Down
  1. mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean
  2. two plates separate
  3. plates sank below the buoyant plate
  4. push moves lithosphere in opposite directions
  5. two pates passed one another
  6. opposite direction of the magnetic field
  7. Continents are in constant motion
  8. oceanic crust that forms
  9. Another word for supercontinent

15 Clues: reverse and orient • two plates separate • Two palates collide • outermost rock layer • Earths surface plates • oceanic crust that forms • two pates passed one another • Another word for supercontinent • Continents are in constant motion • circulation of different materials • plates sank below the buoyant plate • magnetized objects orient themselves • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Which is lighter: oceanic or continental crust?
  2. What is the second layer of Earth
  3. Why is it important to know about plate tectonics?
  4. What is the bowl-shaped basin in the top of the volcano called?
Down
  1. What can subduction create?
  2. What can cause plate tectonics?
  3. convergent plates move?
  4. lava What are the characteristics of a shield volcano?
  5. plate boundaries where are earthquakes created?
  6. Ridge where could we see an example of a constructive plate boundary?

10 Clues: convergent plates move? • What can subduction create? • What can cause plate tectonics? • What is the second layer of Earth • Which is lighter: oceanic or continental crust? • plate boundaries where are earthquakes created? • Why is it important to know about plate tectonics? • lava What are the characteristics of a shield volcano? • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle, By: Jessie Cooper and Morgan Ferqueron 2013-11-25

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle, By: Jessie Cooper and Morgan Ferqueron crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of the earth
  2. plate boundaries/ where most volcanoes occur
  3. word for plate tectonics
  4. force
  5. core/ liquid layer of earth's core
  6. Boundary/Where two plates push against each other
  7. spreading/the process in which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies.
  8. landmass of all of today's continents combined
  9. Boundary/boundary where two plates move away from each other
  10. force
Down
  1. of mantle rock that flows slowly and allows tectonic plates to float on top of it\
  2. tectonics/the theory that explains how large pieces of earth's outermost layer called tectonic plates move and change shape
  3. outermost layer made of the crust and the top part of the mantle
  4. crust/ earth's crust located under the ocean
  5. crust/surface above sea level that composes earth's continents
  6. break in earth's crust
  7. core/solid dense center of the earth
  8. fold in the rock layers due to stress
  9. boundary/boundary where two plates slide past each other

19 Clues: force • force • layer of the earth • break in earth's crust • word for plate tectonics • core/ liquid layer of earth's core • core/solid dense center of the earth • fold in the rock layers due to stress • plate boundaries/ where most volcanoes occur • crust/ earth's crust located under the ocean • landmass of all of today's continents combined • ...

vocabulary Plate tectonics 2016-01-08

vocabulary Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Greek word
  2. plate boundary plates divide
  3. Drag like a conveyor belt at a store
  4. Push student cutting in line
  5. is has a rigid rock layer
  6. valley forms on land
  7. denser plate sinks
  8. Pull a force like a cloth pulled off the table
  9. when two plates send energy to the surface
  10. ridge it forms at a divergent boundary
  11. arc a chain
Down
  1. made by a suducting plate
  2. plate boundary collide
  3. it is a network of satellites orbiting the Earth
  4. plastic layer
  5. plate boundary it's where two plates go past each other
  6. Current different temps. and density
  7. vs. Continent equal crust forms the mountain
  8. vs. Continent more dense sink forms a trench
  9. vs. Ocean subduction then an island arc forms

20 Clues: Greek word • arc a chain • plastic layer • denser plate sinks • valley forms on land • plate boundary collide • made by a suducting plate • is has a rigid rock layer • plate boundary plates divide • Push student cutting in line • Drag like a conveyor belt at a store • Current different temps. and density • ridge it forms at a divergent boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle, By: Jessie Cooper and Morgan Ferqueron 2013-11-25

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle, By: Jessie Cooper and Morgan Ferqueron crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of the earth
  2. plate boundaries/ where most volcanoes occur
  3. word for plate tectonics
  4. force
  5. core/ liquid layer of earth's core
  6. Boundary/Where two plates push against each other
  7. spreading/the process in which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies.
  8. landmass of all of today's continents combined
  9. Boundary/boundary where two plates move away from each other
  10. force
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  1. of mantle rock that flows slowly and allows tectonic plates to float on top of it\
  2. tectonics/the theory that explains how large pieces of earth's outermost layer called tectonic plates move and change shape
  3. outermost layer made of the crust and the top part of the mantle
  4. crust/ earth's crust located under the ocean
  5. crust/surface above sea level that composes earth's continents
  6. break in earth's crust
  7. core/solid dense center of the earth
  8. fold in the rock layers due to stress
  9. boundary/boundary where two plates slide past each other

19 Clues: force • force • layer of the earth • break in earth's crust • word for plate tectonics • core/ liquid layer of earth's core • core/solid dense center of the earth • fold in the rock layers due to stress • plate boundaries/ where most volcanoes occur • crust/ earth's crust located under the ocean • landmass of all of today's continents combined • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle, By: Jessie Cooper and Morgan Ferqueron 2013-11-25

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle, By: Jessie Cooper and Morgan Ferqueron crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of the earth
  2. plate boundaries/ where most volcanoes occur
  3. Boundary/boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. crust/ earth's crust located under the ocean
  5. outermost layer made of the crust and the top part of the mantle
  6. fold in the rock layers due to stress
  7. of mantle rock that flows slowly and allows tectonic plates to float on top of it\
  8. boundary/boundary where two plates slide past each other
  9. core/ liquid layer of earth's core
Down
  1. spreading/the process in which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies.
  2. force
  3. core/solid dense center of the earth
  4. force
  5. word for plate tectonics
  6. crust/surface above sea level that composes earth's continents
  7. landmass of all of today's continents combined
  8. tectonics/the theory that explains how large pieces of earth's outermost layer called tectonic plates move and change shape
  9. Boundary/Where two plates push against each other
  10. break in earth's crust

19 Clues: force • force • layer of the earth • break in earth's crust • word for plate tectonics • core/ liquid layer of earth's core • core/solid dense center of the earth • fold in the rock layers due to stress • plate boundaries/ where most volcanoes occur • crust/ earth's crust located under the ocean • landmass of all of today's continents combined • ...

Earth systems Tcap Vocab 2024-04-12

Earth systems Tcap Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. New oceanic crust is formed as tectonics plates pull apart from magma and rises
  2. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  3. Formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  4. Located between the mantle and the outer core
  5. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates
  6. a group of the same speciesSeismograph instruments
  7. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  8. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  9. Name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
  10. Tectonic plates move toward each other, uBoundaryforms mountains and volcanoes
  11. Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
Down
  1. Tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  2. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  3. Where tectonics plates slide past each other, Causes earthquakes
  4. Hot materials rises, cooler materials sink. It drives plate tectonics
  5. Deep,elongated depressions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones
  6. Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  7. Rock formed when lava of magma cools and hardens
  8. Large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithopshere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  9. sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  10. Extinction Events Extinction events that occur over a longer time period

21 Clues: sudden events that led to a mass extinction • Located between the mantle and the outer core • Rock formed when lava of magma cools and hardens • a group of the same speciesSeismograph instruments • Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • Formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide • ...

Earth systems Tcap Vocab 2024-04-12

Earth systems Tcap Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. New oceanic crust is formed as tectonics plates pull apart from magma and rises
  2. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  3. Formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  4. Located between the mantle and the outer core
  5. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates
  6. a group of the same speciesSeismograph instruments
  7. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  8. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  9. Name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
  10. Tectonic plates move toward each other, uBoundaryforms mountains and volcanoes
  11. Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
Down
  1. Tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  2. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  3. Where tectonics plates slide past each other, Causes earthquakes
  4. Hot materials rises, cooler materials sink. It drives plate tectonics
  5. Deep,elongated depressions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones
  6. Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  7. Rock formed when lava of magma cools and hardens
  8. Large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithopshere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  9. sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  10. Extinction Events Extinction events that occur over a longer time period

21 Clues: sudden events that led to a mass extinction • Located between the mantle and the outer core • Rock formed when lava of magma cools and hardens • a group of the same speciesSeismograph instruments • Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • Formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide • ...

Earth Science Project 2013-12-02

Earth Science Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another word for a Convergent Boundary
  2. Convergent boundaries create these when being pushed together.
  3. Transform boundaries are known for causing this natural disaster.
  4. Another word for a transform boundary
  5. Deepest part of the Sea floor
  6. Divergent and Convergent Boundaries cause this natural disaster.
  7. Two tectonic plates sliding past each other.
  8. Two tectonic plates moving away from each other.
  9. Theory that the continents drift across the ocean bed.
  10. longest mountain range in the world
  11. Tectonics Theory that describees the motions on the lithosphere.
  12. Instrument that locate where the next earthquake may be.
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  1. Two tectonic plates moving towards each other.
  2. New oceanic crust through volcanic activity
  3. This happenes when Oceanic Plates moving towards a Continental plate
  4. Underwater mountain system formed by plates tectonics
  5. Center of an earthquake.
  6. Another word for a divergent Boundary
  7. mixture of semi-molten rock and molten.
  8. Earthquakes in a year.

20 Clues: Earthquakes in a year. • Center of an earthquake. • Deepest part of the Sea floor • longest mountain range in the world • Another word for a transform boundary • Another word for a divergent Boundary • Another word for a Convergent Boundary • mixture of semi-molten rock and molten. • New oceanic crust through volcanic activity • Two tectonic plates sliding past each other. • ...

Boundaries 2022-04-15

Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate is denser than another.
  2. A supercontinent from 260 million years ago.
  3. Where major plate tectonics come together.
  4. Where two plates slide apart.
  5. Plates on the mantle moved by convection currents.
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  1. Plates that collide together.
  2. A group of mountains in the Atlantic Ocean.
  3. Where two plates slide apart.
  4. The 2nd topmost layer of the Earth.
  5. How the plate tectonics move around.

10 Clues: Plates that collide together. • Where two plates slide apart. • Where two plates slide apart. • The 2nd topmost layer of the Earth. • How the plate tectonics move around. • When one plate is denser than another. • Where major plate tectonics come together. • A group of mountains in the Atlantic Ocean. • A supercontinent from 260 million years ago. • ...

Techtonic plates 2022-10-12

Techtonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Disruption caused by the collision of tectonic plates
  2. When two plates move away from each other
  3. rocks commonly created by the meeting of tectonic plates
  4. A type of eruption created by volcanos
  5. Result of tectonic plate movement
  6. Tectonic plate material
  7. A tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean
  8. Tectonic slab
  9. any of the world's main continuous expanses-of-land
  10. Crack or joint between tectonic plates
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  1. a super continent though to exist
  2. Long horseshoe-shaped seismically active belt of earthquake epicenters and volcanoes
  3. created from a convergent plate meet
  4. An opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape
  5. A deep depression on the ocean floor
  6. Tectonic plate jumped suddenly
  7. scientific theory explaining the movement of the earth's crust
  8. was created by divergent plate slide
  9. When plates slide past each other
  10. when two plates touch in some way
  11. When two plates move towards each other and collide

21 Clues: Tectonic slab • Tectonic plate material • Tectonic plate jumped suddenly • a super continent though to exist • Result of tectonic plate movement • When plates slide past each other • when two plates touch in some way • created from a convergent plate meet • A deep depression on the ocean floor • was created by divergent plate slide • A type of eruption created by volcanos • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2017-11-21

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago.
  2. Occurs where the oceanic crust bends down toward the mantle.
  3. A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a convergent boundary is likely to produce this
  4. A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _____ boundary.
  5. According to Wegener's hypothesis of_____ the continents were once joined together in a single land mass.
  6. The process of ____ continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge.
  7. A place where two places move away from one another in opposite directions is called a ____boundary.
  8. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  9. The lithosphere is broken into sections
Down
  1. A place where two plates move toward one another and collide is known as a _____ boundary.
  2. The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of plate ____.
  3. Mid-ocean ridges form the ____mountain ranges on Earth
  4. Most geologist think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by this
  5. Old oceanic crust is _____ dense than new oceanic crust
  6. What technology did scientists use in the mid-1900s to map the mid-ocean ridge?
  7. If subduction occurs faster than oceanic crust can be created an ocean will _____
  8. When continental plates pull apart at a divergent boundary

17 Clues: The lithosphere is broken into sections • Mid-ocean ridges form the ____mountain ranges on Earth • Old oceanic crust is _____ dense than new oceanic crust • When continental plates pull apart at a divergent boundary • Occurs where the oceanic crust bends down toward the mantle. • Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-05-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. together
  2. sideways and downwards
  3. geological process
  4. Europe
  5. natural disaster
  6. ocean depths
  7. Planet
  8. water
  9. causes natural disasters
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  1. pangea
  2. relating to ocean
  3. Earth
  4. rock
  5. ocean
  6. edge
  7. molten rock
  8. dinner

17 Clues: rock • edge • Earth • ocean • water • pangea • Europe • Planet • dinner • together • molten rock • ocean depths • natural disaster • relating to ocean • geological process • sideways and downwards • causes natural disasters

Plate Tectonics 2022-05-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Circulation within fluids caused by differences in density and thermal energy
  2. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another
  5. secondary seismic waves produced by an earthquake
  6. the region of earth's interior between the crust and core.
  7. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  8. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have erupted from the earth's crust.
  9. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and crust
Down
  1. How much energy is released by an earthquake
  2. When two plates slide past each other
  3. a crack or a fracture in Earth's crust where movement can occur
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  5. The partially melted portion of the mantle
  6. the first waves produced by an earthquake
  7. the outermost solid shell of earth
  8. States that Earth's surface is made up of rigid slabs of rock that move with respect to one another

17 Clues: the outermost solid shell of earth • When two plates slide past each other • the first waves produced by an earthquake • The partially melted portion of the mantle • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • How much energy is released by an earthquake • secondary seismic waves produced by an earthquake • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of boundary that involves plates sliding against each other
  2. the crust is divided into the continental and _______ crust
  3. this is an example of what happens at divergent boundaries
  4. scientist found theses on both Australia and southern Asia as evidence that the continents were once connected
  5. forms as continental plates push against one another
  6. a type of boundary where tectonic plates move into one another
  7. this force causes denser material to fall
  8. are caused when plates slide past one another;
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  1. a large mountain range that lies underwater in between continents.
  2. this layer contains parts that are moving at a slow rate
  3. advancements in this area has allowed scientist to better understand plate movement
  4. this layer of the Earth heats the mantle and causes denser magma to rise
  5. this is a factor along with temperature that causes convection currents in the mantle
  6. a type of boundary where plates are pushed away from one another
  7. known as a super-continent where all the continents where one large landmass
  8. this happens when hot material in the mantle rises reaches the surface cools and sinks back into the mantle; repeated cycle
  9. made up of the crust and upper mantle; make up of plates that are broken into sections

17 Clues: this force causes denser material to fall • are caused when plates slide past one another; • forms as continental plates push against one another • this layer contains parts that are moving at a slow rate • this is an example of what happens at divergent boundaries • the crust is divided into the continental and _______ crust • ...

plate tectonics 2024-05-15

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. denser, thinner crust type
  2. place at which the energy is released
  3. floats higher on the mantle
  4. measures north and south
  5. extremely explosive volcanoes
  6. the plate boundary we live on top of
  7. receipt of solar radiation hitting earths surface
  8. ____ magnitude scale used to measure earthquake
  9. small but very steep volcanoes
  10. plates moving away from each other
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  1. head on collision between plates
  2. the big island of Hawaiian is this type of volcanoe
  3. laws dealing with the natural laws of energy
  4. movement of a material because of temperature
  5. layer of the earth that the plates float atop of
  6. nicknamed meridians
  7. release of energy from the earth

17 Clues: nicknamed meridians • measures north and south • denser, thinner crust type • floats higher on the mantle • extremely explosive volcanoes • small but very steep volcanoes • head on collision between plates • release of energy from the earth • plates moving away from each other • the plate boundary we live on top of • place at which the energy is released • ...

Earth systems Tcap Vocab 2024-04-12

Earth systems Tcap Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. New oceanic crust is formed as tectonics plates pull apart from magma and rises
  2. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  3. Formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  4. Located between the mantle and the outer core
  5. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates
  6. a group of the same speciesSeismograph instruments
  7. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
  8. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
  9. Name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
  10. Tectonic plates move toward each other, uBoundaryforms mountains and volcanoes
  11. Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
Down
  1. Tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  2. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  3. Where tectonics plates slide past each other, Causes earthquakes
  4. Hot materials rises, cooler materials sink. It drives plate tectonics
  5. Deep,elongated depressions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones
  6. Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  7. Rock formed when lava of magma cools and hardens
  8. Large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithopshere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  9. sudden events that led to a mass extinction
  10. Extinction Events Extinction events that occur over a longer time period

21 Clues: sudden events that led to a mass extinction • Located between the mantle and the outer core • Rock formed when lava of magma cools and hardens • a group of the same speciesSeismograph instruments • Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • Formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide • ...

tectonic plates crossword 2024-03-14

tectonic plates crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fault line
  2. pattern
  3. spreading, Mid-ocean ridge
  4. Pressure
  5. Transform boundary
  6. Asthenosphere
  7. Mountain
Down
  1. Movement
  2. Conventicon
  3. layer
  4. Convergent boundary
  5. operate
  6. Plate tectonics
  7. oceanic
  8. Oceanic trench

15 Clues: layer • operate • pattern • oceanic • Movement • Pressure • Mountain • Fault line • Conventicon • Asthenosphere • Oceanic trench • Plate tectonics • Transform boundary • Convergent boundary • spreading, Mid-ocean ridge

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pieces of Earth crust tha fit together into puzzle pieces
  2. Name of ocean that is surrounded by the Ring of Fire
  3. Rigid layer of Earth crust where all the plates are located
  4. In what country can you walk through a crack in the earth
  5. Breaks in earth's crust that are a result of plates
  6. Name of the original land mass before all the continents broke up
  7. Name of planet that has 7 continents
  8. Name of fault located on the west coast of the United States of America - no spaces
  9. The theory of Earth plates and plate movements
  10. Name of type of boundary that is between the Indo-Australian and Antarctic plate
Down
  1. Plates meet at what type of boundary
  2. What do scientists use to measure plate motions
  3. Name of plate that is adjacent to the North American plate and the San Andres Fault - no spaces
  4. Name of mountains that formed when the Indo-Australian Plate hit the Eurasian plate
  5. Plates move apart from each other at
  6. A deep valley where pieces of crust diverge on land - no spaces
  7. Plates slip past each other at?
  8. What type of boundary did the Andes mountain form at?
  9. Name of plates that includes all of Asia and Europe

19 Clues: Plates slip past each other at? • Plates meet at what type of boundary • Plates move apart from each other at • Name of planet that has 7 continents • The theory of Earth plates and plate movements • What do scientists use to measure plate motions • Breaks in earth's crust that are a result of plates • Name of plates that includes all of Asia and Europe • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-09-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The exterior portion of the earth that lies above the mantle.
  2. A very large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
  3. Boundary two plates slide against each other in a sideways motion
  4. The point of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  5. Boundary A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface between the two plates
  6. A zone of the earth's mantle that lies beneath the lithosphere
  7. The layer of the earth between the crust and the core.
Down
  1. A fracture in the continuity of a rock formation caused by a shifting or dislodging of the earth's crust
  2. Wave A type of seismic body wave in which rock particles vibrate parallel to the direction of wave travel.
  3. wave A seismic wave that travels across the surface of the Earth as opposed to through it
  4. Boundary A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
  5. An opening in the earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected
  6. The point of origin of an earthquake
  7. Wave An earthquake wave in which rock particles vibrate at right angles to the direction of wave travel
  8. The outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  9. 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.
  10. An instrument for automatically detecting and recording the intensity, direction, and duration of a movement of the ground, especially of an earthquake.

17 Clues: The point of origin of an earthquake • The layer of the earth between the crust and the core. • The exterior portion of the earth that lies above the mantle. • A zone of the earth's mantle that lies beneath the lithosphere • Boundary two plates slide against each other in a sideways motion • The outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These ridges are formed when new crust is added.
  2. Waves used to determine the Earths interior structure.
  3. This property explains why continental plates float.
  4. Plastic layer of the earth
  5. The size of mineral crystals found in intrusive igneous rocks.
  6. Earthquakes can occur at the edge of these plate boundaries.
  7. These can form when plates collide.
  8. This is the process that causes the magma to move.
  9. This process holds the particles together in sedimentary rocks
  10. Proposed the existence of Pangaea.
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  1. These and fossils embedded in them are found in sedimentary rocks.
  2. These rock can look very different after heat and pressure.
  3. This occurs when oceanic crust meets a continental plate.
  4. When this occurs at high temperature metamorphic rock turn into lava
  5. They are evidence for continental drift.
  6. This process is one step in the rock cycle.
  7. this is one of the metal found in the Earths core.

17 Clues: Plastic layer of the earth • Proposed the existence of Pangaea. • These can form when plates collide. • They are evidence for continental drift. • This process is one step in the rock cycle. • These ridges are formed when new crust is added. • This is the process that causes the magma to move. • this is one of the metal found in the Earths core. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where is the magma?
  2. Found in Africa
  3. rise and fall of a fluid due to temperature
  4. Liquid rock
  5. Sinking oceanic plate
  6. Type of rock oceanic plates are made of
  7. formed by convergent plate boundaries
  8. Innermost layer of Earth
Down
  1. Often the aftermath of an earthquake
  2. Change in magnetic polarity
  3. Supercontinent
  4. Posed Continental Drift Theory in 1912
  5. These plates ride atop oceanic plates
  6. Shake, shake, shake!
  7. San Andreas Fault
  8. Where is Alfred Wegener from?
  9. Underwater mountains

17 Clues: Liquid rock • Supercontinent • Found in Africa • San Andreas Fault • Where is the magma? • Shake, shake, shake! • Underwater mountains • Sinking oceanic plate • Innermost layer of Earth • Change in magnetic polarity • Where is Alfred Wegener from? • Often the aftermath of an earthquake • These plates ride atop oceanic plates • formed by convergent plate boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of volcano that has a domed shape
  2. the slower more strong body wave
  3. the faster, less powerful body wave
  4. A surface wave that rolls.
  5. The more dense, thinner crust.
  6. A stress type that pushes things away
  7. a plate boundary that slides past another plate
  8. A plate boundary that collides
Down
  1. a surface wave that moves side to side
  2. Happens at convergent and divergent boundarys
  3. A type of stress that makes things slide past each other
  4. Happens at every plate boundary
  5. The less dense but thicker crust
  6. A type of volcano that has a steep coned shape
  7. A plate boundary that goes apart
  8. When a rock fractures and it moves
  9. A stress type that pushes things together

17 Clues: A surface wave that rolls. • The more dense, thinner crust. • A plate boundary that collides • Happens at every plate boundary • the slower more strong body wave • The less dense but thicker crust • A plate boundary that goes apart • When a rock fractures and it moves • the faster, less powerful body wave • A stress type that pushes things away • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-12

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2016-11-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One giant land mass, 200 million years ago
  2. A crack, split, or break in something
  3. Long, narrow ditch
  4. Proposed theory about ocean-floor material
  5. A submarine ridge system
  6. Used to join or strengthen things
  7. Where two plates collide and the denser plate subducts under the less dense plate
  8. Hot fluid similar to lava
  9. Type of plate boundary
  10. Outer part of earth, inc. the crust and mantle
Down
  1. The gradual movement of continents through geologic time
  2. Type of plate boundary
  3. Type of plate boundary
  4. ______ spreading
  5. The upper layer of earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  6. Hard inner/outer layer of earth
  7. The movement caused within a fluid caused by the tendency of hotter fluid to rise and cooler material to sinkdense Closely compacted in substance
  8. Created Continental Drift Theory
  9. Capable of being attracted by a magnet

19 Clues: ______ spreading • Long, narrow ditch • Type of plate boundary • Type of plate boundary • Type of plate boundary • A submarine ridge system • Hot fluid similar to lava • Hard inner/outer layer of earth • Created Continental Drift Theory • Used to join or strengthen things • A crack, split, or break in something • Capable of being attracted by a magnet • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-11-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. magma once it has erupted
  2. A risk
  3. Shaking of the Earth
  4. Large movable segments
  5. lies between the crust and the outer core
  6. Drift Pieces of the land mass
  7. bent by stress
  8. The opening at the Earth's surface
  9. The thin outer layer
  10. containing a volcanic vent
Down
  1. Molten rock containing liquids, crystals, and dissolved gases
  2. area of fracturing
  3. The innermost layers
  4. follows a larger earthquake
  5. where an oceanic and continental plate move towards each other
  6. A vent (opening) in the surface of the Earth
  7. directly above the hypocenter

17 Clues: A risk • bent by stress • area of fracturing • The innermost layers • Shaking of the Earth • The thin outer layer • Large movable segments • magma once it has erupted • containing a volcanic vent • follows a larger earthquake • Drift Pieces of the land mass • directly above the hypocenter • The opening at the Earth's surface • lies between the crust and the outer core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-05-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate goes under another.
  2. Hot molten rock erupted from a volcano or fissure.
  3. The type of wave that forms from earthquakes.
  4. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other.
  5. Type of boundary where plates move apart.
  6. Vent on the surface of the earth that releases magma.
  7. Massive slabs of rock in the lithosphere that move with tectonics.
  8. Long, narrow ditches formed in the ocean floor.
Down
  1. The faster wave, can travel through all matter.
  2. Middle of a tectonic plate.
  3. Study of seismic waves.
  4. Hot fluid rock within the earth's crust.
  5. Type of boundary where plates come together.
  6. A narrow crack in the earth.
  7. Unexpected ground movement, caused by the release of energy in rocks
  8. The slower wave, can only travel through solids.
  9. A disturbance in a medium that carries energy.

17 Clues: Study of seismic waves. • Middle of a tectonic plate. • A narrow crack in the earth. • When one plate goes under another. • Hot fluid rock within the earth's crust. • Type of boundary where plates move apart. • Type of boundary where plates come together. • The type of wave that forms from earthquakes. • A disturbance in a medium that carries energy. • ...

Earth's layers 2024-01-23

Earth's layers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonics-the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of moving plates
  2. the South pole becomes a North pole.
  3. current-heat-driven cycles that occur in the air,
  4. below the edge of another.
  5. drift - The movement of continents resulting
Down
  1. reversal-he process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole
  2. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate
  3. the motion of tectonic plates.
  4. movements cause seismic activity
  5. spreading- The floor or bottom of the sea.
  6. and mantle

11 Clues: and mantle • below the edge of another. • the motion of tectonic plates. • movements cause seismic activity • the South pole becomes a North pole. • spreading- The floor or bottom of the sea. • drift - The movement of continents resulting • current-heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, • the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate • ...

Plate Tectonics (Boundaries) 2014-02-20

Plate Tectonics (Boundaries) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. these are caused by two convergent plates running into each other (they move upward)
  2. the year that the theory became known (in 1900's)
  3. the plate in witch the Caribbean lies
  4. the plate that lies bettween the eurasian plate and the african plate(Arabian sea)
  5. the plate in witch the philippines are located
  6. the plate that holds North America
  7. a line of volcanos located on the outer edges of the Pacific plate
  8. the plate in witch Antarctica is located
Down
  1. two plates that pull away from each other.
  2. the plate in witch South America is located
  3. the plate that hold most of earths water
  4. two plates pushing against each other that can form mountains.
  5. a land form that is formed where a convergent plate comes together usually shoots out lava
  6. two plates slipping passed one another.
  7. caused by a divergent plate pulling away from one another and creates an underwater ridge Ex: Mid Atlantic Ridge
  8. holds the worlds largest continent/also the worlds largest country(Russia)
  9. the man who came up with the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift
  10. the plate that holds the third largest continent(Africa)
  11. the plate that upholds fiji
  12. the plate just west of the South American plate (stats with a N)

20 Clues: the plate that upholds fiji • the plate that holds North America • the plate in witch the Caribbean lies • two plates slipping passed one another. • the plate that hold most of earths water • the plate in witch Antarctica is located • two plates that pull away from each other. • the plate in witch South America is located • the plate in witch the philippines are located • ...

vocab 2024-04-12

vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. extinction events that occur over a longer time period.
  2. hot material rises, cooler materials sink. it drives plate tectonics.
  3. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide.
  4. tectonic plate move toward each other,usually form mountains and volcanoes.
  5. the simi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen.
  6. sudden events that led to a mass extinction.
  7. tectonic plates move away from each other, usally from new crust and rift valleys.
  8. includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is decided into plate tectonics.
Down
  1. located between the mantle and the outer core.
  2. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed.
  3. a group of the same species living in the same area.
  4. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises.
  5. large, rigid peices of the earth's lithosphere that can move and interactv with each other along plate boundaries.
  6. rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens.
  7. where tectonic plates SLIDEpast each other.causes earthquakes.
  8. name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one land mass.
  9. forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement.
  10. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves.

18 Clues: sudden events that led to a mass extinction. • located between the mantle and the outer core. • rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens. • a group of the same species living in the same area. • instruments used to measure and record seismic waves. • extinction events that occur over a longer time period. • ...

Plate Boundary Crossword 2023-12-08

Plate Boundary Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate composed mainly of continental crust.
  2. A break and movement of the crust, associated with earthquake activity.
  3. Boundary in which one plate collides with another and there is no subduction (C-C).
  4. There are three types of this plate boundary.
  5. Currents found in the plastic mantle that are the driving force of plate tectonics.
  6. Another term for earthquake activity.
  7. This crust is more felsic, thicker and composed of Granite
  8. Plates that are ________ dense will sink below overriding crust.
  9. This plate boundary is where new crust is formed.
  10. Location of Mantle Convection Currents.
Down
  1. Is the process of one plate sinking below another plate.
  2. An increase in ___________ and earthquakes are found along crustal plate boundaries.
  3. Boundary in which one plate sinks below another plate (O-O, O-C).
  4. This crust is more mafic, thinner and composed mostly of Basalt.
  5. Combination of the Rigid Mantle and Crust.
  6. Hotspot found on a divergent plate boundary.
  7. Plate composed mostly of oceanic crust.
  8. This plate boundary crust is not created or destroyed.
  9. The ______ core is composed of molten Iron and Nickle.
  10. Hotspot found in the center of a large oceanic plate.

20 Clues: Another term for earthquake activity. • Plate composed mostly of oceanic crust. • Location of Mantle Convection Currents. • Combination of the Rigid Mantle and Crust. • Plate composed mainly of continental crust. • Hotspot found on a divergent plate boundary. • There are three types of this plate boundary. • This plate boundary is where new crust is formed. • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-03-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an agreement negotiating greenhouse gas targets
  2. A Chinese citizen group fighting internet censorship in China
  3. the average number of births per thousand women of childbearing age.
  4. the tendency for a population to grow despite a fall in the birth rate or fertility levels is population..
  5. The extent to which cultures are mixed
  6. The Earths water, whether in solid, liquid or gaseous form
  7. The character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in.
  8. When a product or service is adapted to the culture it is sold in.
  9. The degree to which a human or system is susceptible to an event
  10. Meat produced in a laboratory
  11. An agency that helps millions of refugees around the world
Down
  1. her mission is to promote the circular economy
  2. A fast spreading outbreak of a disease in a community
  3. the study of disease
  4. The amount of solar radiation reaching a given area
  5. She was anti-Malthusian
  6. Measures take to reduce the causes of climate change

17 Clues: the study of disease • She was anti-Malthusian • Meat produced in a laboratory • The extent to which cultures are mixed • her mission is to promote the circular economy • an agreement negotiating greenhouse gas targets • The amount of solar radiation reaching a given area • Measures take to reduce the causes of climate change • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-03-11

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. located in the upper mantle
  2. plate _
  3. _ american plate
  4. located in the lower mantle
  5. forms where two plates collide
  6. plate _
  7. Asia plate
  8. Antarctica plate
  9. the denser plate sinks below the other plate
  10. _ american plate
  11. _ to continental
Down
  1. forms where two plates slide past eachother
  2. australia plate
  3. the lithosphere is broken into pieces called _
  4. forms where two plates seperate
  5. Europe plate
  6. _ to oceanic
  7. earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock,or plates that move with respect to eachother
  8. Africa plate
  9. _ to oceanic

20 Clues: plate _ • plate _ • Asia plate • Europe plate • _ to oceanic • Africa plate • _ to oceanic • australia plate • _ american plate • Antarctica plate • _ american plate • _ to continental • located in the upper mantle • located in the lower mantle • forms where two plates collide • forms where two plates seperate • forms where two plates slide past eachother • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the alignment of magnetism in rock
  2. Hawaii for example
  3. force of gravity moves a plate down
  4. Earth's magnetic poles change places
  5. tectonic plate as its edge subducts
  6. thinner, more dense, younger crust
  7. plates slide past each other
  8. plates move towards each other
Down
  1. the large ocean covering Earth 225 mya
  2. records ground movements
  3. line on maps with points of same age
  4. move due to convection currents
  5. plates move apart
  6. The process that creates new sea floor
  7. A supercontinent 225 mya
  8. a graph of earth's movements
  9. resistance to flow

17 Clues: plates move apart • Hawaii for example • resistance to flow • records ground movements • A supercontinent 225 mya • plates slide past each other • a graph of earth's movements • plates move towards each other • move due to convection currents • the alignment of magnetism in rock • thinner, more dense, younger crust • force of gravity moves a plate down • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core
  2. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  3. a usually light-colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust
  4. a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance
  5. the name of the single landmass that broke apart 2 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
  6. heat transfer within a material or between material that are touching
  7. the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  8. transfer of heat by the movement of currents within a fluid
  9. a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth
  10. the force exerted on a surface divided by the area over which the force is exerted
  11. a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
Down
  1. the flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  2. the transfer of energy through space
  3. a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
  4. the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  5. a dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust
  6. the layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface

17 Clues: the transfer of energy through space • the flow that transfers heat within a fluid • the layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface • transfer of heat by the movement of currents within a fluid • the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Could be used to determine Continental Drift Theory
  2. What state of matter is the Outer Core?
  3. hottest layer of Earth
  4. Scientist who came up with Seafloor Spreading
  5. Landform that forms when oceanic and continental plates converge
  6. Solid Mantle and Crust
  7. When plates come together
  8. once covered many continents during Pangaea
Down
  1. State of matter that S waves move through
  2. When plates separate
  3. Texture of Asthenosphere
  4. All living things on Earth exist here
  5. When plates slip
  6. Oceanic crust is mostly what rock?
  7. Scientist who came up with CDT
  8. Continental crust is mostly what rock?
  9. What changes as you go farther from a mid ocean ridge?

17 Clues: When plates slip • When plates separate • hottest layer of Earth • Solid Mantle and Crust • Texture of Asthenosphere • When plates come together • Scientist who came up with CDT • Oceanic crust is mostly what rock? • All living things on Earth exist here • Continental crust is mostly what rock? • What state of matter is the Outer Core? • State of matter that S waves move through • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These form at divergent boundaries between oceanic crust.
  2. These form at either convergent or divergent boundaries where magma breaches the surface.
  3. These occur most often at transform boundaries, violently shaking the surface of the earth.
  4. These form in deep in the ocean at convergent boundaries.
  5. Alfred Wegener first came up with his idea for continental drift when he noticed that Africa and South America fit together like __________ pieces.
  6. New _________ is formed at divergent boundaries when magma cools to become rock.
  7. Which layer of the earth is broken into many plates.
  8. One piece of evidence for plate tectonics is the distribution of different species ___________ across continents.
  9. These ranges form on continental crust at convergent boundaries.
  10. The plates move do to _____________ currents in the mantle.
Down
  1. The type of boundary where two plates are moving away from each other.
  2. The type of boundary where two plates are moving towards each other.
  3. The plates are constantly __________, about the speed that your fingernails grow.
  4. The crust is broken into several large regions called __________.
  5. In this layer, directly beneath the crust, the material moves do to convection.
  6. The theory that the crust is broken into plates that are constantly moving.
  7. When one plate slides under another plate it is called a ___________ zone.
  8. The type of boundary where two plates slide past one another horizontally.

18 Clues: Which layer of the earth is broken into many plates. • These form at divergent boundaries between oceanic crust. • These form in deep in the ocean at convergent boundaries. • The plates move do to _____________ currents in the mantle. • These ranges form on continental crust at convergent boundaries. • ...

Plate Tectonics/Soil Composition 2021-12-02

Plate Tectonics/Soil Composition crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Denser TP moves under less dense TP
  2. Result of a convergent plate boundary
  3. Organization of soil
  4. Theory of Plate Tectonics scientist
  5. Material similar to bedrock
  6. Where earthquakes begin
  7. Region where mantle is heated
  8. Soil Organism
  9. Partially decomposed organic material
Down
  1. Earth's outermost rock layer
  2. Oceanic/Continental
  3. Parallel + Horizontal movement of plates
  4. These rest on plates
  5. Result of a divergent plate boundary
  6. Matter from remains of plants/animals
  7. Layer of Earth's crust that supports terrestrial life

16 Clues: Soil Organism • Oceanic/Continental • These rest on plates • Organization of soil • Where earthquakes begin • Material similar to bedrock • Earth's outermost rock layer • Region where mantle is heated • Denser TP moves under less dense TP • Theory of Plate Tectonics scientist • Result of a divergent plate boundary • Result of a convergent plate boundary • ...

Geology 2016-03-24

Geology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Andreas California/ where the best strike-slip fault was
  2. Drift/ when/how all the continents separated
  3. plate/ biggest plate
  4. sliding past each other
  5. moving apart from each other
  6. layer directly under the lithosphere
  7. steep sided depression in ocean floor
  8. tectonics/ structure of earths crust
  9. where to plates meet
  10. magma outside the volcano
Down
  1. zone/ area where 1 plate is being pulled under another``
  2. molten rock, gases, solid crystals and minerals
  3. core/ only liquid layer
  4. split apart different continents
  5. pushing towards each other
  6. made of the crust and upper mantle
  7. violent shaking on the ground
  8. dropped zones were plates are pulling apart
  9. Wagner/ German scientist
  10. a crack or fracture in earths crust

20 Clues: plate/ biggest plate • where to plates meet • core/ only liquid layer • sliding past each other • Wagner/ German scientist • magma outside the volcano • pushing towards each other • moving apart from each other • violent shaking on the ground • split apart different continents • made of the crust and upper mantle • a crack or fracture in earths crust • ...

Plate Tectonics and Geologic History 2022-03-08

Plate Tectonics and Geologic History crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the continents fit _______
  2. There are many _______ volcanos on the west coast of Canada
  3. _________ plates are in constant motion
  4. There are many volcanos in the ______ ocean
  5. The mega continent
Down
  1. _________ happen when tectonic plates collide
  2. _________ are huge land masses
  3. ________ are a result of plate tectonics
  4. ______ tectonics

9 Clues: ______ tectonics • The mega continent • the continents fit _______ • _________ are huge land masses • _________ plates are in constant motion • ________ are a result of plate tectonics • There are many volcanos in the ______ ocean • _________ happen when tectonic plates collide • There are many _______ volcanos on the west coast of Canada

Plate Tectonics (Boundaries) 2014-02-20

Plate Tectonics (Boundaries) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates that pull away from each other.
  2. two plates slipping passed one another.
  3. a line of volcanos located on the outer edges of the Pacific plate
  4. the plate that hold most of earths water
  5. the year that the theory became known (in 1900's)
  6. a land form that is formed where a convergent plate comes together usually shoots out lava
  7. the plate that holds North America
  8. two plates pushing against each other that can form mountains.
Down
  1. the plate in witch the Caribbean lies
  2. the plate that holds the third largest continent(Africa)
  3. the plate that upholds fiji
  4. caused by a divergent plate pulling away from one another and creates an underwater ridge Ex: Mid Atlantic Ridge
  5. holds the worlds largest continent/also the worlds largest country(Russia)
  6. the plate in witch South America is located
  7. the plate just west of the South American plate (stats with a N)
  8. these are caused by two convergent plates running into each other (they move upward)
  9. the man who came up with the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift
  10. the plate in witch Antarctica is located
  11. the plate in witch the philippines are located
  12. the plate that lies bettween the eurasian plate and the african plate(Arabian sea)

20 Clues: the plate that upholds fiji • the plate that holds North America • the plate in witch the Caribbean lies • two plates slipping passed one another. • the plate that hold most of earths water • the plate in witch Antarctica is located • two plates that pull away from each other. • the plate in witch South America is located • the plate in witch the philippines are located • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2013-01-04

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Man's best friend
  2. Earth's outer layer that can be oceanic or continental.
  3. Large marsupial
  4. ___ Wegener was the first scientist to propose the theory of plate tectonics.
  5. The landform that was all the continents fit together like a puzzle.
  6. The ___ crust is older and more buoyant.
  7. A ___ boundary is when two plates slide passed each other.
  8. A ___ boundary is when two plates move away from each other.
  9. Another name for Earth's outermost layer besides The Crust.
  10. Caused by an oceanic plate being pushed under a continental plate.
  11. The Famous Geological Feature: The San Andreas ___
  12. The layer in between the core and the crust that is split into two layers.
  13. Organisms preserved in rock when heat and pressure is applied.
Down
  1. The ___ crust is younger and more dense.
  2. Seafloor ___ is caused by a divergent boundary.
  3. A ___ boundary is when two plates move towards each other.
  4. Flying mammal
  5. They are caused by movement in the Earth's crustal formations.
  6. Molten rock under the Earth's crust.
  7. The super continent Pangaea, was split into two parts named, Laurasia and ___.
  8. Plate ___ is the study of Earth's lithosphere divided into different moving plates.
  9. Has a trunk
  10. Where magma escapes the Earth to form islands.
  11. Likes to chase mice
  12. A Divergent boundary: The Mid Atlantic _­­__

25 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • Molten rock under the Earth's crust. • The ___ crust is younger and more dense. • The ___ crust is older and more buoyant. • A Divergent boundary: The Mid Atlantic _­­__ • Seafloor ___ is caused by a divergent boundary. • Where magma escapes the Earth to form islands. • ...

Plate Tectonics/Soil Composition 2021-12-02

Plate Tectonics/Soil Composition crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Denser TP moves under less dense TP
  2. Result of a convergent plate boundary
  3. Organization of soil
  4. Theory of Plate Tectonics scientist
  5. Material similar to bedrock
  6. Where earthquakes begin
  7. Region where mantle is heated
  8. Soil Organism
  9. Partially decomposed organic material
Down
  1. Earth's outermost rock layer
  2. Oceanic/Continental
  3. Parallel + Horizontal movement of plates
  4. These rest on plates
  5. Result of a divergent plate boundary
  6. Matter from remains of plants/animals
  7. Layer of Earth's crust that supports terrestrial life

16 Clues: Soil Organism • Oceanic/Continental • These rest on plates • Organization of soil • Where earthquakes begin • Material similar to bedrock • Earth's outermost rock layer • Region where mantle is heated • Denser TP moves under less dense TP • Theory of Plate Tectonics scientist • Result of a divergent plate boundary • Result of a convergent plate boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics (Boundaries) 2014-02-20

Plate Tectonics (Boundaries) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the plate that holds the third largest continent(Africa)
  2. the plate that upholds fiji
  3. the year that the theory became known (in 1900's)
  4. the plate that lies bettween the eurasian plate and the african plate(Arabian sea)
  5. caused by a divergent plate pulling away from one another and creates an underwater ridge Ex: Mid Atlantic Ridge
  6. the plate in witch South America is located
  7. the plate just west of the South American plate (stats with a N)
  8. the plate in witch the Caribbean lies
  9. two plates slipping passed one another.
  10. holds the worlds largest continent/also the worlds largest country(Russia)
Down
  1. the man who came up with the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift
  2. two plates that pull away from each other.
  3. the plate in witch Antarctica is located
  4. these are caused by two convergent plates running into each other (they move upward)
  5. the plate that holds North America
  6. the plate in witch the philippines are located
  7. a land form that is formed where a convergent plate comes together usually shoots out lava
  8. the plate that hold most of earths water
  9. a line of volcanos located on the outer edges of the Pacific plate
  10. two plates pushing against each other that can form mountains.

20 Clues: the plate that upholds fiji • the plate that holds North America • the plate in witch the Caribbean lies • two plates slipping passed one another. • the plate in witch Antarctica is located • the plate that hold most of earths water • two plates that pull away from each other. • the plate in witch South America is located • the plate in witch the philippines are located • ...