plate Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonic's 2025-02-05

Plate Tectonic's crossword puzzle
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  1. When the seafloor plunges into underwater canyons, the ocean crust bends downward.
  2. Breaks in the earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
  3. Magma reaches the surface.
  4. Is an area where material from deep within Earth's mantle rises through the crust and melts the crust.
  5. Where the earth's crust is breaking apart and moving away from the other side.
  6. When mid ocean ridges continually add new material to the ocean floor as they push it apart. Older crust moves away from either side of the ridge.
  7. Where plates move apart from one another.
  8. Measure of how much mass there is in a given volume.
  9. Heat transfer by the movement of fluid.
  10. Where plates slide past one another.
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  1. Supercontinent that happened about 300 million years ago where all continents were combined.
  2. Earth's solid outer shell that is broken into pieces.
  3. A string of island that form from volcanoes that arise the ocean floor (follows the curve of deep ocean trench.)
  4. Any trace of an ancient organism that is preserved in rock.
  5. A mountain that forms in Earth's crust when molten material, or magma reaches the surface.
  6. The idea that the continents moved slowly over Earth's surface. Hypothesis was made by Wegener.
  7. Where plates come towards each other.
  8. A major belt of volcanoes that is around the pacific Ocean.
  9. Process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle.
  10. Transfer of heat between materials that are touching.

20 Clues: Magma reaches the surface. • Where plates slide past one another. • Where plates come towards each other. • Heat transfer by the movement of fluid. • Where plates move apart from one another. • Measure of how much mass there is in a given volume. • Earth's solid outer shell that is broken into pieces. • Transfer of heat between materials that are touching. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Melted rock on the earths surface
  2. The spot when one plate moves under another
  3. The degree of hotness in a place
  4. The thick shell that surrounds the earths core
  5. The study of history as recorded in rocks
  6. Melted rock under the earths surface
  7. an unusual rise of water
  8. The ground does this when an earthquake happens
  9. The outer layer of the earth
  10. To be put underwater
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  1. Believed to be the original shape of the earth
  2. A lava spewing mountain
  3. Crash together
  4. A huge wave caused by an earthquake
  5. Relating to the internal heat of the earth
  6. The branch of geology studying the folding of the earths crust
  7. When rubbing plates causes the ground to shake
  8. A volcano is considered a natural ________
  9. The shore of a sea or ocean
  10. A hot spring that sends water into the air

20 Clues: Crash together • To be put underwater • A lava spewing mountain • an unusual rise of water • The shore of a sea or ocean • The outer layer of the earth • The degree of hotness in a place • Melted rock on the earths surface • A huge wave caused by an earthquake • Melted rock under the earths surface • The study of history as recorded in rocks • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. this is formed when the old crust melts in the subduction zone forming a magma chamber, which eventually finds its way to the surface
  2. The Earth's crust is broken up into plates made up of continental and oceanic rock
  3. when plates slide past each other they form this kind of boundary
  4. the magma causes this in the athenosphere
  5. this is when two oceanic plates come together and one slides down under the other
  6. these are formed at a subduction zone
  7. these ride on convection currents
  8. this age of rocks are found closest to the ridge (hint: oldest or youngest)
  9. when plates come together they form these
  10. --------margin is found at the edge of the continent and is made up of the shelf, slope, and rise
  11. rises up at the mid-ocean ridge causing the seafloor to split
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  1. when plates move away from each other they form this kind of boundary
  2. this kind of continental margin happens when the edge of the continent is in the middle of the plate
  3. when plates come together this kind of boundary forms
  4. this is made up of plates that float on the athenosphere
  5. this is a fault in California that has a transform boundary
  6. the chains of mountain ranges found on the bottom of the oceans
  7. this kind of continental margin occurs when plates meet at the edge of a continent
  8. This age of rocks are found at the trenches (hint:oldest or youngest)
  9. an active continental margin causes this kind of activity
  10. when a continental plate and an oceanic plates collide, this plate goes underneath the other one

21 Clues: these ride on convection currents • these are formed at a subduction zone • the magma causes this in the athenosphere • when plates come together they form these • when plates come together this kind of boundary forms • this is made up of plates that float on the athenosphere • an active continental margin causes this kind of activity • ...

plate tectonics 2025-03-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a tectonic plate boundary where two plates move apart, allowing magma to rise and form new crust, creating features like mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys.
  2. an area where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  3. the third layer of Earth's atmosphere, located above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
  4. a geological process where new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges as tectonic plates pull apart, allowing molten magma to rise and solidify
  5. the characteristics of rocks and soils that describe their behavior and resistance to forces
  6. that Earth's rigid outer shell (the lithosphere) is divided into several large, moving plates that interact, causing earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building.
  7. performing two or more transformations as the same shape
  8. a convergent plate boundary where one tectonic plate slides beneath another, typically the denser oceanic plate diving under a lighter continental or oceanic plate, into the Earth's mantle.
  9. he metaphorical shrinking of the world due to advancements in technology
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  1. large, irregularly shaped slabs of Earth's solid outer layer
  2. a liquid, spherical layer of primarily iron and nickel, located between the solid inner core and the mantle
  3. the theory that Earth's continents were once joined in a single landmass
  4. the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  5. a hard or brittle external coat or covering
  6. the mechanically weak, ductile region of the Earth's upper mantle, located below the lithosphere
  7. a branch of mathematics that explores the properties, relationships,
  8. tectonic plate margin where two plates slide horizontally past each othe
  9. a fracture or discontinuity in rock where there has been significant displacement due to rock-mass movements, often leading to earthquakes.
  10. the solid, innermost layer of the Earth, composed primarily of iron and nicke
  11. the rigid, rocky outer layer of the Earth, encompassing the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.

20 Clues: the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior. • a hard or brittle external coat or covering • an area where two or more lithospheric plates collide • performing two or more transformations as the same shape • large, irregularly shaped slabs of Earth's solid outer layer • a branch of mathematics that explores the properties, relationships, • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The outer part of the Mechanical Layers
  2. What the lithosphere is split into
  3. Mechanical properties describe a materials response to something
  4. The last layer of the Mechanical Layers of the Earth
  5. The inner part of the Earth
  6. How something is made up
  7. When the continents move
  8. When two plates slide past each other
  9. The theory that tectonic plates moved and was once a super continent called Pangaea
  10. When two plates come apart
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  1. A semi-solid layer of the Mechanical Layers
  2. When two things are pushed together
  3. The third layer of the mechanical layers of the Earth
  4. A fracture in the Earth´s surface
  5. When an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate
  6. When Oceanic Crust is formed at ridges
  7. Where the convection currents are
  8. The outer part of the earth
  9. When two plates collide
  10. The outer part of the core

20 Clues: When two plates collide • How something is made up • When the continents move • The outer part of the core • When two plates come apart • The outer part of the earth • The inner part of the Earth • A fracture in the Earth´s surface • Where the convection currents are • What the lithosphere is split into • When two things are pushed together • When two plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. a thick layer of hot, slow-moving, solid rock
  2. the jigsaw-like fit of continents
  3. layers of the earth
  4. a plate with thinner oceanic crust descends beneath a plate with thicker continental crust
  5. the outer layer of the earth
  6. Earth's moving puzzle pieces
  7. its liquid state is composed of nickel and iron
  8. symmetrical magnetic stripes on either side of mid-ocean ridges
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  1. primarily composed of silicate rocks like granite and basalt
  2. mountain formation
  3. outermost rigid layer
  4. innermost part composed of iron and nickel
  5. coldest part of atmosphere where meteors burn up
  6. place where tectonic plates slide sideways past each other
  7. crack or fracture
  8. matching shapes and rock formations of continents that once fit together
  9. area where tectonic plates move apart
  10. hot,solid, metal ball
  11. plates collide
  12. located below the lithosphere

20 Clues: plates collide • crack or fracture • mountain formation • layers of the earth • outermost rigid layer • hot,solid, metal ball • the outer layer of the earth • Earth's moving puzzle pieces • located below the lithosphere • the jigsaw-like fit of continents • area where tectonic plates move apart • innermost part composed of iron and nickel • ...

Plate Tectonic 2025-04-24

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground caused by movement of Earth's plates.
  2. A supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago and eventually broke apart.
  3. Plate A rigid segment of the Earth's crust that moves independently across the surface.
  4. Valley A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  5. The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
  6. Tectonics The theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.
  7. Boundary A boundary where two plates slide past one another horizontally.
  8. A mountain that forms when magma reaches the surface.
  9. A crack in Earth's crust where movement has occurred.
  10. Molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface.
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  1. Boundary A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move apart.
  2. A process where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle.
  3. Drift The gradual movement of continents across Earth’s surface over time.
  4. The layer of Earth between the crust and the core, where convection occurs.
  5. of Fire A major area in the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
  6. Ridge An underwater mountain range formed by divergent plates.
  7. Spreading The process by which new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges.
  8. The outermost layer of the Earth.
  9. Boundary A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  10. Magma that reaches Earth’s surface.

20 Clues: The outermost layer of the Earth. • Magma that reaches Earth’s surface. • Molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface. • A mountain that forms when magma reaches the surface. • A crack in Earth's crust where movement has occurred. • Valley A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • Ridge An underwater mountain range formed by divergent plates. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. waves of energy that travel through Earth's crust and interior
  2. a long area where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another
  3. the process by which ocean crust spreads apart along each side of a mid-ocean ridge
  4. the gradual movement of the continents across Earth’s surface over time
  5. a puzzle piece-like section of the lithosphere that moves over the asthenosphere carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  6. the outermost layer of Earth that forms Earth's surface
  7. a trace of an ancient organism preserved within a layer or rock
  8. the movement of fluid caused by differences in temperature
  9. an area where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions
  10. a rigid layer composed of the crust and the upper mantle
  11. the place on Earth's surface directly over the focus of an earthquake
  12. the place deep inside Earth where a shift in Earth's crust occurs, causing an earthquake
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  1. an area where two or more tectonic plates move toward one another and collide
  2. the downward movement of one of Earth's plates beneath another plate
  3. an area in the ocean that has an upwelling of molten material associated with seafloor spreading
  4. the layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  5. an area where two or more tectonic plates move away from one another
  6. a crack and Earth's crust
  7. an area of lowland with steep walls formed at divergent boundaries
  8. the theory that pieces of the lithosphere are constantly moving due to convection currents in Earth's mantle
  9. a rigid layer composed of the crust and the upper mantle
  10. the thick region between Earth's core and crust
  11. a well-tested, widely accepted explanation that combines several hypotheses and observations

23 Clues: a crack and Earth's crust • the thick region between Earth's core and crust • the layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • the outermost layer of Earth that forms Earth's surface • a rigid layer composed of the crust and the upper mantle • a rigid layer composed of the crust and the upper mantle • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mountain or hill, typically conical, has a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  2. bigger eruption then a normal volcano and way bigger too
  3. any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks
  4. the location where two plates meet
  5. the first layer of earths layers
  6. the fourth and final layer in earths layers
  7. crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core
  8. the pull away between two plates
  9. formed over convergent boundaries
  10. the second layer in earths layers
  11. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  12. a supercontinent
  13. an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
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  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. when two plates rub against each other
  3. the third layer in earths layers
  4. the push against two plates
  5. is a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
  6. tectonics a plate underneath earths surface
  7. formed when divergent boundaries erupt in the ocean

20 Clues: a supercontinent • the push against two plates • the third layer in earths layers • the first layer of earths layers • the pull away between two plates • formed over convergent boundaries • the second layer in earths layers • the location where two plates meet • when two plates rub against each other • crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-12-16

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The sliding down of rock or earth from a cliff or mountain
  2. earthquakes under the ocean cause this
  3. Coming together
  4. When stress builds, then releases, violently shaking the plates
  5. Magma exploding through the surface
  6. Super continent
  7. When lots of stress builds up, causing rock to break
  8. A massive slide of mud and earth
  9. An above average sized volcano
  10. Dividing
  11. A force that acts on rock to change shape or volume
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  1. The size of an earthquake or other things
  2. A big plume of hot mantle, rising from deep in the earth
  3. Vibrations traveling through earth, carrying energy.
  4. Volcanoes that are constantly erupting or are going to in the furture
  5. Magma once it reaches the earths surface
  6. The point on earths surface directly above the focus of the earthquake
  7. Melted rock beneath the earths surface
  8. under water, where 2 plate diverge create this
  9. Sliding

20 Clues: Sliding • Dividing • Coming together • Super continent • An above average sized volcano • A massive slide of mud and earth • Magma exploding through the surface • earthquakes under the ocean cause this • Melted rock beneath the earths surface • Magma once it reaches the earths surface • The size of an earthquake or other things • under water, where 2 plate diverge create this • ...

plate tectonics 2024-12-16

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. caused by all types of faults
  2. coming together
  3. how earthquakes are measured
  4. when a supervolcano erupts leaving this because it blew it's top off
  5. formed by a hotspot with plate shifting
  6. mountain of lava
  7. the law that states that older rock is found below younger rock
  8. plates what all continents and oceans sit on
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  1. super volcano found in Montana+Wyoming
  2. south America looks like it could fit into this continent
  3. ocean crust
  4. caused by underwater earthquake
  5. waves some energy released from earthquakes
  6. volcano very very big volcano
  7. supercontinent
  8. dividing
  9. plume of magma in the ground
  10. how volcanoes are measured
  11. sliding
  12. land crust

20 Clues: sliding • dividing • land crust • ocean crust • supercontinent • coming together • mountain of lava • how volcanoes are measured • how earthquakes are measured • plume of magma in the ground • caused by all types of faults • volcano very very big volcano • caused by underwater earthquake • super volcano found in Montana+Wyoming • formed by a hotspot with plate shifting • ...

Plate Motion 2023-05-10

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the place where two plates meet
  2. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  3. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  4. describes the motion of one tectonic plate relative to another
  5. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  6. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  7. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  8. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  9. ridge an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  10. how often or fast something happens
  11. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  12. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  13. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  14. moving apart in different directions
  15. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
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  1. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  2. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  3. activity any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  4. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  5. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  6. any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  7. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  8. moving toward the same place
  9. to examine in detail for a purpose
  10. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  11. the solid part of a rocky planet
  12. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  13. the outside or top layer of something

28 Clues: moving toward the same place • the place where two plates meet • the solid part of a rocky planet • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-09-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continental crust containing silica and aluminum
  2. a sudden violent shaking of the crust
  3. a vent or opening in the crust from which magma can reach the surface
  4. a more specific term for the subduction zone
  5. oceanic crust containing silica and magnesium
  6. landforms created when continental plates collide
  7. a force causing plate movement as plates are pulled into subduction zones
  8. the supercontinent that existed billions of years ago
  9. scientist who first proposed theory of plate tectonics
  10. the central layer of the earth formed of iron and nickel
  11. a layer of the earth containing the crust
  12. the longest mountain range in the world
  13. a force causing plates to move away from ocean ridges
  14. a deep sea landform located where subduction occurs
  15. the act of one plate being forced under another due to higher density
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  1. an intense area of heat in the mantle that burns through the lithosphere
  2. Hess' theory that was proved by paleomagnetism
  3. a ductile layer of the earth in which convection occurs
  4. a landform created by oceanic-oceanic subduction
  5. the magnetic alignment of minerals
  6. the study of ancient magnetism in rock
  7. a plate boundary where plates move parallel to one another
  8. found at right angles to ocean ridges- like discs in a spine
  9. when a recumbent fold collapses on itself
  10. a landform created when continental plates diverge
  11. valleys found between horsts
  12. a large wave caused by underwater tectonic activity
  13. a block shaped landform created as plates separate

28 Clues: valleys found between horsts • the magnetic alignment of minerals • a sudden violent shaking of the crust • the study of ancient magnetism in rock • the longest mountain range in the world • when a recumbent fold collapses on itself • a layer of the earth containing the crust • a more specific term for the subduction zone • oceanic crust containing silica and magnesium • ...

Plate Tectonic 2025-08-26

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. An opening in Earth's crust through which molten rock (magma), gases, and ash escape, often forming a mountain.
  2. The shaking of Earth's surface caused by sudden movement along a fault or plate boundary.
  3. Low areas between hills or mountains, often formed by erosion or movement of Earth's crust.
  4. Relating to the structure and movement of Earth's crust, especially the large plates beneath the surface that produce earthquakes, mountains, and volcanoes.
  5. Large pieces of Earth's crust and upper mantle that move and interact to shape the planet's surface.
  6. When two tectonic plates push against each other, usually forming mountains and causing earthquakes due to intense pressure.
  7. Melted rock found beneath Earth's surface; when magma erupts onto the surface, it becomes lava.
  8. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth, made of solid rock, forming continents and ocean floors.
  9. A crack in the Earth's crust where blocks of earth move past each other, often causing earthquakes.
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  1. The movement of heat and material within the mantle, causing plates to move.
  2. When two tectonic plates move toward each other, often causing earthquakes or mountain-building.
  3. The process of mountain-building through movements and collisions of tectonic plates.
  4. The thick layer of rock beneath Earth's crust, which is both solid and partly molten and slowly moves, driving plate movement.
  5. Long, raised areas, often under the ocean, formed by the spreading and upwelling of magma between separating tectonic plates.
  6. The process where tectonic plates move apart and new crust forms from magma, usually at mid-ocean ridges.
  7. The force that squeezes or presses together rocks or plates, causing them to fold or break.
  8. A scientist who studies the origin, structure, and processes of Earth, especially rocks and minerals.
  9. The central part of Earth, made of iron and nickel, divided into a solid inner core and a liquid outer core.
  10. A large ocean wave usually caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
  11. A bend in layers of rock or Earth's crust usually formed by compression.

20 Clues: A bend in layers of rock or Earth's crust usually formed by compression. • The movement of heat and material within the mantle, causing plates to move. • A large ocean wave usually caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. • The process of mountain-building through movements and collisions of tectonic plates. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-03-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by the release of energy when teconic plates grind, collid, or slide past one another.
  2. The gravitational equilibrium between the Earth's crust and the denser, plastic mantle, where the crust "floats" at an elevation determined by its thickness and density.
  3. The alteration in shape, position, or volume of rocks caused by tectonic stresses, compression, tension, or shear; resulting from plate movement.
  4. Bends or wraps in layered rock strata resulting from extreme compressional stress, typically occurring at convergent plate boundaries.
  5. A hot, plastic, and partially molten layer of the upper mantle.
  6. Large-scale, bowl-shaped depressions in the Earth's crust formed by subsidence related to plate tectonic movements.
  7. The deformation, change in shape, or change in volume of rock bodies resulting from stress.
  8. Arch-shaped, convex-upward fold in geological rock layers, with the oldest rocks at the center and younger layers dipping away from the crest.
  9. The ability of rocks and materials within the Earth's interior to bend, flow, or deform permanently under high pressure and temperature without breaking.
  10. Concave, U-shaped geological folds formed by tectonic compression, where rock layers dip inward towards a central trough or axis.
  11. The rigid, brittle, outer shell of the Earth- comprising the crust and upper mantle- divided into 7-8 major and several minor tectonic plates.
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  1. Molten or semi-molton rock located beneath Earth's surface, acting as the primary driver of tectonic activity and new crust formation.
  2. The force per unit area applied to rocks within the Earth's crust, resulting from plate movements.
  3. A type of stress that pushes rock masses together, primarily occurring at convergent plate boundaries.
  4. A fracture or zone of fractures in the Earth's crust along which movement has occurred, typically acting as a boundary between tectonic plates or within a plate.
  5. The scientific theory that Earth's rigid outer shell is divided into several large and small moving plates.
  6. The mass per unit volume of rock, determining how plates float on the mantle and interact at boundaries.
  7. The preserved remains, traces, or impressions of ancient life found in rock layers.
  8. A type of stress that pulls rocks apart, causing them to lengthen, thin, or break.
  9. Massive, rigid, irregularly shaped slabs of solid rock composing Earth's outer shell.

20 Clues: A hot, plastic, and partially molten layer of the upper mantle. • A type of stress that pulls rocks apart, causing them to lengthen, thin, or break. • The preserved remains, traces, or impressions of ancient life found in rock layers. • Massive, rigid, irregularly shaped slabs of solid rock composing Earth's outer shell. • ...

Tectonic plate 2026-03-19

Tectonic plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Waves: Waves of energy that travel through the Earth as a result of an earthquake.
  2. Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates move apart.
  3. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  4. Drift: The theory that the continents were once part of a single landmass that drifted apart.
  5. Molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface.
  6. The upper layer of the Earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, where the rock is more fluid.
  7. Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.
  8. The point within the Earth where an earthquake rupture starts.
  9. Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates collide.
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  1. The process where one tectonic plate slides under another.
  2. Ridge: An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics.
  3. A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.
  4. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  5. Boundaries: The edges of tectonic plates where most of the geological activity occurs.
  6. The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  7. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
  8. Plates: Large, irregularly shaped slabs of solid rock that make up the Earth's lithosphere.
  9. A fracture in the Earth's crust where movement has occurred.
  10. The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, from which the present continents separated.
  11. A long, narrow depression in the ocean floor, often formed at subduction zones.

20 Clues: Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. • Molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface. • Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates collide. • Boundary: A plate boundary where two plates move apart. • The process where one tectonic plate slides under another. • A fracture in the Earth's crust where movement has occurred. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-03-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. oceanic under continental
  2. chunk of crust
  3. Where plates meet
  4. no waves zone
  5. Silly putty layer
  6. Second wave
  7. Location on surface for Earthquakes
  8. hottest solid core
  9. thick, granite crust
  10. exact point of movement
  11. moving apart
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  1. liquid core
  2. hot rises, cold sinks
  3. creator of continental drift
  4. bottom of ocean
  5. First wave
  6. moving together
  7. top layer
  8. thin, dense crust
  9. move past each other

20 Clues: top layer • First wave • liquid core • Second wave • moving apart • no waves zone • chunk of crust • bottom of ocean • moving together • Where plates meet • thin, dense crust • Silly putty layer • hottest solid core • move past each other • thick, granite crust • hot rises, cold sinks • exact point of movement • oceanic under continental • creator of continental drift • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. massive slabs of rock that form the Earth's outer shell
  2. A long, narrow depression on the seafloor formed due to subduction.
  3. Where the edge of one plate slides under another denser plate
  4. a weak to violent shaking of the ground due to tectonic plate movements
  5. an opening in the Earth's crust where magma, ash, and gas escape from deep within the planet
  6. the rigid, outermost layer of Earth
  7. linear zone where the Earth's lithosphere is being pulled apart
  8. Two plates collide
  9. a fracture or zone of fractures in the Earth's crust where there has been displacement between two blocks of rock
  10. Large waves of water due to tectonic plate movements.
Down
  1. Two plates moving away from each other
  2. the slow, circular movement of hot rock in the Earth's mantle that drives the movement of tectonic plates.
  3. Two plates slide beside each other
  4. A thick layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core that drives the movement of tectonic plates.
  5. The central part of the Earth
  6. The supercontinent
  7. a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes
  8. Molten rock that has erupted on to earth's surface
  9. a theory that the continents were together in a supercontinent, but drifted to different places overtime.
  10. the molten rock mixture found beneath the Earth's surface
  11. the solid, rocky outer shell of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates

21 Clues: The supercontinent • Two plates collide • The central part of the Earth • Two plates slide beside each other • the rigid, outermost layer of Earth • Two plates moving away from each other • a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes • Molten rock that has erupted on to earth's surface • Large waves of water due to tectonic plate movements. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. proposed the theory of plate tectonics
  2. boundary where plates slide past each other
  3. these cause earthquakes
  4. the layer that s-waves stop at
  5. when oceanic plate plunges underneath continental crust
  6. Earth's supercontinent
  7. boundary where plates move apart
  8. pipes of hot rock that rise through mantle
  9. movement of the plates over earth's surface
Down
  1. the outermost mechanical layer
  2. caused by convection currents in the mantle
  3. the first supercontinent
  4. the layer that makes up 68% of earth's mass
  5. the layer that makes up less than 1% of Earth's mass
  6. heat is transferred through rapid collisions of atoms
  7. Activity that occurs within a plate
  8. Waves that cannot travel through liquid
  9. worlds most notorious transform fault
  10. boundary where plates collide
  11. Fastest waves that move at 4 miles per second

20 Clues: Earth's supercontinent • these cause earthquakes • the first supercontinent • boundary where plates collide • the outermost mechanical layer • the layer that s-waves stop at • boundary where plates move apart • Activity that occurs within a plate • worlds most notorious transform fault • proposed the theory of plate tectonics • Waves that cannot travel through liquid • ...

Plate Motion 2025-11-05

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The top part of the Earth that is thin and solid.
  2. The very center of the Earth, made of hot solid iron.
  3. The dinosaur fossil that was found on both South America and Africa because of plate tectonics.
  4. The very outer layer of the Earth.
  5. Moving apart in different directions
  6. What is created by divergent plates moving apart.
  7. Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  8. One of the continents that the Mesosaurus fossils were found on.
  9. How often or fast something happens.
  10. Moving toward the same place.
Down
  1. A long, deep indentation.
  2. The semi-fluid part of Earth’s layers, located right underneath the lithosphere.
  3. The sudden shaking of Earth’s surface.
  4. The place where two plates meet.
  5. The force that moves Earth’s plates.
  6. One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer.
  7. What scientist Alfred Wegener named the supercontinent that was here long ago.
  8. What Earth’s outer layer is made out of under the ocean and land.
  9. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates.
  10. To examine in detail for a purpose.

20 Clues: A long, deep indentation. • Moving toward the same place. • The place where two plates meet. • The very outer layer of the Earth. • To examine in detail for a purpose. • The force that moves Earth’s plates. • Moving apart in different directions • How often or fast something happens. • The sudden shaking of Earth’s surface. • The top part of the Earth that is thin and solid. • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2026-01-21

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates pulling apart
  2. Stationary volcanic source
  3. Fossil used for dating
  4. Molten rock underground
  5. Plates pushing together
  6. Continental drift scientist
  7. Earth's rocky outer layer
  8. Plate sinks below another
  9. Molten rock aboveground
  10. Oldest layers on bottom
Down
  1. Theory of plate movement
  2. Rock containing fossils
  3. Layer below the crust
  4. Deepest ocean feature
  5. Preserved ancient remains
  6. Folded crustal uplift
  7. Sudden crustal movement
  8. Single giant landmass
  9. Plates sliding past
  10. Underwater mountain chain

20 Clues: Plates sliding past • Plates pulling apart • Layer below the crust • Deepest ocean feature • Folded crustal uplift • Single giant landmass • Fossil used for dating • Rock containing fossils • Molten rock underground • Plates pushing together • Sudden crustal movement • Molten rock aboveground • Oldest layers on bottom • Theory of plate movement • Preserved ancient remains • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-02-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The rule stating that in layers of rock, the oldest are at the bottom and the youngest are at the top.
  2. This principle suggests that Earth's features were formed by the same forces—like wind and water—that we observe today.
  3. The ancient supercontinent that contained all of Earth’s landmasses before they drifted apart
  4. A plate boundary where crust is neither created nor destroyed, but instead scrapes along its neighbor.
  5. This phenomenon occurs at divergent boundaries under the ocean, making the Atlantic Ocean wider every year (2 words)
  6. The scientific theory explaining how Earth’s "puzzle pieces" shift and slide.(2 words)
  7. The specific area where a denser oceanic plate sinks beneath a lighter continental plate. (2 words)
  8. Alfred Wegener’s famous idea that the world’s landmasses have slowly shifted across the ocean floor over millions of years (2 words)
  9. When hot, molten rock squeezes into existing rock layers and cools.
  10. The raw materials—like mud, sand, and pebbles—that get squeezed together to form new rock layers
Down
  1. When these massive pieces of Earth's crust collide, pull apart, or grind past each other, they create mountains and volcanoes (2 words)
  2. The solid, outer layer of Earth consisting of the crust and the very top of the mantle
  3. A fossil used as a "time stamp" to help scientists identify the specific age of a rock layer. (2 words)
  4. Often compared to the "pages" of Earth's history book, these are the individual layers of sedimentary rock.
  5. The type of boundary where tectonic plates divide or move in opposite directions.
  6. A method used to determine if a rock layer is older or younger than the ones around it without giving a specific age (2 words)
  7. Unlike relative dating, this method provides a specific number for how many years ago a rock formed
  8. Unlike weathering, which breaks rocks, this process transports the pieces to a new location.
  9. Whether it's pulling apart or sliding, this is the physical break where tectonic plates meet and shift.
  10. This boundary is a "mountain builder," created when two plates push against each other
  11. This is the only rock type where you are likely to find fossils tucked between its layers.

21 Clues: When hot, molten rock squeezes into existing rock layers and cools. • The type of boundary where tectonic plates divide or move in opposite directions. • The solid, outer layer of Earth consisting of the crust and the very top of the mantle • The scientific theory explaining how Earth’s "puzzle pieces" shift and slide.(2 words) • ...

Basic Printmaking Vocabulary 2024-01-08

Basic Printmaking Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. three colors that are next to one another on the color wheel; these colors harmonize with each other.
  2. lines and shapes are gouged into a piece of linoleum to produce a surface that has positive and negative areas; the linoleum block is then coated in ink to make prints.
  3. a print created from high and low areas on a printing plate.
  4. pigments plus oils, binders, and driers.
  5. a raised impression made by a metal plate.
  6. the number of prints pulled from one plate.
  7. pressing an object into ink and then pressing it onto a paper, leaving a print.
  8. the flat surface onto which a design is etched or engraved for printing.
  9. two opposite colors on the color wheel.
  10. a machine with a photosensitive device that translates images into digital code; images can then be stored in a computer.
  11. an impression made from a printing plate in order to check the progress of the design being made; it is a test print.
  12. a roller used to spread a layer of ink over printing plates.
  13. a tool used for printing; it can be made from an eraser, a potato, a string, foam, metal, or wood.
Down
  1. tints, tones, and shades of the same color.
  2. a tool used to remove wood or linoleum from a block.
  3. a liquid that dissolves ink.
  4. the process of making an image on a plate and reproducing it again and again using ink.
  5. a soft piece of felt used to apply ink to a surface.
  6. a one-time print made from a printing plate.
  7. a stencil process using a mesh stretched over a frame; ink is forced through openings in the mesh and blocked from going through other areas.
  8. a material made of paper or fabric that has cut-away parts with lettering or a design; ink or paint is forced through these parts onto the surface being printed.
  9. a print made from a collage of materials glued together on a printing plate.
  10. a copy made using the printing process.
  11. lines are scratched into a flat metal plate to hold the ink and make a print.
  12. a fabric that is stretched over a frame used to hold a stencil for printing.
  13. a tool used for stamping, usually made of rubber.
  14. lines and shapes are cut into a wood block, which is inked and then printed.

27 Clues: a liquid that dissolves ink. • a copy made using the printing process. • two opposite colors on the color wheel. • pigments plus oils, binders, and driers. • a raised impression made by a metal plate. • tints, tones, and shades of the same color. • the number of prints pulled from one plate. • a one-time print made from a printing plate. • ...

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 2023-11-03

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. alternating lava
  2. hole
  3. edge of Pacific Plate
  4. magma chamber hardens
  5. when lava pours out
  6. thick lava
  7. up and down
  8. water heated by magma
  9. caved in volcano
  10. violent with cinders
  11. makes magma thicker
  12. earth's heat
  13. never again
  14. magma hardens in the pipe
Down
  1. hot gas,ash,cinder,and bombs
  2. connects chamber to a vent
  3. middle of a plate
  4. subduction of a plate
  5. runny lava
  6. currency erupting
  7. calm,lava flows
  8. stores magma
  9. thickness of a liquid
  10. opening
  11. eruption of heated water
  12. sleeping
  13. sits sideways

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • runny lava • thick lava • up and down • never again • stores magma • earth's heat • sits sideways • calm,lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currency erupting • when lava pours out • makes magma thicker • violent with cinders • edge of Pacific Plate • magma chamber hardens • subduction of a plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • ...

Plate Teconics 2023-11-06

Plate Teconics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. meaning all together
  2. first layer of earth
  3. mountain where lava oozes out
  4. theory explaining structure of earths crust
  5. line in middle of earth
  6. hot fluid in or under earths crust
  7. able to float
  8. large body of land
  9. plate tectonics moving to side
Down
  1. plate tectonics moving together
  2. earth vibrations
  3. part of land near sea
  4. act of lava or magma leaving volcano
  5. to come in contact
  6. plate tectonics moving away
  7. small amount of land
  8. relating to earthquakes or vibrations
  9. easy to break
  10. a line that seperates
  11. long narrow ditch
  12. part of earth between crust and core

21 Clues: easy to break • able to float • earth vibrations • long narrow ditch • to come in contact • large body of land • meaning all together • first layer of earth • small amount of land • part of land near sea • a line that seperates • line in middle of earth • plate tectonics moving away • mountain where lava oozes out • plate tectonics moving to side • plate tectonics moving together • ...

waves/forces crossword 2017-01-30

waves/forces crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. vibrations caused by rubture in earth surface.
  2. a vent in earth's crust through which molten rock flows.
  3. the particle melted portion of the mantle below lithosphere.
  4. the circulation of particles within a material caused by difference energy and density.
  5. the boundary between two plates that move toward each other.
  6. a location where volcanoes form far from plate bounderies.
Down
  1. small steep sided volcano.
  2. the boundary between two plates that move away from each other.
  3. the rigid outermost layer of earth that includes the uppermost mantle and crust.
  4. molten rock stored below earth surface.
  5. a large steep sided volcano.
  6. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate.
  7. a large volcano with gentle slopes of basaltic lavas,common around divergent plate bounderies.
  8. magma that erupts onto earth's surface.
  9. tiny particles of pulverized volcanic rock and glass.
  10. the boundary between two plate were they slide past each other.

16 Clues: small steep sided volcano. • a large steep sided volcano. • molten rock stored below earth surface. • magma that erupts onto earth's surface. • vibrations caused by rubture in earth surface. • tiny particles of pulverized volcanic rock and glass. • a vent in earth's crust through which molten rock flows. • a location where volcanoes form far from plate bounderies. • ...

Tectonic Plate Crossword 2017-01-21

Tectonic Plate Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ("all land") the single huge supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago, when all of Earth's continents were joined together.
  2. changed in form or character without becoming something else
  3. the southern continent formed when Pangaea split into two pieces
  4. a single thickness of some substance or material
  5. a system of connected underwater mountain ranges that run throughout the world's oceans. There is a rift valley in the center of the mid-ocean ridge, where magma rises up from the mantle, and pushes out to either side, producing seafloor spreading.
  6. a large continuous extent of land
  7. a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled
  8. the process by which new oceanic crust forms when magma rises up and solidifies at the mid-ocean ridges. The newer crust pushes the older crust out to each side, which is why the age of the sea floor increases with distance away from the mid-ocean ridges.
  9. reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state
  10. crash together with violent impact
  11. the rigid, brittle layer made up of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle. It is broken up into pieces called tectonic plates.
  12. the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge
Down
  1. where two tectonic plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions
  2. molten rock in the earth's crust
  3. plates large pieces of the lithosphere that slowly move on top of the asthenosphere. There are seven primary plates and many smaller ones. The seven primary plates are the African Plate, Antarctic Plate, Eurasian Plate, Indo-Australian Plate, North American Plate, Pacific Plate, and South American Plate
  4. where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  5. convection currents in the mantle that occur because hot rock in the lower part of the mantle is less dense and rises, and cooler rock in the upper part of the mantle cools, becomes more dense, and sinks. Mantle convection is thought to be the mechanism driving the movement of tectonic plates.
  6. the process by which one tectonic plate sinks below another, returning to the mantle, where the rock is re-melted. Subduction takes place at convergent plate boundaries. Oceanic crust, which is denser, will always subduct under the less dense continental crust.
  7. where two tectonic plates move toward each other
  8. rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos

20 Clues: molten rock in the earth's crust • a large continuous extent of land • crash together with violent impact • the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge • a single thickness of some substance or material • where two tectonic plates move toward each other • rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos • where two tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

Earth's history crossword 2025-01-09

Earth's history crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hazard - A natural hazard, such as an earthquake, that cannot be accurately predicted.
  2. - Water stored in underground rock pores and aquifers.
  3. - A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
  4. Boundary - A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes.
  5. - The breaking down of rocks and minerals on Earth’s surface due to exposure to weather conditions.
  6. Tectonics - A scientific theory explaining the movement of Earth’s lithosphere, which forms continents, mountains, and ocean ridges.
  7. Construction - Building techniques designed to minimize damage from wildfires.
  8. Eruption - The release of magma, gas, and ash from a volcano, often occurring at tectonic plate boundaries.
  9. - The process by which weathered material is transported by wind, water, or ice.
  10. Boundary - A plate boundary where two plates move apart, forming mid-ocean ridges or rift valleys.
  11. Hazard - A natural hazard, such as a volcanic eruption, that can be monitored and forecasted.
  12. Valley - A lowland region formed by the divergence of tectonic plates.
  13. - The layer of Earth beneath the crust, where convection currents occur.
  14. - The rigid outer layer of Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  15. Distribution - The spread of fossils across continents, providing evidence for plate tectonics and continental drift.
Down
  1. Drift - The theory that continents have moved over geological time to their current locations.
  2. Boundary - A plate boundary where two plates collide, often forming mountains or causing subduction.
  3. Water - Water on the surface of the Earth, such as rivers, lakes, and oceans.
  4. - The process by which one tectonic plate moves under another, often at a convergent boundary.
  5. - A large ocean wave caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
  6. Activity - Movements in the Earth's crust that often indicate potential earthquakes or volcanic activity.
  7. - The process by which surface water seeps into the ground to replenish groundwater.
  8. - A structure built to prevent flooding by holding back water.
  9. - A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, often caused by movement along a fault line.
  10. - A body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.
  11. - Earth’s outermost layer, composed of rock.
  12. Currents - Circular movements of fluid caused by the heat from Earth’s core, driving plate tectonics.
  13. Spreading - The formation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges as plates move apart.
  14. Hazard - A natural event such as an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or severe weather that poses risks to humans and the environment.
  15. Ocean Ridge - An underwater mountain range formed by divergent plate boundaries and sea-floor spreading.

30 Clues: - Earth’s outermost layer, composed of rock. • - Water stored in underground rock pores and aquifers. • - A structure built to prevent flooding by holding back water. • - A body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater. • Valley - A lowland region formed by the divergence of tectonic plates. • ...

logan ray lackeys crosswerd puzzle 2020-02-12

logan ray lackeys crosswerd puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. you can find one in san andreas
  2. a plate boundry in the ocean
  3. when 2 plates collide with each other
  4. the number of plate boundrys
  5. lest solid layer
  6. can be caused by transform
  7. made by convergent
  8. the name of the reason of how did the contenets move
  9. cases earthqakes
  10. when you go under
Down
  1. earths hotest layer
  2. earths thickest layer
  3. made By divergent
  4. when 2 plates go away from each other
  5. the coldest layer
  6. caused by subduction
  7. the plate boundry that is nearest to us
  8. made by divergent
  9. nown as boundreys
  10. thinnest layer

20 Clues: thinnest layer • lest solid layer • cases earthqakes • made By divergent • the coldest layer • made by divergent • nown as boundreys • when you go under • made by convergent • earths hotest layer • caused by subduction • earths thickest layer • can be caused by transform • a plate boundry in the ocean • the number of plate boundrys • you can find one in san andreas • ...

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.
Down
  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. • ...

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 2023-11-03

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. alternating lava
  2. hole
  3. edge of Pacific Plate
  4. magma chamber hardens
  5. when lava pours out
  6. thick lava
  7. up and down
  8. water heated by magma
  9. caved in volcano
  10. violent with cinders
  11. makes magma thicker
  12. earth's heat
  13. never again
  14. magma hardens in the pipe
Down
  1. hot gas,ash,cinder,and bombs
  2. connects chamber to a vent
  3. middle of a plate
  4. subduction of a plate
  5. runny lava
  6. currency erupting
  7. calm,lava flows
  8. stores magma
  9. thickness of a liquid
  10. opening
  11. eruption of heated water
  12. sleeping
  13. sits sideways

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • runny lava • thick lava • up and down • never again • stores magma • earth's heat • sits sideways • calm,lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currency erupting • when lava pours out • makes magma thicker • violent with cinders • edge of Pacific Plate • magma chamber hardens • subduction of a plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • ...

Nail diseases, disorders, and conditions. 2025-11-09

Nail diseases, disorders, and conditions. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. White spots on the nail
  2. Living skin that becomes attached to the nail plate.
  3. wasting away of the nail.
  4. Ringworm of the foot.
  5. Inflammation of nail matrix.
  6. Inflammation of skin around the nail.
  7. Loosening or separation of the nail plate.
  8. Discoloration under the nail.
  9. Increased curvature of the nail.
  10. Aka spoon nails. Concaved shaped nails.
Down
  1. Shedding or falling off of nail.
  2. Very soft, thin nails.
  3. Horizontal, wavy ridges around the nail.
  4. Thickening of the nail plate.
  5. Ringworm
  6. Brittle nails.
  7. Aka hangnails. Loose skin partially separated from the cuticle.
  8. Bluish in color.
  9. Ingrown nails.
  10. Bitten nails.

20 Clues: Ringworm • Bitten nails. • Brittle nails. • Ingrown nails. • Bluish in color. • Ringworm of the foot. • Very soft, thin nails. • White spots on the nail • wasting away of the nail. • Inflammation of nail matrix. • Thickening of the nail plate. • Discoloration under the nail. • Shedding or falling off of nail. • Increased curvature of the nail. • Inflammation of skin around the nail. • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2026-03-25

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Big wave of water caused by an underwater earthquake
  2. - An area/region
  3. - All continents once joined
  4. - Plates slide past each other
  5. - Layer under crust
  6. - Crust found on land
  7. - Type of crust under continents
  8. - Shaking of the ground
  9. - Scientist who came up with the plate tectonics theory
  10. - Earth's Outer Layer
Down
  1. - Plates moving past each other
  2. - High Land areas caused by plates colliding together
  3. - hot liquid that comes of a Volcano
  4. - Hot melted rock
  5. - Plate pulled down
  6. - A mountain which erupts lava
  7. - To go down
  8. - An idea explaining moving plates
  9. - Plates move apart
  10. - A big piece of Earth

20 Clues: - To go down • - An area/region • - Hot melted rock • - Plate pulled down • - Layer under crust • - Plates move apart • - Crust found on land • - Earth's Outer Layer • - A big piece of Earth • - Shaking of the ground • - All continents once joined • - Plates slide past each other • - A mountain which erupts lava • - Plates moving past each other • - Type of crust under continents • ...

plate tectonics 2014-03-26

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. motion resulting when sudden movement of plates releases large amounts of energy
  2. molten rock beneath Earth's surface; called lava when it reaches the surface
  3. plate consisting mostly of dry land
  4. plate under the ocean floor
  5. the process of one plate moving under another plate
  6. very deep place on the ocean floor caused by subduction
  7. type of boundary where plates move together
Down
  1. the movement of new oceanic crust away from a divergent boundary toward a convergent boundary, where it is subducted and recycled.
  2. the layer of Earth where convection currents occur
  3. giant plates on Earth's crust
  4. type of boundary where plates slide horizontally past each other
  5. eruption of magma from below Earth's surface
  6. the edge of a tectonic plate
  7. large wave caused by undersea earthquakes
  8. the force that causes tectonic plates to move
  9. type of boundary where plates move apart

16 Clues: plate under the ocean floor • the edge of a tectonic plate • giant plates on Earth's crust • plate consisting mostly of dry land • type of boundary where plates move apart • large wave caused by undersea earthquakes • type of boundary where plates move together • eruption of magma from below Earth's surface • the force that causes tectonic plates to move • ...

science 2024-01-11

science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. divide
  2. can destroy things with my events
  3. bring together
  4. part of crust and upper mantle
  5. circular currents that move based on heat
  6. Core hottest layer
  7. crack in the earth
  8. an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate
  9. area under the crust
  10. a large heavy squeeze
  11. like putty
Down
  1. large crack full of lava that will explode
  2. edge of the plate
  3. makes everything shake
  4. hot molten rock comes out of me
  5. earthquakes are found here
  6. 2nd hottest layer and made up of iron and nickel
  7. mariana-
  8. mantle. part of lithosphere

19 Clues: divide • mariana- • like putty • bring together • edge of the plate • crack in the earth • area under the crust • a large heavy squeeze • makes everything shake • Core hottest layer • earthquakes are found here • part of crust and upper mantle • mantle. part of lithosphere • hot molten rock comes out of me • can destroy things with my events • circular currents that move based on heat • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword 2021-04-14

Plate Tectonics Vocab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's outermost layer
  2. current a current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid
  3. Ridge divergent boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
  4. plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other
  5. the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
  6. crust a solid, thin outermost layer of Earth
  7. the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core
  8. spreading the process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges
  9. plate boundary where two plates are moving apart, magma comes up to create new crust
  10. spot a volcanically active area of Earth's surface far from a tectonic plate boundary
  11. the supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago
  12. plate boundary an area where plates move toward one another and collide
  13. crust thinner, more dense, younger crust making ocean floor
  14. core a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
Down
  1. one plate going under another plate
  2. drift the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
  3. plates large movable plates under the Earth's surface.
  4. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  5. core a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth
  6. a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  7. a crack in the earth's crust
  8. valley a valley formed by the separation of tectonic plates
  9. extremely deep areas in the ocean that are created by a subducting plate
  10. the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  11. a landform with high elevation and high relief and formed by movement of the tectonic plates in the Earth's crust

25 Clues: Earth's outermost layer • a crack in the earth's crust • one plate going under another plate • crust a solid, thin outermost layer of Earth • plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other • plates large movable plates under the Earth's surface. • a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface • ...

Crew Severin - Layers of the Earth and Plate Tectonics 2026-02-03

Crew Severin - Layers of the Earth and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  2. A dropped zone where the plates are pulling apart
  3. Layer of the crust that is broken up into tectonic plates
  4. Theory created by Alfred Wegner that states that all 8 continents (including India) were once connected in one large supercontinent
  5. Type of rock that continental plates are made from
  6. An arch shaped chain of volcanoes formed above a subduction zone
  7. A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
  8. A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
  9. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  10. A plate boundary where two plate move toward each other
  11. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth
  12. An undersea valley that represents one of the deepest parts of the ocean
  13. The study of Earth's magnetic polarity, as recorded in rocks that are high in iron
  14. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
Down
  1. Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  2. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent boundary plate boundary under the ocean
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  4. Force that drives the movement of tectonic plates on Earth
  5. The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core
  6. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
  7. The phenomenon where Earth's magnetic field flips
  8. The type of rock that oceanic plates are made from
  9. A plate boundary where two plate move away from each other
  10. The slowly moving, semi-molten layer of the upper mantle
  11. Scientist who developed the theory of Continental Drift

25 Clues: A dropped zone where the plates are pulling apart • The phenomenon where Earth's magnetic field flips • Type of rock that continental plates are made from • The type of rock that oceanic plates are made from • The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • Scientist who developed the theory of Continental Drift • ...

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 2023-11-03

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. alternating lava
  2. hole
  3. edge of Pacific Plate
  4. magma chamber hardens
  5. when lava pours out
  6. thick lava
  7. up and down
  8. water heated by magma
  9. caved in volcano
  10. violent with cinders
  11. makes magma thicker
  12. earth's heat
  13. never again
  14. magma hardens in the pipe
Down
  1. hot gas,ash,cinder,and bombs
  2. connects chamber to a vent
  3. middle of a plate
  4. subduction of a plate
  5. runny lava
  6. currency erupting
  7. calm,lava flows
  8. stores magma
  9. thickness of a liquid
  10. opening
  11. eruption of heated water
  12. sleeping
  13. sits sideways

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • runny lava • thick lava • up and down • never again • stores magma • earth's heat • sits sideways • calm,lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currency erupting • when lava pours out • makes magma thicker • violent with cinders • edge of Pacific Plate • magma chamber hardens • subduction of a plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • ...

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 2023-11-03

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. alternating lava
  2. hole
  3. edge of Pacific Plate
  4. magma chamber hardens
  5. when lava pours out
  6. thick lava
  7. up and down
  8. water heated by magma
  9. caved in volcano
  10. violent with cinders
  11. makes magma thicker
  12. earth's heat
  13. never again
  14. magma hardens in the pipe
Down
  1. hot gas,ash,cinder,and bombs
  2. connects chamber to a vent
  3. middle of a plate
  4. subduction of a plate
  5. runny lava
  6. currency erupting
  7. calm,lava flows
  8. stores magma
  9. thickness of a liquid
  10. opening
  11. eruption of heated water
  12. sleeping
  13. sits sideways

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • runny lava • thick lava • up and down • never again • stores magma • earth's heat • sits sideways • calm,lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currency erupting • when lava pours out • makes magma thicker • violent with cinders • edge of Pacific Plate • magma chamber hardens • subduction of a plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • ...

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 2023-11-03

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. alternating lava
  2. hole
  3. edge of Pacific Plate
  4. magma chamber hardens
  5. when lava pours out
  6. thick lava
  7. up and down
  8. water heated by magma
  9. caved in volcano
  10. violent with cinders
  11. makes magma thicker
  12. earth's heat
  13. never again
  14. magma hardens in the pipe
Down
  1. hot gas,ash,cinder,and bombs
  2. connects chamber to a vent
  3. middle of a plate
  4. subduction of a plate
  5. runny lava
  6. currency erupting
  7. calm,lava flows
  8. stores magma
  9. thickness of a liquid
  10. opening
  11. eruption of heated water
  12. sleeping
  13. sits sideways

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • runny lava • thick lava • up and down • never again • stores magma • earth's heat • sits sideways • calm,lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currency erupting • when lava pours out • makes magma thicker • violent with cinders • edge of Pacific Plate • magma chamber hardens • subduction of a plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • ...

Tectonic plates 2021-12-13

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the ancient supercontinent that Earth was 28 million years ago.
  2. The theory that Earth was a supercontinent that slowly drifted apart
  3. at ridges and spreads apart
  4. What kind of events happen at transform plate boundaries?
  5. A hotspring where boiling water is launced into the air
Down
  1. The theory that new
  2. Divergent oceanic plates can cause what?
  3. How can you tell the difference between intrusive and extrusive igneous rock?
  4. What causes Earth's plates to move?
  5. The process of older rock becoming newer rock
  6. What type of plate boundaries go towards each other?
  7. What type of plate boundaies move side by side?
  8. What area of the Earth has plates?
  9. What type of plate boundaries move away from each other?
  10. Convergent plate boundaries can create what?

15 Clues: The theory that new • at ridges and spreads apart • What area of the Earth has plates? • What causes Earth's plates to move? • Divergent oceanic plates can cause what? • Convergent plate boundaries can create what? • The process of older rock becoming newer rock • What type of plate boundaies move side by side? • What type of plate boundaries go towards each other? • ...

Baseball Terms HARD 2023-09-10

Baseball Terms HARD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Makes sure the ball doesn’t go past the plate
  2. This “person” cheers for their team and high fives fans
  3. According to Nolan, a ball that is hit very hard
  4. If the ball is to one side of this, it’s a home run. the other side is a foul
  5. The current name of the first MLB team
  6. When the ball bounces over the fence
  7. Starts play by throwing a ball
  8. Yelich bats on this side of the plate
Down
  1. Home plate to pitchers plate is this far
  2. A home run goes where
  3. Player located in the sand part of the field
  4. A ball hit that doesn’t go in the air
  5. Farthest position from home plate
  6. Plates are made out of this
  7. Replaces the pitcher in lineup

15 Clues: A home run goes where • Plates are made out of this • Replaces the pitcher in lineup • Starts play by throwing a ball • Farthest position from home plate • When the ball bounces over the fence • A ball hit that doesn’t go in the air • Yelich bats on this side of the plate • The current name of the first MLB team • Home plate to pitchers plate is this far • ...

Moving continants 2025-08-22

Moving continants crossword puzzle
Across
  1. arc a curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary.
  2. drifted slowly to their current positions.
  3. Has a trunk
  4. Likes to chase mice
  5. a crack or a fracture in Earth’s lithosphere along which movement
  6. 200 million years ago.
  7. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under
  8. boundary the boundary between two plates that move away from each other.
  9. zone an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault.
  10. a vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows.
  11. a break or a crack in Earth’s crust.
  12. ridge long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor; formed by magma
  13. drift Wegener’s hypothesis that all continents were once connected in a
  14. vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks
  15. spreading the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean
  16. and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
  17. trench a deep, underwater trough created by one plate subducting under
Down
  1. crater a round depression formed on the surface of a planet, moon, or
  2. Large marsupial
  3. magma that erupts onto Earth's surface.
  4. tectonics theory that Earth’s surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that
  5. boundary the boundary between two plates that slide past each other.
  6. rapid, downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders.
  7. plate at a convergent plate boundary.
  8. divergent plate boundaries.
  9. Flying mammal
  10. Man's best friend
  11. molten rock stored below Earth's surface.
  12. a wave that forms when an ocean disturbance suddenly moves a
  13. with respect to each other.
  14. given to a supercontinent that began to break apart
  15. large landmass that broke apart about 200 million years ago
  16. boundary the boundary between two plates that move toward each other.
  17. space object by the impact of a meteorite.
  18. volume of water.
  19. tectonic plate.

36 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • tectonic plate. • volume of water. • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • 200 million years ago. • divergent plate boundaries. • with respect to each other. • a break or a crack in Earth’s crust. • plate at a convergent plate boundary. • drifted slowly to their current positions. • space object by the impact of a meteorite. • ...

Nail Disorders and Diseases 2024-03-12

Nail Disorders and Diseases crossword puzzle
Across
  1. technical term for nail
  2. darkening of the fingernail or toenail
  3. technical term used for any deformity or disease of the nail
  4. inflammation of the nail matrix, followed by the shedding of the nail plate.
  5. often causes tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate.
  6. caused by injury or minor damage to the nail matrix
Down
  1. very thin, very flexible
  2. deep or sharp curvature at the free edge because of the matrix
  3. bitten nails
  4. loosening or lifting of the nail plate from the bed w/o shedding
  5. condition which living skin splits around the nail
  6. small mirrors into the general health of the entire body
  7. condition caused by an injury or disease to the nail unit
  8. forward growth of the eponychium (cuticle) sticking to nail plate
  9. bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail
  10. run vertically down the length of the natural nail plate

16 Clues: bitten nails • technical term for nail • very thin, very flexible • darkening of the fingernail or toenail • condition which living skin splits around the nail • caused by injury or minor damage to the nail matrix • small mirrors into the general health of the entire body • run vertically down the length of the natural nail plate • ...

Olivers Geography review 2023-01-26

Olivers Geography review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate boundary where two plates rub together
  2. fuels created by compressed dead organisms that we use as fuel
  3. created when an earthquake under water happens this is a huge wave
  4. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  5. when a convergent plate boundary where one plate moves under another
  6. hot liquid from volcano
  7. the average weather of an area over a period of time
  8. a plate boundary where two plats move together
Down
  1. used for location and direction of area
  2. distribution the pattern of people living in an area
  3. hot dust particles from a volcano
  4. the moving tectonic plates
  5. energy when it can be used for ever without running out
  6. renewable energy when the energy source will run out faster than we can replenish
  7. describes the state of the temperature and atmosphere
  8. the study of human population

16 Clues: hot liquid from volcano • the moving tectonic plates • the study of human population • hot dust particles from a volcano • used for location and direction of area • a plate boundary where two plates rub together • a plate boundary where two plats move together • distribution the pattern of people living in an area • the average weather of an area over a period of time • ...

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.
Down
  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. • ...

Hsyeye 2025-08-26

Hsyeye crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pull – Force caused by a sinking plate pulling the rest of it down.
  2. Boundary – Plate boundary where plates slide past each other.
  3. – The vast ocean that surrounded Pangaea.
  4. Push – Force caused by rising magma at mid-ocean ridges pushing plates apart.
  5. – Rigid outer layer of Earth made of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. Core – The liquid layer of Earth’s core that causes the magnetic field.
  7. Waves – Seismic waves that travel through Earth’s interior.
  8. Force – General term for what causes plate motion.
  9. Waves (S-waves) – Slower seismic waves that only travel through solids.
  10. Boundary – Plate boundary where plates move apart.
  11. Boundary – Plate boundary where plates collide.
Down
  1. – The soft, plastic-like layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere.
  2. – Ancient supercontinent that existed millions of years ago.
  3. – Thick layer of rock between the crust and the core.
  4. – The Earth's outermost solid layer.
  5. Waves (P-waves) – Fastest seismic waves that move through solids and liquids.
  6. (Moho) – Boundary between the crust and mantle.
  7. Suction – Force created as a subducting plate drags mantle material.
  8. Convection – Heat-driven circulation in the mantle that moves plates.
  9. Core – The solid innermost part of the Earth’s core.

20 Clues: – The Earth's outermost solid layer. • – The vast ocean that surrounded Pangaea. • (Moho) – Boundary between the crust and mantle. • Boundary – Plate boundary where plates collide. • Force – General term for what causes plate motion. • Boundary – Plate boundary where plates move apart. • Core – The solid innermost part of the Earth’s core. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2011-09-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Imaginary lines on a map that show points of the same age formed at the same time
  2. Huge pieces of earth's crust that cover it's surface and fit together at their edges
  3. Man who first hypothisized that there was once a super continent
  4. When two plates are moving away from one another
  5. When two plate slide past eachother
  6. Device used to decdect small charges in the magnetic field
  7. Where when converging, one plate goes underneath another plate
  8. The Hyp. that new ocean crust is formed at mid ocean ridges and recycled at deep sea trenches
Down
  1. Wegener's Hyp. that earths continents were joined into a single supercontinent
  2. Name of the Class
  3. Where two plates are moving towards one another
  4. The force that drives the tectonic plates in there direction
  5. The formation that occurs at a continental convergent boundary
  6. Study of earth's magnetic record using data gathered from iron bearing minerals
  7. The formation that occurs at an oceanic divergent boundary
  8. When earth's magnetic field changes polarity between normal and reversed
  9. Long narrow valley that forms at a divergent boundary
  10. Wieght of an elevated ridge pushes an oceanic plate towards a subduction zone
  11. Process that determines tectonic movement
  12. The very first supercontinent that has been recorded
  13. Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart 200 MYA

21 Clues: Name of the Class • When two plate slide past eachother • Process that determines tectonic movement • Where two plates are moving towards one another • When two plates are moving away from one another • The very first supercontinent that has been recorded • Long narrow valley that forms at a divergent boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-02-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The forces per unit area acting on a material.
  2. The internal resistance flow.
  3. Of the two plates is decending beneath the other.
  4. Larger depressions.
  5. Intrusive igneous rock bodies.
  6. A devicew that can detect small small changes in magnetic fields.
  7. The resulting fracture or system of fractures.
  8. Where an earthquake originates.
  9. The process that forms all mountain ranges.
  10. The study of a magnetic record.
Down
  1. An equilibrium that causes the displacement of the mantle by Earth's continental and oceanic crust.
  2. It forms when material ejected high into the air falls back to Earth and piles up around the vent.
  3. A mountain with broad, gently sloping sides and a nearly circular base.
  4. A pluton that forms when magma intrudes paralell to layers of rock.
  5. Unusually hot regions of Earth's mantle where high-temperature plumes of mantle material rise toward the surface.
  6. A bowl shaped depression.
  7. Supercontinent
  8. A large ocean wave generated by vertical motions of the seafloor during an earthquake.
  9. Lava that erupts through an opening in the crust.
  10. The amount of energy released during an earthquake is measured by ____________

20 Clues: Supercontinent • Larger depressions. • A bowl shaped depression. • The internal resistance flow. • Intrusive igneous rock bodies. • Where an earthquake originates. • The study of a magnetic record. • The process that forms all mountain ranges. • The forces per unit area acting on a material. • The resulting fracture or system of fractures. • ...

plate tectonics 2012-04-30

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the chemical and physical process that breaks down rock at the earths surface.
  2. the force that occurs at a transform boundary.
  3. the theory that the continents slowly move across earths surface
  4. A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation.
  5. the study of the solid earth.
  6. The process by which sediments are pressed together under the own weight.
  7. a break or crack in the earth’s lithosphere along which rocks move.
  8. Small, solid particles of material from rocks or organisms that are moved by water or wind, resulting in erosion and deposition.
  9. A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another.
  10. the type of rock that is formed when heat & pressure is applied to it.
  11. The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil.
Down
  1. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  2. the process when oceanic crust sinks beneath a continental crust.
  3. a plate boundary where two plates move towards each other.
  4. Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
  5. The layer of hot, solid materials between Earth’s crust and core.
  6. the layer of rock that forms earths outer surface.
  7. a plate boundary where two plates move past other in opposite dirctions.
  8. the transfer of thermal energy by movements of a fluid.
  9. a type of map usually using contour lines that shows natural features on the earth’s surface.
  10. a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
  11. the force that occurs at a divergent boundary
  12. the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind the is carrying it and is deposited in a new location.

23 Clues: the study of the solid earth. • the force that occurs at a divergent boundary • the force that occurs at a transform boundary. • Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • the layer of rock that forms earths outer surface. • the transfer of thermal energy by movements of a fluid. • a plate boundary where two plates move towards each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fresh water reptile found in Antarctica and South America
  2. the process of ocean floor sinking beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  3. the outermost layer of ther Earth
  4. no crust is created or destroyed at this type of boundary
  5. undersea mountian chain where new ocean floor is produced
  6. the middle layer of out Earth
  7. the flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  8. upper part of the mantle
  9. one component of the outer core
  10. part of the mantle that bends like plastic
Down
  1. the innermost layer of the Earth
  2. the supercontinent that connected all the continents
  3. the kind of crust that is found under the ocean
  4. scientist that realized the continents fit together like puzzle pieces
  5. type of convergent boundary that forms mountians
  6. rocks on the continents have been found to be ___________ years old
  7. fresh water reptile found in Africa, Antarctica, and India
  8. the oceanis crust bends downward and sinks back into the mantle
  9. the plates that move together
  10. the device the maps the ocean floor

20 Clues: upper part of the mantle • the plates that move together • the middle layer of out Earth • one component of the outer core • the innermost layer of the Earth • the outermost layer of ther Earth • the device the maps the ocean floor • part of the mantle that bends like plastic • the flow that transfers heat within a fluid • the kind of crust that is found under the ocean • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-01-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rising of regions to higher elevations
  2. upward arching folds
  3. stress that occurs when forces stratch an object
  4. the strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  5. the surface along which rocks break and slide past each other
  6. the outermost thin layer of the Earth above the mantle
  7. the solid outer layer that consists of the crust and upper rigid mantle
  8. stress that occurs when forces squeeze an object
  9. a system of satellites used to measure plate tectonic movement
  10. the central part of Earth
Down
  1. the layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core
  2. the soft layer of the mantle on which tectonic plates move
  3. rock layers folded so that rock layers are horizontal
  4. a huge body of water that existed along with Pangaea
  5. the proces in which rock changes shape through states
  6. the sinking of regions of Earth's crust to lower elevations
  7. when crust slowly springs back to its original position
  8. the bending of rock layers due to stress
  9. a supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago
  10. downward troughlike folds

20 Clues: upward arching folds • downward troughlike folds • the central part of Earth • the bending of rock layers due to stress • the rising of regions to higher elevations • stress that occurs when forces stratch an object • stress that occurs when forces squeeze an object • a supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-01-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core
  2. a huge body of water that existed along with Pangaea
  3. upward arching folds
  4. the proces in which rock changes shape through states
  5. a system of satellites used to measure plate tectonic movement
  6. the solid outer layer that consists of the crust and upper rigid mantle
  7. rock layers folded so that rock layers are horizontal
  8. the sinking of regions of Earth's crust to lower elevations
  9. the rising of regions to higher elevations
  10. the central part of Earth
Down
  1. a supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago
  2. the soft layer of the mantle on which tectonic plates move
  3. stress that occurs when forces squeeze an object
  4. the surface along which rocks break and slide past each other
  5. the strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  6. stress that occurs when forces stratch an object
  7. downward troughlike folds
  8. the bending of rock layers due to stress
  9. when crust slowly springs back to its original position
  10. the outermost thin layer of the Earth above the mantle

20 Clues: upward arching folds • downward troughlike folds • the central part of Earth • the bending of rock layers due to stress • the rising of regions to higher elevations • stress that occurs when forces squeeze an object • stress that occurs when forces stratch an object • a supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-02-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. happens when divergent boundary occur(land)
  2. an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the pacific ocean
  3. where 2 plates slide past each other
  4. Theory by J. Tuzo Wilson
  5. where 2 plates collide
  6. single landmass or supercontinent
  7. rocks that make up the ocean floor lies in patterns of this
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  1. convection currrents under the lithosphere push new crust that forms at the mid-ocean ridge away from the ridge and towrd this
  2. happens when transform boundary occur
  3. happens when collision boundary occur
  4. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  5. the rigid, rocky outer surface of the Earth
  6. break in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  7. where 2 plates move away
  8. Crust broken up into
  9. Theory by Alfred Wegener
  10. under the Athenosphere
  11. Theory by Harry Hess
  12. device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects than back
  13. a fern like plant

20 Clues: a fern like plant • Crust broken up into • Theory by Harry Hess • under the Athenosphere • where 2 plates collide • where 2 plates move away • Theory by J. Tuzo Wilson • Theory by Alfred Wegener • single landmass or supercontinent • where 2 plates slide past each other • happens when transform boundary occur • happens when collision boundary occur • ...

Plate Tectonic 2013-04-03

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. liquid core that surrounds Earth's solid inner core
  2. vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults
  3. waves that travel outward from an earthquake's focus and move through Earth by causing particles in rocks to vibrate at right angles to the direction of the wave
  4. theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that move around on a plastic-like layer of the mantle
  5. break in rock due to compression forces, where rocks above the fault surface move upward and over the rocks below the fault surface
  6. measure of the energy released by an earthquake
  7. surface along which rocks break and move
  8. opening in Earth's surface that often forms a mountain when layers of lava and volcanic ash erupt and build up
  9. energy waves that are produced at and travel outward from the earthquake's focus
  10. location in the mantle that is hotter than any other areas and that melts rock, which is forced up toward the crust as magma
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  1. very dense, solid center of the Earth
  2. hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener that the states that continents have moved slowly to their current locations on Earth
  3. break in rock due to tension forces, where rock above the fault surface moves downward in relation to rock below the fault surface
  4. Earth's outermost layer, which varies in thickness and is separated from the mantle
  5. waves that travel outward from an Earthquake's focus and cause particles in rocks to move back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving
  6. an earthquake wave that travels around the earth's surface and is usually the third conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph
  7. point of Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  8. scientist who studies earthquakes and seismic waves
  9. largest layer inside Earth, lying directly above the outer core and that is made mostly of silicon, oxygen, magnesium, and iron
  10. device used by seismologists to record primary, secondary, surface waves from earthquakes
  11. in an earthquake, the point beneath Earth's surface where energy release occurs

21 Clues: very dense, solid center of the Earth • surface along which rocks break and move • measure of the energy released by an earthquake • vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults • liquid core that surrounds Earth's solid inner core • scientist who studies earthquakes and seismic waves • point of Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. we get _________ volcanoes mountain ranges and deep-sea trenches
  2. this boundary occurs when 2 plate come together and forms either a mountain or a volcano
  3. the first wave in an earthquake
  4. magma rises because it is ______ dense
  5. the San Andreas fault is this many miles long
  6. this boundary occurs when 2 plates move apart
  7. is a machine that measure the magnitude of an eathquake
  8. the second wave in an earthquake
  9. the earth has ___ this many plates
  10. place where the earth slips
Down
  1. can carry either the ocean floor of a continent sometime both
  2. the layer we live on
  3. there are this many boundaries
  4. __________ is how many earthquakes happen a year
  5. this person job is to build more stable buildings
  6. no plate can________ without another _________
  7. plates move this many inches a year
  8. this boundary happens when 2 plates slip past each other moving in the opposite direction
  9. this is a wave of energy that is released when an earthquake occurs
  10. this moves plates

20 Clues: this moves plates • the layer we live on • place where the earth slips • there are this many boundaries • the first wave in an earthquake • the second wave in an earthquake • the earth has ___ this many plates • plates move this many inches a year • magma rises because it is ______ dense • the San Andreas fault is this many miles long • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a motion that transfers heat energy in a material.
  2. occurs where two plates carrying continental crust push together.
  3. energy transfer by the movement of a material.
  4. huge underwater mountain ranges.
  5. large and small slabs of rock made of the lithosphere.
  6. when one plate sinks beneath another.
  7. a thin layer of cool rock.
  8. Earth's thickest layer.
  9. occurs where plates move apart.
Down
  1. occurs where plats scrape past each other.
  2. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis.
  3. occurs where one plate with oceanic crust sinks, or subducts, under another plate.
  4. a layer of hotter, softer rock in the upper mantle.
  5. a switch in direction caused by changes in Earth.
  6. where heated rock rises in plumes, or thin columns,from the mantle.
  7. occurs when ocean crust sinks under continental crust.
  8. occurs where plates push together.
  9. geologists combined knowledge of Earth's plates, the sea floor, and the asthenosphere.
  10. a ball of hot, solid metals.
  11. a layer of liquid metals that surrounds the inner core.
  12. a gap made by the ridges widening.
  13. a combination of Earth's crust and very top of the mantle.

22 Clues: Earth's thickest layer. • a thin layer of cool rock. • Alfred Wegener's hypothesis. • a ball of hot, solid metals. • occurs where plates move apart. • huge underwater mountain ranges. • occurs where plates push together. • a gap made by the ridges widening. • when one plate sinks beneath another. • occurs where plats scrape past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves
  2. the hypothesis that the continent slowly move across Earth's surface
  3. the force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted
  4. the amount of mass of a substance in a given volume; mass per unit volume
  5. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  6. a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  7. Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquacke
  8. the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
  9. a dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust
  10. a break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move
  11. a usually light-colored rock that is found in continental crust
  12. the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's surface and core
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  1. the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by continental currents in the mantle
  2. a large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans
  3. a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
  4. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  5. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  6. the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  7. a plate boundary where two plates move away
  8. the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and broke into today's continents
  9. the direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another substance that it's touching

21 Clues: a plate boundary where two plates move away • the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • a large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans • the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • a usually light-colored rock that is found in continental crust • ...

plate tetonics 2014-02-28

plate tetonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  2. a weak spot in the crust where molten material, or magma, comes o the surface
  3. a fold in rock that bends downward to form a valley
  4. a layer of hot rock in the earth's interior
  5. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  6. stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions
  7. stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle
  8. is a rock that usually is a light color and has a coarse texture
  9. a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
  10. the molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
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  1. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
  2. a fountain of water and steam the erupts from the ground
  3. a huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain
  4. stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
  5. layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
  6. a fold in rock that bends upward into an arch
  7. when magma reaches the surface
  8. supercontinent
  9. a device that records ground movement caused by seismic waves as they move through earth
  10. a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor

20 Clues: supercontinent • when magma reaches the surface • layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin • a layer of hot rock in the earth's interior • a fold in rock that bends upward into an arch • stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • a fold in rock that bends downward to form a valley • a huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain • ...

Plate Tectonic 2014-05-01

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

21 Clues: Earths innermost part. • Earth's outermost layer. • surface along which rocks break and move. • A broad volcano with gently sloping sides. • Steep-sided volcano made of loosely packed tephra. • scientist who studies earthquakes and seismic wave. • Liquid core that surrounds Earth's solid inner core. • Large opening formed when the top of a volcano collapse. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-02-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a number of rigid but moving pieces of the Earth's surface
  2. forms when two plates slide past each other
  3. a theory suggesting that continents move
  4. zone of weak, plastic like material in the mantle
  5. forms when two plates come together
  6. slippage along a fault
  7. theory that explains changes in Earth's crust by internal forces
  8. movement along break in rock
  9. states that youngest rocks of ocean floor are at diverging boundaries, moving outward
  10. force behind earthquakes
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  1. rigid blocks of Earth's crust and upper mantle
  2. forms when two plates move apart
  3. produced as a plate moves deeper into the mantle
  4. boundaries at which plates move past one another horizontally
  5. point directly above an earthquake
  6. slow-moving seismic action
  7. energy of motion
  8. region where a plate descends
  9. area of rigid blocks of Earth's crust and upper mantle
  10. fast-moving seismic wave

20 Clues: energy of motion • slippage along a fault • fast-moving seismic wave • force behind earthquakes • slow-moving seismic action • movement along break in rock • region where a plate descends • forms when two plates move apart • point directly above an earthquake • forms when two plates come together • a theory suggesting that continents move • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2014-02-24

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process by which earths crust breaks apart; can occur with continental crust or oceanic crust
  2. a break in a body of rock along with one block sides relative to another; a form of brittle strain
  3. an instrument that records vibrations in the ground
  4. any change in rocks shape or volume caused by stress
  5. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms when magma rises to earths surface at mid ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing sea floor moves away from the ridge
  6. in earths science,the amount of damage caused by an earthquake
  7. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that and that began to break up 200 million years ago
  8. a movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move
  9. a tracing of earthquake motion that is recorded by a seismograph
  10. a seismic wave that travels along the surface of a medium and that has a stronger effect near the surface of the medium than it has in the interior
Down
  1. a region of numerous closely spaced faults
  2. a series of mountain that are closely related in orientation, age, and mode of formation
  3. the location within earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
  4. a seismic wave that travels through the body of a medium
  5. the sudden return of elastically deformed
  6. a mountain that forms when rocks layers are squeezed together and uplifted
  7. the theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape
  8. magma that flows onto earths surface, the rock that forms when lava cools and solidifies
  9. the amount of force per unit area that acts on a rock
  10. liquid rock produced under earths surface
  11. to its undeformed shape

21 Clues: to its undeformed shape • the sudden return of elastically deformed • liquid rock produced under earths surface • a region of numerous closely spaced faults • an instrument that records vibrations in the ground • any change in rocks shape or volume caused by stress • the amount of force per unit area that acts on a rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-30

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Heat transfers through space
  2. Wegener said that all of the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent
  3. Tectonics A scientific theory that the Earth's surface is made of very large sections that move very slowly; also the movements of the large sections that form the Earth's surface
  4. spreading The divergence at mid-ocean ridges of the tectonic plates underlying the oceans that is due to upwelling from the earth's interior of magma which solidifies and adds to the spreading plates
  5. A shaking of a part of the earth's surface that often causes great damage
  6. Heat transfers by touching (within a material or between materials)
  7. Heat transfers by movement of currents in liquids and gases; caused by differences in temperature and density
  8. Wegener German scientist who proposed (in 1915) that the continents were slowly drifting apart
  9. Evidence that fossils of the same plants and animals are found today on widely separated continents (including Africa, South America, Antarctica, Australia, and Asia - India)
  10. Science that deals with the history of the earth and its life especially as recorded in rocks
  11. An area of land that rises very high above the land around it and that is higher than a hill
  12. Plate Boundary that rub together, they do not go up in elevation but slide opposite directions
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  1. Plate Boundary that spreads apart or goes opposite directions
  2. Molten rock beneath earth's surface
  3. Hess American geologist, was a scientist who studied mid-ocean ridges
  4. The mantle just below the lithosphere
  5. Evidence of glaciers on the equator and tropical forests in the Arctic Ocean
  6. Plate Boundary that come together
  7. a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, generally an ocean or a large lake.
  8. in Continents The coastline of Africa and South America looked like they fit together
  9. Molten rock from a volcanic flowing on Earth's surface

21 Clues: Heat transfers through space • Plate Boundary that come together • Molten rock beneath earth's surface • The mantle just below the lithosphere • Molten rock from a volcanic flowing on Earth's surface • Plate Boundary that spreads apart or goes opposite directions • Heat transfers by touching (within a material or between materials) • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago
  2. Transfer of heat between a material
  3. The transfer of heat by movement of a fluid
  4. vibrations that carry the energy released in an earthquake
  5. Rigid layer made up of the upper part of the mantle and crust
  6. Valley that forms where plates move apart.
  7. Transfer of heat through space
  8. sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  9. A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in a rock
  10. Layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth
  11. A break in Earth's crust where masses of rock slip past each other
Down
  1. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the
  2. carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  3. A dense sphere of iron and nickel at the middle of earth
  4. The process by which oceanic
  5. A device that determines the distance of an object under water by recording echos of sound waves
  6. Layer of hot,solid material between Earth's crust and core
  7. Hypothesized that Earths continents moved
  8. The amount in a given space
  9. force pressing on an area

20 Clues: force pressing on an area • The amount in a given space • The process by which oceanic • Transfer of heat through space • Transfer of heat between a material • Hypothesized that Earths continents moved • Valley that forms where plates move apart. • The transfer of heat by movement of a fluid • carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Longitudinal waves that travel fast.
  2. Oceanic plate sinks below the continental plate.
  3. Waves Slowes waves that cause the most destruction.
  4. An opening in the surface of the Earth through which magma erupts.
  5. Boundaries Two plates move- away from each other.
  6. The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface
  7. Shaking of the Earth caused by a sudden movement of rock beneath its surface.
  8. Boundaries Two plates slide past each other.
  9. wave The shaking of the ground in an earthquake.
  10. Crust Crust that forms the ocean floor.
Down
  1. Stripping Magnetism trapped in rocks on each side of plate boundaries.
  2. It detects seismic waves from an earthquake
  3. Sea waves caused by earthquakes.
  4. Boundaries Plates collide with each other.
  5. The innermost layers of the Earth.
  6. Currents Movement of heat through a liquid.
  7. Molten rock.
  8. Theory Continental Drift
  9. Waves Transverse waves that are slower than P-waves.
  10. The layer of rock that lies between the crust and the outer core of the Earth.

20 Clues: Molten rock. • Theory Continental Drift • Sea waves caused by earthquakes. • The innermost layers of the Earth. • Longitudinal waves that travel fast. • Crust Crust that forms the ocean floor. • It detects seismic waves from an earthquake • Boundaries Plates collide with each other. • The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface • ...

Plate Boundaries 2014-03-15

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Area that do not produce earthquakes.
  2. Its formed due to strong compressional forces that push the crush towards each other.
  3. Its an area where two plates move sideways.
  4. Plates under the continents are called ___.
  5. Faults are found at the __ edges of two tectonic plates/
  6. Zone of weakness in the crust.
  7. Plates under the ocean are called __.
  8. How many percent of all the world's earthquake occur along active plate boundaries?
  9. Its formed due to tension forces that pull the crust apart.
  10. Surface of block that lies below the plane of the fault.
Down
  1. Lower portion of the upper mantle.
  2. Its an area where two plates move away from each other.
  3. Edges of the plates are called __.
  4. It is where two plates meet or collide.
  5. Its an area where two plates collide,move away or past each other.
  6. Plate Tectonic Theory is arranged like a ___.
  7. Areas where rock displacement can occur.
  8. Surface of block that is on top of the plane of the fault.
  9. Its due to horizontal forces that slide the crust past each other.
  10. __occur repeatedly along faults.

20 Clues: Zone of weakness in the crust. • __occur repeatedly along faults. • Lower portion of the upper mantle. • Edges of the plates are called __. • Area that do not produce earthquakes. • Plates under the ocean are called __. • It is where two plates meet or collide. • Areas where rock displacement can occur. • Its an area where two plates move sideways. • ...

plate tectonics 2013-10-22

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ball of hot solid metals
  2. area of a volcanic activity
  3. two plates converging together
  4. thin layer of rock
  5. system of rising cooling and sinking
  6. two plates moving past each other in different directions
  7. earths thickest layer
  8. super continent
  9. upper mantle
  10. when plates move apart
Down
  1. the plates drifted apart
  2. layer of liquid that surrounds inner core
  3. bottom part of mantle
  4. the switch in direction of earths magnetic north and south poles
  5. huge underwater mountain
  6. earth crust and mantle combined
  7. a gap that forms as plates move apart
  8. a hypothesis made by alfred wegner
  9. transfer of heat within a material
  10. one plate sinking beneath another

20 Clues: upper mantle • super continent • thin layer of rock • bottom part of mantle • earths thickest layer • when plates move apart • ball of hot solid metals • the plates drifted apart • huge underwater mountain • area of a volcanic activity • two plates converging together • earth crust and mantle combined • one plate sinking beneath another • a hypothesis made by alfred wegner • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of rock between the crust and core
  2. hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single land mass
  3. soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  4. set of deep cracks that form between two tectonic plates
  5. where sea floor spreading takes place
  6. boundary formed by collision of two lithospheric plates
  7. theory that explains how large pieces of the earth's outermost layer
  8. boundary between two tectonic plates
  9. rim of volcano
Down
  1. thin and solid outermost layer of the earth above the mantle
  2. strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and outer core
  3. fault when rocks are pulled apart because of tension
  4. earth's magnetic poles change places
  5. stress occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  6. bending of rock layers due to stress
  7. solid outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  8. block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and rigid outermost part of the mantle
  9. fault when rocks are pushed together by compression
  10. central part of the earth below the mantle
  11. rising regions of earth's crust to higher elevation
  12. boundary between two tectonic plates sliding past each other horizontally
  13. stress occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
  14. sinking of regions of earth's crust to lower elevation
  15. break in a body of rock where one rock slides relative to another

24 Clues: rim of volcano • earth's magnetic poles change places • bending of rock layers due to stress • boundary between two tectonic plates • where sea floor spreading takes place • layer of rock between the crust and core • central part of the earth below the mantle • stress occurs when forces act to stretch an object • stress occurs when forces act to squeeze an object • ...

Tectonic Plate 2014-11-28

Tectonic Plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. core: made of of iron and nickel
  2. point of earth surface atop of focus
  3. stress that forces fold in rocks
  4. cracks or breaks in earth crust
  5. when two tectonic plate move away
  6. study of earthquake
  7. slip hanging and foot wall move horizontal relative to each other
  8. waves seismic waves that can only travel through solids
  9. a long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor
  10. When oceanic plate slides down
  11. core: liquid that surrounds earth's core
  12. formed by tension
Down
  1. Waves seismic waves that travel along the surface of the earth
  2. stress that causes normal fault
  3. fault when foot-wall moves upwards relative to hanging wall
  4. stress that causes rock to fold
  5. when two plates grind on each other
  6. Scale a numerical scale that measures how strong an earthquake is
  7. fold in the rock that bends upward in an arch
  8. example of folded mountain
  9. crust and upper mantle
  10. when two tectonic plates collide, caused by compression
  11. instrument that detects and records earthquake
  12. currents force that moves tectonic plate
  13. force that acts on the rock to change its shape
  14. waves fastest traveling seismic waves can travel through solid, liquid, and gas
  15. shaking of the ground
  16. fault when hanging wall move toward relative to foot-wall
  17. fold in a rock that bends downwards

29 Clues: formed by tension • study of earthquake • crust and upper mantle • shaking of the ground • example of folded mountain • When oceanic plate slides down • stress that causes normal fault • stress that causes rock to fold • cracks or breaks in earth crust • core: made of of iron and nickel • stress that forces fold in rocks • when two tectonic plate move away • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-02-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a giant ocean wave that forms after a volcanic eruption, submarine earthquake, or landslide
  2. a large landmass that was made up of continents
  3. the location within earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
  4. a measure of the strength of an earthquake
  5. the sudden return of elastically-deformed rock to its undeformed shape
  6. the theory about how plates changed position over time
  7. the plastic-like layer of Earth's surface where continental plates move
  8. an area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occurred recently but where strong earthquakes have occurred in the past
  9. a movement of trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along the fault move
  10. in Earth science, the amount of damage caused by an earthquake
Down
  1. the crust and part of the upper mantle
  2. a wave of energy that travels through the earth and away from an earthquake in all directions
  3. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  4. sections of Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle
  5. scientist who created the Continental Drift theory
  6. the process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges (new oceanic crust is created through volcanic activity, and slowly moves away from the ridge)
  7. the bending of rock layers due to stress
  8. the process where one plate sinks below the other
  9. the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point, or focus
  10. the [blank] scale is one of the ways you can find an earthquake's magnitude

20 Clues: the crust and part of the upper mantle • the bending of rock layers due to stress • a measure of the strength of an earthquake • a large landmass that was made up of continents • the process where one plate sinks below the other • scientist who created the Continental Drift theory • sections of Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle • ...

Plate tectonics 2015-03-03

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. waves which can travel through solids, liquids or gases
  2. father of plate tectonics.
  3. vibrations or small earthquake felt after the major earthquake
  4. device used to detect P-waves and S-waves
  5. action of plate boundaries where new crust is formed
  6. fracture in the crust where the movement has occurred.
  7. hypothesis that all the continents fit together as one mass, which began to drift apart 200 million years ago.
  8. slowest type of earthquake
  9. produced by the movement of continental or oceanic plates
  10. action of plate boundaries where they grind past each other
Down
  1. theory describes the formation, movement and interactions of plates
  2. staring point of earthquake below earth's surface
  3. they are created when the ground moves downhill from the vibrations
  4. action of plate boundaries where crust is destroyed
  5. when soil becomes saturated with water and cannot support buildings
  6. vibrations or small earthquake felt before the major earthquake
  7. volcanic mudflow of water and ash
  8. the point directly above the focus on the earth's surface
  9. type of fault where the plates are moving past one another
  10. caused when the ocean floor is moved upward, creating large waves

20 Clues: father of plate tectonics. • slowest type of earthquake • volcanic mudflow of water and ash • device used to detect P-waves and S-waves • staring point of earthquake below earth's surface • action of plate boundaries where crust is destroyed • action of plate boundaries where new crust is formed • fracture in the crust where the movement has occurred. • ...

Plate Tectonic 2015-01-26

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart about 200 million years ago.
  2. It is a layer at the top of the Earth's surface.
  3. where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.
  4. A person who introduced a plate tectonic theory.
  5. States that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into plates.
  6. The weight of a subducting plate helps pull the trailing lithosphere into subduction zone.
  7. Changes in Earth's magnetic field over geologic time.
  8. a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled
  9. It is the rigid, outermost shell of a rocky planet
Down
  1. Device used to map the ocean floor that detects small changes in magnetic fields.
  2. where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.
  3. The weight of the uplifted ridge is thought to push an oceanic plate toward the trench formed at the subduction zone.
  4. Hess's theory that new ocean crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches
  5. Study of Earth's magnetic record using data gathered from iron-bearing minerals in rocks.
  6. It is a layer under the crust.
  7. a series of vibration induced in the Earth's cru
  8. Wegener's hypothesis that Earth's continents were joined as a single land mass about 200 million years ago.
  9. process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate.
  10. Line on a map that connects points of the same age.
  11. It is hot regions of Earth's mantle where high-temperature plumes of mantle material rise toward the surface.

20 Clues: It is a layer under the crust. • It is a layer at the top of the Earth's surface. • A person who introduced a plate tectonic theory. • a series of vibration induced in the Earth's cru • It is the rigid, outermost shell of a rocky planet • Line on a map that connects points of the same age. • Changes in Earth's magnetic field over geologic time. • ...

Plate Tectonic 2015-01-26

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wegener's hypothesis that Earth's continents were joined as a single land mass about 200 million years ago.
  2. Device used to map the ocean floor that detects small changes in magnetic fields.
  3. States that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into plates.
  4. A person who introduced a plate tectonic theory.
  5. It is the rigid, outermost shell of a rocky planet
  6. Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart about 200 million years ago.
  7. It is a layer at the top of the Earth's surface.
  8. The weight of the uplifted ridge is thought to push an oceanic plate toward the trench formed at the subduction zone.
  9. Study of Earth's magnetic record using data gathered from iron-bearing minerals in rocks.
Down
  1. a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled
  2. where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.
  3. Line on a map that connects points of the same age.
  4. a series of vibration induced in the Earth's cru
  5. Changes in Earth's magnetic field over geologic time.
  6. It is hot regions of Earth's mantle where high-temperature plumes of mantle material rise toward the surface.
  7. where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.
  8. Hess's theory that new ocean crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches
  9. process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate.
  10. The weight of a subducting plate helps pull the trailing lithosphere into subduction zone.
  11. It is a layer under the crust.

20 Clues: It is a layer under the crust. • a series of vibration induced in the Earth's cru • A person who introduced a plate tectonic theory. • It is a layer at the top of the Earth's surface. • It is the rigid, outermost shell of a rocky planet • Line on a map that connects points of the same age. • Changes in Earth's magnetic field over geologic time. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-02-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Movement along strike slip faulting is not up and down, but
  2. Outer, thinnest layer of the Earth
  3. Molten rock from within the earth
  4. Type of scale to describe an earthquake in terms of the amount of damage done
  5. What the outer core of the Earth is composed of
  6. Type of faulting is common at divergent plate boundaries
  7. The theory of crustal movement was introduced in 1915 by Alfred
  8. The upper,"plastic" mantle that is made up of partially melted material
  9. Formed from a hot spot in the Earth's Crust
  10. Type of plate boundary when two plates move opposite of each other
Down
  1. Type of scale to describe the amount of energy released by an earthquake
  2. The continental crust is mostly made of
  3. Type of plate boundary where an ocean trench will typically form
  4. Layer found below the crust
  5. The crust and outermost part of the mantle
  6. Waves that ripple the surface of the Earth, causing most of the damage of an earthquake
  7. Type of fault when two plates slide horizontally past each other
  8. Type of plate boundary when two plates move together
  9. In an earthquake the point on the surface directly above the focus
  10. Rock layers get warped, or bent as a result of compression

20 Clues: Layer found below the crust • Molten rock from within the earth • Outer, thinnest layer of the Earth • The continental crust is mostly made of • The crust and outermost part of the mantle • Formed from a hot spot in the Earth's Crust • What the outer core of the Earth is composed of • Type of plate boundary when two plates move together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-11-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Scientists who made the theory of seafloor spreading
  2. Creator to the theory of Pangea
  3. a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  4. The theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle
  5. The upper layer of the earth’s mantle
  6. When all the continents fell apart from each other
  7. All Land
  8. An elongated valley formed by the depression of a block of the earth's crust between two faults or groups of faults of approximately parallel orientation.
Down
  1. The rigid outer part of the earth
  2. The upper part of the mantle is composed mostly of peridotite
  3. Theory that seafloor is formed when magma is forced upward
  4. The middle of the earth
  5. The boundary where two plates come together
  6. It is composed mostly of silicate rocks rich in magnesium and iron.
  7. The boundary between two plates moving apart
  8. Occur where two plates slide past one another in opposite or same direction
  9. a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.
  10. The area where one plate goes under another
  11. The two sub-layers of the Earth that move and float and can cause earthquakes
  12. A mountain that Explodes

20 Clues: All Land • The middle of the earth • A mountain that Explodes • Creator to the theory of Pangea • The rigid outer part of the earth • The upper layer of the earth’s mantle • The boundary where two plates come together • The area where one plate goes under another • The boundary between two plates moving apart • a current in a fluid that results from convection. • ...

Plate Tectonic 2016-11-02

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A weak point in the Earth's crust and upper mantle where the rock layers have ruptured and slipped.
  2. A vent (opening) in the surface of the Earth through which magma erupts; it is also the landform that is constructed by the erupted material.
  3. A measure of the effects of an earthquake at a particular place on humans, structures and (or) the land itself.
  4. The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface.
  5. A measure of the strength of an earthquake or strain energy released by it, as determined by seismographic observations
  6. The circular depression containing a volcanic vent.
  7. Shaking of the Earth caused by a sudden movement of rock beneath its surface.
  8. Fragments less than 2 millimeters (about 1/8 inch) in diameter of lava or rock blasted into the air by volcanic explosions.
  9. The innermost layers of the Earth
Down
  1. The layer of rock that lies between the crust and the outer core of the Earth. It is approximately 2900 kilometers thick and is the largest of the Earth's major layers.
  2. A medium-colored dark gray volcanic rock
  3. An abrupt movement of soil and bedrock downhill in response to gravity. Landslides can be triggered by an earthquake or other natural causes. Undersea landslides can cause tsunamis.
  4. hat point within the Earth from which originates the first motion of an earthquake and its elastic waves; where the break in the fault actually occurred.
  5. Term used to describe volcanic rock or magma composed chiefly of dark-colored, iron- and magnesium-rich minerals.
  6. That point on the Earth's surface directly above the hypocenter of an earthquake.
  7. A steep-sided mount that forms when very viscous lava is extruded from a volcanic vent.
  8. The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface
  9. Dark-colored, low viscosity volcanic rock
  10. An earthquake which follows a larger earthquake or main shock and originates in or near the rupture zone of the larger earthquake
  11. Molten rock containing liquids, crystals, and dissolved gases that forms within the upper part of the Earth's mantle and crust. When erupted onto the Earth's surface, it is called lava.

20 Clues: The innermost layers of the Earth • A medium-colored dark gray volcanic rock • Dark-colored, low viscosity volcanic rock • The thin outer layer of the Earth's surface • The circular depression containing a volcanic vent. • The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface. • ...

Plate tectonics 2016-09-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. are formed when lava flows underwater
  2. a sudden volent shaking of the ground
  3. the most common volcano
  4. erupt regularly, but not enough to be classified as active
  5. how fast a point on the ground is shaking
  6. the number of times something happens in a certain amount of time
  7. the gradual movement of the continents across the earths surface
  8. a tube formed by cooling of lava walls while fluid lava contiues to flow
  9. induced by the movement of magma
  10. outer layer of the earth
  11. the size of an earhtquake
  12. Moltern Rock outside of the earths surface
  13. found mainly under the ocean
  14. the place where two convergent plates come togther
  15. a mountain or hill that has a vent through which lava and rock fragments can erupt from.
  16. sleeping volcano, can erupt but hasnt in a very long time
  17. the point on the earths surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  18. lava with a ropelike surface texture, low viscosity
  19. made up of iron and nickel
Down
  1. Magma rock underneath the earths surface
  2. moving apart
  3. theory of the continental drift by ________
  4. Make up the larger land masses we live on
  5. solids and gases in the air after a volcano erupts
  6. made up of magma, very thick
  7. a way to express the magnitued of an earthquake
  8. earthquake poduced by the detonation of chemicals or nuclear devices
  9. the main vent in a volcano
  10. can erupt at any time
  11. the world is made up of these
  12. earthquake is small, happen underground and in mines.
  13. the rock that comes out of a vocano
  14. volcano built from layers of cooled lava
  15. sliding
  16. Block lava, has high viscosity
  17. volcano has no magma chamber
  18. pushing together
  19. least explosive volcano
  20. a zone of volcanoes surrounding the pacific ocean
  21. center of the earth
  22. the largest earthquake in a sequence

41 Clues: sliding • moving apart • pushing together • center of the earth • can erupt at any time • the most common volcano • least explosive volcano • outer layer of the earth • the size of an earhtquake • the main vent in a volcano • made up of iron and nickel • made up of magma, very thick • volcano has no magma chamber • found mainly under the ocean • the world is made up of these • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-02-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Innermost part of a core
  2. Earth's surface is divided into large pieces of rigid rock which move over Earth's hot and semi-plastic mantle
  3. The person who proposed that continents move
  4. The boundary between two plates that move toward each other
  5. Happens at subduction zones where one plate is pulled down into the mantle
  6. Supercontinent
  7. When one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  8. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  9. Heat is higher up, cold sinks
  10. Second to last layer of the Earth
Down
  1. When magnetized objects orient themselves to point north
  2. Part of the Earth between the core and the crust
  3. When magnetized objects reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
  4. Hypothesis which suggests that the continents are in constant motion
  5. Mountain range on the ocean floor, formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries
  6. An event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction
  7. The boundary between two plates that slide past each other
  8. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  9. The process that results when magma rises at a mid-ocean ridge and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions away from the ridge
  10. Outermost layer of a planet

20 Clues: Supercontinent • Innermost part of a core • Outermost layer of a planet • Heat is higher up, cold sinks • Second to last layer of the Earth • The person who proposed that continents move • Part of the Earth between the core and the crust • When magnetized objects orient themselves to point north • An event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of plate boundary that destroys things
  2. This boundary can form a rift valley
  3. The pieces of earth’s lithosphere
  4. The part of the crust made of granite
  5. What happens at a transform boundary
  6. The idea that continents slowly move over the Earth’s surface
  7. One of the items in the earth that helped prove that Pangea existed
  8. The adding and widening of Earth’s oceans
Down
  1. The process of one plate sinking underneath another
  2. What Ocean floor sinks into back to the mantle
  3. The part of the ocean floor that lava comes out of
  4. The part of the crust made of basalt
  5. What oceanic and continental plates create on a convergent boundary
  6. What two continental plates create on a convergent boundary
  7. Cracks in Earth’s crust after plates rub against each other
  8. A theory about seafloor spreading, Earth’s plates and the plates motion
  9. When subduction takes place it happens at a __________ boundary
  10. Part of the pattern created on the ocean floor
  11. A deep valley formed by plates moving away from each other
  12. The one continent that existed millions of years ago

20 Clues: The pieces of earth’s lithosphere • The part of the crust made of basalt • This boundary can form a rift valley • What happens at a transform boundary • The part of the crust made of granite • The adding and widening of Earth’s oceans • Type of plate boundary that destroys things • What Ocean floor sinks into back to the mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-12-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  2. any movement of matter that is caused by different densities
  3. the change of the magnetic poles
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges
  5. sudden release of stored energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
  6. tectonic plates at the bottom of the ocean
  7. Earth’s outer layer made up of tectonic plates
  8. geologist that proposed the theory of sea-floor spreading
  9. moving slabs that make up Earth’s surface
  10. ideas that explain various related observations of the natural world
Down
  1. theory that Earth’s surface is made of moving slabs
  2. idea or explanation that you then test through study and experimentation
  3. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming
  4. when the force of gravity moves a plate downward and away from a ridge
  5. hypothesis that today’s continents were a single landmass before becoming continents
  6. layer of Earth below lithosphere that has differences in pressure and temperature causing the plates to move
  7. name of the theorized supercontinent that
  8. opening in the crust where molten rock, hot rock fragments, and hot gases erupt from
  9. German geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  10. the pulling of a tectonic plate as its edge subducts deep into the mantle

20 Clues: the change of the magnetic poles • name of the theorized supercontinent that • moving slabs that make up Earth’s surface • tectonic plates at the bottom of the ocean • Earth’s outer layer made up of tectonic plates • theory that Earth’s surface is made of moving slabs • geologist that proposed the theory of sea-floor spreading • ...

plate tectonics 2021-02-05

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of hot, solid material between Earth'scrust and core.
  2. Great landmasses surrounded by oceans
  3. A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  4. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  6. The amount of mass in a given space; mass per unit volume.
  7. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
  8. spreading, The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  10. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mangle and the crust.
  11. Scientist who hypothesized that all the continents were one joined together in a single land mass.
Down
  1. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across the Earth's surface.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  3. A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of Earth.
  4. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  5. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.
  6. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere forms.
  7. The study of planet Earth.
  8. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  9. The material that forms the Earth's hard surface.

20 Clues: The study of planet Earth. • Great landmasses surrounded by oceans • The material that forms the Earth's hard surface. • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface. • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • The amount of mass in a given space; mass per unit volume. • The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere forms. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-05-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a theory that the middle of the ocean is spreading apart, forming new oceanic crust
  2. a deep valley that forms as a result of tectonic plates moving apart on land
  3. two plates moving apart
  4. tiny currents that carry thermal energy
  5. an instrument that records the motions of the Earth, especially earthquakes
  6. relating to earthquakes
  7. the maximum height of a wave crest or depth of a trough
  8. an area in the middle of a lithospheric plate where magma rises from the mantle and erupts at the Earth's surface
  9. an abrupt movement of soil and bedrock downhill in response to gravity
  10. the opening at the Earth's surface through which volcanic materials erupt
  11. rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos
  12. the supercontinent that existed 335 million years ago
  13. the place where two or more plates in the Earth's crust meet
  14. a sudden violent shaking of the ground
  15. a scientist who studies earthquakes
  16. a written record of an earthquake, recorded by a siesmograph
  17. the man who established the theory of continental drift
  18. semiliquid rock found beneath the earth's surface
  19. a deep ditch under the ocean along a tectonic plate boundary
  20. two plates moving towards each other
  21. a geologist that uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
  22. a fracture in rock where movement has occurred
  23. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface as a result of the movement of the plates they lie on
Down
  1. the layer of the earth below the crust
  2. an exceptionally large ocean wave, especially one caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
  3. one plate sliding against another
  4. a region in which earthquakes are known to occur
  5. the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist
  6. stream of molten rock that erupts relatively nonexplosively from a volcano and moves slowly downslope.
  7. the system used to measure the strength of an earthquake
  8. the movement of one tectonic plate under another tectonic plate
  9. underwater cliffs between the beach and ocean
  10. relating to eruptions of gas and lava from the Earth's crust
  11. one of the large landmasses of the earth
  12. a single thickness of some substance or material
  13. an active volcano that is in repose but is expected to erupt in the future.
  14. the degree of hotness or coldness
  15. an underwater earthquake
  16. the strength of an earthquake
  17. outer layer of the earth
  18. a landform where molten rock erupts through the surface of the planet
  19. a risk
  20. pieces of the earth's crust
  21. the centre of the earth
  22. a measure of the effects of an earthquake at a particular place on humans, structures and (or) the land itself
  23. a series of underwater mountains that form as a result of tectonic plates moving apart and allowing magma to rise to the surface

46 Clues: a risk • two plates moving apart • relating to earthquakes • the centre of the earth • an underwater earthquake • outer layer of the earth • pieces of the earth's crust • the strength of an earthquake • one plate sliding against another • the degree of hotness or coldness • a scientist who studies earthquakes • two plates moving towards each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-05-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an abrupt movement of soil and bedrock downhill in response to gravity
  2. an active volcano that is in repose but is expected to erupt in the future.
  3. a deep valley that forms as a result of tectonic plates moving apart on land
  4. pieces of the earth's crust
  5. one of the large landmasses of the earth
  6. one plate sliding against another
  7. tiny currents that carry thermal energy
  8. semiliquid rock found beneath the earth's surface
  9. a form of stress produced by the action of equal and opposite forces
  10. an exceptionally large ocean wave, especially one caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
  11. the man who established the theory of continental drift
  12. the bottom of the ocean
  13. of or relating to the ocean
  14. the movement of one tectonic plate under another tectonic plate
  15. the place where two or more plates in the Earth's crust meet
  16. a measure of the effects of an earthquake at a particular place on humans, structures and (or) the land itself
  17. the opening at the Earth's surface through which volcanic materials erupt
  18. sometimes sedimentary and igneous rocks are subject to pressures so intense or heat so high that they are completely changed
  19. a geologist that uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
  20. the centre of the earth
  21. the strength of an earthquake
  22. stream of molten rock that erupts relatively nonexplosively from a volcano and moves slowly downslope.
  23. two plates moving towards each other
  24. a landform where molten rock erupts through the surface of the planet
  25. the degree of hotness or coldness
  26. a single thickness of some substance or material
  27. the layer of the earth below the crust
  28. an underwater earthquake
  29. a series of underwater mountains that form as a result of tectonic plates moving apart and allowing magma to rise to the surface
  30. the supercontinent that existed 335 million years ago
  31. relating to earthquakes
Down
  1. a theory that the middle of the ocean is spreading apart, forming new oceanic crust
  2. the layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere
  3. the area of the Earth through which faulting occurred during an earthquake
  4. rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos
  5. the maximum height of a wave crest or depth of a trough
  6. an area in the middle of a lithospheric plate where magma rises from the mantle and erupts at the Earth's surface
  7. the deformation of the lithosphere
  8. a sudden violent shaking of the ground
  9. relating to eruptions of gas and lava from the Earth's crust
  10. the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist
  11. the system used to measure the strength of an earthquake
  12. a fracture in rock where movement has occurred
  13. outer layer of the earth
  14. a written record of an earthquake, recorded by a siesmograph
  15. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface as a result of the movement of the plates they lie on
  16. the upper layer of Earth's interior, including the crust and the brittle portion at the top of the mantle.
  17. an instrument that records the motions of the Earth, especially earthquakes
  18. underwater cliffs between the beach and ocean
  19. a scientist who studies earthquakes
  20. to bend or change direction
  21. a region in which earthquakes are known to occur
  22. an area of rock that has been bent by stress
  23. two plates moving apart
  24. a naturally occuring solid made of minerals
  25. a risk
  26. a deep ditch under the ocean along a tectonic plate boundary

57 Clues: a risk • the bottom of the ocean • two plates moving apart • the centre of the earth • relating to earthquakes • outer layer of the earth • an underwater earthquake • pieces of the earth's crust • of or relating to the ocean • to bend or change direction • the strength of an earthquake • one plate sliding against another • the degree of hotness or coldness • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-06-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. At a convergent boundary two plates move _________________each other.
  2. The name of the theory that describes how Earth’s surface changes today.
  3. At a transform boundary two plates ______ past each other.
  4. The underwater mountain range formed at a divergent boundary.
  5. The name of the fault that is an example of a transform boundary.
  6. The place where a convergent plate slides back down into the mantle is called a _______________zone.
  7. The last name of a volcano in the U.S. that formed at a convergent boundary.
  8. The transfer of heat by the movement of a heated fluid is called________________.
  9. The type of plate boundary where two plates separate from each other.
  10. The force that helps to pull plates back into the mantle.
  11. The lithosphere is broken up into pieces called_______________.
Down
  1. Plates are broken up pieces of the ___________________.
  2. The theory states that the plates move by _______ _________ in the mantle.
  3. The theory of plate tectonics states that the plates are in constant slow_____________.
  4. The type of landform that erupts lava and can happen at all boundaries except transform.
  5. At a divergent boundary two plates _________from each other.
  6. The type of plate boundary where two plates move towards each other.
  7. The place where two plates meet.
  8. The type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  9. The shaking action that can happen at all types of boundaries is called an _______________.
  10. The mountain range formed at a convergent boundary.

21 Clues: The place where two plates meet. • The mountain range formed at a convergent boundary. • Plates are broken up pieces of the ___________________. • The force that helps to pull plates back into the mantle. • At a transform boundary two plates ______ past each other. • At a divergent boundary two plates _________from each other. • ...

plate tectonics 2020-08-16

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

21 Clues: a volcanic rock • center of an earthquake • violent sacking of the ground • a mountain made of cooled magma • the upper layer of earths mantle • when rocks are squashed together • the center of earth (really hot) • was the previous supper continent • hot fluid within the earths crust • when rocks are slowly pulled apart • an elastic wave produced by earthquakes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-12-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. eat off it
  2. there is a class in school about it
  3. a line that marks the limits of an area
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  5. ground moves
  6. another layer of the core in the earth
  7. The top layer of earth
  8. it's the children movies about cars that turn into robots
  9. you get it in a test
  10. you need it to prove a fact
  11. its what tectonic plates are made of
Down
  1. its how we know when the next earthquake is
  2. it can cause one if there's an earthquake on the ocean floor
  3. you stand on it
  4. a layer on earth
  5. ... plates
  6. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur
  7. its one of the 2 core the earth has
  8. it has the ocean in the word
  9. area with a ¨Z¨

20 Clues: eat off it • ... plates • ground moves • you stand on it • area with a ¨Z¨ • a layer on earth • you get it in a test • The top layer of earth • you need it to prove a fact • it has the ocean in the word • there is a class in school about it • its one of the 2 core the earth has • its what tectonic plates are made of • another layer of the core in the earth • ...

plate tectonics 2021-01-12

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. can be explosive or non-explosive
  2. formed by subduction zones
  3. formed by divergent boundry
  4. type of stress where things are being pushed together
  5. stress moving past eachother
  6. soliod iron and nickle
  7. stress moving away from eachother
  8. can be normal, reverse, or strike slip
  9. layers of the earth based of states of matter
  10. plates moving towards eachother
Down
  1. the point on the surface directly above the focus
  2. occur on plate boundaries
  3. when magma comes out of a mid ocean ridge
  4. moves plates
  5. tectonic plates moving away from eachother
  6. layer of the earth
  7. tecttonic plates sliding past eachother
  8. above the mantle
  9. where a rock ruptures in an earthquake
  10. liquid

20 Clues: liquid • moves plates • above the mantle • layer of the earth • soliod iron and nickle • occur on plate boundaries • formed by subduction zones • formed by divergent boundry • stress moving past eachother • plates moving towards eachother • can be explosive or non-explosive • stress moving away from eachother • where a rock ruptures in an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed
  2. The third layer of earth, under the mantle
  3. When oceanic crust sinks below continental crust
  4. the theory that the Earth's crust is split up into pieces that move around on top of the mantle
  5. When two tectonic plates move past each other.
  6. When two tectonic plates spread apart
  7. A fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall.
  8. A fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall
  9. the type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  10. The part of the mantle which parts of the lithosphere move.
  11. The Core of earth, The fourth layer.
  12. the bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust
  13. When two tectonic plates collide.
Down
  1. The theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have in the past.
  2. The top layer of earth, where we live.
  3. The outermost, layer of the Earth that has the crust and also the upper part of the mantle.
  4. A break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide.
  5. The amount of force/pressure put on a certain material.
  6. The lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.
  7. When two fault pieces move past eachother.
  8. The second layer of earth, under the crust

21 Clues: When two tectonic plates collide. • The Core of earth, The fourth layer. • When two tectonic plates spread apart • The top layer of earth, where we live. • The third layer of earth, under the mantle • When two fault pieces move past eachother. • The second layer of earth, under the crust • When two tectonic plates move past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. record of an earthquake’s seismic waves
  2. shaking floors making disasters
  3. two plates move towards each other
  4. molten rocks under the earths surface
  5. plates slide past each other
  6. Greta mass of falling snow and ice
  7. magma that reaches earths surface
  8. point where earthquake begins
  9. measure of the energy released during an earthquake
Down
  1. 2en wave, S shape, only travel through solids
  2. seismic wave that travel ground surface
  3. waves cause by an earthquake
  4. 1st wave push pull motion, move through solids, liquids, and gases
  5. two plates move away from each other
  6. earths surface directly above the focus
  7. a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upwards
  8. something bad happening to earth
  9. destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano
  10. rocks and soil down a slope
  11. crack in Earths crust

20 Clues: crack in Earths crust • rocks and soil down a slope • waves cause by an earthquake • plates slide past each other • point where earthquake begins • shaking floors making disasters • something bad happening to earth • magma that reaches earths surface • two plates move towards each other • Greta mass of falling snow and ice • two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wave, Transverse seismic waves that travels through the Earth
  2. boundary, Where plates are colliding with each other
  3. A zone where Earth's crust and mantle and being pulled apart
  4. The Earth's crust AND upper mantle, it's tectonic plates
  5. The layer beneath the Earth's crust
  6. pull, When plates are pulled apart at mid-ocean ridges
  7. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake on the sea floor
  8. plate, A section of the Earth's crust that moves about on the Earth's surface
  9. spot, An isolated place away from plate boundaries where lots of magma is collected
  10. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  11. The centre of the Earth
  12. The layer beneath the Earth's crust
  13. Molten rock that has erupted onto the Earth's surface
  14. crust, Crust that forms the ocean floor
  15. Molten rock below the Earth's surface
Down
  1. A place where extremely hot material from inside the Earth erupts at the surface
  2. The place below the ground where the earthquake begins
  3. arc, A chain of islands formed at the edges of plate boundaries, where one plate subducts
  4. An instrument that detects the seismic waves caused by an earthquake
  5. When one plate sinks below another during a collision
  6. Rapid movement of the ground, usually up and down
  7. push, When older crust is pushed below new ocean crust and squeezes the plates sideways
  8. mountain, Mountains formed by crust crumpling upwards as plates collide
  9. wave, A longitudinal seismic wave that travels fast through the Earth
  10. crust, The crust that forms the ocean floor
  11. A depression in the ocean floor
  12. drift, When continents separate by moving across the Earth's surface
  13. boundary, Where plates are sliding parallel to each other but in opposite directions
  14. striping, Patterns of magnetism trapped in rocks on each side of plate boundaries
  15. boundary, Where plates are moving apart in opposite directions

30 Clues: The centre of the Earth • A depression in the ocean floor • The layer beneath the Earth's crust • The layer beneath the Earth's crust • Molten rock below the Earth's surface • crust, Crust that forms the ocean floor • crust, The crust that forms the ocean floor • Rapid movement of the ground, usually up and down • boundary, Where plates are colliding with each other • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-03-09

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2017-05-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. spreading A process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where new crust is formed by volcanic activity
  2. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occurring on the sea floor
  3. Earthquakes are measured with this instrument
  4. Plates that move away from each other
  5. Supercontinent with all the continents joined together and structured 600 to 530 million years ago
  6. Crust that ‘carries’ the ocean and tends to subduct
  7. Plates that slide past each other
  8. Transform boundaries can cause _______
  9. What time period did the supercontinent break up
  10. push Process where new ocean crust forms at the ridges above the rest of the crust and so gravity pulls the new crust downwards
Down
  1. One of the main evidence to continental drift was that the continents fit together like a _____ -
  2. Crust that ‘carries’ the continents and do not subduct
  3. Plates that move towards each other
  4. Wegener Person that proposed the idea of continental drift
  5. spot Isolated place away from plate boundaries where a lot of hot magma is collecting
  6. The sea that surrounded Pangaea
  7. Name for the crust and the upper mantle together; Earth’s tectonic plates.
  8. We live on the Earth’s outer layer
  9. waves The waves in Earth are called ______
  10. Supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

20 Clues: The sea that surrounded Pangaea • Plates that slide past each other • We live on the Earth’s outer layer • Plates that move towards each other • Plates that move away from each other • Transform boundaries can cause _______ • waves The waves in Earth are called ______ • Earthquakes are measured with this instrument • What time period did the supercontinent break up • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-10-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary where plates are colliding
  2. one large super continent
  3. flattest feature under the ocean
  4. boundary where plates are moving away from each other
  5. what causes tectonic plates to move
  6. result of transform boundary
  7. area where magma exits the Earth
  8. Small melting areas within the mantle where thermal plates cause manga columns to push up intensely, breaking through the crust
  9. North America and Europe
Down
  1. deep ravine in the seafloor
  2. one sea that surrounds super continent
  3. South America and Africa
  4. underwater mountain
  5. result of divergent boundary
  6. the Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle
  7. result of convergent boundary
  8. deep valleys running through center of mid-ocean ridges
  9. father of plate tectonics
  10. flat topped sea mount
  11. boundary where plates slide past each other

20 Clues: underwater mountain • flat topped sea mount • South America and Africa • North America and Europe • one large super continent • father of plate tectonics • deep ravine in the seafloor • result of divergent boundary • result of transform boundary • result of convergent boundary • flattest feature under the ocean • area where magma exits the Earth • boundary where plates are colliding • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-05-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. We live here
  2. All igneous rocks are formed by this
  3. We are on it (literally)
  4. Caused by Volcanoes
  5. High rocky tops
  6. He discovered pangea
  7. They discover new things
  8. Sideways and Downward movement
  9. Located in Africa
  10. Mountains are made out of this
Down
  1. When you go closer to the bottom of a pool this builds up
  2. Hot lava comes out of this
  3. There are 7
  4. Where we are
  5. You eat off this
  6. A popular tectonic boundary
  7. One of earths layers
  8. We are surrounded by this
  9. Grassy High Tops
  10. We drink this

20 Clues: There are 7 • We live here • Where we are • We drink this • High rocky tops • You eat off this • Grassy High Tops • Located in Africa • Caused by Volcanoes • One of earths layers • He discovered pangea • We are on it (literally) • They discover new things • We are surrounded by this • Hot lava comes out of this • A popular tectonic boundary • Sideways and Downward movement • ...

Plate Tectonics 2019-05-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Large Movable Segments of Earths Crust
  2. floor The Bottom of a Sea Ocean
  3. Caused By Earthquake or Earth Vibration
  4. drift The Theory of Plate Separation
  5. One Large Landmass of the Earth
  6. mass A Large Continues Extent of Land
  7. The Structure or Movement of Earths Crust
  8. A Split Between Two Bodies
  9. Any Way to Deform a Solid
  10. A Vent In the Surface of The Earth
Down
  1. An Area of Fracturing Between Rocks Due to Stress
  2. An Area of Rock That Has Been Bent by Stress
  3. A Large Wave Caused by an Earthquake in the Ocean
  4. The Process Where Plates Converge and Push One Under the Mantle
  5. The Uppermost Division of the Earth
  6. A Thick, Dense Layer of Rock Under Earths Crust
  7. trench A Deep Depression in the Ocean Floor
  8. The Point in Earth Directly Above the Hypocenter
  9. A Form of Stress Produced by A Force Onto Another
  10. The Center of the Earth
  11. Molten Rock in the Earths Crust

21 Clues: The Center of the Earth • Any Way to Deform a Solid • A Split Between Two Bodies • floor The Bottom of a Sea Ocean • One Large Landmass of the Earth • Molten Rock in the Earths Crust • A Vent In the Surface of The Earth • The Uppermost Division of the Earth • drift The Theory of Plate Separation • mass A Large Continues Extent of Land • Large Movable Segments of Earths Crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-01-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur
  2. an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
  3. Where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other ←→
  4. a hypothetical supercontinent that included all current land masses, believed to have been in existence before the continents broke apart during the Triassic and Jurassic Periods. Also the name of Ms. Dauphin’s dalmatian puppy!
  5. an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide. -><-
  6. the outermost layer of a planet. The crust of the Earth is composed of a great variety of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
  7. a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal plate moving alongside one another
  8. was a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface
  9. an area of the Earth's surface where seismographs can only barely detect an earthquake after its seismic waves have passed through the Earth
  10. layer between the crust and the outer core. The mantle makes up about 84% of Earth's volume.
Down
  1. a process in which a section of the earth's crust is folded and deformed by compression to form a mountain range.
  2. 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.
  3. a geographic region with a characteristic geomorphology,each having a specific character, relief, and environment which contributes to its uniqueness.
  4. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. The central or innermost portion of the Earth, lying below the mantle and probably consisting of iron and nickel.
  7. 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.
  8. theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  9. 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.
  10. a numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake
  11. is a crack in the Earth's crust. Typically, faults are associated with, or form, the boundaries between Earth's tectonic plates.

21 Clues: Where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other ←→ • a numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake • an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means. • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • was a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-07-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thin part of the earth’s crust
  2. focus of an earthquake
  3. chain of volcanoes
  4. record earthquake wave
  5. depression in the seafloor
  6. a line of mountains connected by high ground
  7. fault are exactly the opposite of normal fault
  8. plates that slide past each other
  9. thick part of the earth’s crust
  10. outer portion of the earth
  11. no significant movement
  12. record made
  13. vibration of earth
  14. the rigid outer part of the earth
  15. second type of earthquake wave
  16. molten rocks
Down
  1. continuous mass
  2. one plate moves under another
  3. mountains formed in part
  4. plates that moving apart each other
  5. underwater earthquake
  6. a seismic wave that travels across the surface of the earth
  7. concentration of heat
  8. the first type of seismic wave
  9. studies earth
  10. plates that move toward each other
  11. movement has occurred
  12. tectonics moving lithospheric plate
  13. rigid sections
  14. consolidated mixture of minerals

30 Clues: record made • molten rocks • studies earth • rigid sections • continuous mass • chain of volcanoes • vibration of earth • underwater earthquake • concentration of heat • movement has occurred • focus of an earthquake • record earthquake wave • no significant movement • mountains formed in part • depression in the seafloor • outer portion of the earth • one plate moves under another • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-07-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that move toward each other
  2. second type of earthquake wave
  3. plates that moving apart each other
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth
  5. vibration of earth
  6. record earthquake wave
  7. molten rocks
  8. movement has occurred
  9. fault are exactly the opposite of normal fault
  10. no significant movement
  11. underwater earthquake
  12. the first type of seismic wave
  13. studies earth
  14. one plate moves under another
Down
  1. focus of an earthquake
  2. mountains formed in part
  3. outer portion of the earth
  4. chain of volcanoes
  5. plates that slide past each other
  6. a line of mountains connected by high ground
  7. consolidated mixture of minerals
  8. tectonics moving lithospheric plate
  9. a seismic wave that travels across the surface of the earth
  10. rigid sections
  11. record made
  12. concentration of heat
  13. thick part of the earth’s crust
  14. continuous mass
  15. depression in the seafloor
  16. thin part of the earth’s crust

30 Clues: record made • molten rocks • studies earth • rigid sections • continuous mass • chain of volcanoes • vibration of earth • concentration of heat • movement has occurred • underwater earthquake • focus of an earthquake • record earthquake wave • no significant movement • mountains formed in part • outer portion of the earth • depression in the seafloor • one plate moves under another • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-08-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What evidence led him to believe the continents may have fit together
  2. Place where two plates are moving apart is called a _____ boundary
  3. Islands form when a plate moves over a stationary what in the mantle
  4. Instrument used to detect vibrations in the Earth
  5. The strain when two plates are pushing together
  6. Layer below the crust that is mostly solid but can move like silly putty due to great heat and pressure
  7. Deep underwater depression
  8. The man who discovered the continents may have fit together
  9. Underwater volcanic mountain chains
  10. Liquid part of the center (Second layer from center)
  11. The strain when two plates are pulling apart
  12. Two plates pulling apart can create what
  13. The outermost layer of the Earth (You walk on it!)
Down
  1. The point directly above the focus during an earthquake
  2. Center of the Earth made of metals like iron and nickel
  3. Layer below the crust that is cooler and more brittle (Upper portion of the Mantle)
  4. Under the ocean, the process when plates diverge and new crust is formed is called
  5. Name for the supercontinent
  6. California has many earthquakes because it sits on a
  7. Seismic waves are measured using which scale
  8. The process where heat rises from the bottom, spreads and then cools
  9. The structure that is created when the plates move and release pressure from within the Earth
  10. What happens when two plates slide and grind past each other
  11. Place where two plates are moving together is called a ____ boundary.
  12. Waves of energy that travel through the ground
  13. Two plates colliding can create what
  14. The point that the earthquake originated
  15. An earthquake in the ocean can cause this
  16. The strain when plates are moving sideways

29 Clues: Deep underwater depression • Name for the supercontinent • Underwater volcanic mountain chains • Two plates colliding can create what • The point that the earthquake originated • Two plates pulling apart can create what • An earthquake in the ocean can cause this • The strain when plates are moving sideways • Seismic waves are measured using which scale • ...