plate Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory that explains how large pieces of the earht crust move and change shape
  2. Harry Hess came up with this idea
  3. The center of the earth , like a ball of hot metal. is mostly iron and nickel
  4. The hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location
  5. the nature of somethings ingredients or constitutions
  6. soft plastic like layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  7. New seafloor, rift-valleys, Mid-Atlantic ridge
  8. Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze and object
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  1. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  2. is solid but moving (magma, honey) Makes up 66% of the earth
  3. strong , lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  4. Properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness
  5. Mountains, Trenches, volcanoes, earthquakes, subduction zone
  6. The thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth
  7. the only liquid layer of the planet. it is iron and nickel
  8. The sinking of regions of the earths crust to lower elevations
  9. Tectonic plates slide past each other resulting in earthquakes
  10. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  11. inner most layer of the earth. It is solid iron and nickel
  12. Solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of mantle

20 Clues: Harry Hess came up with this idea • New seafloor, rift-valleys, Mid-Atlantic ridge • The thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth • the nature of somethings ingredients or constitutions • the only liquid layer of the planet. it is iron and nickel • inner most layer of the earth. It is solid iron and nickel • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a form of volcano's shaped like a boot
  2. the thinnest layer
  3. the outer layer of Earth (Mantle,Crust)
  4. a piece of earth that sepereates
  5. part of earth
  6. 2 plates move away
  7. the inner part of the core
  8. the theory of a famous scientist
  9. a plate that has to do with land
  10. plates move together
  11. crack in earth
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  1. the sea floor moves
  2. discovered sea floor spreading
  3. a force that pushes together
  4. discovered continental drift
  5. plates move side by side
  6. hard
  7. layer of the atmosphere of the earth
  8. the hottest layer
  9. to plates collide to cause a shake
  10. shifting that moves Earth 2 cm a year
  11. the thickest layer
  12. a plate that has to do with water
  13. liquid, iron-nickel layer of the Earth between the solid inner core and lower mantle

24 Clues: hard • part of earth • crack in earth • the hottest layer • the thinnest layer • 2 plates move away • the thickest layer • the sea floor moves • plates move together • plates move side by side • the inner part of the core • a force that pushes together • discovered continental drift • discovered sea floor spreading • a piece of earth that sepereates • the theory of a famous scientist • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  2. properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness
  3. tectonic plates collide and form mountains.
  4. the center of the earth
  5. tectonic plates slide past each other creating earthquakes
  6. the hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location
  7. stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  8. the only liquid layer of the planet
  9. the middle layer of the earth which is also the largest
  10. the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle
Down
  1. the sinking of regions of the earth's crust to lower elevations
  2. solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantl
  3. the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
  4. tectonic plates move apart
  5. a block of lithosphere
  6. the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth
  7. the theory that explains how large pieces of the earth's crust move and change shape
  8. the inner most layer of the earth which is solid and made out of solid iron and nickel
  9. the strong, lower parts of the mantle
  10. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms and magma rises toward the surface and solidifies

20 Clues: a block of lithosphere • the center of the earth • tectonic plates move apart • the only liquid layer of the planet • the strong, lower parts of the mantle • the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle • tectonic plates collide and form mountains. • the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth • the nature of something's ingredients or constituents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  2. properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness
  3. tectonic plates collide and form mountains.
  4. the center of the earth
  5. tectonic plates slide past each other creating earthquakes
  6. the hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location
  7. stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  8. the only liquid layer of the planet
  9. the middle layer of the earth which is also the largest
  10. the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle
Down
  1. the sinking of regions of the earth's crust to lower elevations
  2. solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantl
  3. the nature of something's ingredients or constituents
  4. tectonic plates move apart
  5. a block of lithosphere
  6. the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth
  7. the theory that explains how large pieces of the earth's crust move and change shape
  8. the inner most layer of the earth which is solid and made out of solid iron and nickel
  9. the strong, lower parts of the mantle
  10. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms and magma rises toward the surface and solidifies

20 Clues: a block of lithosphere • the center of the earth • tectonic plates move apart • the only liquid layer of the planet • the strong, lower parts of the mantle • the soft plastic-like layer of the mantle • tectonic plates collide and form mountains. • the thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the earth • the nature of something's ingredients or constituents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the middle layer of the earth.
  2. The mechanical model; lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core. (look at me on ice)
  3. a boundary where the plates move away from eachother
  4. the outer layer of the core.
  5. a divergent boundary where new crust is formed in the ocean
  6. the theory that the continents are always moving.
  7. the cracked-up parts of earths crust.
  8. when something is pressed together.
  9. the center of the earth.
  10. the 3rd mechanical layer
  11. the 1st mechanical layer
Down
  1. the theory of plates moving on the asthenosphere
  2. when the plates slide past eachother
  3. what something is composed of.
  4. when the plates come together.
  5. when one plate (usually the denser, oceanic plate) go under another.
  6. A long rigid crack in the earths surface.
  7. the inner layer of earths center
  8. the very outer layer of the earth.
  9. the 2nd mechanical layer

20 Clues: the 2nd mechanical layer • the center of the earth. • the 3rd mechanical layer • the 1st mechanical layer • the outer layer of the core. • the middle layer of the earth. • what something is composed of. • when the plates come together. • the inner layer of earths center • the very outer layer of the earth. • when something is pressed together. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. colliding
  2. makes up 66% of the Earth
  3. Alfred Wegener discovered what?
  4. soft plastic-like layer
  5. strong,lower part of the mantle
  6. made of iron and nickel
  7. hottest layer on Earth
  8. makes up 1% of the Earth
  9. a fracture or zone between 2 blocks
  10. Harry Hess discovered what?
  11. only layer which is liquid
  12. slide past each other
  13. explains how large pieces of the crust move
Down
  1. move away from each other
  2. rigd upper part of the mantle
  3. large pieces of Earth's crust
  4. the sinking regions of the Earths crust
  5. properties involve reaction to applied force
  6. act to squeeze an object
  7. nature of something's ingredients

20 Clues: colliding • slide past each other • hottest layer on Earth • soft plastic-like layer • made of iron and nickel • makes up 1% of the Earth • act to squeeze an object • move away from each other • makes up 66% of the Earth • only layer which is liquid • Harry Hess discovered what? • rigd upper part of the mantle • large pieces of Earth's crust • Alfred Wegener discovered what? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Solid outer layer that consists of the crust.
  2. The center of the Earth and is mostly made up of iron and nickel.
  3. zone The sinking of regions.
  4. core The inner most layer of our planet
  5. Plate A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust.
  6. The soft plastic layer.
  7. The thinnest layer on Earth.
  8. Spreading The process by which thee new oceanic lithosphere forms.
  9. A break in the Earth's crust.
  10. Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze.
  11. Drift The thinking that states that the continents moved once.
Down
  1. The nature of something's ingredient or constituents.
  2. Properties Properties that involve a reaction.
  3. Boundary Where Tectonic Plates slide past each other.
  4. core The only liquid layer of the planet.
  5. Boundary Where Tectonic Plates drift apart.
  6. The strong lower part of the mantle.
  7. Tectonic Theory The theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth's crust move.
  8. Boundary Where Tectonic Plates collide.
  9. The biggest layer and the middle layer of the Earth.

20 Clues: The soft plastic layer. • The thinnest layer on Earth. • A break in the Earth's crust. • zone The sinking of regions. • The strong lower part of the mantle. • core The inner most layer of our planet • Boundary Where Tectonic Plates collide. • core The only liquid layer of the planet. • Solid outer layer that consists of the crust. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The longest mountain chain in the world
  2. This type of plate boundary forms folded mountains
  3. This type of boundary forms trenches and volcanoes
  4. This type of boundary contains both collision and subduction boundaries
  5. Mount Saint Helens, part of this mountain range, erupted in 1980
  6. This boundary forms fault lines
  7. This boundary type forms when plates move apart
  8. Harry Hess's theory
  9. This hot spot lies in the Pacific Ocean
  10. The tallest folded mountains in the world
  11. These occur at ALL plate boundaries
  12. The deepest feature in the world
  13. Iceland is a hot spot that lies along this feature
Down
  1. The Nazca and S. American plates form this feature
  2. A theory that precedes plate tectonics
  3. Wegener's evidence for continental drift
  4. This plate subducts under North America in the Pacific Northwest
  5. These are present at ALL divergent boundaries and subduction boundaries
  6. This feature formed by a continental-continental divergent boundary
  7. These form when two continental plates converge
  8. This feature causes severe earthquakes in California
  9. This technology was used to map the seafloor

22 Clues: Harry Hess's theory • This boundary forms fault lines • The deepest feature in the world • These occur at ALL plate boundaries • A theory that precedes plate tectonics • The longest mountain chain in the world • This hot spot lies in the Pacific Ocean • Wegener's evidence for continental drift • The tallest folded mountains in the world • ...

Plate Motion 2023-10-11

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  2. The sudden pushing out of something
  3. Something we observe to be similar over and over again
  4. The outside or top layer of something
  5. To examine in detail for a purpose
  6. 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
  7. Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  8. An underwater mountain range formed when two plates moves apart
  9. An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  10. Moving apart in different directions
  11. A natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  12. how often or fast something happens
  13. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
Down
  1. The place where two plates meet
  2. Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  3. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earths plates
  4. evidence of life from the past. such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  5. Any of Earth's main continuous area of land
  6. A feature that forms on the surface of a planet
  7. one of the very large section of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
  8. Moving toward the same place
  9. A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  10. Hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  11. A sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  12. The slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  13. A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

26 Clues: Moving toward the same place • The place where two plates meet • To examine in detail for a purpose • The sudden pushing out of something • 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 • Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - scrapes across rocks where a glacier once was
  2. - type of boundary between two colliding plates
  3. -currents are found in the mantle and cause the tectonic plates to move
  4. - when two plates move away from each other
  5. - South America matches up with this continent.
  6. - the other result of plate tectonics
  7. - the scientist who is most known for the continental drift theory
  8. - the outer most layer of earth
  9. - the lithosphere is divided into...
  10. - what element makes up most of the Earth's core
Down
  1. - the Earth is made up of these and they are constantly moving along above the mantle.
  2. - what is the liquid layer of Earth's core.
  3. - evidence of dead plants and animals
  4. - this idea developed in the 20th century
  5. - result of plate tectonics
  6. - the Earth's crust is divided into plates that shift over time.
  7. - this piece of evidence explains why palm tree fossils have been found in very cold regions
  8. - continents fit together like_______ pieces
  9. - the super continent was called
  10. - the layer of Earth which is believed to be responsible for plate movement

20 Clues: - result of plate tectonics • - the outer most layer of earth • - the super continent was called • - the lithosphere is divided into... • - evidence of dead plants and animals • - the other result of plate tectonics • - this idea developed in the 20th century • - what is the liquid layer of Earth's core. • - when two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Motion 2024-09-06

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a bunch of pieces that fit together or mystery
  2. a statement or answer to a scientific question that is based on data or observations
  3. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  4. how often or fast something happens
  5. any of Earth's main continuous area of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  6. moving toward the same place
  7. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  8. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  9. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  10. to examine in detail for a purpose
  11. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet
Down
  1. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  2. something observe to be similar over and over again
  3. the place where two plates meet
  4. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  5. the outside or top layer of something
  6. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  7. any of the many processes (such as earthquakes and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash pushed out the surface of Earth
  8. Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water (crust)
  9. moving apart in different directions
  10. one large supercontinent
  11. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  12. one of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer

23 Clues: one large supercontinent • moving toward the same place • the place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • a bunch of pieces that fit together or mystery • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-27

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A long narrow ditch
  2. When two plates move together
  3. Above the asthenosphere
  4. This is when two plates are moving
  5. Above the mantle
  6. this happens when two plates move
  7. An underwater mountain range
  8. the movement of liquids or gasses
  9. When two plates move apart
Down
  1. Below the lithosphere
  2. The lower part of the mantle
  3. The core on the outside
  4. The core on the inside
  5. The upper part of the mantle
  6. The crust underneath the ocean
  7. What the earths layers are called
  8. There are seven of these
  9. Home to magma
  10. The moving of plates
  11. Under the crust

20 Clues: Home to magma • Under the crust • Above the mantle • A long narrow ditch • The moving of plates • Below the lithosphere • The core on the inside • The core on the outside • Above the asthenosphere • There are seven of these • When two plates move apart • The lower part of the mantle • The upper part of the mantle • An underwater mountain range • When two plates move together • ...

Plate Crossword 2024-10-28

Plate Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earths continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  2. An underwater range formed from divergent plates
  3. hot liquid rock below the surface of the earth
  4. layer of soft rock underneath earths crust
  5. a piece of hard solid material that varies in size shape, and color
  6. the place where to plates meet
  7. plates moving toward each other
  8. a continent right above North America
  9. to pick plates sliding past each other horizontally
Down
  1. along and then in the ocean floor formed from convergent plates
  2. a region of the USA that has 12 states
  3. the innermost part of the earth
  4. a very large section of hard rock that makes up earths outer layer
  5. hot magma that comes out of volcano
  6. a shaking of earths surface
  7. pushing something like lava from a volcano
  8. an opening in earths surface, where lava rocks and natural gas comes out.
  9. one of the 50 states in the USA that’s capital is st Paul
  10. plates moving apart in opposite directions
  11. Earths Outermost layer that is made of solid rock

20 Clues: a shaking of earths surface • the place where to plates meet • the innermost part of the earth • plates moving toward each other • hot magma that comes out of volcano • a continent right above North America • a region of the USA that has 12 states • layer of soft rock underneath earths crust • pushing something like lava from a volcano • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The country that fits with Europe during Pangaea.
  2. The country that fits with South America during Pangaea.
  3. One of the minor tectonic plates.
  4. A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
  5. Where two or more lithospheric plates collide with each other.
  6. inches How often the plates move per year.
  7. Came up with the theory of Continental Drift.
  8. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust.
  9. Places where three plates meet.
  10. When two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  11. Places where plates slide sideways past each other.
Down
  1. The Ring where 90% of the world's earthquakes occur with over 450 volcanoes.
  2. At one time all of the continents formed one super-continent.
  3. The theory became solidified.
  4. Caused by the moving of transform plates.
  5. The largest major tectonic plate.
  6. One of the seven major tectonic plates.
  7. The cause of the movement of convergent plates.
  8. The molten layer of rock the plates lay on.
  9. Evidence of the Continental Drift Theory.

20 Clues: The theory became solidified. • Places where three plates meet. • One of the minor tectonic plates. • The largest major tectonic plate. • One of the seven major tectonic plates. • Caused by the moving of transform plates. • Evidence of the Continental Drift Theory. • inches How often the plates move per year. • The molten layer of rock the plates lay on. • ...

Plate tiontic 2024-10-24

Plate tiontic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The movement is in the ——————————
  2. The girl who helped the plate tectonic theory
  3. The plates move a couple ——————— per year
  4. the layer of soft solid rock underneath the plates
  5. The boy who helped the plate tectonic theory
  6. moves together
  7. who came up with the continental drift theory
  8. made out of hard solid rock made up of earths outer layer
  9. Are the plates still moving today
  10. the outer layer of earth
  11. a long indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates moved
Down
  1. When to plates move against each other
  2. a sudden shaking observe to be similar surface
  3. the body of water that surrounded super continent
  4. earth outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil
  5. the original name of the super continent
  6. to examine in for detail for a purpose
  7. a diagram that is showing what is inside of something look like
  8. moves apart
  9. something we observe to be similar over and over again

20 Clues: moves apart • moves together • the outer layer of earth • The movement is in the —————————— • Are the plates still moving today • When to plates move against each other • to examine in for detail for a purpose • the original name of the super continent • The plates move a couple ——————— per year • The boy who helped the plate tectonic theory • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-22

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

20 Clues: made of hard solid rock • a shaking of earths surface • moving toward the same plate • The place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • observed to be over and over again • 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 motion 2024-10-22

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

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 • A long deep indentation in the ocean floor • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-25

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
  2. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano.
  3. how often or fast something happens.
  4. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
  5. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates.
  6. something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  7. moving apart in different directions.
  8. hot liquid rock below the surface of earth.
  9. earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water.
  10. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up earths outer layer.
  11. the outside or top layer of something.
  12. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
Down
  1. any of the many processes in which has, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth.
  2. a hole in the earth that shoots hot water and steam into the air.
  3. a word for the USA and Asia and Africa and more.
  4. the place where two plates meet.
  5. moving toward the same place.
  6. to examine in detail for a purpose.
  7. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see.
  8. a sudden shaking of earths surface.
  9. hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.
  10. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
  11. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune.

23 Clues: moving toward the same place. • the place where two plates meet. • to examine in detail for a purpose. • a sudden shaking of earths surface. • how often or fast something happens. • moving apart in different directions. • the outside or top layer of something. • hot liquid rock on the surface of earth. • hot liquid rock below the surface of earth. • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

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

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

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates come together
  2. huge wave from earthquake
  3. adds more crust to ocean floor
  4. layer of hot rock
  5. valley deep valley from 2 plates moving apart
  6. vibrations from an earthquake
  7. deep valley along ocean floor
  8. undersea mountain chain
  9. breaks in earths crust
  10. hypothesis on slow moving continents
  11. heat transfer by movement of fluid
Down
  1. shaking and trembling
  2. molten mixture
  3. tectonics slow constant moving
  4. earths lithosphere pieces
  5. earths outer surface
  6. mountain that forms in earths crust
  7. plates move apart
  8. ocean floor sinks
  9. slip past each other

20 Clues: molten mixture • layer of hot rock • plates move apart • ocean floor sinks • plates come together • earths outer surface • slip past each other • shaking and trembling • breaks in earths crust • undersea mountain chain • huge wave from earthquake • earths lithosphere pieces • vibrations from an earthquake • deep valley along ocean floor • tectonics slow constant moving • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates come together
  2. Smooth and ropey lava
  3. A solid material that is ejected from a volcano
  4. A mudflow caused by a volcanic eruption
  5. "All lands"
  6. When magma reaches the surface
  7. A long narrow split where basaltic magma flows out
  8. ThSouthern-day continents of SOuth America, Africa, Antarctica, and the subcontinent of India
  9. Found at the edge of a continent
  10. Magma that is thick and traps gas bubbles
  11. The crust is made up of plates that float on the asthemosphere
  12. The theory that all landmasses on earth were once together
Down
  1. When two plates move away from each other
  2. Larger rocks that are blown from the crater of a volcano
  3. The seafloor is spreading along theMid-Ocean Ridge
  4. Pebble-sized material that is thrown from a volcano
  5. The modern-day continents of North America, Europe, Asia, and Greenland
  6. When two plates slide against each other
  7. The Earth's crust is broken up into plates made up of continental and oceanic rock
  8. Molten rock beneath the surface
  9. Magma that is thin and flows easily
  10. Sharp and blocky lava

22 Clues: "All lands" • Smooth and ropey lava • Sharp and blocky lava • When two plates come together • When magma reaches the surface • Molten rock beneath the surface • Found at the edge of a continent • Magma that is thin and flows easily • A mudflow caused by a volcanic eruption • When two plates slide against each other • When two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-11-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The top or outer layer of the Earth
  2. When one plate is pushed beneath another
  3. Plate boundary that forms a ridge
  4. The dividing line where two plates meet
  5. A large mountain with explosive capabilities formed at a convergent boundary
  6. The point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake
  7. A natural disaster common near transform boundaries and caused by quick motions of tectonic plates.
  8. A deep canyon-like ocean feature that is caused when one plate subducts under another
  9. The "layer" of the Earth that includes the crust and a tiny portion of the upper mantle
  10. Boundary where two plates collide with one another
Down
  1. Driving force behind plate tectonics as it moves heat from the interior of the Earth to the exterior
  2. This type of valley forms at divergent boundaries
  3. Boundary that forms a fault
  4. Term used to refer to the liquid part of the upper mantle
  5. Formed at a convergent boundary where two continental plates meet
  6. Formed at a divergent boundary where two oceanic plates pull apart
  7. This crust is typically thicker but less dense
  8. A scientist who studies earthquakes
  9. This crust is typically thinner but more dense
  10. A break in the Earth's crust that happens at transform boundaries

20 Clues: Boundary that forms a fault • Plate boundary that forms a ridge • The top or outer layer of the Earth • A scientist who studies earthquakes • The dividing line where two plates meet • When one plate is pushed beneath another • This crust is typically thicker but less dense • This crust is typically thinner but more dense • This type of valley forms at divergent boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-12-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. traces of animals or plants
  2. plates slip past each other
  3. when plates move
  4. a structure that forms when molten material reaches the surface
  5. large, explosive volcano
  6. shearing occurs at transform boundaries
  7. a break in the rock of Earth's crust or mantle
  8. plates move away from each other
  9. an area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward
  10. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
Down
  1. two plates move together
  2. continents slowly moving over time
  3. a force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume
  4. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy
  5. one plate subducts under the other
  6. oldest layer on bottom, youngest on top
  7. compression occurs at convergent boundaries
  8. tension occurs at divergent boundaries
  9. what magma is called when it reaches Earth's surface
  10. Earths crust is broken into these

20 Clues: when plates move • two plates move together • large, explosive volcano • traces of animals or plants • plates slip past each other • plates move away from each other • Earths crust is broken into these • continents slowly moving over time • one plate subducts under the other • tension occurs at divergent boundaries • oldest layer on bottom, youngest on top • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the hypothesis of continental ________ states that the continents were once connected, but drifted apart over time
  2. a mountain-like structure which erupts lava periodically
  3. the enormous tidal wave
  4. the type of boundary where two plates are moving apart
  5. when two p[lates collide and one goes underneath the other
  6. a rapid shaking of the ground due to a transform boundary
  7. the meteorologist who proposed the theory of tectonic plates
  8. the middle layer of the earth
  9. a type of valley where there is a depression feature in the crust due to a divergent boundary
  10. the material which new crust is formed from
  11. the seafloor area where old crust is subducted
Down
  1. masses which continentals sit on top of
  2. the outer layer of the earth
  3. the type of boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally
  4. the force that causes the movement of tectonic plates
  5. the number of major tectonic plates
  6. the name of supercontinent which is proposed in continental drift theory
  7. the seafloor area where new crust is formed
  8. the innermost layer of the earth
  9. the area where two plates meet
  10. the type of boundary where two plates are moving toward each other

21 Clues: the enormous tidal wave • the outer layer of the earth • the middle layer of the earth • the area where two plates meet • the innermost layer of the earth • the number of major tectonic plates • masses which continentals sit on top of • the seafloor area where new crust is formed • the material which new crust is formed from • the seafloor area where old crust is subducted • ...

Plate Boundaries 2025-03-13

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mountains formed by oceanic-continental
  2. continental crust collides with oceanic crust
  3. a boundary in which two plates move apart
  4. supercontinent containing all existing continents
  5. a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor
  6. divergent boundaries that may cause landmass to split into two or more segments
  7. occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range
  8. linear zones of irregular topography on deep-ocean floor
  9. elevated areas of sea floor characterized by high heat
  10. a boundary in which two plates move together
Down
  1. chain of volcanic islands generally located by oceanic-oceanic
  2. largest tectonic plate
  3. two oceanic slabs converge
  4. proposing Earth’s outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways
  5. hypothesis proposed by Harry Hess
  6. processes that deform Earth’s crust to create structural features
  7. Primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates
  8. continuous elevated zone on the floor of all major ocean basins
  9. hypothesis suggested all present continents once existed as one supercontinent
  10. a boundary in which two plates slide past one another

20 Clues: largest tectonic plate • two oceanic slabs converge • hypothesis proposed by Harry Hess • mountains formed by oceanic-continental • a boundary in which two plates move apart • a boundary in which two plates move together • continental crust collides with oceanic crust • a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor • occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process where new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges and moves outward.
  2. A boundary where two continental plates push together to form mountains.
  3. Magnetic patterns in rocks that show evidence of plate movement over time.
  4. An island nation on a constructive plate boundary, formed by volcanic activity.
  5. The liquid metal layer surrounding the Earth’s solid centre.
  6. The scale used to measure the magnitude or energy released by an earthquake.
  7. Boundaries within the Earth where the composition or density of materials changes.
  8. The scale that measures the effects and damage caused by an earthquake.
  9. The thick layer of hot, semi-molten rock beneath the crust.
  10. A type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other.
Down
  1. Efforts made months or years after a disaster to aid recovery and rebuild communities.
  2. Effects of a hazard on people’s lives, health, and wellbeing.
  3. The effects of an event on ecosystems, habitats, and natural resources.
  4. The line where two tectonic plates meet.
  5. The Earth’s thin, solid outer shell where we live.
  6. A type of boundary where one plate is forced under another.
  7. The financial costs or benefits resulting from a natural disaster or event.
  8. Actions taken right after a disaster to save lives and reduce damage.
  9. A type of boundary where plates move apart and new crust is created.
  10. The hottest layer at the very centre of the Earth, made mostly of iron and nickel.

20 Clues: The line where two tectonic plates meet. • The Earth’s thin, solid outer shell where we live. • A type of boundary where one plate is forced under another. • The thick layer of hot, semi-molten rock beneath the crust. • The liquid metal layer surrounding the Earth’s solid centre. • A type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other. • ...

Tectonic Plate 2025-09-02

Tectonic Plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A broad, gently sloping volcano built up by many layers of runny lava, common in places like Hawaii.
  2. The force that squeezes or presses rocks together, often leading to folding and faulting.
  3. A repeated sequence of events, like the rock or water cycle, that returns to the starting point.
  4. The soft, semi-molten layer of the upper mantle beneath tectonic plates where convection currents help move the plates.
  5. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth that forms the continents and ocean floors.
  6. A giant sea wave caused by earthquakes, underwater volcanic eruptions, or landslides.
  7. A type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  8. The solid, dense, iron-rich center of Earth, surrounded by the liquid outer core.
  9. Vibrations that travel through the Earth after a sudden release of energy, such as from an earthquake.
Down
  1. The rigid, outermost layer of the Earth, composed of the crust and the uppermost mantle, which is broken into tectonic plates.
  2. Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface that can erupt through volcanoes.
  3. A large landform that rises prominently above its surroundings, usually formed by tectonic forces or volcanism.
  4. The process where two tectonic plates move toward and smash into each other, causing mountains to form.
  5. A scientist who studies rocks, minerals, and the processes that shape the Earth.
  6. Type of plate boundary where plates move towards each other, often causing subduction and volcanic activity.
  7. An area of flat, elevated land that stands above the surrounding terrain.
  8. The wearing away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or ice.
  9. The third planet from the Sun and the only known planet to support life.
  10. A common, coarse-grained igneous rock found in continental crust.
  11. The preserved remains or traces of ancient plants or animals, typically found in sedimentary rock.

20 Clues: The wearing away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or ice. • A common, coarse-grained igneous rock found in continental crust. • The third planet from the Sun and the only known planet to support life. • An area of flat, elevated land that stands above the surrounding terrain. • Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface that can erupt through volcanoes. • ...

Plate motion 2025-10-16

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

20 Clues: – Erupting mountain • – Deep ocean valley • – 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 • – Rigid outer part of Earth • ...

Plate tectonic 2025-10-26

Plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The man who came up with the continental drift theory.
  2. The crust that the continents are on.
  3. Vibrations that travel through earth.
  4. Crack in Earths crust where plates move.
  5. Gigantic ocean
  6. Areas covered by ocean water.
  7. Where convection currents are.
  8. A super continent.
  9. where two plates are moving in opposite directions as in a mid ocean ridge.
  10. The rigid rocky outer layer of earth.
Down
  1. Molten rock deep inside the earth.
  2. Solid and really heated metal.
  3. The point where the boundaries of three tectonic plates meet.
  4. When one plate moves under another.
  5. How seafloor is made and destroyed.
  6. A deep gash in the seafloor.
  7. Hot molten.
  8. The movement of material due to differences in temperature.
  9. Large sheets of slow moving ice.
  10. The shaking of earths ground.

20 Clues: Hot molten. • Gigantic ocean • A super continent. • A deep gash in the seafloor. • Areas covered by ocean water. • The shaking of earths ground. • Solid and really heated metal. • Where convection currents are. • Large sheets of slow moving ice. • Molten rock deep inside the earth. • When one plate moves under another. • How seafloor is made and destroyed. • ...

Plate Motion 2025-11-06

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

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 very center of the Earth, made of iron • ...

Plate Motion 2025-11-06

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

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 very center of the Earth, made of iron • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of boundary where two plates collide
  2. Type of boundary where new crust is generated as plates move apart
  3. Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface
  4. boundaries
  5. Deepest parts of the ocean, often found at
  6. Type of crust that is thinner and denser, found under oceans
  7. The layer of Earth between the crust and the outer core
  8. Vibration of the Earth due to the release of energy
  9. Scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  10. Piece of evidence for divergent plates (2words)
Down
  1. Lower part of the mantle
  2. The process where oceanic crust plunges beneath another plate
  3. A vent or mountain from which lava, ash, and cinders are expelled
  4. Less dense plate
  5. The age of the rock furthest from a ridge
  6. Type of boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally
  7. Rigid, outermost layer of the Earth, composed of the crust and upper mantle
  8. The theory that the lithosphere is divided into plates that move
  9. Plates moving apart
  10. Movement of matter due to differences in density, believed to drive plate motion
  11. Break in a rock along which movement occurs
  12. Scientist who proposed tectonic theory
  13. Supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago

23 Clues: boundaries • Less dense plate • Plates moving apart • Lower part of the mantle • Scientist who proposed tectonic theory • The age of the rock furthest from a ridge • Type of boundary where two plates collide • Deepest parts of the ocean, often found at • Break in a rock along which movement occurs • Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an area on Earth where two or more plates collide
  2. a strip of volcanoes mapped out on plate boundaries that looks like a circle
  3. Tectonics a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  4. can be a bone/imprinting of an extinct being/ plant from possibly millions of years ago
  5. a mountain like land form, generally over a hotspot, that erupts molten rock
  6. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. heat traveling through an empty space
  8. molten rock that erupts through volcano
  9. a spot where sea-floor spreading occurs
  10. when the cooler, more dense plate ____, this happens
  11. the process of heat transferring from one object to another
  12. a chain or group of islands that forms from volcanic activity along a subduction zone
  13. the_____in the mantle is what causes plates to move
Down
  1. heat traveling through a liquid, naturally evaporating the less dense material, which causes condensation and humidity
  2. the process of a continent moving
  3. a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  4. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  5. the process of a ocean plate expanding, occurs at mid-ocean ridges
  6. a large chunk of rock that makes up our land
  7. Mass divided by Volume=?
  8. Molten rock that flows out of the volcano
  9. this forms when one ocean plate subducts under another
  10. an area where the earth's crust is splitting apart
  11. a area below a plate that generally a volcano is over, and is also pretty hot
  12. a spot where the rock breaks because of an earthquake

25 Clues: Mass divided by Volume=? • the process of a continent moving • heat traveling through an empty space • molten rock that erupts through volcano • a spot where sea-floor spreading occurs • Molten rock that flows out of the volcano • a large chunk of rock that makes up our land • an area on Earth where two or more plates collide • ...

Unit 4 Vocab 2025-12-17

Unit 4 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Soil Particle that is smaller than sand but larger than clay, moderate porosity and permeability, ideal for farming
  2. Tectonic plates that lie beneath the ocean floor
  3. Diagram used to classify soil based on the relative percentage of sand, clay, and silt
  4. An opening in Earth's crust where lava comes out of, formed by convergent and divergent boundaries
  5. Process by which one plate goes underneath the other
  6. The soil particle that has small pores, low permeability, and high porosity
  7. Tectonic plate that forms the continent
  8. Type of soil made up of large particles, high permeability
  9. The proportion of a soil or rock that consists of pore spaces between particles
  10. The boundary of plate tectonics moving away from each other
  11. The boundary of plate tectonics sliding past each other
  12. A Large zone of frequent earthquakes and intense volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean
  13. Process by which soil and rock are physically worn away and transported by wind, water, ice, or gravity
Down
  1. Pieces that make up the lithosphere
  2. An area of land in which all precipitation and surface runoff drain to the same body of water
  3. A curved chain of volcanic islands that form at a convergent plate boundary
  4. The boundary of plate tectonics coming together
  5. Distinct layers of soil that develop over time as a result of weathering
  6. The measure of how easily water or other fluids can move through spaces, or pores, between soil or rock particles
  7. location where plume of hot mantle rises toward the surface

20 Clues: Pieces that make up the lithosphere • Tectonic plate that forms the continent • The boundary of plate tectonics coming together • Tectonic plates that lie beneath the ocean floor • Process by which one plate goes underneath the other • The boundary of plate tectonics sliding past each other • Type of soil made up of large particles, high permeability • ...

Plate Tectonics 1 2021-11-22

Plate Tectonics 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. amount of techtonic plates
  2. plate under South America
  3. plate under the pacific ocean
Down
  1. plate under Europe and Asia
  2. where plates float
  3. plate under North America
  4. plate under Australia
  5. thinnest layer of the earth
  6. super continent
  7. plate under India

10 Clues: super continent • plate under India • where plates float • plate under Australia • plate under North America • plate under South America • amount of techtonic plates • plate under Europe and Asia • thinnest layer of the earth • plate under the pacific ocean

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-18

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

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

Volcanoes/Earthqaukes Crossword puzzle 2022-01-14

Volcanoes/Earthqaukes Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges
  2. A weak spot in the middle of a tectonic plate where magma surfaces; forms a volcano (ex: Hawaii & Yellowstone)
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  4. the theory that the lithosphere is broken up into large plates that move and then rejoin; considered the unifying theory of geology
  5. a series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone
  6. region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere
  7. A long trough bounded by two or more faults
  8. An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area
  9. a break in the earths crust
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  11. rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations
Down
  1. A tectonic process thatresults when plates converge and one plate forces the other down into Earth's mantle. As a result, the subducted plate eventually undergoes partial melting
  2. a point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake
  3. a hole for the escape of gas, air, or liquid
  4. Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  5. The idea is that continents have moved and are still moving slowly across the Earth's surface.
  6. the region where two tectonic plates are in contact
  7. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
  8. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  9. Large movable segments of the lithosphere
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

21 Clues: a break in the earths crust • Large movable segments of the lithosphere • A long trough bounded by two or more faults • a hole for the escape of gas, air, or liquid • a series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone • the region where two tectonic plates are in contact • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • ...

Collagraph Printing: Useful Terms 2016-05-10

Collagraph Printing: Useful Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the actual picture made from the printmaking process
  2. the feel or appearance of a surface
  3. a device that applies pressure to a a sheet of paper and an inked printing plate
  4. ink is forced into lines on a plate and wiped from the flat surface. The lines are printed.
  5. a varnish used to seal a plate
  6. when lines are cut into a plate
  7. colouring material composed of a pigment, a binder and a vehicle
Down
  1. the process of designing and producing prints
  2. a printing plate built up by different materials and textures
  3. a raised design on a flat surface is printed onto paper
  4. the number of a print in an edition
  5. a flat material with a design on its surface, used to make prints
  6. making art by sticking materials to a surface
  7. a set of identical prints, numbered and signed

14 Clues: a varnish used to seal a plate • when lines are cut into a plate • the number of a print in an edition • the feel or appearance of a surface • the process of designing and producing prints • making art by sticking materials to a surface • a set of identical prints, numbered and signed • the actual picture made from the printmaking process • ...

Crossword 2021-03-11

Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where one plate subduction under another
  2. tectonics, theory that describes the movement and interaction of these plates
  3. an extinct genus reptile
  4. processes, describes the natural forces
  5. zones, a consequence of plate tectonics
  6. boundary, when oceanic plate plunges under another
  7. vents, opening in the sea floor where heated water flows
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  1. boundary, a boundary between two plates that are converging
  2. property of being polar
  3. trench, long, deep trench which forms along the boundary
  4. boundary, between two lithospheric plates that are moving apart
  5. reversals, a change in a planets magnetic field
  6. boundary, formed when two plates collide
  7. drift, hypothesis formed by a German scientist
  8. layers, a thin layer of flowing gas or liquid
  9. valleys, very deep valleys at center of mid-ocean ridge
  10. boundary, boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  11. of fire, a region where volcanoes and earthquakes are active
  12. one who study earth

19 Clues: one who study earth • property of being polar • an extinct genus reptile • processes, describes the natural forces • zones, a consequence of plate tectonics • where one plate subduction under another • boundary, formed when two plates collide • layers, a thin layer of flowing gas or liquid • drift, hypothesis formed by a German scientist • ...

Earth Science Unit 1 2025-03-23

Earth Science Unit 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Outermost layer of Earth
  2. Tectonic plates collide
  3. Tectonic plates slide past eachother
  4. mass/volume
  5. Earthquakes and volcanoes occur most at tectonic plate _____
  6. supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago
  7. the circular motion of magma in the mantle from varying temperatures and densities
  8. Earth layer made of solid metal
  9. Tectonic plates drift apart
  10. amount of space taken up
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  1. amount of particles
  2. Name for circular formation of earthquakes and volcanoes around the Pacific Plate
  3. the substance with the lower density will
  4. Type of tectonic plate/crust that is less dense and holds land
  5. protects the earth from solar radiation, and is formed from the outer core
  6. Type of tectonic plate/crust that is more dense and holds oceans
  7. the substance with the higher density will
  8. middle layer of earth made of magma
  9. Earth layer made of moving liquid metal

19 Clues: mass/volume • amount of particles • Tectonic plates collide • Outermost layer of Earth • amount of space taken up • Tectonic plates drift apart • Earth layer made of solid metal • middle layer of earth made of magma • Tectonic plates slide past eachother • Earth layer made of moving liquid metal • the substance with the lower density will • ...

Crossword Puzzle for Plate Tectonics 2020-10-28

Crossword Puzzle for Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcanoes erupt from this substance called "Lava'. Once the magma is ready to be set free it causes the volcano to erupt.
  2. Boundary, A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more plates collide.
  3. The mantle lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust
  4. Subduction as the process by which tectonic plates sink into Earth's mantle.
  5. “Crust” describes the hard surface shell coving the mantle of our planet.
  6. Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust.
  7. As the magma flows out, it cools, hardening to form new crust, This fills in the gap created by the Tectonic plates.
  8. Boundary, A divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  9. The researchers believe this shift is the earliest proof that modern like plate motion happened between two to four billion years ago.
  10. inside the crust and core it is pitch solid.
  11. A tectonic plate can be a massive, irregularly shaped solid rock.
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  1. Earth has many different layers such as, the mantle, Core, and crust.
  2. When two plates come in contact with each other through plate tectonics, scientists can use the density of the plates to predict what will happen.
  3. Earth's core is the very hot and dense center of our planet.
  4. The lower boundary of a plate depends on the temperature of the mantle material.
  5. Once a tectonic plate Alters is shifts something in or out of the earth.
  6. The continents are made within the plates.
  7. a process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates.
  8. Boundary, Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  9. in earth, Earth's shell cracked into these plates.
  10. Earthquakes occur along lines, cracks in Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet.
  11. floor, Bathymetry, the shape of the ocean floor, is largely a result of a process called plate tectonics.

22 Clues: The continents are made within the plates. • inside the crust and core it is pitch solid. • in earth, Earth's shell cracked into these plates. • Earth's core is the very hot and dense center of our planet. • A tectonic plate can be a massive, irregularly shaped solid rock. • Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust. • ...

Crossword Puzzle for Plate Tectonics 2020-10-28

Crossword Puzzle for Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcanoes erupt from this substance called "Lava'. Once the magma is ready to be set free it causes the volcano to erupt.
  2. Boundary, A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more plates collide.
  3. The mantle lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust
  4. Subduction as the process by which tectonic plates sink into Earth's mantle.
  5. “Crust” describes the hard surface shell coving the mantle of our planet.
  6. Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust.
  7. As the magma flows out, it cools, hardening to form new crust, This fills in the gap created by the Tectonic plates.
  8. Boundary, A divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  9. The researchers believe this shift is the earliest proof that modern like plate motion happened between two to four billion years ago.
  10. inside the crust and core it is pitch solid.
  11. A tectonic plate can be a massive, irregularly shaped solid rock.
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  1. Earth has many different layers such as, the mantle, Core, and crust.
  2. When two plates come in contact with each other through plate tectonics, scientists can use the density of the plates to predict what will happen.
  3. Earth's core is the very hot and dense center of our planet.
  4. The lower boundary of a plate depends on the temperature of the mantle material.
  5. Once a tectonic plate Alters is shifts something in or out of the earth.
  6. The continents are made within the plates.
  7. a process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates.
  8. Boundary, Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  9. in earth, Earth's shell cracked into these plates.
  10. Earthquakes occur along lines, cracks in Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet.
  11. floor, Bathymetry, the shape of the ocean floor, is largely a result of a process called plate tectonics.

22 Clues: The continents are made within the plates. • inside the crust and core it is pitch solid. • in earth, Earth's shell cracked into these plates. • Earth's core is the very hot and dense center of our planet. • A tectonic plate can be a massive, irregularly shaped solid rock. • Tectonics, a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust. • ...

Volcanoes 2024-09-24

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fast-moving mudflow
  2. formed where two oceanic plates diverge
  3. collapsed volcanic chamber
  4. liquid's resistance to flow
  5. belt of volcanoes along edge of Pacific Plate
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  1. magma that flow onto Earth's surface
  2. wide, flat volcanoes
  3. zone where oceanic plate is forced below continental plate
  4. a mix of liquid rock, gas , and water formed in mantle
  5. boundary where plates move apart
  6. boundary where plates slide past one another
  7. boundary where plates collide
  8. valley form where two continental plate diverge
  9. small cone-shaped volcano made of ash and debris
  10. most common type of volcano

15 Clues: fast-moving mudflow • wide, flat volcanoes • collapsed volcanic chamber • most common type of volcano • liquid's resistance to flow • boundary where plates collide • boundary where plates move apart • magma that flow onto Earth's surface • formed where two oceanic plates diverge • boundary where plates slide past one another • belt of volcanoes along edge of Pacific Plate • ...

GRAER S Vocab Menu Project 2024-03-08

GRAER S Vocab Menu Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary that has two plates sliding parallel to each other
  2. A land form caused by two oceanic plates at a divergent boundary
  3. The process of nature breaking land forms into sediment
  4. The heavier type of tectonic plate
  5. The lighter type of tectonic plate
  6. The process of nature moving sediment
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  1. A land form caused by two continental plates at a convergent boundary
  2. A plate boundary that has two plates sliding towards each other
  3. A process in which one tectonic plate slides under another
  4. The process of nature dropping sediment into new areas
  5. A plate boundary that has two plates sliding away from each other
  6. A deep ocean land form caused by a convergent boundary between a continental and an oceanic plate

12 Clues: The heavier type of tectonic plate • The lighter type of tectonic plate • The process of nature moving sediment • The process of nature dropping sediment into new areas • The process of nature breaking land forms into sediment • A process in which one tectonic plate slides under another • A plate boundary that has two plates sliding towards each other • ...

Plate tectonics 2017-02-26

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

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

Chapter 10 Vocabulary 2022-01-25

Chapter 10 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. abnormal condition that occurs hen the skin is stretched by the nail plate
  2. living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears
  3. hemorrhage caused by trauma of injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allow small amounts of blood flow
  4. whitish discolorations of the nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area
  5. blood clot forms under the nail plate, usually due to injuries to the nail bed
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  1. noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over free edge
  2. visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate
  3. split of brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail
  4. increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increased curvature of the matrix
  5. vertical depressions running across the nail plate
  6. shallower than beau's lines
  7. darkening of the fingernails or toenails
  8. a type of highly curved nail, usually caused by injury to the matrix
  9. result of a habit of chewing the nails or chewing the hardened skin surrounding the nail plate

14 Clues: shallower than beau's lines • darkening of the fingernails or toenails • vertical depressions running across the nail plate • living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears • a type of highly curved nail, usually caused by injury to the matrix • visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate • ...

Chapter 7 Vocabulary 2021-10-13

Chapter 7 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate.
  2. is the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density.
  3. plate boundaries form where two plate collide.
  4. plate boundary forms where two plates separate
  5. drift suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth.
  6. is the cold and rigid outermost rock layer.
  7. reversal occurs in the magnetic field reverses directions.
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  1. plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other.
  2. polarity a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south.
  3. ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans.
  4. continents were once part of a super continent.
  5. polarity is a state in which magnetized objects, such a compass needles, will orient themselves to point north.
  6. tectonics is Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other.
  7. spreading is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.

14 Clues: is the cold and rigid outermost rock layer. • plate boundaries form where two plate collide. • plate boundary forms where two plates separate • continents were once part of a super continent. • is the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate. • ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans. • reversal occurs in the magnetic field reverses directions. • ...

End of Unit Test Review 2024-10-14

End of Unit Test Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a body of water underground
  2. man made or produced by humans
  3. plate boundaries that move away from each other
  4. most essential characteristic for life to exist
  5. the concept that the oldest soil layers are at the bottom and the most recent are at the top
  6. when an oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate
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  1. the largest planet in our solar system
  2. a land area that drains water to a common body of water
  3. the object in our solar system with the most mass
  4. the force that governs the motion of our solar system
  5. result of 2 continental plate tectonics moving towards each other
  6. plate boundaries that slide past each other
  7. plate boundaries that move towards each other

13 Clues: a body of water underground • man made or produced by humans • the largest planet in our solar system • plate boundaries that slide past each other • plate boundaries that move towards each other • plate boundaries that move away from each other • most essential characteristic for life to exist • the object in our solar system with the most mass • ...

American English 2024-08-25

American English crossword puzzle
Across
  1. football
  2. lorry
  3. chips
  4. tin
  5. holiday
  6. wardrobe
  7. petrol
  8. motorway
  9. lift
  10. biscuit
  11. curtain
  12. pavement
  13. rubbish
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  1. film
  2. taxi
  3. toilet
  4. torch
  5. crisps
  6. cooker
  7. trousers
  8. post
  9. garden
  10. rubber
  11. sweet
  12. queue
  13. -floor = first floor
  14. jumper
  15. underground
  16. -plate = number plate
  17. autumn

30 Clues: tin • film • taxi • post • lift • torch • lorry • chips • sweet • queue • toilet • crisps • cooker • garden • rubber • petrol • jumper • autumn • holiday • biscuit • curtain • rubbish • football • trousers • wardrobe • motorway • pavement • underground • -floor = first floor • -plate = number plate

E&E Science - Plates and schist 2022-10-27

E&E Science - Plates and schist crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed from ‘more liquid-y’ lava that flows further away from the eruption before it hardens; because of this, it has sides with a shallow, broad profile - you know, kinda like a shield
  2. -true or false- the sciences are by far the most interesting subjects you get to study in school
  3. process of one plate being smooshed up under another plate, and results in the oceanic crust of the bottom plate being recycled back down into the earth’s mantle
  4. theory explaining how lithospheric plates move around and smoosh into/under/away from each other and form the geologic features we see (such as mountains, sea trenches, volcanoes, continents and oceans)
  5. plate boundary where two plates are moving against each other
  6. this type of crust exists over the entire planet, including under continents, but we mainly think of it as the type of crust underneath oceans
  7. plate boundary where two plates are smooshing up against each other (i.e., the plates are converging)
  8. often formed at convergent boundaries where both plates have continental crust, and the two converging portions of continental crust push up against each other
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  1. a cone shaped volcano made up of layers of hardened lava, and the most common type of volcano
  2. plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other (i.e., the plates are diverging)
  3. caused by the sudden release of energy in the earth’s crust, and occur most frequently at plate boundaries
  4. occurs at divergent plate boundaries; results in an oceanic ridge where new oceanic crust is formed
  5. kind of like the opposite of an oceanic ridge (or ‘mid-ocean ridge’), it forms at convergent plate boundaries where oceanic crust is subducted back down into the mantle
  6. formed at weak spots in the earth’s crust, where magma is pushed up and out onto the earth’s surface
  7. outermost layer of the earth’s crust, it forms the continents and continental shelves and is less dense than oceanic crust
  8. dome shaped structure that builds up because thick lava flows out slow and hardens relatively quickly after it emerges, they are particularly common at convergent plate boundaries
  9. -true or false- the earth’s crust has varying thickness, ranging from approximately 10 km thick on the ocean floor, up to 70 km thick at Mount Everest
  10. a break or crack in the earth’s crust, often formed due to two plates smooshing against each other

18 Clues: plate boundary where two plates are moving against each other • a cone shaped volcano made up of layers of hardened lava, and the most common type of volcano • plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other (i.e., the plates are diverging) • -true or false- the sciences are by far the most interesting subjects you get to study in school • ...

Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries 2015-01-13

Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Violent trembling that occurs a lot at conservative plate margins
  2. The type of mountain created at a destructive plate margin, when two continental plates collide into each other and buckle
  3. The type of plate boundary/margin where plates slide along each other
  4. The type of crust on which most land is situated on
  5. The circular currents that occur below the Earth, which move the plates
Down
  1. The process by which the heavier oceanic plate sinks below a continental plate
  2. The type of plate boundary/margin where plates move away from each other
  3. Britain sits on this tectonic plate
  4. The layer of the Earth in which convection currents occur
  5. One of the secondary effects of an earthquake that occurs at sea
  6. The area where two or more plates meet; also known as a 'plate margin'
  7. The inner-most layer of the Earth

12 Clues: The inner-most layer of the Earth • Britain sits on this tectonic plate • The type of crust on which most land is situated on • The layer of the Earth in which convection currents occur • One of the secondary effects of an earthquake that occurs at sea • Violent trembling that occurs a lot at conservative plate margins • ...

Chapter 7 Vocab 2021-10-21

Chapter 7 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away.
  2. Which suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth.
  3. A state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south.
  4. A state in which magnetized objects, such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north.
  5. Moutain ranges in the middle of the ocean.
  6. States that earths surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates that move with respect to each other.
  7. Rising mantle material at mid ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force called.
  8. forms where two plates slide past each other.
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  1. Continents were once a part of a supercontinent called.
  2. form where two plates collide.
  3. Occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction.
  4. The denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in a process called.
  5. Forms where two plates separate when the seafloor spreads at a mid ocean ridge, lava erupts, cools, and forms new oceanic crust.
  6. As a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force called.
  7. The circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density.
  8. The cold and rigid outermost rock layer is called the.

16 Clues: form where two plates collide. • Moutain ranges in the middle of the ocean. • forms where two plates slide past each other. • Occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction. • The cold and rigid outermost rock layer is called the. • Continents were once a part of a supercontinent called. • As a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force called. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review 2018-03-01

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another
  2. Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  3. Makes up the crust and upper mantle; what the tectonic plates are composed of
  4. Caused when two transform plates slide past each other
  5. A __ valley is caused by divergent continental plates
  6. Formed when two continental convergent plates collide and the crust crumbles.
  7. Elevations along a contour line are ___.
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  1. Plastic-like layer below the lithosphere. Convection currents here cause the tectonic plates to move.
  2. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  3. A crack in the Earth's crust where rocks slide past one another
  4. Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  5. Convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is pushed beneath a continental plate forming a trench.
  6. Forms above and near subduction zones.
  7. Supercontinent

14 Clues: Supercontinent • Forms above and near subduction zones. • Elevations along a contour line are ___. • Type of plate boundary where two plates collide • A __ valley is caused by divergent continental plates • Caused when two transform plates slide past each other • Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review 2018-03-01

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supercontinent
  2. A crack in the Earth's crust where rocks slide past one another
  3. Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  4. Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  5. A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another
  6. Plastic-like layer below the lithosphere. Convection currents here cause the tectonic plates to move.
Down
  1. Formed when two continental convergent plates collide and the crust crumbles.
  2. Makes up the crust and upper mantle; what the tectonic plates are composed of
  3. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  4. Convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is pushed beneath a continental plate forming a trench.
  5. Caused when two transform plates slide past each other
  6. A __ valley is caused by divergent continental plates
  7. Elevations along a contour line are ___.
  8. Forms above and near subduction zones.

14 Clues: Supercontinent • Forms above and near subduction zones. • Elevations along a contour line are ___. • Type of plate boundary where two plates collide • A __ valley is caused by divergent continental plates • Caused when two transform plates slide past each other • Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other • ...

Geology Crossword Puzzle 2024-11-05

Geology Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mountain created by volcanic activity
  2. Outer layer of Earth
  3. Hot spot where magma reaches Earth's surface
  4. Tectonic plate boundary where plates pull apart
  5. Type of earthquake waves that move through solids and liquids
  6. Liquid layer surrounding Earth's inner core
  7. Term for large landmasses formed by Earth's tectonic activity
  8. Layer of Earth composed of iron and nickel
  9. The process by which one tectonic plate is forced under another
  10. Seismic waves that travel through solids only
  11. Theory that Earth's continents were once joined
  12. Large, destructive ocean wave caused by underwater disturbance
  13. Supercontinent before it split apart
  14. Scientist who developed the theory of plate tectonics
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  1. Boundary where two plates collide
  2. Term for Earth's crust and upper mantle
  3. Volcano type known for explosive eruptions
  4. A geological feature formed by divergent plate boundaries
  5. Long crack in Earth's crust where movement occurs
  6. Earth's layer responsible for tectonic movements
  7. Type of volcano formed by gentle eruptions
  8. Earthquake's point of origin beneath the surface
  9. Violent shaking of the Earth's surface
  10. The study of Earth's physical structure
  11. Solid, innermost layer of Earth
  12. Fault line in California known for earthquakes
  13. Plate boundary where plates move apart
  14. Volcanic eruption's release of molten rock
  15. Plate boundary where plates slide past each other
  16. A natural disaster caused by seismic activity
  17. Volcanic material ejected from a volcano

31 Clues: Outer layer of Earth • Solid, innermost layer of Earth • Boundary where two plates collide • Supercontinent before it split apart • Mountain created by volcanic activity • Violent shaking of the Earth's surface • Plate boundary where plates move apart • Term for Earth's crust and upper mantle • The study of Earth's physical structure • ...

The Restless Earth 2014-01-26

The Restless Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sleeping volcano that can still erupt
  2. Type of volcano that forms at hot spots
  3. When the oceanic plate is forced beneath the continental plate into the mantle
  4. Plate margin where two plates move parallel to one another
  5. Landform that always forms above a subduction zone when magma from a melting plate rises
  6. Molten rock when it is underground
  7. A volcano that frequently erupts
  8. Magma when it reaches the earth's surface
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  1. Large pieces of the Earth's crust
  2. Plate margin where plates move apart
  3. The innermost part of the earth
  4. Trench Forms above a subduction zone where the plates converge
  5. The outermost part of the earth
  6. Earth's layer where convection currents occur

14 Clues: The innermost part of the earth • The outermost part of the earth • A volcano that frequently erupts • Large pieces of the Earth's crust • Molten rock when it is underground • Plate margin where plates move apart • Sleeping volcano that can still erupt • Type of volcano that forms at hot spots • Magma when it reaches the earth's surface • ...

The Restless Earth 2014-01-26

The Restless Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Large pieces of the Earth's crust
  2. Forms above a subduction zone where the plates converge
  3. Molten rock when it is underground
  4. Landform that always forms above a subduction zone when magma from a melting plate rises
  5. Plate margin where two plates move parallel to one another
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  1. When the oceanic plate is forced beneath the continental plate into the mantle
  2. Plate margin where plates move apart
  3. The innermost part of the earth
  4. Type of volcano that forms at hot spots
  5. Sleeping volcano that can still erupt
  6. Magma when it reaches the earth's surface
  7. A volcano that frequently erupts
  8. Earth's layer where convection currents occur
  9. The outermost part of the earth

14 Clues: The innermost part of the earth • The outermost part of the earth • A volcano that frequently erupts • Large pieces of the Earth's crust • Molten rock when it is underground • Plate margin where plates move apart • Sleeping volcano that can still erupt • Type of volcano that forms at hot spots • Magma when it reaches the earth's surface • ...

The Earth's Structure - Geography 2025-04-08

The Earth's Structure - Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. A massive wave caused by an earthquake.
  2. Outermost layer of the Earth - the surface.
  3. A large slab of the Earth's crust.
  4. PLate boundary when two plates slide by one another.
  5. When magma rises to the surface of the Earth through an opening in the crust.
  6. Circular movements in the mantle that move the plates.
  7. Shaking of the Earth's crust.
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  1. Molten/Semi-molten rock found in the mantle.
  2. When one plate sinks beneath another into the mantle.
  3. Plate boundary when two plates separate.
  4. What magma is called when it reaches the Earth's surface.
  5. Layer of molten rock found beneath the crust.
  6. Plate boundary when two plates collide.
  7. The centre of the Earth.

14 Clues: The centre of the Earth. • Shaking of the Earth's crust. • A large slab of the Earth's crust. • A massive wave caused by an earthquake. • Plate boundary when two plates collide. • Plate boundary when two plates separate. • Outermost layer of the Earth - the surface. • Molten/Semi-molten rock found in the mantle. • Layer of molten rock found beneath the crust. • ...

Physical Geography Review (Troop) 2018-04-10

Physical Geography Review (Troop) crossword puzzle
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  1. A 'misfit' boulder
  2. Precipitation caused due to a mountainous landscape
  3. The exterior layer of the earth's lithosphere
  4. A glacier that moves through mountain valleys
  5. Igneous rock that forms inside the earth
  6. Climate that is located in-land, away from water
  7. Established theory of continental drift
  8. A well known divergent plate boundary
  9. Igneous rock that forms above the earth's surface
  10. Scrape marks on the landscape from glacial movement
  11. Molten rock above the earth's surface
  12. Rock that forms from cooled magma/lava
  13. Fastest moving plate (at least according to our note)
  14. The flexible, semi-molten layer of the earth, below the crust
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  1. Created by a convergent plate interaction
  2. Rock made of layers of tiny rock particles
  3. Acronym for remembering climate factors
  4. Plates moving towards eachother
  5. When one plate descends under another
  6. Used to compare the size of earthquakes
  7. When a piece of a glacier breaks off into water
  8. Plates moving away from eachother
  9. Climate that is moderated by water
  10. Rock that has been changed under intense heat and pressure
  11. Established theory of plate tectonics
  12. The movement of heat through a material
  13. Plates scraping sideways against eachother
  14. An ancient supercontinent
  15. Molten rock below the earth's surface

29 Clues: A 'misfit' boulder • An ancient supercontinent • Plates moving towards eachother • Plates moving away from eachother • Climate that is moderated by water • When one plate descends under another • A well known divergent plate boundary • Established theory of plate tectonics • Molten rock above the earth's surface • Molten rock below the earth's surface • ...

Geology Crossword Puzzle 2024-11-05

Geology Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Mountain created by volcanic activity
  2. Outer layer of Earth
  3. Hot spot where magma reaches Earth's surface
  4. Tectonic plate boundary where plates pull apart
  5. Type of earthquake waves that move through solids and liquids
  6. Liquid layer surrounding Earth's inner core
  7. Term for large landmasses formed by Earth's tectonic activity
  8. Layer of Earth composed of iron and nickel
  9. The process by which one tectonic plate is forced under another
  10. Seismic waves that travel through solids only
  11. Theory that Earth's continents were once joined
  12. Large, destructive ocean wave caused by underwater disturbance
  13. Supercontinent before it split apart
  14. Scientist who developed the theory of plate tectonics
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  1. Boundary where two plates collide
  2. Term for Earth's crust and upper mantle
  3. Volcano type known for explosive eruptions
  4. A geological feature formed by divergent plate boundaries
  5. Long crack in Earth's crust where movement occurs
  6. Earth's layer responsible for tectonic movements
  7. Type of volcano formed by gentle eruptions
  8. Earthquake's point of origin beneath the surface
  9. Violent shaking of the Earth's surface
  10. The study of Earth's physical structure
  11. Solid, innermost layer of Earth
  12. Fault line in California known for earthquakes
  13. Plate boundary where plates move apart
  14. Volcanic eruption's release of molten rock
  15. Plate boundary where plates slide past each other
  16. A natural disaster caused by seismic activity
  17. Volcanic material ejected from a volcano

31 Clues: Outer layer of Earth • Solid, innermost layer of Earth • Boundary where two plates collide • Supercontinent before it split apart • Mountain created by volcanic activity • Violent shaking of the Earth's surface • Plate boundary where plates move apart • Term for Earth's crust and upper mantle • The study of Earth's physical structure • ...

What a disaster! 2020-11-13

What a disaster! crossword puzzle
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  1. Second layer of the earth, molten rock.
  2. The edge of plates, where you tend to get earthquakes and volcanoes.
  3. machine for monitoring earth movements.
  4. Plate boundary where fold mountains like the Himalayas are formed.
  5. Type of volcano that is 'sleeping' but may erupt again in the future.
  6. Scale on which the strength of an earthquake is placed.
  7. Plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
  8. Machine for monitoring volcanoes.
  9. the inner core is made of this.
  10. Plate boundary where plates move alongside each other.
  11. type of volcano with gentle sides, that erupts with runny lava.
  12. Someone who studies volcanoes.
  13. abbreviation for countries that are not as well off.
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  1. Disease spread in water.
  2. Capital city of Haiti.
  3. World's largest concentration of earthquakes along the edge of the Pacific plate.
  4. Point beneath the earth's surface where the plates actually move in an earthquake.
  5. Type of crust which is permanent, older and less dense.
  6. Huge type of volcano beneath the ground that if it erupts, could cover up to 1000km away.
  7. Word that describes the strength of the earthquake.
  8. Point on the earth's surface where shockwaves are strongest and damage is worst.
  9. Includes things like toilets, clean running water etc.
  10. Plate boundary where you find mid-ocean trenches
  11. Name for the world when it was believed to be one large land mass.
  12. Smaller quakes after the main quake.
  13. large section of the earth's crust that floats on the mantle.
  14. Circular motions in the mantle that move the plates.

27 Clues: Capital city of Haiti. • Disease spread in water. • Someone who studies volcanoes. • the inner core is made of this. • Machine for monitoring volcanoes. • Smaller quakes after the main quake. • Second layer of the earth, molten rock. • machine for monitoring earth movements. • Plate boundary where you find mid-ocean trenches • ...

Crossword puzzle 2021-10-28

Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Fissure in the ocean floor that releases heated water
  2. Creates new oceanicmcrust
  3. Boundaries that crash against each other
  4. Plate created by divergent boundaries
  5. Continents moving away from each other over time
  6. Narrow depressions located in the ocean floor.
  7. Boundaries that spread apart each other
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  1. Theory that states lithosphere is split into parts that move
  2. Underwater mountain range created by plate tectonics
  3. Plate sinks into the mantle
  4. Supercontinent
  5. Consists of the crust and upper mantle
  6. Creator of Continental Drift Theory
  7. Plate created by convergent boundaries
  8. Boundaries that slide against each other

15 Clues: Supercontinent • Creates new oceanicmcrust • Plate sinks into the mantle • Creator of Continental Drift Theory • Plate created by divergent boundaries • Consists of the crust and upper mantle • Plate created by convergent boundaries • Boundaries that spread apart each other • Boundaries that crash against each other • Boundaries that slide against each other • ...

Mini Unit 4/5 Study Guide 2023-12-06

Mini Unit 4/5 Study Guide crossword puzzle
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  1. must always be present for a scientific explanation to be true
  2. formed by pieces of sediment
  3. formed when magma cools
  4. theory before the theory of plate tectonics
  5. formed by extreme heat and pressure
  6. a layer of the earth with the greatest density
  7. sliding plate boundaries
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  1. the type of wave that produces earthquakes
  2. dividing plate boundaries
  3. this theory states that
  4. rapid change in the earth's surface
  5. largest transform fault
  6. colliding plate boundary
  7. has caused the creation of more erosion and sediment
  8. supercontinent/ all landmasses together at one point in time

15 Clues: this theory states that • largest transform fault • formed when magma cools • colliding plate boundary • sliding plate boundaries • dividing plate boundaries • formed by pieces of sediment • rapid change in the earth's surface • formed by extreme heat and pressure • the type of wave that produces earthquakes • theory before the theory of plate tectonics • ...

Nail Structure 2022-01-27

Nail Structure crossword puzzle
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  1. The natural nail is composed of this
  2. Hardened keratin plate that sit on the nail bed
  3. The name for the natural nail
  4. Dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate
  5. A tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bands or holds an organ in place
  6. A thin layer of tissue that connects the nail bed to the nail plate
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  1. Part of the nail that extends over the tip
  2. Portion of living skin that supports the nail plate
  3. The area where the nail plate cells are formed
  4. Living skin at the base of the natural nail plate
  5. Whitish, half-moon shape underneath the nail base
  6. Slightly thickened layer under the nail between fingertip and free-edge

12 Clues: The name for the natural nail • The natural nail is composed of this • Part of the nail that extends over the tip • The area where the nail plate cells are formed • Hardened keratin plate that sit on the nail bed • Living skin at the base of the natural nail plate • Whitish, half-moon shape underneath the nail base • Portion of living skin that supports the nail plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-18

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

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

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle 2023-10-23

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
  2. This is the Hard solid/Soft solid rock underneath a plate boundary.
  3. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
  4. An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
  5. The outside or top layer of something.
  6. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
  7. Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  8. Any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
  9. This Plate boundary happens when rock gets added on the edges of two plate.
  10. This plate boundary happens when One plate sinks under the other.
  11. The place where two plates meet.
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  1. Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) which gas and lava are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
  2. One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer.
  3. An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  4. Earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation outer and water layer.
  5. The sudden pushing out of something. Such as lava from a volcano.
  6. A sudden shake on earths surface.
  7. Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.

18 Clues: The place where two plates meet. • A sudden shake on earths surface. • The outside or top layer of something. • Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth. • Something we observe to be similar over and over again. • An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago • A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like. • ...

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle 2023-10-18

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
  2. The place where two plates meet.
  3. Earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation outer and water layer.
  4. The sudden pushing out of something. Such as lava from a volcano.
  5. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
  6. A sudden shake on earths surface.
  7. Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.
  8. This Plate boundary happens when rock gets added on the edges of two plate.
  9. The outside or top layer of something.
  10. Any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
  11. This is the Hard solid/Soft solid rock underneath a plate boundary.
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  1. An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
  2. Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) which gas and lava are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
  3. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
  4. An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago.
  5. Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  6. This plate boundary happens when One plate sinks under the other.
  7. One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer.

18 Clues: The place where two plates meet. • A sudden shake on earths surface. • The outside or top layer of something. • Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth. • Something we observe to be similar over and over again. • An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago. • A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review 2018-03-01

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review crossword puzzle
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  1. Convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is pushed beneath a continental plate forming a trench.
  2. valley Caused by divergent continental plates
  3. Caused when two transform plates slide past each other
  4. forms above and near subduction zones.
  5. type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  6. elevations along a contour line are ___.
  7. Makes up the crust and upper mantle; what the tectonic plates are composed of
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  1. A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another
  2. Formed when two continental convergent plates collide and the crust crumbles.
  3. Plastic-like layer below the lithosphere. Convection currents here cause the tectonic plates to move.
  4. type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  5. A crack in the Earth's crust where rocks slide past one another
  6. type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  7. Supercontinent

14 Clues: Supercontinent • forms above and near subduction zones. • elevations along a contour line are ___. • valley Caused by divergent continental plates • type of plate boundary where two plates collide • Caused when two transform plates slide past each other • type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-11-01

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

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

Hazards 2023-03-17

Hazards crossword puzzle
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  1. boundary of two plates moving past each other
  2. force created as plates move alongside each other
  3. the thicker, lighter type of plate
  4. cause of tectonic plate movement
  5. collision of an oceanic and continental plate
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  1. earthquake zone in california
  2. point at which two tectonic plates meet
  3. plate boundary of two plates moving apart
  4. point on the earths surface that an earthquake begins
  5. scale used to measure earthquakes
  6. volcano found at a destructive boundary
  7. volcano created at a constructive boundary
  8. large wave caused by an underwater earthquake
  9. the original one continent
  10. violent shaking of the ground

15 Clues: the original one continent • earthquake zone in california • violent shaking of the ground • cause of tectonic plate movement • scale used to measure earthquakes • the thicker, lighter type of plate • point at which two tectonic plates meet • volcano found at a destructive boundary • plate boundary of two plates moving apart • volcano created at a constructive boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Process where pieces of earth's crust fall off in a transform boundary
  2. Another word used to describe stress in a divergent plate boundary
  3. This landform is created when two continental plates move towards each other
  4. This zone is where one plate slides under another
  5. This plate boundary is where 2 plates move away from each other
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  1. The theory that explains how the mantle moves the crust
  2. A plate boundary in which 2 plates move towards each other
  3. Another word used to describe pushing 2 plates together
  4. This landform is often created at a subduction zone
  5. This plate boundary often produces earthquakes
  6. This tectonic plate is where all landforms and we live
  7. This forms from a divergent plate boundary between two continental plates

12 Clues: This plate boundary often produces earthquakes • This zone is where one plate slides under another • This landform is often created at a subduction zone • This tectonic plate is where all landforms and we live • The theory that explains how the mantle moves the crust • Another word used to describe pushing 2 plates together • ...

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle 2023-10-18

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is the Hard solid/Soft solid rock underneath a plate boundary.
  2. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
  3. This plate boundary happens when One plate sinks under the other.
  4. An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
  5. The place where two plates meet.
  6. Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
  7. A sudden shake on earths surface.
  8. Earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation outer and water layer.
  9. The sudden pushing out of something. Such as lava from a volcano.
Down
  1. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
  2. Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) which gas and lava are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
  3. Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth.
  4. The outside or top layer of something.
  5. One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earths outer layer.
  6. Any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
  7. This Plate boundary happens when rock gets added on the edges of two plate.
  8. Something we observe to be similar over and over again.

17 Clues: The place where two plates meet. • A sudden shake on earths surface. • The outside or top layer of something. • Hot liquid rock on the surface of earth. • Something we observe to be similar over and over again. • A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like. • An under water mountain range formed when two plates move apart. • ...

Chapter 7 Vocabulary 2021-10-13

Chapter 7 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. is the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate.
  2. is the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density.
  3. plate boundaries form where two plate collide.
  4. plate boundary forms where two plates separate
  5. drift suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth.
  6. is the cold and rigid outermost rock layer.
  7. reversal occurs in the magnetic field reverses directions.
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  1. plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other.
  2. polarity a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south.
  3. ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans.
  4. continents were once part of a super continent.
  5. polarity is a state in which magnetized objects, such a compass needles, will orient themselves to point north.
  6. tectonics is Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other.
  7. spreading is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.

14 Clues: is the cold and rigid outermost rock layer. • plate boundaries form where two plate collide. • plate boundary forms where two plates separate • continents were once part of a super continent. • is the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate. • ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans. • reversal occurs in the magnetic field reverses directions. • ...

Plate Tectonics Puzzle 2023-11-14

Plate Tectonics Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Plate in water
  2. The innermost layer of the earth
  3. The thinnest layer of the earth
  4. The only liquid layer of the earth
  5. The process of magma from the mantle rising up and becoming ocean crust (No spaces!)
  6. Plate on land
  7. Last name of the person who first brought up the continental drift theory
  8. The type of plate boundary where the plates move apart
  9. Pieces of the earth, seperated by cracks
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  1. The theory in which the plates of the earth are slowly moving apart (No spaces!)
  2. The thickest layer of the earth
  3. The type of plate boundary where the plates move past each other
  4. A deep underwater canyon in which the oceanic crust bends downward into (No spaces!)
  5. A break in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  6. The type of plate boundary where the plates move toward each other
  7. What forms when plates diverge on land (No spaces!)
  8. The process of dense ocean crust falling under continental crust and into the mantle
  9. A crack in the oceanic crust that new oceanic crust comes out of (No spaces!)
  10. The ____ of the earth
  11. First name of the person who first brought up the continental drift theory

20 Clues: Plate on land • Plate in water • The ____ of the earth • The thickest layer of the earth • The thinnest layer of the earth • The innermost layer of the earth • The only liquid layer of the earth • Pieces of the earth, seperated by cracks • What forms when plates diverge on land (No spaces!) • The type of plate boundary where the plates move apart • ...

The Theory of Plate Tectonics 2023-11-21

The Theory of Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A piece of giant rock on the crust
  2. Sea Floor _________________
  3. Violent shaking of the Earth's crust
  4. When one plate moves under another
  5. Outer most layer of the Earth
  6. The idea that continents moved apart from Pangaea
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  1. Person who came up with the idea of plate tectonics
  2. _________________ Currents
  3. The plate that Brazil sits on
  4. The plate that Ireland sits on
  5. Major oceanic plate in the middle of the Ring of Fire

11 Clues: _________________ Currents • Sea Floor _________________ • The plate that Brazil sits on • Outer most layer of the Earth • The plate that Ireland sits on • A piece of giant rock on the crust • When one plate moves under another • Violent shaking of the Earth's crust • The idea that continents moved apart from Pangaea • Person who came up with the idea of plate tectonics • ...

Forces of Change 2022-10-26

Forces of Change crossword puzzle
Across
  1. core, The layer of the Earth which is liquid and thought to generate Earth’s magnetic field
  2. drift, The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart
  3. Scale, The common scale of earthquake measurement that describes the magnitude of an earthquake according to the amount of energy released, as recorded by seismographs
  4. weathering, Involves rock being broken into smaller pieces
  5. The layer of the Earth which is the middle section of the mantle that is a tar-like semi-liquid layer
  6. the rigid lower part of the mantle
  7. A scientist that studies the surface of the Earth and what it is made of
  8. plate boundary, The type of plate boundary in which plates remain side by side and slide past each other
  9. waves, Scientists use these to determine what the Earth’s interior looks like
  10. plate boundary, The type of plate boundary formed when plates collide
  11. Magnitude Scale, The favored method of measuring or an earthquake and produces a more accurate accounting of the total energy released by an earthquake
  12. plate boundary, The type of plate boundary in which plates move away from each other
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  1. Wegener, Developed the theory of continental drift after he noticed how Earth’s continents resembled pieces of a jigsaw puzzle
  2. waves, These seismic waves are the slowest and most damaging seismic waves
  3. arc, This is the result when two oceanic plates collide and form a curved line of islands
  4. weathering, When rock composition does change, as elements (e.g. acid rain) are either added or removed
  5. This is how an earthquakes strength is measured by the amount of energy it releases
  6. The layer of the Earth which includes the crust and mantle and is made up of rigid rock plates that “float” on the layers below it
  7. An instrument which measures and records the seismic waves which travel through the Earth during an earthquake
  8. waves, These are fast moving seismic waves
  9. The transporting of weathered material
  10. This is formed when an oceanic plate and a continental plate slide towards each other, the oceanic plate sinks below the continental plate
  11. This is the point at which an earthquake begins
  12. spreading, The process by which new seafloor is created by magma, from the asthenosphere, filling empty space when oceanic plates separate
  13. There are ___________ major landmasses
  14. The breaking down of rocks by water, ice, mild acids, plants, and temperature changes
  15. zone, The process that occurs when two tectonic plates meet at convergent boundaries, and one of the plates moves under the other one
  16. waves, These seismic waves arrive after primary waves, because they only travel through solid material
  17. core, The layer of the Earth which is solid, made of nickel and iron, and its dense center is under pressure
  18. This is the point on Earth’s surface above the focus

30 Clues: the rigid lower part of the mantle • The transporting of weathered material • There are ___________ major landmasses • waves, These are fast moving seismic waves • This is the point at which an earthquake begins • This is the point on Earth’s surface above the focus • weathering, Involves rock being broken into smaller pieces • ...

VOCABULARY UNIT 2 2021-11-21

VOCABULARY UNIT 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. comb
  2. lamp
  3. spoon
  4. fork
  5. mirror
  6. plate
  7. toothbrush
Down
  1. blanket
  2. bowl
  3. pillow
  4. scissors
  5. hairbrush
  6. knife
  7. cup

14 Clues: cup • comb • bowl • lamp • fork • spoon • knife • plate • pillow • mirror • blanket • scissors • hairbrush • toothbrush

Year 1 Spelling Crossword 2024-03-19

Year 1 Spelling Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Dent
  2. Brush
  3. Make
  4. Spells
  5. Speak
  6. Yells
Down
  1. Wells
  2. Bottom
  3. Tell
  4. Bells
  5. Plate
  6. Sixty
  7. Ready
  8. Plus

14 Clues: Dent • Tell • Make • Plus • Wells • Brush • Bells • Plate • Sixty • Ready • Speak • Yells • Bottom • Spells

Plate Tectonics 2020-03-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate boundary that scrapes past each other
  2. Deep points in the ocean where plates push down
  3. Piece of land poking above the ocean
  4. Plate boundary that pulls apart
  5. Shaking of the ground that occurs when plates move
  6. Light crust that makes up land masses
  7. Uppermost layer of Earth
Down
  1. System of broken crust pieces moving
  2. Magma from melted plates produces volcanoes
  3. Layer that includes the crust and very upper mantle
  4. Layer upon which plates move
  5. Process of a plate being pushed under another and melting
  6. Plate boundary that pushes together
  7. Molten rock from melting plates
  8. The layer below the crust
  9. Dense crust under the ocean

16 Clues: Uppermost layer of Earth • The layer below the crust • Dense crust under the ocean • Layer upon which plates move • Molten rock from melting plates • Plate boundary that pulls apart • Plate boundary that pushes together • System of broken crust pieces moving • Piece of land poking above the ocean • Light crust that makes up land masses • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate boundary that scrapes past each other
  2. Magma from melted plates produces these
  3. The layer below the crust
  4. Piece of land poking above the ocean
  5. Shaking of the ground that occurs when plates move
  6. plate boundary that pulls apart
  7. Uppermost layer of the Earth
  8. Dense crust under the ocean
  9. Deep points in the ocean where plates push down
Down
  1. layer upon which plates move
  2. Molten rock from melting plates
  3. System of broken crust pieces moving
  4. Layer that includes the crust and very upper mantle
  5. Lite crust that makes up land masses
  6. process of a plate being pushed under another and melting
  7. Plate boundary that pushes together

16 Clues: The layer below the crust • Dense crust under the ocean • layer upon which plates move • Uppermost layer of the Earth • Molten rock from melting plates • plate boundary that pulls apart • Plate boundary that pushes together • System of broken crust pieces moving • Lite crust that makes up land masses • Piece of land poking above the ocean • ...

Tectonic plates and the geosphere 2024-01-09

Tectonic plates and the geosphere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gooey melted rock that is under the lithosphere
  2. heat transfer in the asthenosphere through the movement of either liquid or gas.
  3. an opening in which material removal forms a narrow opening in the ground.
  4. Boundaries the border between two plates
  5. consequences of plate movement
  6. a line that is a volcano (a crack in the earth that lava comes out of.
  7. a mountain that lava spews out of.
  8. 2 plate boundaries moving side to side and scraping against each other
  9. innermost layer of the earth
  10. plates that move towards each other
Down
  1. a particular hot spot that liquifies the lithosphere and makes a volcano
  2. a break in the earth's crust and where 2 plates meet
  3. plates that move away from each other
  4. The solid top most layer of earth. It includes the crust and the upper mantle. it is the ______ sphere
  5. a continental and oceanic plate collide and the oceanic plate goes under the other
  6. solid outermost layer of the earth. the crust is subdivided into the continental crust (dry land) and the oceanic crust (the wet crust)
  7. 2 plates smooshing together
  8. tectonic plates shaking
  9. mantle the thin uppermost part of the mantle. It is solid.
  10. liquid metal and rock (iron and nickel)

20 Clues: tectonic plates shaking • 2 plates smooshing together • innermost layer of the earth • consequences of plate movement • a mountain that lava spews out of. • plates that move towards each other • plates that move away from each other • liquid metal and rock (iron and nickel) • Boundaries the border between two plates • gooey melted rock that is under the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectontics / Faults Crossword Puzzle by Mollie Garris 2024-09-28

Plate Tectontics / Faults Crossword Puzzle by Mollie Garris crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Secondary waves cannot move through _______________.
  2. A theory stating that the earth's surface is _______ into plates that move.
  3. _________ _________occurs when rocks push together until they force a section of rock upward.
  4. Scientist believe that the Earth is made up of _______ that float on the partly melted rock of Earth's mantle.
  5. The ________ where two tectonic plates are in contact is a plate boundary.
  6. Reverse plate boundaries push __________ forcing rock upward.
  7. _______ _________occurs when rocks move apart, a section of rock may fall between the separating rocks.
  8. Faults are __________ in the earth's surface along which rock can move.
  9. Breaks in the earth's surface along which _______ can move.
  10. Primary waves can move through both __________ and liquids.
Down
  1. _________ ____________move quickly.
  2. A _________________ is used to detect, time, and measure the movements of the earth.
  3. another name for a reverse fault.
  4. Strike-slip plate boundaries move ________ past each other.
  5. Primary waves travel in a _________ path.
  6. Large pieces that float on the partly melted rock in the earth's mantle.
  7. ________ _ _______ ________ occurs as rocks move horizontally past each other.
  8. ___________ wave moves slowly.
  9. Normal plate boundaries move apart forming a ________.
  10. The crust and the top part of the mantle are broken into giant pieces of rock called __________ __________.
  11. Secondary waves travel in a up and ________ zigzag motion.

21 Clues: ___________ wave moves slowly. • another name for a reverse fault. • _________ ____________move quickly. • Primary waves travel in a _________ path. • Secondary waves cannot move through _______________. • Normal plate boundaries move apart forming a ________. • Secondary waves travel in a up and ________ zigzag motion. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-02

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

20 Clues: Colliding plates. • Spreading 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 chemical composition of the mantle. • The bottom chemical layer of the Earth. • The middle chemical layer of the Earth. • Responsible for the theory Continental Drift. • ...

Geology - Plate Tectonics 2023-06-06

Geology - Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Height above a given level, especially sea level.
  2. Layer of earth between the crust and the core.
  3. How deep or far down into the Earth an earthquake is occuring.
  4. Molten rock within Earth
  5. Plate boundary where plates crash together.
  6. The point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake occurred.
  7. Height above a given level, especially sea level.
  8. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction.
  9. Height above a given level, especially sea level.
  10. Two things or events happening together or at the same time, but not causing one another.
  11. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  12. The process where earth materials are worn away & moved by forces such as wind or water.
Down
  1. Plate boundary where plates rip apart.
  2. Plate boundary where one plate slides past another.
  3. The outermost layer of the earth
  4. These rocks started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous, sedimentary, or earlier metamorphic form.
  5. These rocks form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.
  6. The size of something.
  7. Innermost layer of the earth.
  8. A type of rock formed when layers of sediment are compressed by heavy layers of sediment above.
  9. The reason something has occurred or is occurring.
  10. Sections of bedrock in between the fault lines of cracks from earthquakes.

22 Clues: The size of something. • Molten rock within Earth • Innermost layer of the earth. • The outermost layer of the earth • Plate boundary where plates rip apart. • Plate boundary where plates crash together. • Layer of earth between the crust and the core. • Height above a given level, especially sea level. • Height above a given level, especially sea level. • ...

Hibok-Hibok crossword 2025-02-14

Hibok-Hibok crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rock formed form cooled molten magma or lava.
  2. A landform that erupts built-up magma.
  3. A dense, destructive mass of very hot ash, lava fragments, and gases ejected explosively.
  4. The Earth's crust that is found under the oceans.
  5. A spot in the asthenosphere that is very hot.
  6. A mountain that is formed from a continental-oceanic convergent plate boundary.
  7. Melted rock below ground.
  8. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is flow convection currents.
  9. A sudden shaking of the ground, as a result of movements within the earth's crust.
Down
  1. An island with a volcano origan.
  2. A plate boundary where the plates are crashing into each other.
  3. The downward movement of a tectonic plate into the mantle.
  4. A place in the lithosphere where two tectonic plates meet.
  5. The Earth's crust that makes up the planet's continents.
  6. The Pacific plate is the tectonic plate that covers most of the Pacific Ocean and is moving northwest.
  7. Mixtures of water, volcanic ash, tephra, rock fragments, and chunks of ice that can flow.
  8. The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
  9. A path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.
  10. The hard rocky layer of the earth's crust.
  11. Melted rock above ground.

20 Clues: Melted rock below ground. • Melted rock above ground. • An island with a volcano origan. • A landform that erupts built-up magma. • The hard rocky layer of the earth's crust. • Rock formed form cooled molten magma or lava. • A spot in the asthenosphere that is very hot. • The Earth's crust that is found under the oceans. • ...

Forces of Change 2022-10-26

Forces of Change crossword puzzle
Across
  1. core, The layer of the Earth which is liquid and thought to generate Earth’s magnetic field
  2. drift, The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart
  3. Scale, The common scale of earthquake measurement that describes the magnitude of an earthquake according to the amount of energy released, as recorded by seismographs
  4. weathering, Involves rock being broken into smaller pieces
  5. The layer of the Earth which is the middle section of the mantle that is a tar-like semi-liquid layer
  6. the rigid lower part of the mantle
  7. A scientist that studies the surface of the Earth and what it is made of
  8. plate boundary, The type of plate boundary in which plates remain side by side and slide past each other
  9. waves, Scientists use these to determine what the Earth’s interior looks like
  10. plate boundary, The type of plate boundary formed when plates collide
  11. Magnitude Scale, The favored method of measuring or an earthquake and produces a more accurate accounting of the total energy released by an earthquake
  12. plate boundary, The type of plate boundary in which plates move away from each other
Down
  1. Wegener, Developed the theory of continental drift after he noticed how Earth’s continents resembled pieces of a jigsaw puzzle
  2. waves, These seismic waves are the slowest and most damaging seismic waves
  3. arc, This is the result when two oceanic plates collide and form a curved line of islands
  4. weathering, When rock composition does change, as elements (e.g. acid rain) are either added or removed
  5. This is how an earthquakes strength is measured by the amount of energy it releases
  6. The layer of the Earth which includes the crust and mantle and is made up of rigid rock plates that “float” on the layers below it
  7. An instrument which measures and records the seismic waves which travel through the Earth during an earthquake
  8. waves, These are fast moving seismic waves
  9. The transporting of weathered material
  10. This is formed when an oceanic plate and a continental plate slide towards each other, the oceanic plate sinks below the continental plate
  11. This is the point at which an earthquake begins
  12. spreading, The process by which new seafloor is created by magma, from the asthenosphere, filling empty space when oceanic plates separate
  13. There are ___________ major landmasses
  14. The breaking down of rocks by water, ice, mild acids, plants, and temperature changes
  15. zone, The process that occurs when two tectonic plates meet at convergent boundaries, and one of the plates moves under the other one
  16. waves, These seismic waves arrive after primary waves, because they only travel through solid material
  17. core, The layer of the Earth which is solid, made of nickel and iron, and its dense center is under pressure
  18. This is the point on Earth’s surface above the focus

30 Clues: the rigid lower part of the mantle • The transporting of weathered material • There are ___________ major landmasses • waves, These are fast moving seismic waves • This is the point at which an earthquake begins • This is the point on Earth’s surface above the focus • weathering, Involves rock being broken into smaller pieces • ...

Food, drinks and containers 2023-04-04

Food, drinks and containers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bowl
  2. glass
  3. cup
  4. bottle
  5. salad
  6. bag
  7. tea
  8. noodles
  9. milkshake
Down
  1. bag
  2. lemonade
  3. cereal
  4. plate
  5. sandwich
  6. crisps

15 Clues: bag • cup • bag • tea • bowl • glass • plate • salad • cereal • bottle • crisps • noodles • lemonade • sandwich • milkshake

Tectonic Plates 2021-04-20

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. piece of land poking above the ocean
  2. layer upon which tectonic plates move
  3. the layer below the crust
  4. shaking of the ground that occurs when plates move
  5. magma from melted plates produces these
  6. plate boundary that pushes together
Down
  1. plate boundary that scrapes past each other
  2. uppermost layer of earth
  3. layer that includes the crust and very upper mantle
  4. plate boundary that pulls apart
  5. deep points in the ocean where plates push down
  6. light crust that makes up land masses
  7. system of broken crust pieces moving
  8. process of a plate being pushed under another and melting
  9. molten rock from melting plates
  10. dense crust under the ocean

16 Clues: uppermost layer of earth • the layer below the crust • dense crust under the ocean • plate boundary that pulls apart • molten rock from melting plates • plate boundary that pushes together • piece of land poking above the ocean • system of broken crust pieces moving • light crust that makes up land masses • layer upon which tectonic plates move • ...

Earth's Interior 2017-04-07

Earth's Interior crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere
  2. layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface
  3. hot solid material between earth's crust and core
  4. pieces of earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
  5. a layer of molten iron and nickel
  6. trace of an ancient organism
  7. plate boundary where two plates move from each other
  8. transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another
Down
  1. wave of energy that travels
  2. plate boundary where two plates move to each other
  3. transfer of heat by movement
  4. rigid layer
  5. dense sphere of solid iron and nickel
  6. plate boundary where two plates move past each other
  7. the continents slowly move across earth's surface
  8. single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
  9. soft layer
  10. break in earth's crust

18 Clues: soft layer • rigid layer • break in earth's crust • wave of energy that travels • transfer of heat by movement • trace of an ancient organism • a layer of molten iron and nickel • dense sphere of solid iron and nickel • layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface • hot solid material between earth's crust and core • the continents slowly move across earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is one of the largest mountain ranges in the world and lies on a divergent plate boundary. It is formed when the gap left by the operating tectonic plate boundary is filled with molten material, causing a ridge to form.
  2. The name of the supercontinent that was created when bits of the continents merged millions of years ago.
  3. Geologists found similar plant and animal _______ on different continents. This shows that once the continents were together in a supercontinent.
  4. ___________ crust is the crust that forms on land.
  5. The layer of the earth that the crust lays on top of.
  6. _______ crust is the crust that forms in the ocean.
  7. It has been found that ________ ______ on different continents have the same rock types, rock layers, and rock ages and that they seem to connect, supporting the theory of continental drift.
  8. A giant deep ocean trench in the Pacific Ocean that lies at a convergent plate boundary and was formed through subduction
  9. This is the name of the plate boundary that forms when two tectonic plates crash into each other head on.
Down
  1. These things deposited coal and limestone and made scratches in the rock on different continents that when matched up revealed that the continents were once joined together into a supercontinent.
  2. __________ happens when a denser tectonic plate is shoved underneath a less dense tectonic plate and the denser plate melts in the mantle.
  3. _____ is what it is called when waves of sound are bounced off of an object to record the distance and shape of the object.
  4. This plate boundary forms when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  5. This plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates rub and scrape against each other horizontally.
  6. When molten material fills the gap left behind by ocean trenches it causes the seafloor to get bigger. This is called ___ _____ _________.
  7. The person who invented the theory of continental drift and Pangaea (Last name).
  8. The broken up bits of the earth's crust that slowly move, collide, scrape together, and pull apart.

17 Clues: ___________ crust is the crust that forms on land. • _______ crust is the crust that forms in the ocean. • The layer of the earth that the crust lays on top of. • This plate boundary forms when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • The person who invented the theory of continental drift and Pangaea (Last name). • ...

science project 2021-12-16

science project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer on the mantle that the lithosphere floats on
  2. a split in the lithosphere
  3. a plate boundary where two plates spread apart
  4. the landmass that broke apart 25 million years ago
  5. the cycle that drive sea floor spreading
  6. a deep canyon in the ocean floor
  7. the larger of the core layers
  8. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion
  9. the innermost layer of the Earth
  10. a plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  11. the largest layer of the Earth
Down
  1. Alfred Wegener's theory that continents drifted apart
  2. sea floor spreading apart along ridges
  3. a large ridge in the ocean that seafloor spreads from
  4. the thinnest layer of the Earth
  5. the german scientist who developed the theory of plate tectonics
  6. the brittle layer including the upper mantle and crust
  7. a convergent boundary where one plate slides under the other
  8. a boundary where two plates push together
  9. a deep valley on a divergent boundary

20 Clues: a split in the lithosphere • the larger of the core layers • the largest layer of the Earth • the thinnest layer of the Earth • a deep canyon in the ocean floor • the innermost layer of the Earth • a deep valley on a divergent boundary • sea floor spreading apart along ridges • the cycle that drive sea floor spreading • a boundary where two plates push together • ...

science project 2021-12-16

science project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer on the mantle that the lithosphere floats on
  2. a split in the lithosphere
  3. a plate boundary where two plates spread apart
  4. the landmass that broke apart 25 million years ago
  5. the cycle that drive sea floor spreading
  6. a deep canyon in the ocean floor
  7. the larger of the core layers
  8. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion
  9. the innermost layer of the Earth
  10. a plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  11. the largest layer of the Earth
Down
  1. Alfred Wegener's theory that continents drifted apart
  2. sea floor spreading apart along ridges
  3. a large ridge in the ocean that seafloor spreads from
  4. the thinnest layer of the Earth
  5. the german scientist who developed the theory of plate tectonics
  6. the brittle layer including the upper mantle and crust
  7. a convergent boundary where one plate slides under the other
  8. a boundary where two plates push together
  9. a deep valley on a divergent boundary

20 Clues: a split in the lithosphere • the larger of the core layers • the largest layer of the Earth • the thinnest layer of the Earth • a deep canyon in the ocean floor • the innermost layer of the Earth • a deep valley on a divergent boundary • sea floor spreading apart along ridges • the cycle that drive sea floor spreading • a boundary where two plates push together • ...

The Science Brain Game 2014-11-14

The Science Brain Game crossword puzzle
Across
  1. solid,rigid part of the earth's crust and the upper mantle
  2. a small extremely hot region within the mantle
  3. large underground pools of molten magma
  4. slow moving currents of magma within the mantle
  5. the thickest layer of the earth
  6. proposed the theory of continental drift
  7. no longer active or erupting, but capable of erupting one day
  8. where two plates slide past one another
  9. where oceanic plates converge and the older, more dense plate is subducted
  10. fractures that form where the crust is stretched apart
  11. waves that earthquakes produce
  12. valley that forms where continental crust is stretched and becomes thin
  13. name of a large landmass
Down
  1. where two plates move away from each other
  2. pliable, dense, upper part of the mantle
  3. layer of earth that is a solid and has extreme pressure
  4. where two plates collide
  5. the process of an older oceanic plate being pulled under another plate
  6. underwater mountain range produced by a divergent plate boundary
  7. proposed the theory of seafloor spreading

20 Clues: where two plates collide • name of a large landmass • waves that earthquakes produce • the thickest layer of the earth • large underground pools of molten magma • where two plates slide past one another • pliable, dense, upper part of the mantle • proposed the theory of continental drift • proposed the theory of seafloor spreading • where two plates move away from each other • ...

Year 8 Geography Test Revision 2015-09-01

Year 8 Geography Test Revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move apart
  2. The movement of people from rural to urban areas
  3. A mixture of hot gas and rocks ___ flow
  4. The 'D' in CBD
  5. A city with more than 10 million people
  6. The type of migration that student visas fall under
  7. A mountain which forms when two plates converge together
  8. A main contributor of Urban Sprawl
  9. Type of landscape where Inselbergs and Oasis' are found
Down
  1. The area of a city where Shopping Centres area
  2. The plate Australia sits on
  3. A formation that hangs from the ceiling of a cave
  4. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  5. The type of migration that Humanitarian visas fall under
  6. The area of a city where people live
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move together
  8. The outer layer of the Earth
  9. A type of landscape where Beaches and Stacks are found
  10. The continent with the most megacities
  11. The scale which earthquakes are measured on

20 Clues: The 'D' in CBD • The plate Australia sits on • The outer layer of the Earth • A main contributor of Urban Sprawl • The area of a city where people live • The continent with the most megacities • A mixture of hot gas and rocks ___ flow • A city with more than 10 million people • The scale which earthquakes are measured on • A plate boundary where two plates move apart • ...

Aydan 2023-10-28

Aydan crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Bucket
  2. Spherical Water pot
  3. Large vessel for cooking
  4. Leaf plate
  5. Ladle
  6. Sieve
  7. A wooden seat
  8. Rolling pin
  9. Grater
  10. Earthen pot
  11. Pan
  12. Rice serving spoon
  13. Pan with little dip
  14. Box
  15. Big plate/Round tray
  16. Bottle
  17. Dinner plate
  18. Earthern vessel
  19. Mud Stove
  20. Tongs
  21. Used for urine at night in olden days
  22. Spoon
  23. Large Water pot with small mouth
  24. Utensil used for boiling milk
Down
  1. Lid with handle to cover pan
  2. Tin
  3. King size utensil for steaming
  4. Rolling stone
  5. Tumbler
  6. Porcelain Jar
  7. Sickle
  8. Copper vessel to store grains
  9. Flat surface used for rolling chapattis
  10. Basket
  11. A plate used to cover pots
  12. Vegetable cutter
  13. Metal spatula
  14. Pot for cooking rice
  15. Scissors
  16. Knife
  17. Small vessel
  18. Container
  19. Earthen vessel
  20. Water storing vessel
  21. Vessel
  22. Grinding stone
  23. Bowl
  24. Small cup
  25. Churning stick
  26. Lid

50 Clues: Tin • Pan • Box • Lid • Bowl • Ladle • Sieve • Knife • Tongs • Spoon • Bucket • Sickle • Basket • Grater • Bottle • Vessel • Tumbler • Scissors • Container • Small cup • Mud Stove • Leaf plate • Rolling pin • Earthen pot • Small vessel • Dinner plate • Rolling stone • Porcelain Jar • A wooden seat • Metal spatula • Earthen vessel • Grinding stone • Churning stick • Earthern vessel • Vegetable cutter • Rice serving spoon • Spherical Water pot • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-12-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A vent in the Earths surface
  2. The area where one plate is being pulled under another
  3. a vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  4. layer between the crust and the core
  5. A break in the Earths crust resulting from dipslacement
  6. horizontal plate boundary
  7. Solid dense layer of the Earth
  8. outermost,rigid layer of Earth
  9. Outermost layer of the Earth
  10. an instrument for measuring movement
Down
  1. the gradual movement of very large land masses
  2. Molten rock, gases, and solid crystals
  3. Liquid layer of Earth
  4. A dropped zone where plates are pulling apart
  5. Spreading Goelogical process in which the Lithosphere splits apart
  6. relating to or associated with heat
  7. Soft layer of mantle
  8. a crack in Earths crust
  9. Plates moving apart
  10. Moving towards each other

20 Clues: Plates moving apart • Soft layer of mantle • Liquid layer of Earth • a crack in Earths crust • horizontal plate boundary • Moving towards each other • A vent in the Earths surface • Outermost layer of the Earth • Solid dense layer of the Earth • outermost,rigid layer of Earth • relating to or associated with heat • layer between the crust and the core • ...

plate tectonics 2021-06-17

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form.
  2. volcano is currently active
  3. a mudflow formed of water and volcanic ash
  4. current in a fluid that results from convection
  5. intensely hot area in the mantle below Earth's crust
  6. the third layer of the Earth
  7. lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
  8. mountain that has a crater or vent through which lava comes out
  9. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  10. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
  11. breakdown of rock by the action of bacteria, plants and animals.
  12. he mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
  13. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  14. started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous
  15. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
Down
  1. large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
  2. types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral
  3. upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  4. two plates slide past one another
  5. plate ________ theory
  6. volcanoes that wont erupt again
  7. solid material found in the centre of some planets
  8. volcanoes that have not erupted in a long time but are expected to erupt again
  9. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  10. sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust
  11. ground shaking caused by the energy that is released when rock on either side of a fault suddenly moves.
  12. formed from the solidification of molten rock material

27 Clues: plate ________ theory • volcano is currently active • the third layer of the Earth • volcanoes that wont erupt again • two plates slide past one another • he mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior • a mudflow formed of water and volcanic ash • two tectonic plates move away from each other • current in a fluid that results from convection • ...

plate tectonic 2021-06-17

plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sideways or downward movement of tectonic plates
  2. rigid, outermost shell of a terrestrial-type planet
  3. a person who studies the properties of the earth
  4. A microscopic single-celled plan
  5. An instrument that detects Earth motions.
  6. a common type of carbonate sedimentary rock
  7. a natural science about the earth
  8. A vertical section of water from the surface to the bottom of a body of water.
  9. A measure of the strength of an earthquake.
  10. sample of sediment
  11. period during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land
  12. An extremely fine-grained sedimentary rock
  13. seven massive plates
  14. fine-grained extrusive igneous rock
  15. Said of sediments disturbed by organisms.
  16. scientist that formulates the theory of tectonic plates
Down
  1. outer layer of the earth
  2. coarse-grained igneous rock
  3. device that measures the speed and direction of ocean currents.
  4. An apparatus used to take sections of sediment from the seafloor
  5. liquid layer of the earth
  6. solidified lava
  7. mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
  8. hot liquid
  9. Aquatic animals, mostly microscopic, that have a planktonic lifestyle.
  10. the system to measure the strength of an earthquake
  11. A gravitational sea wave
  12. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  13. process in which plants make organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water using the energy of sunlight
  14. The horizontal or vertical flow of water
  15. solid layer of the earth

31 Clues: hot liquid • solidified lava • sample of sediment • seven massive plates • outer layer of the earth • A gravitational sea wave • solid layer of the earth • liquid layer of the earth • coarse-grained igneous rock • A microscopic single-celled plan • a natural science about the earth • fine-grained extrusive igneous rock • mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-06-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. molten rock under the surface
  2. the top layer of rocks on the Earth, the crust and the uppermost mantle
  3. a boundary between tectonic plates or a weak spot on a plate, where earthquakes occur and the relative position of the ground changes
  4. All of the living things on Earth
  5. rock formed from layers of dirt, silt or sand
  6. rock rock that has been changed without completely melting by high temperature and pressure
  7. type of fault where the plates move towards each other
  8. type of rock formed from cooled molten rock
  9. exact point where an earthquake originated (under the ground)
  10. the middle layer of molten hot rock of the Earth
Down
  1. type of fault where the ground separates
  2. the solid layer on the outside of the Earth
  3. All the rocks and minerals, molten and solid, making up the Earth
  4. All of the gases surrounding the Earth
  5. type of fault where two plates moves along each other in opposite directions
  6. tectonics study of the movement of the Earth’s crust as a series of large slabs moving in different directions
  7. molten rock that has erupted onto the surface
  8. one plate moves under another
  9. point on the ground where an earthquake originated
  10. the movement of magma into other layers of rock
  11. centre of the Earth, extremely hot and dense with high iron content
  12. the bending of rock into anticlines and synclines as the rock gets compressed

22 Clues: molten rock under the surface • one plate moves under another • All of the living things on Earth • All of the gases surrounding the Earth • type of fault where the ground separates • the solid layer on the outside of the Earth • type of rock formed from cooled molten rock • molten rock that has erupted onto the surface • rock formed from layers of dirt, silt or sand • ...