plate Crossword Puzzles

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-29

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

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

PLATE TECTONICS 2023-06-29

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

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

Plate tectonics 2023-03-01

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What are Pangea and Godwana?
  2. Mostly liquid that makes up the space underneath the upper layer of the earth
  3. It is geologically young compared with the continental crust
  4. An eruption caused by carbon breaking through the crust
  5. The solid layer of Iron and Nickel
  6. Two tectonic plates that move away from each other
  7. The relatively thick part of the earth's crust which forms the large land masses.
  8. The place where two plates meet
  9. The plate Australia rests on
  10. The very center of the earth
  11. The horse shoe shaped ring that contains most of the earth volcanoes and earthquakes
  12. The number of major plates
Down
  1. The crusts segments that float on the mantle
  2. When two plate slide past each other
  3. When two plates come together and push together
  4. Liquid Iron and Nickel
  5. A giant wave that can be caused by an underwater volcano or earthquake
  6. The solid outer layer of the earth
  7. The super continent that incorporated most of the world modern continents
  8. One plate is pushed beneath the other
  9. The force on the plate overcomes the friction, that releases energy in waves through the crust
  10. The movie based on the theory continental drift

22 Clues: Liquid Iron and Nickel • The number of major plates • What are Pangea and Godwana? • The plate Australia rests on • The very center of the earth • The place where two plates meet • The solid layer of Iron and Nickel • The solid outer layer of the earth • When two plate slide past each other • One plate is pushed beneath the other • The crusts segments that float on the mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-08

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

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

Plate tectonics 2021-11-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a
  2. 7
  3. h
  4. 3
  5. m
  6. b
  7. i
Down
  1. k
  2. 6
  3. 4
  4. 2
  5. 9
  6. 8
  7. 1
  8. d
  9. j
  10. z
  11. f
  12. 5
  13. e

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

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the outermost layer of the Earth (lithosphere) is divided into contiguous sections (plates) that move relative to each other causing continental drift, seafloor spreading, and the formation of major physical features of the Earth’s surface
  2. crack in the Earth's crust, happens along transform boundaries
  3. are places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  4. difference in elevation between any two contour lines on a topographic map
  5. where two plates are moving toward each other. If the two plates are of equal density, they usually push up against each other, forming a mountain chain. If they are of unequal density, one plate usually sinks beneath the other in a subduction zone.
  6. a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  7. the relationship between the measurements on a model. Map or diagram and the actual measurement of distance.
  8. Alfred Wegner’s explanation of continents slowly moving and changing their positions relative to one another
  9. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
  10. map symbol showing shape and / or change in elevation on a topographic map
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  1. a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
  2. 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.
  3. any long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom in which occur the maximum oceanic depths, approximately 7,300 to more than 11,000 metres (24,000 to 36,000 feet). They typically form in locations where one tectonic plate subducts under another.
  4. the shape of the Earth’s surface and the way its physical features are arranged, especially in terms of their positions and elevations
  5. on a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line.
  6. was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  7. a place in the upper mantle of the earth at which hot magma from the lower mantle upwells to melt through the crust usually in the interior of a tectonic plate to form a volcanic feature
  8. map showing the shape and elevation of the land surface using contour lines
  9. a measure of the slant of a line
  10. a curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin, typically with a deep ocean trench on the convex side.
  11. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  12. geology the process of one tectonic plate sliding under another, resulting in tensions and faulting in the earth's crust, with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
  13. the difference between the highest and lowest elevation in a given area.
  14. is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. This uplifting of the ocean floor occurs when convection currents rise in the mantle beneath the oceanic crust and create magma where two tectonic plates meet at a divergent boundary.

24 Clues: a measure of the slant of a line • are places where plates slide sideways past each other. • crack in the Earth's crust, happens along transform boundaries • the difference between the highest and lowest elevation in a given area. • on a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-19

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. not able to bend
  2. what type of continent was Pangea
  3. when a volcano...... it causes a lot of damage
  4. any bodies of water
  5. solid layer of iron and Nickle
  6. form at convergent boundaries
  7. formed at subduction zones.
  8. a mountain or hill with a crater for lava.
  9. bottom of the sea
Down
  1. what caused Pangea to separate?
  2. boundaries that slide apart
  3. boundaries that collide
  4. one of the sphere's -living things
  5. any icy part of the earth is apart of
  6. boundaries that slide past each other
  7. movement of earth's crust
  8. violent shaking of the earth
  9. when one plate sinks under the other.
  10. to gasses go to the top while cold ones go to the bottom in the asthenosphere.
  11. melted rock below the crust

20 Clues: not able to bend • bottom of the sea • any bodies of water • boundaries that collide • movement of earth's crust • boundaries that slide apart • formed at subduction zones. • melted rock below the crust • violent shaking of the earth • form at convergent boundaries • solid layer of iron and Nickle • what caused Pangea to separate? • what type of continent was Pangea • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formed by convergent collision
  2. Formed by transform (not earthquakes)
  3. Continental plates collide together
  4. Oceanic and continental plates one goes under
  5. Below the lithosphere layer
  6. Stays up during convergent subduction
  7. Formed by convergent subduction
  8. Least dense layer of Earth
  9. Amount for oceanic and continental plates in convergent subduction
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  1. Formed by divergent
  2. Second most dense layer of the Earth
  3. Plates seperate
  4. Middle of the earth
  5. Biggest layer of Earth
  6. Formed by transform (not fault line)
  7. Goes under in convergent subduction
  8. Amount of major plates there are
  9. Plates slide up and down
  10. Amount of oceanic plates in convergent collision
  11. Amount of continental plates in convergent collision

20 Clues: Plates seperate • Formed by divergent • Middle of the earth • Biggest layer of Earth • Plates slide up and down • Least dense layer of Earth • Below the lithosphere layer • Formed by convergent collision • Formed by convergent subduction • Amount of major plates there are • Continental plates collide together • Goes under in convergent subduction • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-11

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2022-05-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Magma that erupts onto the earth's surface.
  2. Molten rock stored beneath the earth's surface.
  3. A boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  4. rising mantel material at mid-ocean ridges push plates away from the ridge.
  5. the size of an earthquake is determined by how much energy is released by an earthquake.
  6. Vents in the earth's crust through which molten rock flows.
  7. Lave that erupts underwater that hardens and flows into unique shapes.
  8. made up of one or more faults.
  9. features that cross the fault such as streams shifted both by plate movement and earthquakes.
  10. the circulation within fluids caused by differences in density and thermal energy.
Down
  1. Formed similarly to the Himalayas.
  2. long narrow mountains formed by magma at divergent boundaries.
  3. when two plates slide past each other.
  4. the vibrations caused by rupture in the sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in earths crust.
  5. A boundary when two plates move away from each other.
  6. largest and highest mountain range in the world that are still growing.
  7. section of the earth combining the crust and upper mantle.
  8. when two plates collide, one can sink the other when this happens, it pulls on the rest of the plate.
  9. a crack or fracture in the earth's crust along which movement occurs.
  10. The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate.

20 Clues: made up of one or more faults. • Formed similarly to the Himalayas. • when two plates slide past each other. • Magma that erupts onto the earth's surface. • Molten rock stored beneath the earth's surface. • A boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A boundary when two plates move away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-12-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Magma that explodes through the surface
  2. Super continent
  3. Volcanoes that are constantly erupting or going to in the future
  4. A force that acts on rock to change shape or volume
  5. Two plates coming together
  6. Melted rock beneath the Earths surface
  7. A massive slide of mud and Earth
  8. When stress builds causing rock to break
  9. Two plates moving away from each other
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  1. The point on Earths surface directly above the focus of the earthquake
  2. The size of an earthquake or something else
  3. 2 plates under water diverge creating this
  4. An Above average sized volcano
  5. Vibrations traveling through the Earth carrying energy
  6. Two plates sliding against each other
  7. A big plume of hot mantle rising from deep in the Earth
  8. Earthquakes under the ocean cause this to happen
  9. When stress builds and then releases violently shaking the plates
  10. The sliding down of rock or Earth from a cliff or mountain
  11. Magma once it reaches the Earths surface

20 Clues: Super continent • Two plates coming together • An Above average sized volcano • A massive slide of mud and Earth • Two plates sliding against each other • Melted rock beneath the Earths surface • Two plates moving away from each other • Magma that explodes through the surface • When stress builds causing rock to break • Magma once it reaches the Earths surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-25

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

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

pLATE tECTONICS 2024-10-02

pLATE tECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The chemical composition of the crust.
  2. The middle mechanical layer of the Earth that is composed entirely of mantle material.
  3. The bottom chemical layer of the Earth.
  4. Mechanism for Plate Tectonics that involves the Circulation of molten material.
  5. The chemical composition of the core.
  6. The interior mechanical layer of the Earth that is the bottom layer, solid, and composed of iron.
  7. The chemical composition of the mantle.
  8. Colliding plates.
  9. The top mechanical layer of the Earth that represents tectonic plates.
  10. Mechanism for Plate Tectonics that involves the downward pull of plates due to the weight of the slab.
Down
  1. The mechanical layer of the Earth that tectonic plates rest on.
  2. Theory that describes plate material, how plates move, and the effects of plate movement.
  3. Responsible for the theory Continental Drift.
  4. The interior mechanical layer of the Earth that is composed of iron and is liquid.
  5. Spreading plates.
  6. The middle chemical layer of the Earth.
  7. Mechanism for Plate Tectonics that involves the separation of plates due to the exiting of magma on the ocean floor causing plates to separate.
  8. The outer chemical layer of the Earth.
  9. Plates sliding side by side.
  10. The study of Earth’s Magnetic Field in the past.

20 Clues: Spreading plates. • Colliding plates. • Plates sliding side by side. • The chemical composition of the core. • The chemical composition of the crust. • The outer chemical layer of the Earth. • The bottom chemical layer of the Earth. • The chemical composition of the mantle. • The middle chemical layer of the Earth. • Responsible for the theory Continental Drift. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of plate that is relatively thin, young, and dense
  2. break in the crust where movement has happened
  3. type of volcano made by thin, fluid lava flows
  4. long, narrow mountain chain where new ocean crust is made
  5. downward movement of the edge of a plate into the mantle
  6. ratio of mass to volume
  7. area of the mantle that is usually warm and produces volcanic activity away from a plate boundary
  8. sudden violent shaking of the ground
  9. valley formed by the separation of tectonic plates
  10. solid rock layer beneath the crust
  11. boundary where two continental plates meet
  12. type of volcano made by alternative layers of lava and ash
  13. type of boundary where plates move towards each other
  14. weak, flowing part of the mantle where convection occurs
  15. material ejected from a volcano
Down
  1. type of boundary where plates slide past each other
  2. line where two or more tectonic plates meet
  3. layer of the earth made of crust and the upper rigid part of the mantle
  4. opening in the earth's crust which produces lava, gases, or ash
  5. solid iron and nickel
  6. type of volcano with steep sides formed by tephra in violent eruptions
  7. outermost layer of the Earth
  8. molten rock on the surface
  9. transfer of heat through a fluid
  10. Earth's only liquid layer
  11. narrow, deep trough formed at a subduction zone
  12. location on the fault where an earthquake begins
  13. type of boundary where plates move away from each other
  14. location on the earth's surface closest to the earthquake's focus
  15. type of plate that is relatively thick, old, and less dense
  16. molten rock below the surface

31 Clues: solid iron and nickel • ratio of mass to volume • Earth's only liquid layer • molten rock on the surface • outermost layer of the Earth • molten rock below the surface • material ejected from a volcano • transfer of heat through a fluid • solid rock layer beneath the crust • sudden violent shaking of the ground • boundary where two continental plates meet • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-12-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when 2 plates slip past each other
  2. a scientist that studies rock and earth's crust
  3. the theory that the oldest rock is at the bottom and youngest on the top
  4. the 2nd layer of earth
  5. the theory that the continents drift apart
  6. when plates move toward each other
  7. a break in the rock of earth's crust or mantle
  8. The shaking and trembling of a plate after it releases stress
Down
  1. a structure that forms in earth's crust when magma reaches the earth's surface
  2. An area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward
  3. Earth's surface is broken up into more than a dozen distance plates
  4. a natural force on earth that holds plates together
  5. a natural formation formed at convergent boundaries
  6. Most if not all the continent where conected and made a super continect
  7. The type of thermal energy transfer that takes place in earth mantle
  8. the force that acts on rock to change it's shape or volume
  9. when 2 plates move away from each other
  10. The name of the scientist that developed the theory of continental drift
  11. a molten mixture of rock forming substances from the mantle
  12. the remains of a prehistoric orgainsum that were presurved

20 Clues: the 2nd layer of earth • when 2 plates slip past each other • when plates move toward each other • when 2 plates move away from each other • the theory that the continents drift apart • a break in the rock of earth's crust or mantle • a scientist that studies rock and earth's crust • An area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward • ...

Plate Motion 2025-01-02

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
  2. any of the many processes in which gas, lava and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
  3. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  4. went extinct 260 million years ago
  5. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  6. is an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  7. Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation and water
  8. big machines that drill into the Earth to collect samples of what is underground
  9. how often or fast something happens
  10. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
Down
  1. ___ are connected to the plate. The hard solid rock is thicker.
  2. ___ happen on or near a plate boundary
  3. the place where two plates meet
  4. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  5. plates move _____ then earthquakes can happen next
  6. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  7. evidence of life from the past
  8. ___ boundary are when plates move apart in different directions
  9. ___ boundary are when plates move towards the same place
  10. as the plates move away, the mantle pushes __ to fill the gaps

20 Clues: evidence of life from the past • the place where two plates meet • went extinct 260 million years ago • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • how often or fast something happens • ___ happen on or near a plate boundary • plates move _____ then earthquakes can happen next • something we observe to be similar over and over again • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Zone- area where one plate is being pulled under the edge of another.
  2. A high, large mass of earth and rock that rises above the earth's surface with steep or sloping sides.
  3. - two plates slide past each other.
  4. Hard and rigid, it's the earth's outermost and thinnest layer
  5. An extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel at the center of the earth
  6. Subdivided into two regions, upper and lower, this dense layer made of hot, semisolid rock is located directly below the crust
  7. earth's continents were once joined together in one large mass
  8. noticed that the coastlines of Africa and South America looked like they might fit together
  9. The sudden movement is what we feel as the shaking and trembling
  10. dropped zone where the plates are pulling apart
Down
  1. The earth's crust found underneath the oceans.
  2. - two plates that are moving apart from each other.
  3. only liquid layer of the earth – a sea of mostly iron and nickel.
  4. The earth's crust that makes up the continents.
  5. A vent in the earth's surface through which magma and gases erupt.
  6. A hot, semiliquid zone on which the tectonic plates float.
  7. A arc-shaped chain of volcanoes formed above a subduction zone.
  8. Rigid outer layer of the earth broken up into the tectonic plates.
  9. - two plates are pushing toward each other
  10. a crack or fracture in the earth's crust that is associated with this movement

20 Clues: - two plates slide past each other. • - two plates are pushing toward each other • The earth's crust found underneath the oceans. • The earth's crust that makes up the continents. • dropped zone where the plates are pulling apart • - two plates that are moving apart from each other. • A hot, semiliquid zone on which the tectonic plates float. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Ring of Fire circles what ocean?
  2. Plates move over a layer of _______ rock
  3. An area of magma under the Earth that's hotter than the surrounding magma
  4. What country collided with Asia to create the Himalayas?
  5. Came up with the Theory of Continental Drift
  6. The uppermost part of the mantle and the crust create this layer
  7. The top layer of the Earth
  8. This is what the super-continent was called
  9. An area where two plates move horizontally along each other
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  1. Created from continents slamming into each other
  2. An area where two or more plates collide
  3. The mechanically weak layer of the upper mantle
  4. A piece of evidence from animals that supports the super continent theory
  5. The Theory of Continental Drift stated that the continents were ________
  6. The second to top layer of the Earth
  7. The Earth is made up of many ______
  8. An area where two plates move away from each other
  9. Plates rubbing into each other cause _______
  10. These are formed by rising magma erupting through cracks in the Earth
  11. South America and _______ fit together

20 Clues: The top layer of the Earth • The Earth is made up of many ______ • The Ring of Fire circles what ocean? • The second to top layer of the Earth • South America and _______ fit together • An area where two or more plates collide • Plates move over a layer of _______ rock • This is what the super-continent was called • Came up with the Theory of Continental Drift • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-30

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

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

Plate motion 2023-10-27

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. can cause earth quakes and volcanoes
  2. earths outer layer
  3. the soft solid bulk of earths interior
  4. hot flowing rock on the surface of earth
  5. a landform that is caused by conversion
  6. caused by divergent plate movement
  7. two plates slide past each other
  8. big pieces of the earths upper most mantle
  9. plate movement causes a mid ocean ridge
  10. a set of interacting parts
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  1. the earths crust going down into the mantle
  2. magma rises and explodes up out of the volcano
  3. how fast something moves
  4. Beneath the earths crust
  5. the sudden movement of something pushing up ward
  6. the edge of a plate
  7. produces hot particles in the ocean
  8. a different view of the crust and the mantle
  9. evidence of life from the past
  10. a natural spring that sends up hot water

20 Clues: earths outer layer • the edge of a plate • how fast something moves • Beneath the earths crust • a set of interacting parts • evidence of life from the past • two plates slide past each other • caused by divergent plate movement • produces hot particles in the ocean • can cause earth quakes and volcanoes • the soft solid bulk of earths interior • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-01-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A fracture in earths crust
  2. Places where plates slide sideways past each other
  3. It occurs as tectonic plates are pushed together and the crust becomes shorter and thicker
  4. When two plates come together
  5. It can be emitted from the core mantle boundary region to reach the Earth's crust
  6. When a plate moves slowly across a hot spot
  7. The liquid shell made up of iron and nickel
  8. Caused when underground rock suddenly breaks and there is rapid motion along a fault
  9. Long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates
  10. Earth's outermost layer, or lithosphere made up of the crust and upper mantle
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  1. It is part of the upper mantle
  2. Heat driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle
  3. It creates deep cracks in the crust of the Earth where the two plates split.
  4. A layer of the interior of the Earth
  5. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  6. When two plates are moving away
  7. Divergent, convergent, and transform
  8. It is the solid, outer part of Earth, it includes the upper part of the mantle and the crust.
  9. It is one produced by the movement of Earth's continental plates
  10. The most dense shell of the earth

20 Clues: A fracture in earths crust • When two plates come together • It is part of the upper mantle • When two plates are moving away • The most dense shell of the earth • A layer of the interior of the Earth • Divergent, convergent, and transform • When a plate moves slowly across a hot spot • The liquid shell made up of iron and nickel • ...

plate tec 2023-12-14

plate tec crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding. The denser oceanic crust is subducted under the continental crust resulting in mountains and volcanoes.
  2. The boundary that occurs where two plates slide past each other.
  3. melted rock on Earth’s surface.
  4. The theory that explains the global distribution of geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates
  5. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure; the lithosphere floats on the asthenosphere.
  6. A huge ocean wave caused by a sudden, powerful shift on the ocean floor, like an undersea earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption.
  7. A Broad, domed volcano with gently sloping sides.
  8. an area where two or more tectonic plates meet.
  9. melted rock beneath Earth’s surface.
Down
  1. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust. Magma oozes up from the mantle through a crack in the ocean floor, filling in the space between the plates and spreading out from the plate boundary.
  2. Boundary occurring where two plates move apart, a, or molten rock, to rise from the Earth's interior to fill in the gap. The two plates move away from each other like two conveyor belts moving in opposite directions.
  3. The highest surface part of a wave
  4. A logarithmic scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake
  5. The lowest surface part of a wave
  6. The name given to the supercontinent that existed more than 225 million years ago, in which the present‐day continents were joined together in one large landmass.
  7. A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction.
  8. is formed when very hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts through Earth’s crust.
  9. the outermost layer of Earth.
  10. The point on earth’s surface that is vertically above the focus of an earthquake. Focus ‐ The point of origin of an earthquake
  11. This dense layer of the earth is made of hot, semisolid rock and is located directly below the crust. It is about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) thick.

20 Clues: the outermost layer of Earth. • melted rock on Earth’s surface. • The lowest surface part of a wave • The highest surface part of a wave • melted rock beneath Earth’s surface. • an area where two or more tectonic plates meet. • A Broad, domed volcano with gently sloping sides. • The boundary that occurs where two plates slide past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the thickest layer made of semi-molten rocks
  2. flow, a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic materials
  3. plates moving toward each other
  4. mountains, when plates meet and mountains form under pressure
  5. semi-fluid material within the earth
  6. the innermost and hottest part of Earth's structure
  7. plates gliding past each other
  8. volcanic ash saturated with water
  9. a sudden and rapid vibration of the earth's crust
  10. ash and dust cemented together
  11. small rock fragments
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  1. lava that is light and runny
  2. the name of the super-continent
  3. plates moving away from each other
  4. lava that is thick and immobile
  5. a structure linking the earth's interior to the surface
  6. solid materials ejected from a volcano
  7. the current occurring in the mantle
  8. the thinnest layer on which we live
  9. magma which has made its way to the surface

20 Clues: small rock fragments • lava that is light and runny • plates gliding past each other • ash and dust cemented together • the name of the super-continent • lava that is thick and immobile • plates moving toward each other • volcanic ash saturated with water • plates moving away from each other • the current occurring in the mantle • the thinnest layer on which we live • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a structure linking the earth's interior to the surface
  2. the innermost and hottest part of Earth's structure
  3. magma which has made its way to the surface
  4. the name of the super-continent
  5. mountains, when plates meet and mountains form under pressure
  6. plates moving toward each other
  7. plates gliding past each other
  8. lava that is thick and immobile
  9. plates moving away from each other
  10. the thickest layer made of semi-molten rocks
Down
  1. flow a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic materials
  2. the current occurring in the mantle
  3. a sudden and rapid vibration of the earth's crust
  4. lava that is light and runny
  5. volcanic ash saturated with water
  6. small rock fragments
  7. the thinnest layer on which we live
  8. ash and dust cemented together
  9. semi-fluid material within the earth
  10. solid materials ejected from a volcano

20 Clues: small rock fragments • lava that is light and runny • plates gliding past each other • ash and dust cemented together • the name of the super-continent • plates moving toward each other • lava that is thick and immobile • volcanic ash saturated with water • plates moving away from each other • the current occurring in the mantle • the thinnest layer on which we live • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-22

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  2. Is met with in excavation, which is of such size or position that it can be removed only by means of special rock breaking equipment or other special plant or explosives.
  3. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  5. The place where two plates meet
  6. An identifiable event during which one or more geological processes act to modify geological entities.
  7. layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
  8. something we observed to be repeating over and over again
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  1. study the materials, processes, and history of the Earth.
  2. a natural feature of the earth's surface.
  3. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  4. earthquakes caused by magma movement, gas emissions, effusive emissions of lava, and cataclysmic eruptions.
  5. A very large section of hard, solid rock that makes up earths outer layer
  6. A sudden shaking of earths surface
  7. moving apart in different directions
  8. moving towards the same place
  9. Speed, the rate of change of position, or the change of position per unit of time.
  10. set of things that are interconnected in ways that result in the generation of identifiable behavioral patterns over time.
  11. a layer made of hard solid rock
  12. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together

20 Clues: moving towards the same place • The place where two plates meet • a layer made of hard solid rock • to examine in detail for a purpose • A sudden shaking of earths surface • moving apart in different directions • a natural feature of the earth's surface. • layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates • study the materials, processes, and history of the Earth. • ...

Plate tectonic 2024-09-27

Plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the transfer of heat through matter
  2. a fluid's resistance to flowing
  3. a supercontinent
  4. slide sideways past each other
  5. 400 to 1,800 miles below the surface.
  6. solid outer-part of earth
  7. two or more lithospheric plates collide
  8. mass per volume
  9. the innermost layer of the Earth.
  10. tectonic plates move away
  11. The location where two plates meet
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  1. the outer most layer
  2. a flow of particles that comes off the sun
  3. composed of mostly iron and nickel
  4. flows like hot plastic
  5. As two tectonic plates slowly separate
  6. center of earth
  7. the region around a magnetic material
  8. motion in a gas or liquid
  9. solid bulk of earths interior

20 Clues: center of earth • mass per volume • a supercontinent • the outer most layer • flows like hot plastic • solid outer-part of earth • motion in a gas or liquid • tectonic plates move away • solid bulk of earths interior • slide sideways past each other • a fluid's resistance to flowing • the innermost layer of the Earth. • composed of mostly iron and nickel • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where is one of the only places on earth where a divergent boundary can occur on land?
  2. Sloping volcano built by violent eruptions
  3. Thin magma with gentle eruptions
  4. Thick magma with explosive eruptions
  5. Made up of South America, Africa, Antarctica, and the Subcontinent India
  6. South America and Africa fit together like...
  7. A Lahar is a _______ caused by a volcanic eruption
  8. Created the continental drift theory
  9. Once a large landmass
  10. Sharp and blocky lava
  11. The ________ rocks are found closest to the mid-ocean ridge
  12. Discovered that the seafloor was spreading
  13. Rock structure suggests that the continents once...
  14. A famous supervolcano
Down
  1. When plates move away from each other
  2. An example of a transform boundary
  3. A hotspot forms in the ______ of the plate
  4. When plates come together
  5. Mineral found in Antarctica due to climate
  6. Alfred Wegener's theory was rejected because he could not _____ ___ the continents moved
  7. Divergent boundaries occur at the...
  8. Solid material ejected from the volcano
  9. Made up of North America, Europe, Asia, and Greenland
  10. Smooth and ropey lava
  11. When plates slide past each other
  12. Wcanto map the plate boundaries because of
  13. Steep-sided volcano
  14. An ______ continental margin causes seismic activity such as earthquakes and volcanoes
  15. Broad-based volcano

29 Clues: Steep-sided volcano • Broad-based volcano • Once a large landmass • Smooth and ropey lava • Sharp and blocky lava • A famous supervolcano • When plates come together • Thin magma with gentle eruptions • When plates slide past each other • An example of a transform boundary • Thick magma with explosive eruptions • Divergent boundaries occur at the... • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-24

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A landform witch lava comes out
  2. One of the big boundaries of a map
  3. a similar puzzle that repeats and repeats
  4. A word send for school in an hour
  5. The deepest part of the earth core
  6. different or becoming different from something else
  7. A cool word to use for experimenting
  8. A land mass that can be different
  9. a sudden shake of earths surface
  10. An under water mountain range.
Down
  1. Large scale process affecting earth crust
  2. A very hot area underneath earth crust
  3. Gas, ash and lava get launched out of a mountain
  4. Plates move toward the same place
  5. A purposed question about the natural world
  6. earth outmost layer no hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation and water.
  7. An indent into the ocean floor
  8. The center of earth
  9. The layer of soft solid underneath earths surface
  10. to examine in detail for a purpose

20 Clues: The center of earth • An indent into the ocean floor • An under water mountain range. • A landform witch lava comes out • a sudden shake of earths surface • Plates move toward the same place • A word send for school in an hour • A land mass that can be different • One of the big boundaries of a map • The deepest part of the earth core • to examine in detail for a purpose • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-22

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  2. A large section of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
  3. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. the outside or top layer of something
  5. when do water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  6. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  7. any of the many processes in which lava gas and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth
  8. moving apart in different directions
  9. a shaking of earths surface
Down
  1. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  2. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  3. made of hard solid rock
  4. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  5. a diagram that shows what inside of something looks like
  6. observed to be over and over again
  7. The place where two plates meet
  8. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  9. moving toward the same plate
  10. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor
  11. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates

20 Clues: made of hard solid rock • a shaking of earths surface • moving toward the same plate • The place where two plates meet • observed to be over and over again • to examine in detail for a purpose • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • A long deep indentation in the ocean floor • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The place where one plate is getting bent and pulled under the edge of another plate
  2. Raised area or mountain range under the oceans
  3. Process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust
  4. Several large slabs of the lithosphere
  5. Hard and rigid, the earth's outermost and thinnest layer
  6. Two plates slide against each other
  7. A German scientist
  8. Trench long, narrow, deep area on the ocean floor that is formed at a convergent plate boundary
  9. A convergent plate boundary where continents are colliding together and creating mountains.
Down
  1. Solid outer part of Earth
  2. Also known as spreading boundary
  3. Occurs where two land masses on plates are pushed together
  4. Trembling and shaking of the earth's surface
  5. Two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  6. Very hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts through Earth’s crust
  7. Layer of solid and melted rock
  8. Huge ocean wave caused by a sudden, powerful shift on the ocean floor
  9. Dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  10. Existed more than 225 million years ago
  11. A string of volcanoes and earthquakes

20 Clues: A German scientist • Solid outer part of Earth • Layer of solid and melted rock • Also known as spreading boundary • Two plates slide against each other • A string of volcanoes and earthquakes • Several large slabs of the lithosphere • Existed more than 225 million years ago • Trembling and shaking of the earth's surface • Raised area or mountain range under the oceans • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-11-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Related to earthquakes and tectonic activity.
  2. - Process of sediment turning into rock.
  3. - Plates sliding past each other.
  4. - Study of Earth’s structure and processes.
  5. - Line on the ground surface that indicates a fault.
  6. - Volcanic region fed by underlying mantle.
  7. - Large section of Earth's crust that moves.
  8. - Plates moving towards each other.
  9. - Process where one plate moves under another.
  10. - Movement of rock and soil by wind or water.
  11. - The bottom of the ocean, where plate interactions occur.
  12. - Study of Earth's structural features.
  13. - Earth's outermost layer.
  14. - Elevated area on the seafloor formed by divergent plates.
  15. - Stress that builds up along fault lines.
  16. - Movement of Earth along a fault.
  17. - Semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere.
  18. - Rocks formed under pressure and temperature changes.
  19. - Scale used to measure earthquake magnitude.
  20. - Pertaining to the movement and deformation of Earth's crust.
  21. - Rigid outer layer of the Earth.
  22. - Fracture in Earth's crust where movement occurs.
Down
  1. - When tectonic plates push against each other.
  2. - Type of crust that forms ocean floors.
  3. - Type of rock that forms oceanic crust.
  4. - Type of rock that forms continental crust.
  5. - Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
  6. - Breakdown of rocks at Earth's surface.
  7. - Landform created by volcanic activity at tectonic boundaries.
  8. - Deep oceanic depression formed by subduction.
  9. - A low area where sediment accumulates.
  10. - Rock cavity lined with crystals, often formed near faults.
  11. - Opening in Earth's crust where lava erupts.
  12. - Thick layer of rock between crust and core.
  13. - Movement of tectonic plates apart.
  14. - Underwater mountain ranges formed by tectonic activity.
  15. - Study of earthquakes and seismic waves.
  16. - Supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago.
  17. - Point within Earth where an earthquake originates.
  18. - Area where the Earth's crust is being pulled apart.
  19. - Point on Earth's surface directly above a quake's focus.
  20. - Measure of the energy released in an earthquake.
  21. - Rocks formed from compressed sediments.
  22. - Large ocean wave caused by underwater disturbances.
  23. - Bend in rock layers caused by tectonic pressure.
  24. - Type of crust that forms landmasses.
  25. - Boundary where two tectonic plates meet.
  26. - The process where one plate sinks beneath another.
  27. - Region around the Pacific Ocean known for tectonic activity.
  28. - Molten rock that reaches Earth's surface.

50 Clues: - Earth's outermost layer. • - Plates sliding past each other. • - Rigid outer layer of the Earth. • - Movement of Earth along a fault. • - Plates moving towards each other. • - Movement of tectonic plates apart. • - Type of crust that forms landmasses. • - Study of Earth's structural features. • - Type of crust that forms ocean floors. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. makes new oceanic crust
  2. theory that continents move
  3. sit on top of the asthenosphere
  4. the nature of somethings ingredients
  5. a directed stress that pushed plates together
  6. 33% of the earth
  7. between asthenosphere and the outer core
  8. the largest layer of the earth
  9. when plates collide
  10. when plates spread apart
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  1. the only liquid layer of the earth
  2. cause earthquakes
  3. where plates subduct
  4. when plates slide past each other
  5. earthś hottest layer
  6. earth´s crust
  7. how rocks work under stress
  8. made by Alfred Wegner
  9. the thinnest and outermost layer of the earth
  10. A part of the earths mantle

20 Clues: earth´s crust • 33% of the earth • cause earthquakes • when plates collide • where plates subduct • earthś hottest layer • made by Alfred Wegner • makes new oceanic crust • when plates spread apart • theory that continents move • how rocks work under stress • A part of the earths mantle • the largest layer of the earth • sit on top of the asthenosphere • when plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-04-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle
  2. large, rigid pieces of Earth's
  3. two or more lithospheric plates collide
  4. its layered structure, composed of a solid inner core
  5. Found a something
  6. posits that Earth's continents were once joined in a single supercontinent
  7. build up or create landforms
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  1. reshape the Earth's surface
  2. tectonic plate slides beneath another,
  3. he view that everything always exists
  4. supercontinent
  5. hot, partially molten
  6. move apart to make new crust
  7. tectonic plates split apart
  8. a part of the Earth crust
  9. steep sides formed
  10. the theory that Earth's outer shell
  11. made below
  12. seismically and volcanically active zone
  13. tectonic plate margin

20 Clues: made below • supercontinent • Found a something • steep sides formed • hot, partially molten • tectonic plate margin • a part of the Earth crust • reshape the Earth's surface • tectonic plates split apart • move apart to make new crust • build up or create landforms • large, rigid pieces of Earth's • the theory that Earth's outer shell • he view that everything always exists • ...

Plate Tectonic 2025-05-05

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A thin outer layer of rock above a planets mantle, including all dry land and ocean basins.
  2. 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.
  3. The transfer of energy from place top lace by the motion of heated gas or liquid
  4. An area of fracturing between rocks resulting from stress
  5. Part of upper mantle that behaves like soft butter
  6. Tectonic Lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves.
  7. A specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks, convergence.
  8. Valley A gap formed between two diverging plates
  9. An actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  10. the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates, divergent boundary, the boundary between two tectonic plates.
  11. The bending of rock layers, fault, a break in the earths crust.
  12. The amount per unit size, trench, any long ditch cut in the ground. Earthquake, vibration from underground movement along a fault plane.
Down
  1. Vibration from underground movement along a fault plate, volcano, a fissure in the earths crust though which gases erupt.
  2. boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates.
  3. Idea or theory that the continents once existed in a giant super continent and have moved apart over millions of years.
  4. A gap formed between two diverging plates ; magnetic reversal, when earths magnetic north and South Poles switch places
  5. The center of earth, an area constituting about 16% of the planets volume and 32% of its mass
  6. features would include those expressed on the surface, (such as mountains, rivers and lakes) as well as those not as visible
  7. Boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  8. THe act of putting pressure on something compression. The act of applying force. Mid-Atlantic ridge.
  9. A deep depression in the ocean floor caused by the convergence of plates and the resulting subduction of one plate
  10. A super continent

22 Clues: A super continent • Valley A gap formed between two diverging plates • Part of upper mantle that behaves like soft butter • An area of fracturing between rocks resulting from stress • boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates. • The bending of rock layers, fault, a break in the earths crust. • ...

Plate tetonics 2024-04-06

Plate tetonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The main divisions of land
  2. the amount of major tectonic plates
  3. barriers that divide t he plate tectonics
  4. occurs when 2 plate tectonics grind against each other
  5. occurs between two plates tectonics that are grinding against one another.
  6. The original supercontinent made up of all other continents
  7. the denser, weaker layer beneath the lithospheric mantle
  8. Creator of the theory of Continental Drift
  9. According to the Theory of Continental Drift, the British Isles Scandinavia and the Caledonian Mountains were once connected with the __________ mountains.
  10. Forms underwater when two plate tectonics converge
  11. one results of Continental Drift
Down
  1. a way to describe the state of the mantle
  2. one example of evidence that supports continental drift
  3. the point right above the middle of an earthquake vertically
  4. Breaking of the Earth's crust
  5. The cool outermost layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle
  6. Thickest layer of the earth
  7. Hot semi-fluid material under the crust of the Earth
  8. the thinnest layer of the Earth
  9. one result of continental drift

20 Clues: The main divisions of land • Thickest layer of the earth • Breaking of the Earth's crust • the thinnest layer of the Earth • one result of continental drift • one results of Continental Drift • the amount of major tectonic plates • a way to describe the state of the mantle • barriers that divide t he plate tectonics • Creator of the theory of Continental Drift • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-19

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

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

Plate Motion 2022-10-19

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet
  2. Where two plates meet
  3. Underwater mountain range formed at a divergent plate boundary
  4. a natural spring sending hot water and steam suddenly into the air
  5. The hottest layer of Earth
  6. Slow pulling apart of land caused by plate activity
  7. Hot Liquid rock below Earth's surface
  8. The landform formed at an underwater Convergent plate boundary
  9. to examine in detail for a purpose
  10. When Earth’s surface shakes
Down
  1. When two plates are moving towards each other
  2. the top layer of something
  3. When two plates are moving away from each other
  4. a diagram of the inside of something
  5. How fast something happens
  6. a set of interacting part forming a complex whole
  7. The sudden pushing of something
  8. The pieces making up Earth's outer layer
  9. Hot liquid rock on Earth's surface
  10. Earth’s main continuous areas of land
  11. the soft, solid layer of rock below Earth's plates

21 Clues: Where two plates meet • the top layer of something • How fast something happens • The hottest layer of Earth • When Earth’s surface shakes • The sudden pushing of something • Hot liquid rock on Earth's surface • to examine in detail for a purpose • a diagram of the inside of something • Hot Liquid rock below Earth's surface • Earth’s main continuous areas of land • ...

Plate Tectonic 2022-10-11

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Outer most shell.
  2. Moves a lot.
  3. Earths ____ separates sometimes.
  4. created by humans.
  5. If you are outside find shade.
  6. A place
  7. Study’s and finds important information.
  8. Shifts throughout the time.
  9. The cracks will get bigger.
  10. Most are at the bottom of the oceans.
  11. Something that is big
Down
  1. Area shakes in certain place.
  2. things that changeover are ___.
  3. plotting the locations of earthquakes.
  4. solid that turns into liquid.
  5. Make force.
  6. makes minerals.
  7. how many major plates are there?
  8. Storie that not everyone agrees with.
  9. Have life to live in.

20 Clues: A place • Make force. • Moves a lot. • makes minerals. • Outer most shell. • created by humans. • Have life to live in. • Something that is big • Shifts throughout the time. • The cracks will get bigger. • Area shakes in certain place. • solid that turns into liquid. • If you are outside find shade. • things that changeover are ___. • Earths ____ separates sometimes. • ...

Plate Motion 2022-10-24

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When Earth’s surface shakes
  2. When two plates are moving away from each other
  3. Earth’s main continuous areas of land
  4. The pieces making up Earth's outer layer
  5. Hot liquid rock on Earth's surface
  6. When two plates are moving towards each other
  7. The hottest layer of Earth
  8. Slow pulling apart of land caused by plate activity
  9. Hot Liquid rock below Earth's surface
  10. A set of interacting part forming a complex whole
  11. The landform formed at an underwater Convergent plate boundary
Down
  1. Where two plates meet
  2. To examine in detail for a purpose
  3. The top layer of something
  4. The soft, solid layer of rock below Earth's plates
  5. Underwater mountain range formed at a divergent plate boundary
  6. A diagram of the inside of something
  7. A feature that forms on the surface of a planet
  8. How fast something happens
  9. The sudden pushing of something
  10. A natural spring sending hot water and steam suddenly into the air

21 Clues: Where two plates meet • The top layer of something • How fast something happens • The hottest layer of Earth • When Earth’s surface shakes • The sudden pushing of something • To examine in detail for a purpose • Hot liquid rock on Earth's surface • A diagram of the inside of something • Earth’s main continuous areas of land • Hot Liquid rock below Earth's surface • ...

Plate Family 2022-10-29

Plate Family crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Nana
  2. TV sport watched on Thanksgiving
  3. dad
  4. Uncle
  5. Mashed or baked
  6. Best part of the turkey
  7. dad's father
  8. "------- roasting on an open fire"
  9. Pilgrim's ship
  10. - Newest cousin
Down
  1. Middle child
  2. President that let turkey 'live'
  3. 4th Thur in Nov
  4. On the cob
  5. main meal on TG
  6. Mom
  7. Man's best friend
  8. Thanksgiving dessert
  9. Oldest son
  10. TG day of the week
  11. Month of TG
  12. santa's helpers
  13. Grandpa
  14. mom's mother
  15. dad's mother
  16. Youngest son

26 Clues: dad • Mom • Nana • Uncle • Grandpa • On the cob • Oldest son • Month of TG • Middle child • dad's father • mom's mother • dad's mother • Youngest son • Pilgrim's ship • 4th Thur in Nov • main meal on TG • Mashed or baked • santa's helpers • - Newest cousin • Man's best friend • TG day of the week • Thanksgiving dessert • Best part of the turkey • President that let turkey 'live' • TV sport watched on Thanksgiving • ...

Plate Motion 2022-11-19

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a point at which rays of light or heat meet after being refracted or reflected.
  2. A sudden motion or trembling in the earth caused by the abrupt release of slowly accumulated energy.
  3. Two plates sliding past each other
  4. line graphs that show a sideways view of a landscape.
  5. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
  6. plate gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  7. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
  8. the imprint left by the shell on the rock that surrounded it.
  9. an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
  10. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
  11. the quality of being intense
Down
  1. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  2. drift. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  3. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  4. an external coating or covering.
  5. the maximum extent of size and the direction of an object.
  6. (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance.
  7. waves caused by the sudden movement of materials within the Earth, such as slip along a fault during an earthquake.
  8. The point where two or more plates meet
  9. an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mold.
  10. A supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  11. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  12. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  13. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.

24 Clues: the quality of being intense • an external coating or covering. • Two plates sliding past each other • The point where two or more plates meet • (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance. • line graphs that show a sideways view of a landscape. • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which old crust re-melts into the mantle.
  2. The law of cross cutting relationships says that __________ are younger than the layers they cut through.
  3. Motion of the Earth's crust occurs here.
  4. The mid-Atlantic _________.
  5. Occurs when two continental plates coll.ide.
  6. Layer of Earth made of melted rock.
  7. This rock forms when igneous rock is subjected to high temperature and pressure.
  8. Type of rock associated with the sea floor.
  9. Area below the lithosphere.
  10. This rock forms from the cementation of sand or organic particles.
Down
  1. This process occurring in the mantle drives plate tectonics.
  2. Earth's crust is broken into _________.
  3. New crust is created at this boundary.
  4. This process breaks down big rocks into sediment.
  5. Occurs when pressure in the Earth's crust brings magma to the surface.
  6. The law of superposition tells us that ________ rocks are always underneath younger rocks.
  7. Earth's crust is this state of matter.
  8. A geologic feature that results from subduction.
  9. These mountains were formed by the collision between the Indian and Eurasian plates.
  10. Plates move ________ from each other at a divergent boundary.
  11. The pacific plate is made of this type of crust.
  12. These mountains were created when continental and oceanic crust converged.
  13. The upper portion of the mantle is called the _______ mantle.
  14. Earthquakes occur along __________ boundaries.
  15. This rock forms from cooled magma.

25 Clues: The mid-Atlantic _________. • Area below the lithosphere. • This rock forms from cooled magma. • Layer of Earth made of melted rock. • New crust is created at this boundary. • Earth's crust is this state of matter. • Earth's crust is broken into _________. • Motion of the Earth's crust occurs here. • Type of rock associated with the sea floor. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-11-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the motion of matter resulting from changes in temperature
  2. created at a oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary
  3. created at a divergent boundary when it's on land
  4. where two plates seperate from eachother
  5. produces new oceanic lithosphere
  6. created at a continental-continental convergent boundary
  7. where two plates slide past eachother
  8. molten rock that breaks through the Earths surface
Down
  1. upper layer of earths mantle below the lithosphere
  2. molten rock that is underground
  3. created at a oceanic-continental convergent boundary
  4. where two plates come together.
  5. super continent from millions of years ago
  6. in pacific ocean, many volcanoes
  7. consists of crust and upper part of the mantle
  8. created at a divergent boundary when it's in an ocean plate
  9. outermost shell of Earths layers
  10. happens at a transform boundary
  11. volcanoes can be formed here
  12. occurs when oceanic plate is forced down into the mantle by second plate

20 Clues: volcanoes can be formed here • molten rock that is underground • where two plates come together. • happens at a transform boundary • in pacific ocean, many volcanoes • produces new oceanic lithosphere • outermost shell of Earths layers • where two plates slide past eachother • where two plates seperate from eachother • super continent from millions of years ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the theory that the crust is divided into large pieces, or plates that slowly move on top of the mantle
  2. an underwater mountain system formed by tectonic plates; largest single volcanic feature on the earth
  3. the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  4. huge piece of crust that moves slowly on the upper, ductile (soft and bendy) part of the mantle
  5. a depression on Earth’s surface in which an ocean lies
  6. a place where 2 tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. a place where 2 tectonic plates come together and collide
  8. A dark colored, extrusive igneous rock usually associated with oceanic crust
  9. the thin, solid, outer most layer of the earth
  10. molten material below the surface of the earth
Down
  1. up to 80 km thick, generally makes up landmasses and is usually considered to be made of granite
  2. molten material that has made it to the surface of the earth
  3. the mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long dead organisms lived and how their bodies were constructed
  4. the part of the mantle that is almost liquid, where convection currents occur
  5. solid layer of earth between the crust and the core; made of dense silicates
  6. the theory that continents were once connected but have since drifted apart
  7. a phenomenon by which magma from earth’s mantle comes up to the mid-ocean ridge and creates new oceanic crust
  8. the process in which a denser tectonic plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge
  9. A light colored, intrusive igneous rock usually found on continental crust
  10. 5-10 km thick, generally on the bottom of the ocean floor and is usually considered to be basalt
  11. deep and narrow depression in the sea floor where the subducted plate moves into the asthenosphere

21 Clues: the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust • the thin, solid, outer most layer of the earth • molten material below the surface of the earth • a depression on Earth’s surface in which an ocean lies • a place where 2 tectonic plates move away from each other • a place where 2 tectonic plates come together and collide • ...

Plate Motion 2022-11-18

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  2. A sudden motion or trembling in the earth caused by the abrupt release of slowly accumulated energy.
  3. the quality of being intense
  4. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
  5. a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust. Fossil the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock. Mold the imprint left by the shell on the rock that surrounded it. Cast an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mold.
  6. drift. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  7. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  8. line graphs that show a sideways view of a landscape.
  9. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  10. a point at which rays of light or heat meet after being refracted or reflected.
  11. A super continent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  12. Two plates sliding past each other
Down
  1. (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance.
  2. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
  3. the maximum extent of size and the direction of an object.
  4. an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes.
  5. The point where two or more plates meet. Divergent occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  6. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
  7. an external coating or covering.
  8. waves caused by the sudden movement of materials within the Earth, such as slip along a fault during an earthquake.

20 Clues: the quality of being intense • an external coating or covering. • Two plates sliding past each other • (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance. • line graphs that show a sideways view of a landscape. • the maximum extent of size and the direction of an object. • gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______ state made due to an eruption of a volcano made by plate tectonics
  2. ________ map of the sea floor published in 1977
  3. Plates going underneath each other
  4. Plates sliding past each other
  5. Movements in the Earth’s lithosphere
  6. One of the landforms that Pangea broke into
  7. _____ core made out of liquid metal
  8. made by continental continental convergent boundaries
  9. the layer underneath the lithosphere
  10. The first supercontinent
Down
  1. Plates dividing from each other
  2. _____ core made out of solid metals
  3. Plates colliding into each other
  4. made out of hot dense rock
  5. the second landform that pangea broke into
  6. made by transform boundaries
  7. _______ plates are denser and less thick compared to continental plates
  8. ________ one of the pieces of technology used to make a map of the ocean floor so we could learn about tectonics
  9. __________ plates are less dense and more thick compared to oceanic plates
  10. the most common way to find plate movements

20 Clues: The first supercontinent • made out of hot dense rock • made by transform boundaries • Plates sliding past each other • Plates dividing from each other • Plates colliding into each other • Plates going underneath each other • _____ core made out of solid metals • _____ core made out of liquid metal • Movements in the Earth’s lithosphere • the layer underneath the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Spreading, The process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
  2. the upper layers of the Earth's mantle
  3. Strength, The ability to withstand the stress of physical forces
  4. Boundary, when two plates come together
  5. the degree of compactness of a substance
  6. A scientist who studies the physical aspects of the Earth
  7. ridge, a continuous range of undersea volcanic mountains
  8. Zone, when tectonic plates meet at a convergent boundary
  9. Crust, the relatively thin part of the Earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins
  10. Rapture in the Earth's crust that allows hot lava to escape from the Earth's mantle
Down
  1. The results of sudden movement along faults within the earth
  2. Mantle, Very thick layers of rock inside the Earth
  3. Of Fire, The region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean
  4. Boundary, when two plates move away from each other
  5. the lightest rock layer
  6. Boundary, when plates slide sideways past each other
  7. zone, the place where two lithospheric plates come together
  8. Plumes, A Proposed mechanism of convection within the Earth's mantle
  9. Thrust sheets of ancient oceanic crust and upper part of the mantle
  10. Wegner, The scientist who discovered Continental Drift

20 Clues: the lightest rock layer • the upper layers of the Earth's mantle • Boundary, when two plates come together • the degree of compactness of a substance • Mantle, Very thick layers of rock inside the Earth • Boundary, when two plates move away from each other • Boundary, when plates slide sideways past each other • Spreading, The process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. innermost layer of Earth
  2. When two plates come together
  3. liquid layer made of iron and nickel
  4. Thin shell on the outside of Earth.
  5. Earth's layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core
  6. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. On Earth, it is composed of the crust and the portion of the upper mantle
  8. the outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that makes up the planet's continents
  9. proposed "Continental Drift" in 1912
  10. quantity per unit volume
Down
  1. His theroy was that sedimentary layers are deposited in a time sequence with the oldest on the bottom and youngest on the top.
  2. A supercontinent that existed around 310 million years ago
  3. motion is predominantly horizontal
  4. a revolutionary theory explaining that continents shift position on Earth's surface
  5. His theory was that the states were once together, but they were spread apart by the earthquakes and floods
  6. the outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that is found under the oceans
  7. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  8. a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity
  9. region of the upper mantle of Earth. It lies below the lithosphere
  10. lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart, or rift

20 Clues: innermost layer of Earth • quantity per unit volume • When two plates come together • motion is predominantly horizontal • Thin shell on the outside of Earth. • liquid layer made of iron and nickel • proposed "Continental Drift" in 1912 • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convergent boundaries can form underwater _______ ranges.
  2. What is the largest belt of active volcanos and earthquakes in the world?
  3. The zone where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere.
  4. Once magma spills out onto the Earth’s surface it’s called
  5. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground.
  6. The convection currents cause _______ of the tectonic plates.
  7. A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance.
  8. What type of rock makes up continental crust?
  9. The surface along which rocks break and slide past each other.
  10. Scientist that came up with the theory of Pangaea?
Down
  1. What is the upper part of the mantle?
  2. The layer of the earth between the crust and the core.
  3. What kind of boundary involves plates moving apart?
  4. This core of the Earth is liquid.
  5. This core is the hottest
  6. The process of hot rock rising, cooling, and then sinking.
  7. What kind of boundary involves plates colliding?
  8. Molten rock inside the Earth
  9. What kind of boundary involves plates moving past each other?
  10. The_____tectonics cause earthquakes and volcanoes

20 Clues: This core is the hottest • Molten rock inside the Earth • This core of the Earth is liquid. • What is the upper part of the mantle? • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground. • What type of rock makes up continental crust? • What kind of boundary involves plates colliding? • The_____tectonics cause earthquakes and volcanoes • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2022-04-27

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hanging wall goes down the footwall
  2. the center of the earth
  3. surfaces in rocks become curved
  4. third layer of the earth
  5. 2 lithospheric plates come together
  6. upper layer of Earth's mantle
  7. an explosion filled with hot lava
  8. lithosphere under ocean basins
  9. 2 tectonic plates move away
  10. can't travel through solids
  11. records details of earthquakes
  12. two opposite pulling forces
Down
  1. plates move sideways past each other
  2. between the core and crust
  3. famous theory in geology
  4. record produced by seismograph
  5. solid outer part of the Earth
  6. introduced continental drift theory
  7. travels through all layers
  8. fracture in between 2 blocks of rock

20 Clues: the center of the earth • famous theory in geology • third layer of the earth • between the core and crust • travels through all layers • 2 tectonic plates move away • can't travel through solids • two opposite pulling forces • upper layer of Earth's mantle • solid outer part of the Earth • record produced by seismograph • lithosphere under ocean basins • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-04-12

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of Earth between the crust and the core
  2. the amount of force per unit area that is put on a given material
  3. the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core
  4. the type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  5. states that the Earth's solid outer crust, the lithosphere, is separated into plates that move over the asthenosphere
  6. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created at mid-ocean ridges as older materials are pulled away from the ridge
  7. the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed
  8. the "middle sphere," the strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  9. is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  10. the region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere
Down
  1. where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another.
  2. is the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other, thus appearing to have "drifted" across the ocean bed.
  3. a geologist and Navy submarine commander during World War II. Part of his mission had been to study the deepest parts of the ocean floor.
  4. the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  5. where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.
  6. where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.
  7. the solid, dense center of the Earth
  8. the thin, outermost layer of the Earth
  9. a German meteorologist, geophysicist and polar researcher. In 1915 he published 'The Origin of Continents and Oceans', which outlined his theory of Continental Drift.
  10. the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle

20 Clues: the solid, dense center of the Earth • the thin, outermost layer of the Earth • the layer of Earth between the crust and the core • is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed • the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle • where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crust that carries ocean
  2. a type of volcano that still erupts
  3. when two transform plates' stress breaks and the earth shakes
  4. where two plates rub against each other
  5. gigantic pieces of the earth's crust
  6. when one plate goes under another plate
  7. when lava spews out of a volcano
  8. top layer of earth
Down
  1. something that floats
  2. two plates move in opposite directions
  3. a mountain or hill that has a crater or hole that lava comes out of
  4. when two plates hit each other
  5. crust that carries a continent
  6. a volcano that no longer erupts
  7. where two plates collide
  8. hot fluid within the earth
  9. where seafloor spreading occurs
  10. measurement tool for earthquakes
  11. the hot molton maga that comes out of a volcano
  12. the study of earthquakes

20 Clues: top layer of earth • something that floats • crust that carries ocean • where two plates collide • the study of earthquakes • hot fluid within the earth • when two plates hit each other • crust that carries a continent • a volcano that no longer erupts • where seafloor spreading occurs • measurement tool for earthquakes • when lava spews out of a volcano • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A primary (compressional) earthquake wave that travels through the body of the earth, so named because it is the first wave to reach a seismograph station during an earthquake.
  2. Plate Boundary- when two tectonic plates slide past each other in such a way that it does not result in a new landform
  3. a powerful “river” of mud that forms when debris, such as ash from a volcanic eruption, moves into a stream or river.
  4. Plate Boundary- when two continental plates collide causing their edges to crumple and uplift to form mountains.
  5. A large, mobile segment of Earth’s lithosphere
  6. Drift- the gradual movement of the continents across the earth’s surface through geological time.
  7. Scale- the scale used to measure the magnitude (size and energy) of an earthquake
  8. Catastrophic Event- a powerful and often dramatic force of nature that changes the earth’s surface and atmosphere.
  9. Volcano- a volcano that forms from alternating eruptions of viscous lava and broken rock. It is steep near the summit (top) and flat toward the base.
  10. Wave- An earthquake wave that travels on or near the surface of earth.
  11. an instrument that detects, records, and measures the vibrations produced by an earthquake.
  12. occurs when loosely packed, water logged sediments at or near the surface lose their strength in response to an earthquake.
  13. the movement of a tectonic plate beneath another plate.
  14. A fracture in bedrock, along which blocks of rock on opposite sides of the fracture move
  15. The Earth’s innermost layers, consisting of a liquid iron outer layer and a solid iron-nickel inner layer
  16. a deep gorge formed on the ocean floor when an oceanic plate moves beneath a continental plate.
  17. describes objects that break easily when a force is applied to them.
  18. A push or pull on an object.
  19. a scientist who studies the history and structure of the earth as it is recorded in rocks
  20. Mercalli Scale- the most common earthquake intensity scale used in the United States
  21. springs that spout water and steam
  22. Plate Boundary- the place where a continental plate splits and separates as molten rock flows to the surface.
  23. a small, bowl-shaped hole that forms when rock explodes from a volcano during an eruption.
  24. the cool, solid outer shell of the earth that consists of the crust and the ridged, uppermost part of the mantle and is broken into segments.
  25. the shaking of the ground during an earthquake caused by seismic waves.
  26. Rock- a solid earth material that forms when any rock type is changed by the earth’s high temperature and pressure
  27. the layer of the mantle that lies directly below the lithosphere and flows like taffy
  28. mudflow that occurs when rain falls through clouds of ash or when rivers become choked with falling volcanic debris.
  29. the record made by a seismograph; the paper on which earthquake waves are recorded.
  30. Igneous Rock- igneous rock that forms from magma cooling inside the earth
  31. the earth’s outer layer, the coolest and least dense layer of the earth
  32. to make something less severe, intense, or painful.
  33. a naturally occurring mineral containing valuable elements for which it is mined and worked.
  34. a series of sea waves caused by underwater earthquakes or, more rarely, by volcanoes.
  35. Spot- a localized zone of melting in the mantle that is fixed under a plate.
  36. Ridge- A mountain-like landform that develops when plates separate and new oceanic lithosphere forms.
  37. a representation that is used to study objects, ideas, or systems that are too complex, distant, large, or small to study easily firsthand.
  38. Ridge- A zone of intense earthquake and volcanic activity that runs down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
  39. A scientist who study earthquakes
  40. causing damage or injury
  41. A secondary earthquake wave; so named because they travel slower than a primary wave and it is the second wave to reach the seismograph station after an earthquake. It travels through the body of the earth as a series of crests and troughs.
  42. fragmented volcanic material with particles that measure less than 2mm in diameter.
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  1. the location where the rupture of an earthquake begins and energy is released.
  2. Lava- balloonlike mounds that form when lava flows underwater or into the ocean
  3. the measure of the total amount of energy release at the focus point of an earthquake.
  4. Flow- lava that flows quickly over the surface of earth and covers a wide area.
  5. a landform, usually cone-shaped, produced by a collection of erupted material around a vent, or opening, on the surface of the earth and through which gas and erupted materials pass.
  6. made of hot fragments from volcanic material
  7. A measure of the damage done by an earthquake, determined on the basis of the earthquake’s effect on people, structures, and the natural environment.
  8. Spreading- the theory that states a force within the earth drives the ocean floor apart and allows new oceanic crust to form.
  9. a traditional story of historical events that is created to understand the world from the view of the people and their beliefs.
  10. Dome- a bulbous, steep-sided dome that forms at the top of a volcano when thick, relatively “cold” magma emerges from the volcanic opening.
  11. an earthquake wave that follows the main shock of an earthquake.
  12. blobs of hardened lava
  13. Wave- A wave generated by earthquake vibrations
  14. of Fire- A zone of intense earthquake and volcanic activity that encircles the Pacific Ocean basin; also called the circum-pacific belt.
  15. Cycle- the process by which earth materials transform from one rock type into another
  16. Seismographic Network- a permanent set of more than 150 sensors that are placed around the world to monitor seismic activity.
  17. Tectonics- A theory that the lithosphere is broken into segments, or plates, that float on the asthenosphere, and that the interactions among these plates are associated with earthquakes and volcanic activity and form mid-ocean ridges, trenches, mountains, and chains of volcanic islands.
  18. Cell- a circulating flow of air or water resulting from temperature differences; also called a convection current.
  19. long cracks in the earth’s crust where lava gently erupts like a fountain
  20. a large, steep-sided, circular or oval volcanic depression that forms when magma retreats or erupts from a shallow underground magma chamber; with no magma to support the ground above it, the overlying rock collapses.
  21. Rock- a solid earth material that forms when magma or lava cools and crystallizes on or below the earth’s surface.
  22. Igneous Rock- igneous rock formed by lava cooling on the surface of the earth
  23. building up, beneficial
  24. boundary- A place where pieces of the broken lithosphere meet.
  25. a solid earth material made of various minerals.
  26. Wave- An earthquake waves that travel through the body of earth rather than on its surface
  27. the tendency to resist flowing; a property of liquids.
  28. Rock- a solid earth material composed of compacted and cemented sediments or of particles of various sizes
  29. the layer beneath the asthenosphere that is hot, convected, and on the move.
  30. Time- The time it takes an earthquake wave to travel from the epicenter of a quake to a location on the earth.
  31. the process by which heat moves efficiently through air or water.
  32. the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus point of an earthquake.
  33. magma that has reached the surface of earth
  34. Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden release of, usually as a result of the movement of rocks along a fault.
  35. describes objects that bend, stretch, or flow when a force is applied to them
  36. hot, molten rock inside the earth.
  37. rough surfaces on a fault line that wear down and become smooth when it ruptures repeatedly.
  38. Time- the time between the arrival of P-waves and S-waves at a location where an earthquake occurs.
  39. the study of volcanoes
  40. a scientist who studies volcanoes and volcanic phenomena
  41. Hazard- the probability a volcanic eruption will occur in a given geographic area within a specific window of time.
  42. unit of force in the metric system
  43. a naturally formed, inorganic solid composed of one or more elements
  44. Fall- the ejection of volcanic materials into the atmosphere and the settling of these materials over a wide area of the surface of earth.
  45. A force that opposes the motion of objects
  46. Cone Volcano- a small, cone-shaped volcano made of broken rocks or cinders that accumulate around the volcanic vent.
  47. Volcano- a wide, broadly sloping volcano that forms from runny lava. It is the largest type of volcano
  48. a physical feature of the Earth’s surface, such as a mid-ocean ridge, a trench, or a mountain.
  49. layers of ore between layers of rock

91 Clues: blobs of hardened lava • the study of volcanoes • building up, beneficial • causing damage or injury • A push or pull on an object. • A scientist who study earthquakes • springs that spout water and steam • hot, molten rock inside the earth. • unit of force in the metric system • layers of ore between layers of rock • A force that opposes the motion of objects • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Long crack in the surface of the Earth. Where earthquakes usually occur. San Andreas Fault.
  2. When two tectonic plates move toards each other and collide. Equal density.
  3. 1st theory describing the history of Earth's surface. States that the continents were once connected and have drifted apart.
  4. When 2 plates slide past each other. Fault lines
  5. Tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean.
  6. South America matches up with this continent.
  7. scrapes across rocks where a glacier once was.
  8. Parallel pattern of rock material found at indetical locations across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Reveals rock of the same geological age.
  9. huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere. Consists of crusts and uppermost part of mantle.
  10. The scietist who is generally credited with the continental drift theory.
  11. When two plates move away from each other. Continental = rift valley. Ocean = mid ocean ridge.
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  1. When a denser plate is pushed down and beneath a less dense plate. Occurs at a convergent boundary. Creates volcanoes and trenches.
  2. 2nd theory describing the history of Earth's surface. States that the lithosphere is divided into plates that are moving on top of the asthenosphere.
  3. rock formations, rivers, and lakes appear to match up on different continents due to this piece of evidence.
  4. seafloor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries
  5. The amount of matter in a given space of volume. Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.
  6. Tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses.
  7. super continent that had most of the land masses before it seperated.
  8. evidence of dead plants and animals
  9. Circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the falling of cooler, denser fluid.

20 Clues: evidence of dead plants and animals • South America matches up with this continent. • scrapes across rocks where a glacier once was. • When 2 plates slide past each other. Fault lines • Tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses. • Tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean. • seafloor mountain system formed by divergent boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What water does in a river from source to mouth
  2. What happens to an eggshell
  3. What ice does in the sun
  4. What happens to a cookie when you bite it
  5. The outer part of bread
  6. What the sun does in the morning
  7. Force used to close a door
  8. The side of a table
  9. Glowing red stuff from a volcano
  10. What leaves do in autumn.
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  1. Dwayne the _____ Johnson
  2. what continents do slowly
  3. The center of an apple
  4. what plates do over millions of years
  5. What happens to wood in fire
  6. What your foot does on ice
  7. What you do to open a drawer
  8. What you feel from the sun
  9. what Earth does in an earthquake
  10. What’s between diverging plates

20 Clues: The side of a table • The center of an apple • The outer part of bread • Dwayne the _____ Johnson • What ice does in the sun • what continents do slowly • What leaves do in autumn. • What your foot does on ice • Force used to close a door • What you feel from the sun • What happens to an eggshell • What happens to wood in fire • What you do to open a drawer • ...

mātes plate 2025-09-24

mātes plate crossword puzzle
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  1. Kāds interfeiss tiek izmantots cieto disku un SSD pieslēgšanai?
  2. Kā sauca mikroshēmu, kas vecākās platēs savienoja perifērijas ierīces?
  3. Kā sauc sprieguma regulēšanas moduli procesoram?
  4. Kāds moderns interfeiss nodrošina ļoti ātru SSD darbību?
  5. Kā sauc mazo bateriju, kas uztur BIOS iestatījumus?
  6. Kā sauc kontaktu, kur pieslēdz datora pogas un LED indikatorus?
  7. Kā sauc mikroshēmu komplektu, kas savieno komponentes uz mātesplates?
  8. Kāds ir populārākais mātesplašu izmēra standarts?
  9. Kā sauc ātrdarbīgo atmiņu, kurā glabājas dati datora darbības laikā?
  10. Kā sauc ligzdu procesora uzstādīšanai uz mātesplates?
  11. Kā sauc metāla dzesētāju, kas novada siltumu no mikroshēmām?
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  1. Kā sauc paplašināšanas slotu tipu, kurā ievieto videokarti?
  2. Kā sauc kontaktu, kur pieslēdz dzesētāju?
  3. Kā sauc programmu, kas inicializē datoru, to ieslēdzot?
  4. Kas ir galvenā datora plate, kurā savienojas visas sastāvdaļas?
  5. Kā sauc samazināta izmēra mātesplašu standartu?
  6. Kā sauca mikroshēmu, kas vecākās platēs savienoja CPU ar RAM?
  7. Kā sauc galveno procesoru, kas veic aprēķinus?
  8. Kā sauc vēl mazāku mātesplašu standartu?
  9. Kāda mērvienība raksturo atmiņas ierīču darbības ātrumu?

20 Clues: Kā sauc vēl mazāku mātesplašu standartu? • Kā sauc kontaktu, kur pieslēdz dzesētāju? • Kā sauc galveno procesoru, kas veic aprēķinus? • Kā sauc samazināta izmēra mātesplašu standartu? • Kā sauc sprieguma regulēšanas moduli procesoram? • Kāds ir populārākais mātesplašu izmēra standarts? • Kā sauc mazo bateriju, kas uztur BIOS iestatījumus? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. thinner, denser plates that are under the oceans
  2. how volcanic eruptions are measured, Volcanic Explositivity Index
  3. tectonic plates that move towards each other
  4. theory devised by Alfred Wegener that the earth's continents drifted apart from a supercontinent
  5. when an oceanic plate slides beneath a continental plate
  6. the hot, molten rock layer of the earth the tectonic plates are on
  7. rigid outer layer of the earth broken into tectonic plates
  8. the name of the supercontinent in Alfred Wegner’s theory of Continental drift
  9. openings in the earth's crust where molten rock, lava, ash and gasses erupt onto the surface
  10. term used to measure earthquakes
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  1. heat from the earth’s core that causes the mantle to rise and lower as it warms and cools, moving the tectonic plates
  2. Plate the smallest tectonic plate
  3. tectonic plates that move away from each other
  4. sudden violent movement of the earth's surface caused by the movement of tectonic plates
  5. linear cracks in volcanoes caused by the earth's crust pulling apart
  6. formed when tectonic plates collide, causing the crust to crumple and fold forming bumps on the surface
  7. thicker, less dense plates that make up the continents
  8. the largest tectonic plate
  9. tectonic plates that slide past each other
  10. a tectonic belt where most volcanoes and earthquakes happen

20 Clues: the largest tectonic plate • term used to measure earthquakes • Plate the smallest tectonic plate • tectonic plates that slide past each other • tectonic plates that move towards each other • tectonic plates that move away from each other • thinner, denser plates that are under the oceans • thicker, less dense plates that make up the continents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where two plates move toward each other.
  2. The bottom surface of the ocean.
  3. Shaking of the ground due to plate movement.
  4. Type of crust forming landmasses.
  5. The rigid outer layer of Earth.
  6. Boundary where plates move apart.
  7. A large section of Earth’s lithosphere.
  8. The layer beneath Earth’s crust.
  9. A fracture where movement has occurred.
  10. One plate sliding beneath another.
  11. Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface.
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  1. Evidence of seafloor spreading recorded in rocks.
  2. Molten rock that has reached the surface.
  3. Earth’s outermost solid layer.
  4. Mountain formed by eruption of magma.
  5. The semi-fluid layer plates move on.
  6. Elevated area at a divergent boundary.
  7. Deep feature formed at a subduction zone.
  8. Ancient supercontinent that broke apart 200 million years ago.
  9. Type of crust beneath the ocean floor.
  10. The edge where plates meet.
  11. Related to the structure of Earth’s crust.

22 Clues: The edge where plates meet. • Earth’s outermost solid layer. • The rigid outer layer of Earth. • The bottom surface of the ocean. • The layer beneath Earth’s crust. • Type of crust forming landmasses. • Boundary where plates move apart. • One plate sliding beneath another. • The semi-fluid layer plates move on. • Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ocean floor sinks beneath a trench and into the mantle
  2. A large chunk of the lithosphere
  3. Vibrate side to side and up and down. Second to arrive (aftershock)
  4. Evidence of continental drift where some continents that were near the poles had fossils of tropical animals
  5. Slow moving, cool, high viscosity lava
  6. A weak spot in the crust where magma reaches Earth’s surface
  7. A scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake
  8. Bowl shaped area that forms at the top of a volcano
  9. The underwater ridge in between two tectonic plates
  10. A measure of the effects of an earthquake
  11. Compress and expand. First to arrive
  12. Plates slip past each other in opposite directions
  13. The measure of the strength of the earthquake
  14. Evidence from continental drift where SImilar fossils are found in separated lands
  15. The area under the earth where rock breaks
  16. Fast moving, hot, low viscosity lava
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  1. Large pieces of rock that come flying down to earth after an explosive eruption
  2. The name of the single landmass proposed by the theory of continental drift
  3. The hanging wall slides down the footwall
  4. A combination. Alternating slow lava flow and explosive eruptions
  5. The measurement of the resistance to flow
  6. The shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth’s surface
  7. The theory that all continents were once joined together in a single landmass
  8. The major force responsible for tectonic plate movement
  9. The area on the surface above the focus
  10. Rocks on either side slip past each other
  11. Tectonic plates move away from each other due to new molten rock being formed
  12. Repeated explosive eruptions form steep, cone shaped hill
  13. The pocket under the volcano where the magma collects
  14. Proposed the theory of continental drift
  15. A major volcanic belt formed around the edge of the Pacific Ocean
  16. Plates move apart
  17. The location where two plates interact
  18. A large wave caused by underwater earthquakes displacing water
  19. Lava flows gradually and forms a wide, gently sloping mountain
  20. The hanging wall slides up the footwall
  21. Plates collide
  22. An area where material deep from the mantle rises and breaks through the crust
  23. Evidence for continental drift that shows land features lining up across oceans
  24. A scale that measures the intensity of an Earthquake

40 Clues: Plates collide • Plates move apart • A large chunk of the lithosphere • Compress and expand. First to arrive • Fast moving, hot, low viscosity lava • Slow moving, cool, high viscosity lava • The location where two plates interact • The area on the surface above the focus • The hanging wall slides up the footwall • Proposed the theory of continental drift • ...

Plate motion 2025-10-29

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  2. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earths plates
  3. 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. moving toward the same place
  5. moving apart in different directions
  6. Located between the mantle and the inner core
  7. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  8. to examine in detail for a purpose
  9. how often or fast something happens
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  1. something that we observe to be similar over and over again
  2. the plate where the plate come together
  3. a solid metal ball that is extremely dense and intensely hot
  4. Earth outer most layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  5. the rigid part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  6. a sudden shaking of Earth surface
  7. moves on top of a soft, soil, layer of rock called the mantle and that travel at a rate to slow to be experienced by humans
  8. is like the shell of a hard boiled egg and it is extremely thin
  9. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor
  10. one of the very large section of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer
  11. when two plates slide

20 Clues: when two plates slide • moving toward the same place • a sudden shaking of Earth surface • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • the plate where the plate come together • a long deep indentation in the ocean floor • Located between the mantle and the inner core • ...

Plate tectonics 2025-10-30

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of crust that is under land and is dense
  2. a type of landmass that is magma filled
  3. a device used to record an earthquakes seismic waves
  4. type of boundary where 2 plates slide past eachother
  5. a border where 2 plates meet
  6. energy waves traveling from an earthquake
  7. a theory stating that the continents drifted apart
  8. innermost part of the earth
  9. an ancient supercontinent containing all earths landmass
  10. earth vibrations caused by plate movement
  11. type of boundary between 2 colliding plates
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  1. molten rock
  2. outermost rigid layer of earth containing crust and upper mantle
  3. a piece of earths crust that moves on top the mantle
  4. a cycle of heating rising cooling sinking
  5. where one plate sinks below another plate
  6. a spot in earths mantle where hot magma rises to the surface
  7. a type of boundary between 2 plates that move away from eachother
  8. a break in earths crust from movement
  9. a type of crust that's under the ocean that is thinner than continental crust

20 Clues: molten rock • innermost part of the earth • a border where 2 plates meet • a break in earths crust from movement • a type of landmass that is magma filled • a cycle of heating rising cooling sinking • where one plate sinks below another plate • energy waves traveling from an earthquake • earth vibrations caused by plate movement • type of boundary between 2 colliding plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates pull apart creating new crust
  2. A supercontinent that existed on earths hundred of millions of years ago
  3. Process of two or more things moving towards each other forming a whole
  4. The center innermost layer of the planet
  5. an area of unusually hot mantle material located deep within the Earth
  6. The act of pressing something into a smaller space or putting pressure on it from different sides until it gets smaller.
  7. An event where 2 or more objects come into violent contact or crash with each other
  8. Opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts from beneath the surface forming a mountain shape.
  9. A string of volcanoes or earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean
  10. Extremely hot molten rock that is found beneath earth's surface
  11. A zone of fractures in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates have moved
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  1. A geological process where one tectonic plate slides and sinks beneath each other
  2. Something like a rock that has been changed by exposure to heat, pressure and more.
  3. The geological process where new oceanic crust is formed at mid ocean ridges as tectonic plates pull apart.
  4. Process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.
  5. The scientific theory that the Earth's outer shell is broken into large plates
  6. Molten rock that erupts and flows on earth's surface
  7. The hard outer layer the earth
  8. A theory that Earths continent have drifted across the planets surface
  9. Move apart side ways
  10. Sudden violent shaking of the ground.

21 Clues: Move apart side ways • The hard outer layer the earth • Plates pull apart creating new crust • Sudden violent shaking of the ground. • The center innermost layer of the planet • Molten rock that erupts and flows on earth's surface • A string of volcanoes or earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean • Extremely hot molten rock that is found beneath earth's surface • ...

Plate motion 2025-10-16

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Earth's outer shell
  2. – Ancient supercontinent
  3. – Earth’s innermost layer
  4. – Oceanic crust surface
  5. – Semi-fluid layer below lithosphere
  6. – Plates moving apart
  7. – Ground shaking from movement
  8. – Plates sliding past
  9. – One plate sinks below another
  10. – Erupting mountain
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  1. – Molten rock below surface
  2. – Heat-driven mantle motion
  3. – Layer beneath the crust
  4. – Rigid outer part of Earth
  5. – Plates moving together
  6. – Moving slab of lithosphere
  7. – Mid-ocean mountain chain
  8. – Crack where movement occurs
  9. – Deep ocean valley
  10. – Edge between two plates

20 Clues: – Deep ocean valley • – Erupting mountain • – Earth's outer shell • – Plates moving apart • – Plates sliding past • – Oceanic crust surface • – Ancient supercontinent • – Plates moving together • – Layer beneath the crust • – Earth’s innermost layer • – Edge between two plates • – Mid-ocean mountain chain • – Molten rock below surface • – Heat-driven mantle motion • ...

Plate Motion 2025-10-31

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart,
  2. Evidence of life from the past,
  3. Something you observe to be the same over and over again,
  4. One of the large sections of hard solid rock that make up the earths surface,
  5. The slow pulling apart of land that is caused by making it simpler,
  6. A sudden shaking of the earths surface,
  7. An object, diagram, or computer program that’s helps us better understand something by making it simpler, or easier to look at,
  8. A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole,
  9. The layer of soft solid rock underneath earths plates,
  10. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together,
  11. Any of the processes (such as eruptions or lava flow) ,
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  1. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like,
  2. layer of solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water,
  3. The sudden pushing out of something such as lava coming out of a volcano,
  4. Moving toward the same place,
  5. The place where two plates meet,
  6. Moving away/apart,
  7. To examine in detail for a purpose,
  8. How fast or often something happens,
  9. Hot liquid on the earths surface,

20 Clues: Moving away/apart, • Moving toward the same place, • Evidence of life from the past, • The place where two plates meet, • Hot liquid on the earths surface, • To examine in detail for a purpose, • How fast or often something happens, • A sudden shaking of the earths surface, • A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole, • ...

Plate Motion 2025-10-20

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earths inner most core
  2. Super-Continent formed millions of years ago
  3. an underwater mountain range that is formed when two plates move apart
  4. one of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer
  5. To examine something for a purpose
  6. Section a diagram that shows what the inside looks like
  7. One of Earths weakest layers
  8. something we observe to be similar over and over again
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  1. any process of eruption or lava flowing which causes gas,lava,or ash to come out of Earths surface
  2. a sudden shaking of Earths surface
  3. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor when two plates move together
  4. Earths outermost layer of hard solid rock underneath soil,vegetation,and water.
  5. A scientist who study Earth and Plate science as well as rocks
  6. moving apart in different directions
  7. the place where two plates meet
  8. moving towards the same place
  9. The layer of soft rock underneath Earths plates
  10. The act of putting stress onto another thing or person
  11. A region where magma burns through the Earths crust also found in regions with inactive volcanoes
  12. The process of one plate being pushed down into the mantle

20 Clues: Earths inner most core • One of Earths weakest layers • moving towards the same place • the place where two plates meet • a sudden shaking of Earths surface • To examine something for a purpose • moving apart in different directions • Super-Continent formed millions of years ago • The layer of soft rock underneath Earths plates • ...

Plate Motion 2025-10-20

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  2. moving toward the same place
  3. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  4. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  5. ridge an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  6. moving apart in different directions
  7. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  8. to examine in detail for a purpose
  9. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  10. something we observe to be similar over a
  11. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
Down
  1. the outside or top layer of something
  2. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  3. how often or fast something happens
  4. hot liquid rock on the surface of the Earth
  5. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  6. layer Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  7. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  8. hot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth
  9. boundary the place where two plates meet
  10. any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  11. 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 the Earth
  12. section: a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

23 Clues: moving toward the same place • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • something we observe to be similar over a • boundary the place where two plates meet • hot liquid rock on the surface of the Earth • ...

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 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 motion 2025-11-05

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A circular area in the Pacific known for volcanoes and earthquakes
  2. Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface
  3. formed underneath the ocean at a divergent plate boundary
  4. outermost layer of the earth
  5. The first person to propose plate tectonics(last name)
  6. The outermost rigid layer of the Earth
  7. True or false: the ocean floor is flat
  8. (the layer below the lithosphere that plates move on)
  9. the continents were together how many million years ago?
  10. 2 plates moving together
Down
  1. Vibrations of the Earth due to released energy
  2. Something in nature that is observed to happen again and again
  3. 2ed outermost layer of the earth
  4. Geological features formed when two continental plates converge
  5. 2 plates moving away from each other
  6. true or false: the bottom of the ocean is hard solid rock
  7. the deepest layer of the earth
  8. The super continent
  9. where 2 plates meet
  10. 2 plates boundary’s slide past each other

20 Clues: The super continent • where 2 plates meet • 2 plates moving together • outermost layer of the earth • the deepest layer of the earth • 2ed outermost layer of the earth • 2 plates moving away from each other • The outermost rigid layer of the Earth • True or false: the ocean floor is flat • 2 plates boundary’s slide past each other • Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface • ...

plate tectonics vocab 2022-10-04

plate tectonics vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region
  2. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth
  3. the solid outer part of Earth
  4. to cut across or divide by cutting
  5. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  6. a scientific theory that explains how major land forms are created as a result of earths subterranean movements
  7. a long cut in the ground
  8. caused by the sudden movement of materials within the Earth, such as slip along a fault during an earthquake
  9. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  10. when two plates come together
Down
  1. the outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that is found under the oceans and formed at spreading centers on oceanic ridges which occur at divergent plate boundaries
  2. zone of Earth's mantle lying beneath the lithosphere and believed to be much hotter and more fluid than the lithosphere
  3. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. the layer of granitic sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores
  5. the part of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  6. a series of mountain ridges closely related in position and direction
  7. an opening in the earths crust through which lava volcanic ash and gases escape
  8. sudden slips on a fault and the resulting ground shaking and radiated seismic energy caused by the slip or by volcanic or magma activity or other sudden stress changes in the earth
  9. a three dimensional surface or zone across which there is a significant change in the speed or direction of motion of one lithosphere plate relevant to the adjacent lithosphere plate
  10. a super continent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth

20 Clues: a long cut in the ground • the solid outer part of Earth • when two plates come together • to cut across or divide by cutting • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock • a series of mountain ridges closely related in position and direction • ...

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 • ...

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. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

Disorders of the Nails 2024-03-18

Disorders of the Nails crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Variety of colors
  2. Darkening of the nails; discoloration may be in a band or stripe
  3. Bitten nails
  4. Split cuticle around the nail
  5. A small, hard flesh-colored or red lump under or beside the nail
  6. Complete shedding of the nail plate, starting with a groove at the base of the nail
  7. Dark purplish discoloration under nail
Down
  1. Whitish discoloration of the nails
  2. Ingrown nail
  3. Nail will appear pitted and/or have roughness on the surface
  4. Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and falls off
  5. Brown or black 'splinters' under the nail plate
  6. Abnormal brittleness of the nail plate
  7. Forward growth of living skin that adheres to the surface of the nail plate
  8. Nail plate develops an abnormal thickening in width, not length

15 Clues: Ingrown nail • Bitten nails • Variety of colors • Split cuticle around the nail • Whitish discoloration of the nails • Abnormal brittleness of the nail plate • Dark purplish discoloration under nail • Brown or black 'splinters' under the nail plate • Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and falls off • Nail will appear pitted and/or have roughness on the surface • ...

Column 1 Homework 2014-01-13

Column 1 Homework crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ring
  2. Boots
  3. Cooking Plate
  4. Belt
  5. Pitcher
  6. Silver
  7. Earrings
  8. Necklace
  9. Gold
Down
  1. Jewelry
  2. Handicraft
  3. Handbag or Purse
  4. Bracelet
  5. Wallet
  6. Plate

15 Clues: Ring • Belt • Gold • Boots • Plate • Wallet • Silver • Jewelry • Pitcher • Bracelet • Earrings • Necklace • Handicraft • Cooking Plate • Handbag or Purse

plate tectonics 2021-12-09

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. *BLANK* plate material is denser and thinner
  2. *blank* boundaries move alongside each other
  3. *blank* material makes up earth's plates
  4. *blank* boundaries are when plates move away from each other
  5. The *blank* formed because the Pacific plate is made of oceanic rock, and
  6. each other, resulting in the formation of the
  7. when one plate moves under the other it *BLANKS*
  8. Two *BLANK* cells are moving upward and
Down
  1. *Blank* plate material is less dense and thicker
  2. *BLANK* and volcano patterns often line up with player boundaries
  3. *Blank*are formed by convergent boundaries with no subduction.
  4. *BLANK* rock shows where plates are moving away from each other
  5. boundaries with subduction make volcanoes
  6. the North American plate.
  7. and volcanoes.

15 Clues: and volcanoes. • the North American plate. • Two *BLANK* cells are moving upward and • *blank* material makes up earth's plates • boundaries with subduction make volcanoes • *BLANK* plate material is denser and thinner • *blank* boundaries move alongside each other • each other, resulting in the formation of the • *Blank* plate material is less dense and thicker • ...

Final Exam Revision Crossword 2022-05-31

Final Exam Revision Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. la cereza
  2. cangrejo
  3. the plate ____ pie and chips
  4. freír
  5. hervir
  6. el pelador
  7. atún
  8. el rallador
  9. congelador
  10. fish and chips is ______ mushy peas
Down
  1. pollo
  2. horno
  3. hornear
  4. a la parilla
  5. cortar
  6. al vapor
  7. sartén
  8. la fresa
  9. the plate ____ of fish and chips
  10. bacalao
  11. lavabo
  12. anguila

22 Clues: atún • pollo • horno • freír • cortar • sartén • hervir • lavabo • hornear • bacalao • anguila • cangrejo • al vapor • la fresa • la cereza • el pelador • congelador • el rallador • a la parilla • the plate ____ pie and chips • the plate ____ of fish and chips • fish and chips is ______ mushy peas

Disorders of the Nails 2024-03-18

Disorders of the Nails crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Nail will appear pitted and/or have roughness on the surface
  2. Forward growth of living skin that adheres to the surface of the nail plate
  3. Nail plate develops an abnormal thickening in width, not length
  4. Variety of colors
  5. Whitish discoloration of the nails
  6. Abnormal brittleness of the nail plate
  7. Ingrown nail
  8. Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and falls off
  9. A small, hard flesh-colored or red lump under or beside the nail
Down
  1. Complete shedding of the nail plate, starting with a groove at the base of the nail
  2. Split cuticle around the nail
  3. Brown or black 'splinters' under the nail plate
  4. Bitten nails
  5. Dark purplish discoloration under nail

14 Clues: Bitten nails • Ingrown nail • Variety of colors • Split cuticle around the nail • Whitish discoloration of the nails • Dark purplish discoloration under nail • Abnormal brittleness of the nail plate • Brown or black 'splinters' under the nail plate • Nail slowly deteriorates, nail gets smaller and falls off • Nail will appear pitted and/or have roughness on the surface • ...

APES Earth System and Resources Crossword 2023-05-09

APES Earth System and Resources Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. solid crust, semi-solid mantle, liquid core, solid core
  2. percent of solar radiation reflected by a surface, dark surfaces have low
  3. a boundary where earth's tectonic plates move toward each other. This causes a collision or subduction. This will result in the formation of volcanoes and mountain ranges.
  4. the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
  5. the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
  6. the layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer; temperature increases as you go up
  7. the outermost shell of the atmosphere, between the mesosphere and outer space, where temperatures increase steadily with altitude.
  8. plates move apart
Down
  1. boundaries the edges of tectonic plates.
  2. The water in the Eastern Pacific Ocean is cooler than usual-opposite from El Nino
  3. first layer of atmosphere. Contains weather, greenhouse gases (bad ozone).
  4. a weather pattern created by the warming of the waters off the west coast of South America, which pushes warm water and heavy rains toward the Americas and produces drought conditions in Australia and Asia.
  5. plate This is a tectonic plate that is a thinner, denser and heavier type
  6. This tectonic plate is thicker but lighter plate that makes up most continents
  7. a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
  8. the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
  9. the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases
  10. convection current in the atmosphere that cycles between the equator and 30° N and 30° S.
  11. the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
  12. Plates slide past each other

20 Clues: plates move apart • Plates slide past each other • boundaries the edges of tectonic plates. • solid crust, semi-solid mantle, liquid core, solid core • the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time • the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle • plate This is a tectonic plate that is a thinner, denser and heavier type • ...

Processes that Shape the Earth 2024-01-15

Processes that Shape the Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary,A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  2. map,A map that shows the surface features of an area.
  3. plate,a piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top of the asthenosphere
  4. by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
  5. weathering,The process in which rock is broken down by changes in its chemical makeup
  6. interval,the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next
  7. drift,The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
  8. description of surface features of land.
  9. line,A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation
  10. breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
  11. soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
Down
  1. boundary,A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  2. plate going under another plate
  3. difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
  4. contour,on a map, a darker, heavier contour line that is usually every fifth line and that indicates a change in elevation
  5. weathering,Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
  6. rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  7. in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
  8. boundary,A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  9. hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data
  10. tectonics,The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  11. spreading,the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.

22 Clues: plate going under another plate • description of surface features of land. • in which sediment is laid down in new locations. • map,A map that shows the surface features of an area. • soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data • ...

3rd ch 2014-10-17

3rd ch crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sick
  2. butter
  3. traffic lights
  4. octopus
  5. (n) the first Celts.
  6. (n) the capital of England
  7. castle
  8. sugar
  9. cheese
  10. dirty
  11. building
  12. flag
  13. guard
  14. knife
Down
  1. (n) the capital of Wales
  2. farm
  3. shark
  4. tomato
  5. countryside
  6. strawberry
  7. queen
  8. whale
  9. glass
  10. garden
  11. plate
  12. fork

26 Clues: sick • farm • flag • fork • shark • queen • whale • glass • sugar • dirty • plate • guard • knife • butter • tomato • castle • cheese • garden • octopus • building • strawberry • countryside • traffic lights • (n) the first Celts. • (n) the capital of Wales • (n) the capital of England

Volcano facts crossword puzzle 2025-02-14

Volcano facts crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a powdery residue left after the burning of a substance
  2. fire-born
  3. a long horseshoe-shaped seismically active belt of earthquake epicenters, volcanoes, and tectonic plate boundaries that fringes the Pacific basin
  4. a specific area where two tectonic plates meet
  5. a special class of mountains
  6. a large hole of hot magma rising from deep within the Earth
  7. Molten rock that is below the earth's surface
  8. a relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins
  9. a large volcano that erupted on the seafloor & emerged above sea level, occurring in ocean basins or ocean ridges
  10. a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano
  11. the rigid outer part of the earth that is found in the crust & upper mantle of earth
  12. a vent in the earth's crust were lava, ash & gases escape
Down
  1. an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean
  2. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate & slides beneath it
  3. the upper layer of the earth's mantle that is below the lithosphere
  4. a destructive dense mass of very hot ash, lava fragments & gases that are ejected explosively from a volcano & flow downslope of great speed
  5. a thick part of the earth's crust that forms large landmasses its way older & more complex than the oceanic crust
  6. when plates move towards each other & collide
  7. a sudden motion or trembling in the earth caused by the release of slowly accumulated energy
  8. a hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano

20 Clues: fire-born • a special class of mountains • Molten rock that is below the earth's surface • when plates move towards each other & collide • a specific area where two tectonic plates meet • a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano • a hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano • a powdery residue left after the burning of a substance • ...

Tectonic Plates 2025-04-10

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
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  1. Solid, outer layer of the Earth
  2. Caused by a release of energy when plates grind across each other
  3. Place where two plates meet
  4. Produced by magma and gas rising from the mantle to the surface
  5. Plates moving towards each other
  6. More dense plate of crust
  7. Caused by continental plates colliding
  8. Deepest ocean trench in the world
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  1. One plate diving underneath another one
  2. Tallest mountain range in the world
  3. Caused by the low point above a subduction zone; ocean plate
  4. ________ of Continental Drift
  5. Plates sliding side-by-side
  6. One of the structures produced by sea floor spreading
  7. Plates moving away from each other
  8. Magma filled layer of the Earth under the crust
  9. Less dense plate of crust

17 Clues: Less dense plate of crust • More dense plate of crust • Plates sliding side-by-side • Place where two plates meet • ________ of Continental Drift • Solid, outer layer of the Earth • Plates moving towards each other • Deepest ocean trench in the world • Plates moving away from each other • Tallest mountain range in the world • Caused by continental plates colliding • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These are created when magma cools immediately once erupted from the ridge.
  2. Movement in a gas or liquid in which the warmer parts move up and the cooler parts move down.
  3. The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  4. What landform is made when two continental plates collide?
  5. This part of the Earth contains our crust and the upper part of the mantle.
  6. ________ theorized the continents moved.
  7. What did scientists use to map out the sea floor?
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  1. A break in the Earth's crust.
  2. ______ dense materials rise.
  3. Stitched looking mountain ranges on the seafloor.
  4. This boundary slides.
  5. Changes in what affect the ocean floor?
  6. The ocean floor is brand new every 200 _____ years.
  7. The supercontinent that formed about 200 million years ago.
  8. Subduction and seafloor spreading act like a ______.
  9. Energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion.
  10. The _______ has convection currents which cause continental drift.
  11. The crust is ________ dense farther from the mid- ocean ridge.
  12. Where does oceanic crust bend downward in the ocean floor?
  13. This boundary divides.

20 Clues: This boundary slides. • This boundary divides. • ______ dense materials rise. • A break in the Earth's crust. • Changes in what affect the ocean floor? • ________ theorized the continents moved. • Stitched looking mountain ranges on the seafloor. • What did scientists use to map out the sea floor? • The ocean floor is brand new every 200 _____ years. • ...

plate tectonics 2017-10-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layer of rock on earth's outer skin
  2. coarse grains with a light color
  3. Boundary plates come together
  4. a group of crust and the uppermost mantle in a single layer
  5. dark, fine, rock
  6. Boundary plates move apart
  7. a supercontinent
  8. Floor Spreading mid ocean ridges add new material all the time and it spreads
  9. an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  10. a layer of hot rock
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  1. Core molten metal around the inner core
  2. Core dense ball of hard metal
  3. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  4. Drift movement of the continents across the earth's surface
  5. a break in earths crust where rocks go past each other
  6. locating objects underwater and measuring the water's depth by sound
  7. Ocean Ridge mountain ranges
  8. Boundary plates slip past each other
  9. Valley pieces of earths crust come together to form a deep valley
  10. Ocean Trench ocean floor goes into the floor into underwater canyons

20 Clues: dark, fine, rock • a supercontinent • a layer of hot rock • Boundary plates move apart • Ocean Ridge mountain ranges • Core dense ball of hard metal • Boundary plates come together • coarse grains with a light color • layer of rock on earth's outer skin • Boundary plates slip past each other • Core molten metal around the inner core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-20

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

20 Clues: a deep valley • supercontinent • generates earthquakes • mountains under water • breaks in earths crust • outer skin of the earth • the pieces called what? • colliding of the plates • separating of the plates • a dark fined grained rock • a part of the earths inner • force pressing on something • the last layer in our earth • any trace of anything ancient • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-02-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Largest plate in the world.
  2. A tectonic process when plates move toward each other.
  3. Boundaries between plates.
  4. An area of rock that has been bent by stress.
  5. Soft layer of the mantle.
  6. Sub marine mountain ridges where new sea floor is created by sea floor spreasing.
  7. The slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and teh deep ocean floor.
  8. A rock formation that is broken.
  9. When one tectonic plate slides under another causing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
  10. Large movable segments of the lithosphere.
  11. Outermost layer of earth.
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  1. A layer of earth that is between the crust and the core.
  2. A tectonic process when plates move away from each other.
  3. Super continent.
  4. A form of pressure.
  5. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and the upper matle.
  6. German scientist who first proposed the theory of continental drift.
  7. The theory that continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth.
  8. The center of earth.
  9. Underwater landmass which extends from a continent.

20 Clues: Super continent. • A form of pressure. • The center of earth. • Soft layer of the mantle. • Outermost layer of earth. • Boundaries between plates. • Largest plate in the world. • A rock formation that is broken. • Large movable segments of the lithosphere. • An area of rock that has been bent by stress. • Underwater landmass which extends from a continent. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-03-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Zone When the ocean floor is spreading
  2. When continental crusts push inward and up
  3. tectonics How the earth has been shaped
  4. Tectonic plates that slide under each other
  5. A thick liquid and made mostly of silicate minerals
  6. When things cool off they become ____ dense
  7. ridge Oceanic crust also known as ____
  8. When plates move away from each other
  9. of Fire Area around the Pacific ocean
  10. Warm things become ____ dense
  11. poles Changed locations several times in earth’s history
  12. Crust Lithosphere or ____ is made of basalt
Down
  1. Wegener A meteorologist that developed the theory of continental drift
  2. How many plates make up the earth's surface
  3. When plates are sliding beside each other
  4. Plate tectonics are made of what part of the earth
  5. When plates move toward each other
  6. Crust Lithosphere or ____ is made of granite
  7. plate The plate that India slammed into 50 million years ago
  8. When all the plates were together it made a place called...

20 Clues: Warm things become ____ dense • When plates move toward each other • When plates move away from each other • of Fire Area around the Pacific ocean • Zone When the ocean floor is spreading • ridge Oceanic crust also known as ____ • tectonics How the earth has been shaped • When plates are sliding beside each other • When continental crusts push inward and up • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the chemistry of the earth's crust
  2. evidence
  3. the earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago); no evidence of life
  4. the phenomena associated with volcanic activity
  5. relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
  6. movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  7. a salt or ester derived from silicic acid
  8. molten rock in the earth's crust
  9. the longest unit of geological time
  10. relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters
  11. subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
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  1. a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth
  2. relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon
  3. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  4. the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist
  5. use again after processing
  6. a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons
  7. a specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks
  8. the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
  9. relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
  10. atom with same atomic number, different number of neutrons

21 Clues: evidence • use again after processing • molten rock in the earth's crust • the chemistry of the earth's crust • the longest unit of geological time • a salt or ester derived from silicic acid • the phenomena associated with volcanic activity • relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters • the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world
  2. the outermost layer of Earth.
  3. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  4. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel
  5. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed
  6. separate
  7. one plate going under another
  8. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel
  9. continents were joined together in one large landmass
  10. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
Down
  1. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  2. two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  3. The border between two tectonic plates
  4. when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a
  5. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  6. collide
  7. molten hot rock
  8. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  9. two plates slide against each other
  10. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust

20 Clues: collide • separate • molten hot rock • the outermost layer of Earth. • one plate going under another • melted rock on Earth’s surface • two plates slide against each other • The border between two tectonic plates • when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a • The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world • continents were joined together in one large landmass • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ‐ An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding
  2. when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a
  3. one plate going under another
  4. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  5. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  6. molten hot rock
  7. collide
  8. the outermost layer of Earth.
  9. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  10. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  11. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust
Down
  1. The border between two tectonic plates
  2. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel
  3. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world
  4. separate
  5. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed
  6. two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  7. continents were joined together in one large landmass
  8. two plates slide against each other
  9. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
  10. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel

21 Clues: collide • separate • molten hot rock • one plate going under another • the outermost layer of Earth. • melted rock on Earth’s surface • two plates slide against each other • The border between two tectonic plates • when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a • The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world • continents were joined together in one large landmass • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-05-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a thicker but less dense crust making up the earth's land
  2. a supercontinent that existed about 550 milion years ago
  3. the rising of oceanic crust caused by a convergent boundary
  4. an invisible field surrounding the earth which is responsible for electromagnetic activity on the planet
  5. the second and thickest layer of the earth which is made up of magma
  6. a common metal believed to be found inside of the earth's outer core
  7. a common metal found inside of the earth's cores
  8. molten rock found upon the earth's surface
  9. the final and innermost layer of the earth which is made up of solid metals
  10. a type of volcano distinguised by a large and flat dome-like base
  11. the shaking of the earth's crust due to tectonic movements
  12. a type of volcano distinguished by a standard base but cone-shaped peak
  13. molten rock found within the earth's crust and mantle
  14. the outermost and thinnest layer of the earth which is made up of solid rocks
  15. a boundary in which two tectonic plates collide
  16. the area between two tectonic plates
  17. a large and devastating wave caused by tectonic activity
  18. the separation and spreading of oceanic crust found upon a divergent boundary
Down
  1. a boundary in which two tectonic plates move apart
  2. a thin and dense crust found below the earth's oceans
  3. a boundary in which two tectonic plates slide against eachother
  4. a supercontinent that existed about 335 million years ago
  5. a fracture between sets of rock or plates
  6. the movement of earth's crust due to the movement of tectonic plates
  7. large rocks that move around underneath the earth's crust
  8. a scale to measure the severity of an earthquake
  9. the upper section of the earth's mantle and the crust
  10. a type of volcano distuinguished by a recognisable and extremely tall cone shape
  11. currents found within the mantle caused by the rising and falling of heat in the magma
  12. the third layer of the earth which is made up of liquid metals
  13. a mountainous-like mound of varying shapes and sizes that connect to magma chambers below the earth through vents
  14. a lowland often found between montainous regions at divergent boundaries
  15. an event in which crust or a tectonic plate slides underneath another

33 Clues: the area between two tectonic plates • a fracture between sets of rock or plates • molten rock found upon the earth's surface • a boundary in which two tectonic plates collide • a scale to measure the severity of an earthquake • a common metal found inside of the earth's cores • a boundary in which two tectonic plates move apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates.
  2. the broken crustal fragments sink, generating an elongated depression.
  3. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in widths from 500 to 5,000km.
  4. Divergent plate boundary can also be called this.
  5. supercontinent containing all of the existing continents.
  6. a hypothesis which suggested that all
  7. Ascends through the crust
  8. a boundary in which two plates move together, resulting in oceanic lithosphere being thrust beneath an overriding plate.
  9. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by Harry Hess, which suggested that new oceanic crust is produced at the crests of mid-ocean ridges, which are the sites of divergence.
  10. a narrow, elongated depression of the sea floor.
  11. a chain of cola nice islands generally located a few hundred km from a trench where there is active subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another.
  12. Less likely to subduct due to it’s buoyancy.
Down
  1. a well-tested theory proposing that Earth’s outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways and thereby produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the crust itself.
  2. Along the crest of some ridge segments is a deep canyon like structure called what?
  3. Linear zones of irregular topography on the deep-ocean floor that follows transform faults and their inactive extensions.
  4. mountains formed in part by igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent.
  5. occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range.
  6. German meteorologist and geophysicist
  7. a boundary in which two plates move aboard, resulting in upwelling of material from the mantle to create new sea floor.
  8. processes that deform Earth’s crust to create major structural features, such as mountains, continents, and ocean basins.
  9. elevated areas of the sea floor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism.
  10. continents once existed as a single supercontinent.

22 Clues: Ascends through the crust • German meteorologist and geophysicist • a hypothesis which suggested that all • Less likely to subduct due to it’s buoyancy. • a narrow, elongated depression of the sea floor. • occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range. • Divergent plate boundary can also be called this. • continents once existed as a single supercontinent. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The regions of Earth where living organisms exist
  2. Science of the history of the Earth as recorded in rocks
  3. Molten rock in the Earth's surface
  4. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  5. A geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the Earth
  6. The phenomena associated with volcanic activity
  7. The movement or study of the movement of earth's crust
  8. Of or relating to or characteristics of the crust or moon
  9. Having undergone transformation by pressure, heat, etc.
  10. Movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
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  1. Organisms interacting with their physical environment
  2. Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting open ocean
  3. Crash together with violent impact
  4. Use again after processing
  5. A specialist in the history
  6. The chemistry of the Earth's crust
  7. A rigid layer of Erath's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  8. The bottom of a sea or ocean
  9. Subject to or caused by an earthquake or Erath vibration
  10. A celestial body that revolves around the sun

20 Clues: Use again after processing • A specialist in the history • The bottom of a sea or ocean • Crash together with violent impact • Molten rock in the Earth's surface • The chemistry of the Earth's crust • A celestial body that revolves around the sun • The phenomena associated with volcanic activity • The regions of Earth where living organisms exist • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The most central part of the Earth
  2. When two plates move away from each other
  3. The most upper part of the mantle, but it is below the lithosphere
  4. A high sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake
  5. Relating to earthquakes and other vibrations
  6. When two plates collide
  7. An instrument that measures the details of an earthquake
  8. The very top of Earth's crust
  9. A mountain created by convergent plates that erupts with magma
  10. wegener A german climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher
Down
  1. The ground turns to quicksand due to the shaking of the Earth
  2. scale A numerical scale that expresses the magnitude of an earthquake
  3. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  4. The supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago
  5. When two plates move past each other
  6. The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus
  7. Seismic waves that move up and down through solids, liquids, and gases
  8. Seismic waves that move side to side only through solids
  9. The place in Earth's crust where an earthquake originates
  10. The layer between the core and the crust

20 Clues: When two plates collide • The very top of Earth's crust • The most central part of the Earth • When two plates move past each other • The layer between the core and the crust • When two plates move away from each other • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground • Relating to earthquakes and other vibrations • A high sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake • ...