plate Crossword Puzzles

plate tectonics 2023-11-21

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of fault in which rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up or down motion
  2. the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in tempature,that transforms heat from one part of the fluid to another
  3. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions,in a sideways movement
  5. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced;a divergent boundary under the sea
  6. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean-trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  7. the theory that pieces of earths lithosphere are in constant motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  8. a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
  9. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
Down
  1. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  2. a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward; caused by compression in the crust
  3. a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of earth
  4. the layer of hot, solid material between earths crust and core
  5. a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of earth
  6. the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
  7. a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward;caused by tension in the crust
  8. stress that stretches rock so it becomes thinner in the middle
  9. the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across earths surface
  10. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other
  11. stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

20 Clues: stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • a plate boundary where two plates move past each other • a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of earth • the layer of hot, solid material between earths crust and core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A sudden or violent shaking of the ground
  2. Plates that slide past eachother sideways
  3. an opening in Eath's crust that spits out lava
  4. Gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle
  5. The movement of continents from the motion of tectonic plates
  6. A super continent that joined all the continents together at one point in time
  7. The movement of a lquid where the hotter material rises and the cooler material sinks
  8. A string of Islands created by volcanoes
  9. A long valley formed by the sinking of the Earth's crust
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  1. Plates that pull away from eachother
  2. The measurement of the amount of mass in a substance
  3. The transfer of heat by touching between materials
  4. A hot fluid that is from the mantle
  5. Magma at the surface of Earth
  6. The transfer of energy through waves and particles
  7. An area where deep material in the Earth rises and melts into magma
  8. The remains of an acient organism that is preserved into a rock
  9. A break in Earth's crust
  10. Plates that push towards eachother
  11. Two tectonic plates meet at convergent boundaries, and one of the plates moves under the other

20 Clues: A break in Earth's crust • Magma at the surface of Earth • Plates that push towards eachother • A hot fluid that is from the mantle • Plates that pull away from eachother • A string of Islands created by volcanoes • A sudden or violent shaking of the ground • Plates that slide past eachother sideways • an opening in Eath's crust that spits out lava • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A boundary that consists of sliding against each other horizontally
  2. Molten rock (after it reaches surface)
  3. A massive chunk of the earths crust that are moved by convection currents
  4. A cycle of liquids where the cold liquid sinks, reheats, and then rises to cool back down.
  5. Molten rock (below the surface)
  6. A boundary that consists of pulling away from each other
  7. The idea that says that all continents are slowly moving back together
  8. The major circle of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
  9. A mountain that forms when magma reaches the su
  10. A pocket of magma that forms under the surface to later form a volcano
  11. A natural event that occurs when two plates collide
  12. The earth's crust being pushed back into the mantle due to new material forming
  13. A split in the sea floor that forms between two plates. They push out new material constantly and are the reason sea floor spreading occurs
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  1. A supercontinent originally thought of by Alfred Wegener
  2. A boundary that consists of pushing together
  3. A deep part of the ocean that pulls down the old seafloor into the mantle
  4. A valley caused by two tectonic plates diverging
  5. A string of islands formed by convergent boundaries
  6. The movement of liquid in the earth that drives the plates to move
  7. A pattern of magnetic fields in strips of rock
  8. A break in the earth's crust that usually results as a center for seismic activity
  9. The process of the seafloor being replaced by a new layer
  10. A preserved piece of bone or plant encased in rock or clay

23 Clues: Molten rock (below the surface) • Molten rock (after it reaches surface) • A boundary that consists of pushing together • A pattern of magnetic fields in strips of rock • A mountain that forms when magma reaches the su • A valley caused by two tectonic plates diverging • A string of islands formed by convergent boundaries • ...

Plate Techonics 2023-11-20

Plate Techonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  3. The molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gasses, and water from the mantle.
  4. The hypotheies that the continents slowly move arcoss Eaths surface.
  5. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  6. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the astenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  7. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deepocean trench and back intp the mantle at a conveergent plate boundary.
  8. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  10. The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.
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  1. An undersea mountain chain where new oean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under th ocean.
  2. A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
  3. The prreserved remains or traces of an organism that lives in the past.
  4. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  6. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface.
  7. A string of volcanoes that form as the result of subduction of one oceanic plate beneath a second oceanic plate.
  8. A break in Eaths crust along which rocks move.
  9. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
  10. An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it.
  11. The measurement of how much mass of a substance is containce in a given volume.
  12. The theory that pieces of Earths lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  13. The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 millon years ago and gave rise to today's continents.
  14. Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.

24 Clues: A break in Eaths crust along which rocks move. • The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves. • Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks. • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean. • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • ...

Plate Motion 2023-11-10

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2023-11-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back to the mantle
  2. A central point where earthquakes start
  3. The record of earthquakes seismic waves
  4. A decrease in volume of any object resulting from applied stress
  5. A force that changes shape or volume on rock
  6. Breaks in earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  7. Heat transfer between materials that are touching
  8. Hot molten rock which was from a erupted volcano
  9. A force that pulls on rock and thins rock
  10. A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
  11. An instrument that records and measures seismic waves of an earthquake
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  1. A mountain that forms in Earth's crust when molten material, or magma reach the surface
  2. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  3. Broken into pieces separated by cracks
  4. The point on the earth's surface above the focus
  5. A sudden violent shaking which destroys earth
  6. A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  7. Change of shape without change of volume
  8. A large area of elevated land above sea level
  9. The measure of how much mass there is in a volume of substance

20 Clues: Broken into pieces separated by cracks • A central point where earthquakes start • The record of earthquakes seismic waves • Change of shape without change of volume • A force that pulls on rock and thins rock • A force that changes shape or volume on rock • A sudden violent shaking which destroys earth • A large area of elevated land above sea level • ...

Plate Teutonic 2023-11-15

Plate Teutonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
  2. a measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance
  3. the shaking and trembling that results from movement in rock below earths surface
  4. A transfer of heat is occurring in Earth's mantle. Which of the following would best describe this process?
  5. japan and New Zealand are examples of strings of volcanic islands know as___
  6. seismic waves that move side to side
  7. Tectonic plate movements are generally measured in ___ per year
  8. The transfer of energy that is carried in rays
  9. reaches the surface
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  1. Heat transfer between materials that are touching are called ___
  2. On the ocean floor, rocks are youngest near a
  3. A volcano is a(n) ___ that forms in Earths crust when molten
  4. the area between below earths surface where rock that was under stress begins to break or move
  5. Yellowstone National Park marks the location of a huge ____
  6. the point on the surface directly above the focus
  7. volcanoes form along the mid-ocean ridges where two plates move ___
  8. Earth’s magnetic field results from movement of the material in the
  9. seismic waves that compress and expand ground
  10. waves move more slowly than S and P waves
  11. Old oceanic crust is denser than new oceanic crust because it is

20 Clues: reaches the surface • seismic waves that move side to side • waves move more slowly than S and P waves • On the ocean floor, rocks are youngest near a • seismic waves that compress and expand ground • The transfer of energy that is carried in rays • the point on the surface directly above the focus • Yellowstone National Park marks the location of a huge ____ • ...

Plate Teutonic 2023-11-15

Plate Teutonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
  2. a measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance
  3. the shaking and trembling that results from movement in rock below earths surface
  4. A transfer of heat is occurring in Earth's mantle. Which of the following would best describe this process?
  5. japan and New Zealand are examples of strings of volcanic islands know as___
  6. seismic waves that move side to side
  7. Tectonic plate movements are generally measured in ___ per year
  8. The transfer of energy that is carried in rays
  9. reaches the surface
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  1. Heat transfer between materials that are touching are called ___
  2. On the ocean floor, rocks are youngest near a
  3. A volcano is a(n) ___ that forms in Earths crust when molten
  4. the area between below earths surface where rock that was under stress begins to break or move
  5. Yellowstone National Park marks the location of a huge ____
  6. the point on the surface directly above the focus
  7. volcanoes form along the mid-ocean ridges where two plates move ___
  8. Earth’s magnetic field results from movement of the material in the
  9. seismic waves that compress and expand ground
  10. waves move more slowly than S and P waves
  11. Old oceanic crust is denser than new oceanic crust because it is

20 Clues: reaches the surface • seismic waves that move side to side • waves move more slowly than S and P waves • On the ocean floor, rocks are youngest near a • seismic waves that compress and expand ground • The transfer of energy that is carried in rays • the point on the surface directly above the focus • Yellowstone National Park marks the location of a huge ____ • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What the continents are on
  2. Is under the plates
  3. Where all the plates are
  4. 4th layer of the earth
  5. The continental _____
  6. When one plate goes under another
  7. When two plates converge
  8. Are Made when 2 plates converge
  9. The type of boundary when plates brush past each other
  10. When plates come together (Example: Volcano)
  11. Are found in the crust of the earth
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  1. 2nd layer of the earth
  2. The supercontinentient
  3. When 2 plates hit each other
  4. When 2 plates collide a ____ happens
  5. happens at mid-ocean ridges
  6. 1st layer of the earth
  7. Type of crust (land)
  8. Type of crust (ocean)
  9. The type of boundary when plates go away from each other
  10. Person who studies plates

21 Clues: Is under the plates • Type of crust (land) • The continental _____ • Type of crust (ocean) • 2nd layer of the earth • The supercontinentient • 4th layer of the earth • 1st layer of the earth • Where all the plates are • When two plates converge • Person who studies plates • What the continents are on • happens at mid-ocean ridges • When 2 plates hit each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. center of the earth
  2. substance's mass per unit of volume
  3. thickest earth layer
  4. large scale processes that affect the earths crust
  5. An area of fracturing between rocks resulting from stress
  6. the amount of force pushing on a surface
  7. uppermost layer of the oceanic plates
  8. a vibration that travels through earth
  9. region of the upper mantle of earth
  10. two tectonic plates pushing away from each other
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  1. thinnest earth layer
  2. two tectonic plates colliding
  3. geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries.
  4. features expressed on the surface
  5. Rigid, outermost rocky shell
  6. science that deals with the earth's physical structures
  7. two tectonic plates sliding past each other
  8. the transfer of heat energy by fluid
  9. piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  10. supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras

20 Clues: center of the earth • thinnest earth layer • thickest earth layer • Rigid, outermost rocky shell • two tectonic plates colliding • features expressed on the surface • substance's mass per unit of volume • region of the upper mantle of earth • the transfer of heat energy by fluid • uppermost layer of the oceanic plates • a vibration that travels through earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one plate slides under another plate
  2. the outermost layer of Earth
  3. two plates move apart from each other
  4. dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  5. any instrument used for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes
  6. seismic waves that move in a back and forth/push-pull motion
  7. supercontinent from 225 years ago, made up of all continents
  8. the thick shell of dense, rocky matter that surrounds Earth's core
  9. seismic waves that move in a side-to-side motion
  10. the point on Earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  11. the border between two tectonic plates
  12. a slow flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  13. a huge ocean wave caused by a sudden shift on the ocean floor
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  1. the point of origin of an earthquake
  2. two plates slide past each other
  3. A 1-10 scale that indicates the intensity of an earthquake
  4. melted rock under the surface of Earth
  5. theory that explains the causes of global seismic and volcanic activity
  6. melted rock on the surface of Earth
  7. shaking of Earth's surface due to a release of energy in the crust

20 Clues: the outermost layer of Earth • two plates slide past each other • melted rock on the surface of Earth • the point of origin of an earthquake • one plate slides under another plate • two plates move apart from each other • melted rock under the surface of Earth • the border between two tectonic plates • seismic waves that move in a side-to-side motion • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer of earth that protects us from uv rays
  2. weather of the earth
  3. the water surrounding the continents
  4. when a hot spot meets a mountain (spews out molten rock)
  5. the location of the earthquake
  6. the rich land upon us
  7. when tectonic plates converge
  8. deep parts of the ocean and of land
  9. the hottest line on earth
  10. what the sun is considered
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  1. a major tropical storm
  2. the deepest part of the ocean
  3. when the tectonic plates start moving
  4. the main tool used for finding earthquakes
  5. the climate of the earth
  6. what we breath
  7. how the tectonic plates con-join
  8. someone who studies science related subjects
  9. what forms mountains
  10. the name for earth

20 Clues: what we breath • the name for earth • weather of the earth • what forms mountains • the rich land upon us • a major tropical storm • the climate of the earth • the hottest line on earth • what the sun is considered • the deepest part of the ocean • when tectonic plates converge • the location of the earthquake • how the tectonic plates con-join • deep parts of the ocean and of land • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The age of the oldest continent
  2. A plate boundary where to plates slide past each other
  3. A big puff of hot mantle coming up from deep in the earth
  4. Molten rock under the surface of the earth
  5. She helped prove the theory of plate tectonics
  6. Anything having to do with vibration in the earth’s crust
  7. A period in history when glaciers covered most of the earth
  8. A plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  9. When the earth’s plates split apart from each other
  10. Where the crust is being pulled apart to form a trench
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  1. Part of the upper mantle that is solid but can flow
  2. Another word for the crust of the earth
  3. Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis
  4. It uses sound to detect things on or under water
  5. Movement in the mantle because of changes in temperature
  6. The study of the bottom of bodies of water
  7. An area that surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean where a lot of volcanoes erupt and earthquakes happen
  8. A supercontinent
  9. This volcano is located in Pompeii and erupted in 79 CE
  10. The part of the earth’s surface right above the starting point of an earthquake

20 Clues: A supercontinent • Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis • The age of the oldest continent • Another word for the crust of the earth • The study of the bottom of bodies of water • Molten rock under the surface of the earth • She helped prove the theory of plate tectonics • It uses sound to detect things on or under water • Part of the upper mantle that is solid but can flow • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Most earthquakes occur at plate ___ where the stress is the greatest
  2. Measured by a seismograph
  3. The strength of an earthquake
  4. Body waves that are slower
  5. Amount of damage
  6. Body waves that are the fastest
  7. Slower moving waves that may cause the greatest damage
  8. A fracture between two or more blocks of rock
  9. Is there a reliable way to predict earthquakes?
  10. Types of ___ can affect how buildings respond to seismic waves
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  1. Instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
  2. Spot on surface above the focus
  3. Measured by observation
  4. Location of the first motion in Earth
  5. The difference between arrival times of P and S waves
  6. Areas where no body waves are detected
  7. Tsunamis form when the epicenter is on the ___ floor
  8. A type of surface wave
  9. What an earthquake can cause (water)
  10. Secondary (S) waves travel through ___ only

20 Clues: Amount of damage • A type of surface wave • Measured by observation • Measured by a seismograph • Body waves that are slower • The strength of an earthquake • Spot on surface above the focus • Body waves that are the fastest • What an earthquake can cause (water) • Location of the first motion in Earth • Areas where no body waves are detected • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-30

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

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

plate tectonics 2024-02-08

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the theory that explains how large pieces of the earths crust move and change shape
  2. the sinking of regions of the earths crust to lower elevations
  3. soft plastic-like layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  4. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
  5. the thickest layer of the earth
  6. the inner most layer of the earth
  7. these make a new seafloor, rift-valleys, etc.
  8. strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
  9. the layer of the earth that we live on
  10. alfred wegner
  11. this creates mountains, treches, earthquakes, etc.
Down
  1. tectonic plates slide past each other resulting in earthquakes
  2. solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  3. stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  4. properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness
  5. Harry Hess came up with this idea
  6. this layer of the earth takes up 33% of the the earth
  7. core the only liquid layer of the earth
  8. the nature of somethings ingredients
  9. plate there are 10 of these on earth

20 Clues: alfred wegner • the thickest layer of the earth • the inner most layer of the earth • Harry Hess came up with this idea • the nature of somethings ingredients • plate there are 10 of these on earth • the layer of the earth that we live on • core the only liquid layer of the earth • these make a new seafloor, rift-valleys, etc. • ...

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 strong lower part of the mantle.
  2. The thin layer/surface of our planet that we live on.
  3. The very hot and dense center of our planet made of iron and nickel.
  4. The inner most layer of the earth made up of solid iron and nickel.
  5. Properties that involve a reaction to an applied load.srength,ductiily,impact resistance,and toughness.
  6. The only liquid layer of the planet that was discovered by seismic activity.
  7. The nature of something's ingredients or constituents.
  8. The plastic like layer of the mantle.
  9. When 2 tectonic plates go the opposite direction of each other.
Down
  1. A theory proposed by Alfred Wegner that pieces of the earths crust moves.
  2. Broken up parts of the Lithosphere.
  3. The process where new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the earths surface and solidifies.
  4. Tectonic plates that move which Alfred Wegener suggested and how that was Pangea was seperated.
  5. Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object.
  6. The sinking of regions of the Earth's crust to lower elevations.
  7. The middle layer of the earth which is the largest and makes up 66 percent of the earth.
  8. A large crack in the earth's surface.
  9. When 2 plates slide past each other.
  10. When 2 tectonic plates push together.
  11. The layer that is composed of the crust and the upper mantle.

20 Clues: Broken up parts of the Lithosphere. • The strong lower part of the mantle. • When 2 plates slide past each other. • A large crack in the earth's surface. • When 2 tectonic plates push together. • The plastic like layer of the mantle. • The thin layer/surface of our planet that we live on. • The nature of something's ingredients or constituents. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The only liquid layer of the Earth
  2. A hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass
  3. Properties that involve a reaction to an applied load
  4. Strong, lower part of the mantle
  5. The theory that explains how plate tectonics move and change shape
  6. Tectonic plates move apart from each other
  7. Tectonic plates collide together
  8. The thin, solid, rigid outermost layer of the Earth
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  1. Something's ingredients or constituents
  2. Soft plastic-like layer of the mantle
  3. Solid outer layer of the outermost part of the Earth
  4. Innermost layer of the Earth
  5. The sinking of the regions of the Earth's crust
  6. The middle layer of the Earth
  7. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms
  8. Tectonic plates slide past each other
  9. A piece of lithosphere that floats on the asthenosphere
  10. Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  11. A break in a body of rock
  12. The center of the Earth

20 Clues: The center of the Earth • A break in a body of rock • Innermost layer of the Earth • The middle layer of the Earth • Strong, lower part of the mantle • Tectonic plates collide together • The only liquid layer of the Earth • Soft plastic-like layer of the mantle • Tectonic plates slide past each other • Something's ingredients or constituents • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The strong, lower part of the mantle between the Asthenosphere and the outer core.
  2. The soft plastic-like layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move.
  3. Solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
  4. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.
  5. The nature of something ´ s ingredients or constituents
  6. The hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location.
  7. The center of the Earth, like a ball of hot metal and it is mostly iron and nickel.
  8. The middle layer of the Earth which is the largest layer.
  9. Tectonic plates move apart together and form depending on the types.
  10. Properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness.
Down
  1. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies.
  2. The only liquid layer of the planet.
  3. The theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth ´ s crust move and change shape.
  4. Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object.
  5. The sinking of regions of the Earth ´ s crust to lower elevations.
  6. Tectonic plates slide past each other resulting in earthquakes.
  7. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another.
  8. The inner most layer of the Earth.
  9. The thin,solid, rigid outermost layer of the Earth.
  10. Tectonic plates collide together and from various land forms depending on the types that converge.

20 Clues: The inner most layer of the Earth. • The only liquid layer of the planet. • The thin,solid, rigid outermost layer of the Earth. • The nature of something ´ s ingredients or constituents • The middle layer of the Earth which is the largest layer. • Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object. • ...

Plate Techtonics 2023-10-02

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a hot area in the mantle below the crust
  2. Hot fluid below the earths crust
  3. came up with the continental drift theory
  4. a mass of glacial ice
  5. formed from pieces or techtonic plates that move slowly over time
  6. The outermost layer
  7. two or more plates collide.
  8. long cracks in the crust
  9. formed by subuction
  10. When two plates crash
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  1. happens when plates are colliding
  2. molten caused by heat
  3. a famous fault
  4. a theory in geology
  5. Areas where plates meet
  6. continents have moved
  7. A space between to rocks
  8. Volcanoes are active and earthquakes are common
  9. Mountain or hill with lava
  10. plates move away from each other.

20 Clues: a famous fault • a theory in geology • The outermost layer • formed by subuction • molten caused by heat • continents have moved • a mass of glacial ice • When two plates crash • Areas where plates meet • A space between to rocks • long cracks in the crust • Mountain or hill with lava • two or more plates collide. • Hot fluid below the earths crust • happens when plates are colliding • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-09-25

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates move apart, or diverge
  2. sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle
  3. a molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
  4. made of alternating layers of lava flows and ash flows
  5. a force that changes the shape or volume of rocks
  6. zipper line chains of undersea mountains
  7. molten rock flows up through the crack in earths crust and hardens into solid strips of new rock on both sides of the crack
  8. an area where lava frequently erupts at the surface, independent of plate boundary
  9. single number that geologists use to assign to an earthquake based on earthquake's size
  10. dead
  11. wave or series of waves produced by an earthquake or landslide
  12. stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions in a sideways movement
Down
  1. plates slip past each other
  2. a structure that forms in Earth's crust
  3. sleeping
  4. an idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation
  5. plates come together
  6. undersea valleys that are the deepest parts of the ocean
  7. shaking and trembling that results from plate movement
  8. stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
  9. ideas that are supported by a vast, diverse array of evidence
  10. a break in Earth's crust along which rocks move
  11. once magma reaches the surface
  12. stress that stretches rocks is that it becomes thinner in the middle

24 Clues: dead • sleeping • plates come together • plates slip past each other • plates move apart, or diverge • once magma reaches the surface • a structure that forms in Earth's crust • zipper line chains of undersea mountains • a break in Earth's crust along which rocks move • a force that changes the shape or volume of rocks • stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where two tectonic plates meet
  2. This type of rock is by sediment that is compacted and cemented
  3. Upward movement of rock layers
  4. The dropping of pieces of weathered rock carried by water, wind, or ice
  5. The longest unit of time
  6. The outer part of the Earth
  7. The unit of time periods are broken up into
  8. An opening in the Earth's surface through which magma is released
  9. Melted rock that reaches the Earth's surface
  10. A process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to new places
  11. The type of plates that make up sections of the lithosphere
  12. Consists of three eons and includes much of the earth's history
  13. Process by which rock layers are squeezed together and pushed up
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  1. The permanent dying out of of a species or larger group of organisms
  2. This law states that in undisturbed sedimentary rock layers, older layers of rock lie under younger rock layers
  3. Melted rock beneath the Earth's surface
  4. These are the units that eons are divided up into
  5. This type of rock forms when existing rock is exposed to high heat, high pressure, or both
  6. Material that is deposited
  7. This type of fossil is of an organism that existed only for a short period of geologic time
  8. The study of earth's history, processes, and structures
  9. This type of rock forms when melted rock cools and hardens
  10. Is the age of an object in comparison to another object or event
  11. A great variety of living things appeared during this time
  12. The preserved remains of or evidence of organisms that lived in the distant past
  13. This breaks rock down to smaller pieces
  14. When there are no more of individuals of those species living on Earth
  15. A block of time during which unique rock layers were laid down
  16. Break or crack in the Earth's surface in which spreading occurs

29 Clues: The longest unit of time • Material that is deposited • The outer part of the Earth • Where two tectonic plates meet • Upward movement of rock layers • Melted rock beneath the Earth's surface • This breaks rock down to smaller pieces • The unit of time periods are broken up into • Melted rock that reaches the Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-12-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ‐ A huge ocean wave caused by a sudden, powerful shift on the ocean floor
  2. where two plates slide against each other
  3. ‐The border between two tectonic plates.
  4. melted rock on Earth’s surface.
  5. an area where two or more tectonic plates meet
  6. the layer of Earth between the core and the crust
  7. ‐ a large piece of the lithosphere that floats and moves on the asthenosphere
  8. ‐A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
  9. is formed when very hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts through Earth’s crust.
  10. a divergent boundary occurs where two plates
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  1. melted rock beneath Earth’s surface.
  2. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  3. ‐ Any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes
  4. ‐ The name given to the supercontinent that existed more than 225 million years ago
  5. where one plate slides under another as the two are pushed together.
  6. the outermost layer of Earth.
  7. Zone ‐ An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding.
  8. ‐A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other horizontially
  9. ‐ a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  10. plate ‐ a large piece of the lithosphere that floats and moves on the asthenosphere.

20 Clues: the outermost layer of Earth. • melted rock on Earth’s surface. • melted rock beneath Earth’s surface. • ‐The border between two tectonic plates. • where two plates slide against each other • a divergent boundary occurs where two plates • an area where two or more tectonic plates meet • the layer of Earth between the core and the crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is the major landform in San andreas
  2. large parts of the earth that move due to convection currents
  3. movement leading to faulting, folding of plates
  4. the way earth is built
  5. the hottest part of the earth
  6. the thickest layer of the earth
  7. plates move away from eachother
  8. Alfred wegener came up with this
  9. synonym of crust
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  1. a rock's response to stress
  2. Alfred Wegener's theory
  3. plates move towards eachother
  4. zone happens when oceanic plate goes under continental plate
  5. plates that move laterally past eachother
  6. Happens when 2 divergent boundaries move away from eachother
  7. the plasticy type material layer
  8. the densest layer and is solid
  9. plates Tectonics move on it
  10. the thinnest layer of the earth
  11. the part made of iron and nickel

20 Clues: synonym of crust • the way earth is built • Alfred Wegener's theory • a rock's response to stress • plates Tectonics move on it • plates move towards eachother • the hottest part of the earth • the densest layer and is solid • the thinnest layer of the earth • the thickest layer of the earth • plates move away from eachother • the plasticy type material layer • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-04-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. volcanic material
  2. theory explaining Earth's moving crust
  3. liquid layer below the mantle
  4. measure of earthquakes strength
  5. sudden movement across the fault line
  6. layer broken into tectonic plates
  7. measured in hertz
  8. part of earth's mantle under the lithosphere
  9. earthquake synonym
  10. top layer of the earth
  11. huge wave caused by underwater earthquake
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  1. cracks in earths crust
  2. the very middle of the earth
  3. lava before it erupts
  4. ground shakes due to tectonic movement
  5. echo of an earthquake
  6. built up force beneath the surface
  7. solid part of the earth
  8. mass/volume
  9. layer between the crust and the core

20 Clues: mass/volume • volcanic material • measured in hertz • earthquake synonym • lava before it erupts • echo of an earthquake • cracks in earths crust • top layer of the earth • solid part of the earth • the very middle of the earth • liquid layer below the mantle • measure of earthquakes strength • layer broken into tectonic plates • built up force beneath the surface • ...

Plate Motion 2024-10-03

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

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

Plate Motion 2024-09-18

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

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

Plate motion 2024-10-22

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

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

Plate motion 2024-10-22

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  2. The layer of soft, solid rock underneath earths plates
  3. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor
  5. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  6. moving apart in different directions
  7. a shaking of earths surface
  8. made of hard solid rock
  9. any of the many processes in which lava gas and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth
  10. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
Down
  1. observed to be over and over again
  2. the outside or top layer of something
  3. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  4. when do water mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  5. The place where two plates meet
  6. moving toward the same plate
  7. a diagram that shows what inside of something looks like
  8. A large section of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
  9. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  10. hot liquid rock below 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 tectonics 2024-10-25

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

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

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

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

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - the biggest layer of earths layers
  2. - Consists of Australia, Antarcticaand South America
  3. - The process in which one lithospheric plate collides with and is forced down under another plate and drawn back into the Earth's mantle
  4. - places where plates slide sideways past each other
  5. - The circular motion of liquids or gasses caused by density differences
  6. - The theory that the configuration of Earth's continents was once different than it is today
  7. - Formed when two continental plates collide
  8. - happens in a trench
  9. - the uppermost layer of earth
  10. - created when a divergent boundary happens
Down
  1. - supercontinent that was in form 300 million years ago
  2. - The place where two plates meet.
  3. - German who came up with the plate tectonics theory
  4. isn’t declared a continent but close to a continent much like India
  5. - a layer made of of iron
  6. - boundary between two colliding plates
  7. - boundary between two plates moving away from each other.
  8. - happens in a trench
  9. - North America, Greenland, Europe and Asia
  10. - a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something
  11. - liquid, spans from 7200–9000 degrees

21 Clues: - happens in a trench • - happens in a trench • - a layer made of of iron • - the uppermost layer of earth • - The place where two plates meet. • - the biggest layer of earths layers • - liquid, spans from 7200–9000 degrees • - boundary between two colliding plates • - North America, Greenland, Europe and Asia • - created when a divergent boundary happens • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-11-05

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
  2. a small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings.
  3. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  4. a curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin, typically with a deep ocean trench on the convex side.
  5. a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
  6. under another, and collision, where two plates crash together.
  7. formed where two tectonic plates pass laterally by one another
  8. the quantity of something per unit volume, unit area, or unit length
  9. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  10. energy that moves from one place to another in a form that can be described as waves or particles
  11. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
  12. massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere (crust and upper mantle).
  13. the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
  14. a string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity, or earthquakes, around the edges of the Pacific Ocean
Down
  1. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle
  2. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  3. the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential between adjoining regions, without movement of the material.
  4. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.
  5. subduction, where one plate
  6. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  8. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
  9. steep depressions in the deepest parts of the ocean
  10. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  11. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  12. the quantity of something per unit volume, unit area, or unit length

26 Clues: subduction, where one plate • steep depressions in the deepest parts of the ocean • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. • under another, and collision, where two plates crash together. • formed where two tectonic plates pass laterally by one another • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Harry Hess used it to map the ocean floor
  2. proposed the theory of continental drift
  3. extremely hot area that created the Hawaiian Islands
  4. created on land by divergent boundary
  5. smallest plate affecting the USA
  6. boundary that causes subduction
  7. boundary where plates move apart
  8. heat transfer mechanism found in the mantle
  9. short life but there were many
  10. impression of prehistoric organism
Down
  1. rigid layer formed by the crust and upper mantle
  2. Earth's plates are in ________ motion
  3. Mid Atlantic _________
  4. deepest part of the ocean
  5. sudden and violent movement that creates P and S Waves
  6. created when two oceanic plates converge
  7. the ring of fire surrounds this plate
  8. Law that states oldest layers are deeper
  9. where two plates interact
  10. all continents united as one
  11. type of boundary that produced the St Andreas
  12. denser crust that will subduct

22 Clues: Mid Atlantic _________ • deepest part of the ocean • where two plates interact • all continents united as one • denser crust that will subduct • short life but there were many • boundary that causes subduction • smallest plate affecting the USA • boundary where plates move apart • impression of prehistoric organism • Earth's plates are in ________ motion • ...

Plate Techtonics 2025-01-17

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer that contains Earth’s plates.
  2. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  3. Where seafloor spreading begins.
  4. When 2 plates slip past each other.
  5. A fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago.
  6. A German scientist who hypothesized that the continents were once together.
  7. Changes in _______ affects the ocean floor.
  8. When 2 plates move away from each other.
  9. Where the convection current drive Earth’s plates.
Down
  1. Breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
  2. Adds more crust to the ocean floor and older stripes of rock move outward from either side of the ridge.
  3. Forms when to convergent continental crust collide.
  4. When 2 plates come together.
  5. Where pieces of Earth’s crust diverge on land.
  6. Oceanic crust is made up of mostly.
  7. What scientist use to discover the ocean floor.
  8. 2 plates come together.
  9. A supercontinent about 300 million years ago.
  10. Occurs when plates slip along the boundary that they form.
  11. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle again.

20 Clues: 2 plates come together. • When 2 plates come together. • Where seafloor spreading begins. • When 2 plates slip past each other. • Oceanic crust is made up of mostly. • The layer that contains Earth’s plates. • When 2 plates move away from each other. • Changes in _______ affects the ocean floor. • A supercontinent about 300 million years ago. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lighter, older, and more buoyant of the two types of tectonic plates.
  2. Pieces of the Earth’s crust the shift and move.
  3. American geologist who proposed seafloor spreading as a mechanism for Plate Tectonics.
  4. Where two plates push into each other.
  5. Partially molten layer of the Earth that facilitates.
  6. The provider of heat for the mantle which drives plate tectonics.
  7. Outer layer of Earth’s geosphere, composed of the crust and outer mantle.
Down
  1. A shaking of the ground caused by plate interactions.
  2. Younger, denser, and less buoyant of the two types of tectonic plates.
  3. The process by which two continental plates split apart and form a new ocean.
  4. A chain of mountains and underwater volcanoes where new oceanic plate forms.
  5. A deep, narrow depression in the seafloor formed around subduction zones.
  6. The process where one plate sinks under another and melts into the Mantle.
  7. Where two plates pull apart.
  8. Where two plates slide past one another.
  9. The hard outermost layer of the Earth. Like the edges of bread.
  10. German meteorologist and geophysicist that proposed the theory of Continental Drift.
  11. Heat transfer method; when material rises and falls based off of temperature.
  12. The movement of the tectonic plates across the surface of the Earth, the formation and destruction of these plates, and the natural phenomena these processes cause.
  13. Valley formed from continental rifting.

20 Clues: Where two plates pull apart. • Where two plates push into each other. • Valley formed from continental rifting. • Where two plates slide past one another. • Pieces of the Earth’s crust the shift and move. • A shaking of the ground caused by plate interactions. • Partially molten layer of the Earth that facilitates. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Material closer to crust —-> cools —-> density increases —-> _____
  2. The primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates
  3. Super continent containing all of the existing continents
  4. A chain of volcanic islands
  5. elevated areas of the seafloor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  6. How many lithospheric plates does earth have in total
  7. How many segments is earths lithosphere broken up into
  8. Material heated —-> density lowers —-> _____
  9. Boundary Two plates pull apart
  10. processes that deform earths crust to create major features
  11. A narrow, Elongated depression of the sea
Down
  1. Seven plates account for what percent of earths surface
  2. A deep canyon like structure
  3. Hypothesis that suggests that all continents were once a supercontinent
  4. German meteorologist and geophysicist
  5. The largest plate
  6. Boundary Two plates move together
  7. What way is heat continuously flowing from earths core
  8. A continuous elevated zone on the floor of all major ocean basins
  9. Plate boundary Two plates slide past one another

20 Clues: The largest plate • A chain of volcanic islands • A deep canyon like structure • Boundary Two plates pull apart • Boundary Two plates move together • German meteorologist and geophysicist • A narrow, Elongated depression of the sea • Material heated —-> density lowers —-> _____ • Plate boundary Two plates slide past one another • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. magnetic striping when the seafloor is spreading and the oceanic crust is aging
  2. plates that slide horizontally past each other
  3. rocks that make up the oceanic crust
  4. helped find enemy submarines
  5. Primary waves
  6. is a liquid because the seismic waves that make up earthquakes
  7. a single super continent
  8. Secondary waves are samples of rocks or volcanic rocks
  9. moving plates over the mantle that are driven by deep heat and convection currents
  10. plates that move toward each other
Down
  1. Any flat areas although many are dotted with volcanic mountains
  2. The hot core warms up the base of the mantle which is called
  3. what is the brittle crust and uppermost mantle called
  4. rise up above the deep seafloor as a long chain of mountains
  5. makes up the continental crust
  6. who came up with the continental theory
  7. when the plates move the continents and slowly drift apart
  8. plates that move away from each other
  9. a device that measures the magnetic field intensity
  10. found at the edges of the continents or in the sea near chains of active volcanoes

20 Clues: Primary waves • a single super continent • helped find enemy submarines • makes up the continental crust • plates that move toward each other • rocks that make up the oceanic crust • plates that move away from each other • who came up with the continental theory • plates that slide horizontally past each other • a device that measures the magnetic field intensity • ...

Mātes plate 2025-09-23

Mātes plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. : Mazāka izmēra atmiņas modulis portatīvajiem datoriem.
  2. : Komponents, kas stabilizē elektrību mātesplatē.
  3. : Galvenā operatīvā atmiņa, kas ievietojama mātesplatē.
  4. : Programma, kas iedarbina datoru un sagatavo to operētājsistēmai.
  5. : Mikroshēmu komplekts, kas vada saziņu starp komponentēm.
  6. : Standarta izmēra mātesplates forma.
  7. : Galvenā datora shēmas plate, kas savieno visas komponentes.
  8. : Standarta atmiņas modulis galddatoriem.
  9. : Barošanas ķēde, kas nodrošina procesoru ar stabilu spriegumu.
  10. : Mūsdienīgs paplašinājuma slots grafikas un citām kartēm.
  11. : Ļoti kompakta mātesplates forma.
Down
  1. : Ligzda, kurā ievieto procesoru.
  2. : Ievietojuma vieta RAM vai papildu kartēm.
  3. : Universāls ports, kas bieži atrodas uz mātesplates.
  4. : Savienojumi priekšējām pogām un USB datorā.
  5. : Savienojums, caur kuru plate saņem strāvu no PSU.
  6. : Angļu vārds, kas apzīmē mikroshēmu uz plates.
  7. : Mazāka izmēra mātesplates forma.
  8. : Mūsdienīga BIOS aizstājēja sistēma ar grafisku saskarni.
  9. : Paplašinājuma slots vecāka tipa kartēm.

20 Clues: : Ligzda, kurā ievieto procesoru. • : Mazāka izmēra mātesplates forma. • : Ļoti kompakta mātesplates forma. • : Standarta izmēra mātesplates forma. • : Standarta atmiņas modulis galddatoriem. • : Paplašinājuma slots vecāka tipa kartēm. • : Ievietojuma vieta RAM vai papildu kartēm. • : Savienojumi priekšējām pogām un USB datorā. • ...

Plate techtonics 2025-11-20

Plate techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Large body of saltwater separating continents
  2. Earth’s thin outer layer that we live on
  3. Heat transfer through waves, not direct contact
  4. The science that studies Earth’s materials and processes
  5. A boundary where plates slide past each other
  6. Heat transfer when two things touch
  7. The planet we live on
  8. Thick layer of hot rock below Earth’s crust
  9. Melted rock
  10. When plates pull apart
  11. The line where two tectonic plates meet
Down
  1. Earth’s center, made of very hot metal
  2. Type of crust that forms the continents
  3. Movement of heat in the mantle that makes plates move
  4. A place where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  5. Deep valleys in the ocean where one plate sinks under another
  6. Soft, partly melted layer the plates slide on
  7. A mountain that can erupt lava
  8. High landforms created when plates push together
  9. The inside layers of Earth

20 Clues: Melted rock • The planet we live on • When plates pull apart • The inside layers of Earth • A mountain that can erupt lava • Heat transfer when two things touch • Earth’s center, made of very hot metal • Type of crust that forms the continents • The line where two tectonic plates meet • Earth’s thin outer layer that we live on • Thick layer of hot rock below Earth’s crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-08-15

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

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

Tectonic Plate 2025-09-02

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

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 2025-11-05

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

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. • How often or fast something happens. • Moving apart in different directions • The sudden shaking of Earth’s surface. • What is created by divergent plates moving apart. • ...

Plate Motion 2025-11-05

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2025-08-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A location where magma rises through the crust away from plate boundaries
  2. The shaking of Earth's surface caused by the sudden movement of tectonic plates
  3. A deep valley formed at a divergent boundary on land
  4. A theory that explains the movement of Earth’s lithospheric plates
  5. Mountains formed when rocks are compressed at convergent boundaries
  6. When one plate sinks under another at a convergent boundary
  7. A famous transform fault in California
  8. A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago when all continents were joined
  9. The force of a sinking plate pulling the rest of the plate with it
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  11. The process of new oceanic crust forming at mid-ocean ridges
  12. The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  13. The idea that continents were once joined and have slowly moved apart
  14. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  15. A curved chain of volcanic islands caused by oceanic-oceanic subduction
Down
  1. The circular motion in the mantle that drives plate movement
  2. A landform formed when magma reaches Earth's surface, often at convergent boundaries
  3. A deep ocean valley formed at a subduction zone
  4. Patterns on the ocean floor showing Earth's magnetic field reversals
  5. A mountain range formed by continental-continental convergence
  6. A major area in the Pacific Ocean known for frequent earthquakes and volcanoes
  7. A soft, flowing layer of the mantle that tectonic plates move on
  8. Large pieces of Earth’s lithosphere that move on the asthenosphere
  9. The amount of mass in a given volume; affects subduction and convection
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  11. The thin outermost layer of Earth
  12. A dense, solid layer of metal at Earth's center
  13. A break in Earth's crust where movement has occurred
  14. A liquid layer made of iron and nickel that creates Earth's magnetic field
  15. The thick, hot layer of rock beneath Earth's crust
  16. Island arc formed at an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary
  17. An underwater mountain range formed by divergent plates
  18. The rigid outer layer of Earth made up of the crust and upper mantle
  19. Technology used to measure the movement of tectonic plates
  20. Mountains formed at an oceanic-continental convergent boundary

35 Clues: The thin outermost layer of Earth • A famous transform fault in California • A deep ocean valley formed at a subduction zone • A dense, solid layer of metal at Earth's center • The thick, hot layer of rock beneath Earth's crust • A deep valley formed at a divergent boundary on land • A break in Earth's crust where movement has occurred • ...

Plate Motion 2025-10-01

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

23 Clues: 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 • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • something we observe to be similar over and over again • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Melted rock that erupts onto the surface.
  2. The Earth’s outermost solid layer.
  3. Boundary where plates slide past each other.
  4. The ancient “supercontinent” that broke apart.
  5. Relating to structure and movement of Earth’s crust.
  6. A crack in the crust where movement occurs.
  7. The thick layer of hot rock beneath the crust.
  8. Deep valley in the ocean floor formed by subduction.
  9. Boundary where two plates move apart.
  10. ridge Underwater mountain chain formed by diverging plates.
  11. The Earth’s center, made mostly of iron and nickel.
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  1. Melted rock found beneath Earth’s surface.
  2. The soft, flowing layer beneath the lithosphere.
  3. When one plate sinks beneath another.
  4. Sudden shaking of the ground from plate movement.
  5. A large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake.
  6. A large section of Earth’s crust that moves.
  7. Boundary where two plates collide.
  8. The rigid outer part of the Earth (crust + upper mantle).
  9. A mountain where lava, ash, and gas erupt.

20 Clues: The Earth’s outermost solid layer. • Boundary where two plates collide. • When one plate sinks beneath another. • Boundary where two plates move apart. • Melted rock that erupts onto the surface. • Melted rock found beneath Earth’s surface. • A mountain where lava, ash, and gas erupt. • A crack in the crust where movement occurs. • ...

Plate motion 2025-10-23

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A set of interacting parts creating a complex whole
  2. earths outer most layer of hard soild rock
  3. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  5. any of the many eruptions in which gas lava and ash comes out of the earth
  6. moves away from each other
  7. divergent makes this
  8. the place where to plates meet
  9. a sudden shaking of the earths surface
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  1. The slow polling apart of an land that is caused by place motion
  2. The outside or top layer of something
  3. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  4. an instinct reptile that live 300 million years ago
  5. hot liquid rock below the surface of earth
  6. the layer of soft,soild rock underneath earths plates
  7. convergent makes this
  8. moves into each other
  9. how often or fast something happens
  10. all the continents
  11. earths outer layer is divided into sections called

20 Clues: all the continents • divergent makes this • convergent makes this • moves into each other • moves away from each other • the place where to plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • The outside or top layer of something • a sudden shaking of the earths surface • hot liquid rock below the surface of earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A deep valley along the ocean floor caused by the subduction of an oceanic plate.
  2. A boundary where two plates move toward each other, causing collision or subduction.
  3. The supercontinent that existed roughly 300 million years ago.
  4. pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust
  5. The rigid outer layer, composed of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. Valley A deep valley formed where two plates are pulling apart on a continent.
  7. A boundary where two plates slide horizontally past each other, often causing earthquakes.
  8. The process where an oceanic plate dives beneath a continental or another oceanic plate into the mantle.
  9. the bottom of a sea or ocean
  10. Arc A string of volcanoes formed parallel to a subduction zone.
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  1. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  2. A massive, rigid piece of the lithosphere.
  3. A boundary where two plates move away from each other, allowing magma to rise and create new crust.
  4. An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics, typically at a divergent boundary.
  5. A fracture in Earth’s crust where rocks on either side have slipped past each other.
  6. A major belt of volcanoes and earthquakes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
  7. The plastic-like, upper part of the mantle below the lithosphere, on which the plates move.
  8. An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust, forming volcanoes (e.g., Hawaii).
  9. Current The transfer of heat in the mantle that drives plate movement, where hot, less dense material rises and cooler, denser material sinks.
  10. The outdated hypothesis that continents once formed a single landmass (Pangaea) and slowly drifted apart.

20 Clues: the bottom of a sea or ocean • A massive, rigid piece of the lithosphere. • pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust • The supercontinent that existed roughly 300 million years ago. • The rigid outer layer, composed of the crust and upper mantle. • Arc A string of volcanoes formed parallel to a subduction zone. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-03-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One plate going under anotherridge Underwater mountain chain
  2. Crack in Earth’s surface
  3. Study of Earth’s plates
  4. Melted rock on Earth’s surface
  5. Large piece of Earth’s crust
  6. Earth’s outer layer
  7. Plates moving together
  8. Ancient supercontinent
  9. Deep valley in the ocean floor
  10. Layer beneath the crust
  11. Opening where lava erupts
  12. Center of the Earth
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  1. Large landmass
  2. Plates moving apart
  3. Rigid outer layer including crust and upper mantle
  4. Edge where plates meet
  5. Sudden shaking of the ground
  6. Ocean floor spreading area
  7. Melted rock beneath Earth’s surface
  8. Soft layer under the lithosphere
  9. Plates sliding past each other

21 Clues: Large landmass • Plates moving apart • Earth’s outer layer • Center of the Earth • Edge where plates meet • Plates moving together • Ancient supercontinent • Study of Earth’s plates • Layer beneath the crust • Crack in Earth’s surface • Opening where lava erupts • Ocean floor spreading area • Sudden shaking of the ground • Large piece of Earth’s crust • Melted rock on Earth’s surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-03-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A supercontinent that existed 200,000,000 years ago.
  2. When a cold ocean plate slides under a lighter one
  3. What is the name of the flow of a falling plume of an eruption?
  4. Broad, gently sloping volcano type
  5. Point where earthquake starts
  6. Depression on top of volcano
  7. A deep valley on the ocean floor marking a subduction zone
  8. Something's resistance to flow
  9. The vibration of the earth's crust
  10. Boundary type where two plates push towards each other
  11. Linear zone where crust is pulled apart
  12. The layer above the outer core
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  1. Molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  2. Largest, most violent volcano type
  3. Point on surface right above where earthquake starts
  4. The outer shell of the earth
  5. Visible crack on earth's crust
  6. Boundary type where two plates pull away from each other
  7. This process is the main reason plates move
  8. Boundary type where two plates slide across each other vertically

20 Clues: The outer shell of the earth • Depression on top of volcano • Point where earthquake starts • Visible crack on earth's crust • Something's resistance to flow • The layer above the outer core • Largest, most violent volcano type • Broad, gently sloping volcano type • The vibration of the earth's crust • Molten rock beneath the earth's surface • ...

Hazards 2023-03-17

Hazards crossword puzzle
Across
  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 Puzzle 2023-11-14

Plate Tectonics Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  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 • ...

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. • ...

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.
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  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. • ...

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 • ...

The Theory of Plate Tectonics 2023-11-21

The Theory of Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  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 • ...

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
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  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.
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  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.
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  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. • ...

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 • ...

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 • ...

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
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  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). • ...

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 • ...

Plate Techtonics 2016-03-24

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the layer just below the crust in the earths atmosphere
  2. when two plates come together and collide
  3. fault that runs along California
  4. result of a convergent boundary
  5. lift up something; to raise
  6. the layer in the center of the earth
  7. a mountain that pours lava from the mantle
  8. a result of plate movement
  9. the two-sub layers of the earths crust that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches
  10. the earth was created during __________ times
  11. top, thin-layer of the earth
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  1. where two techtonic plates slide alongside one another
  2. scientist who studies techtonics
  3. large scale process affecting the structure of earths crust
  4. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  5. the lines where earths different pieces meet
  6. this layer of the earth is made up of iron and nickel
  7. the science that deals with earths history, structure, and processes
  8. when two plates move away from each other
  9. a line on a rock surface or the ground that traces a geological fault

20 Clues: a result of plate movement • lift up something; to raise • top, thin-layer of the earth • result of a convergent boundary • scientist who studies techtonics • fault that runs along California • the layer in the center of the earth • when two plates come together and collide • when two plates move away from each other • a mountain that pours lava from the mantle • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2016-06-14

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. supercontinent formed 250 million years ago
  2. a weaker place in the middle of a plate where magma comes up and volcanoes form
  3. the place where the earthquake is felt at the surface
  4. a scale that measures the strenght of an earthquake
  5. the flow of magma in the mantle that causes plates to move
  6. a big space filled with magma under the volcano
  7. boundary where two plates move apart
  8. when lava escapes the volcano via a weaker spot in the volcano
  9. the ocean around which we can find the ring of fire
  10. a famous example of a transform boundary in the USA
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  1. the continental plate is made from this material
  2. in this part of the mantle, convection currents take place
  3. the combination of the crust and the solid part of the mantle
  4. this plate is the thinnest
  5. a big wave formed when an earthquake takes place in the water
  6. short-term help given when a disaster took place
  7. at this boundary one can find explosive volcanoes
  8. this formed in the middle of the ocean at the divergent boundary
  9. the process in which one plate goes underneath the under
  10. magma at the earth's surface
  11. when a volcano explodes, it is called an ...
  12. a scale that measures the damage an earthquake causes

22 Clues: this plate is the thinnest • magma at the earth's surface • boundary where two plates move apart • supercontinent formed 250 million years ago • when a volcano explodes, it is called an ... • a big space filled with magma under the volcano • the continental plate is made from this material • short-term help given when a disaster took place • ...

plate tectonics 2016-08-02

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – when the earths crust is pushed up from its sides
  2. tube – a tube formed by cooling and solidifying of the lava walls while fluid lava continued to flow inside
  3. volcano – a volcano that is not very steep but can be big with non- explosive eruptions
  4. – the scale which measures the magnitude of earthquakes
  5. – the south side of Pangaea
  6. – the line which rocks break and move
  7. material – debris thrown from volcanos with viscous magma
  8. – largest type of crust
  9. – a form of closed lava tube (with a bulbous end) that forms when lava flows into water (e.g. a lake) and cools very rapidly
  10. – the super continent
  11. waves – the fastest travel waves with the greatest velocity
  12. – an earthquake that occurs before a larger seismic event
  13. waves – waves trapped near the surface, they are the slowest and most destructive
  14. – occurs on the tectonic plate boundaries
  15. – lava that is parcially cooled, low viscosity, thin (like water)
  16. – plates pushing together
  17. – plates pulling away from each other
  18. cone volcano – a volcano small in size with steep slopes, moderately explosive with shot eruptions
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  1. – smallest type of crust
  2. – the earths thickest layer
  3. – plates sliding against each other
  4. – lava with a high viscosity, blocky and rough
  5. – semi rigid part of the mantle
  6. vent – A point source of the Earth's surface through which lavas, pyroclastics, and gas are erupted.
  7. – the earths thinnest layer
  8. - the largest recorded shock
  9. volcano – most common type of volcano, explosive eruptions and lava flow
  10. – areas of the earths surface through which magma and volcanic gases pass
  11. core – what layer of the earth is solid due to tremendous pressure
  12. – the north side of Pangaea
  13. – an earthquake that occurs after a larger seismic event
  14. – the area on the ground directly above where an earthquake occurs
  15. core – what layer of the earth is liquid state due to extremely high temperatures
  16. – occurs in the middle of the plate tectonics
  17. - hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
  18. waves – waves that travel along the worlds outer layers
  19. – all material ejected from a volcano
  20. – the spot underground where rock breaks causing an earthquake
  21. – scientist behind the theory of the continental drift
  22. vent - an opening in the side of a volcano through which volcanic materials (like lava, gases, and pyroclastic debris) erupt.

40 Clues: – the super continent • – largest type of crust • – smallest type of crust • – plates pushing together • – the earths thickest layer • – the south side of Pangaea • – the earths thinnest layer • – the north side of Pangaea • - the largest recorded shock • – semi rigid part of the mantle • – plates sliding against each other • – the line which rocks break and move • ...

Plate tectonics 2015-12-22

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates spread apart from each other
  2. reversal\shown by sea floor spreading
  3. mountains/feature forms with a converget collision
  4. and earthquake/ recorded over history
  5. a type of rock that forms on Icelands boundry
  6. that is surrounded by half divergent and half converget
  7. rest on
  8. of rocks/recorded by radioactive dating processes
  9. Andres fault/ example of a transform boundry
  10. a feature form with in a transform boundry causeing a crack in the earths surface
Down
  1. collision/when two continental plates come together
  2. ocean ridge/ a feature formes with divergetn boundry that caused the Mid Atlantic ridge
  3. two plates slide past each other
  4. color of the oldest land
  5. are plates located
  6. type of crust made from granite
  7. currents/in the mantle force the plates to move in a predictable motion
  8. of crust made from basalt
  9. example of a folded mountain
  10. eath crust is made up of moving plates

20 Clues: rest on • are plates located • color of the oldest land • of crust made from basalt • example of a folded mountain • type of crust made from granite • two plates slide past each other • plates spread apart from each other • reversal\shown by sea floor spreading • and earthquake/ recorded over history • eath crust is made up of moving plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-12-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when 2 plates slide past each other
  2. Plate associated with the ring of fire
  3. color of the oldest rock
  4. color of the newest rcok
  5. The layer are earth sphere located
  6. Forms as a result of a transform boundary
  7. type of crust made of Granite
  8. plates rest on
  9. the mid ocean ridge is a place where ______________ crust is formed
  10. type of rock that forms on Icelands boundary
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  1. feature that forms on a subduction boundary
  2. Place where molten rock erupt through the Earth's crust
  3. oceanic crust is ____________________ than continental crust
  4. shaking in the ground,when plates move
  5. feature that is a result of a continental-oceanic convergent boundary
  6. 2 plates spread apart from each other
  7. a feature that can result from an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary
  8. continental crust is ______________________ than oceanic crust
  9. An Example of a Folded mountain
  10. type of crust that is made from Basalt

20 Clues: plates rest on • color of the oldest rock • color of the newest rcok • type of crust made of Granite • An Example of a Folded mountain • The layer are earth sphere located • when 2 plates slide past each other • 2 plates spread apart from each other • Plate associated with the ring of fire • shaking in the ground,when plates move • type of crust that is made from Basalt • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-01-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The joining of all the landmasses on Earth; it means "all lands" in Greek
  2. The edges of plates
  3. The layer of rigid rock that includes all of the crust and the upper portion of the mantle
  4. A long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom.
  5. Cracks in the Earth’s crust
  6. Places where two plates grind past each other
  7. The sinking of older, more dense crust
  8. A German astronomer and meteorologist who created the “continental drift” theory
  9. Pieces of the earth's lithosphere
  10. A process in which new ocean floor is created from molten material rising in margins between plates or ridges and spreading out
  11. A depression of the Earth’s surface in which an ocean lies
Down
  1. A large area in which plates are moving away from each other, forming several fractures and faults
  2. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  3. A layer of solid rock that behaves like a fluid
  4. Places where two plates come together
  5. Separating plates beneath the ocean; the longest chain of mountains (or volcanoes) in the world; circles the Earth
  6. Heat that circulates in the Earth, causing magma to flow and tectonic plates to shift
  7. Places where two plates move apart or divide
  8. A continental transform fault that extends about 800 miles through California
  9. A mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust
  10. A belt of volcanoes and frequent seismic activity around the edges of the Pacific Ocean

21 Clues: The edges of plates • Cracks in the Earth’s crust • Pieces of the earth's lithosphere • Places where two plates come together • The sinking of older, more dense crust • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground • Places where two plates move apart or divide • Places where two plates grind past each other • A layer of solid rock that behaves like a fluid • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-01-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What Wegner called a landmass or supercontinent
  2. Connects points of equal elavation
  3. The layer immediately below the lithosphere
  4. The process by which new sea floor forms
  5. Two tectonic plates can move past one other in opposite directions
  6. Changes the chemical makeup of a rock
  7. Amount of force per area put on a body
  8. Studies of the sea floor revealed underwater mountain belts
  9. System of ideas that explains many related observations about the natural world
  10. The process by which rock breaks down into smaller pieces or changes in comparison
  11. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in particular area
  12. The process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate
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  1. States that Earth's surface is made up of giant moving slabs
  2. Change of magnetic poles
  3. The bending, tilting, and breaking of rock
  4. The shape and size of the land features on Earth's surface
  5. When tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
  6. Also called mechanical weathering is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces
  7. A thicker contour line that often has an elevation label
  8. Shows the shape of Earth's surface with lines that represent different evalations
  9. When two tectonic plates move away from one anotheror diverge
  10. Hypothesis that today's continents were once part of a single landmass.
  11. The outermost physical layer of Earth
  12. Lays down rock, sediment, and soil
  13. Transports rock,sediment,and soil from one place to another

25 Clues: Change of magnetic poles • Connects points of equal elavation • Lays down rock, sediment, and soil • Changes the chemical makeup of a rock • The outermost physical layer of Earth • Amount of force per area put on a body • The process by which new sea floor forms • The bending, tilting, and breaking of rock • The layer immediately below the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A thin part of the crust that which lays under the oceans
  2. A series of large waves that result from an underwater earthquake
  3. A large supercontinent which formed millions of years ago
  4. Semiliquid rock found beneath the Earth's surface
  5. A series of underwater mountains that form as a result of tectonic plates moving apart and allowing magma to rise to the surface
  6. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other
  7. The theory that the surface of the Earth is divided into a series of plates that are continually moving
  8. A place where two tectonic plates colided which causes a large land mass to elevate
  9. The layer of molten rock located beneath the Earth's crust
  10. the geologist which first thought of the thoery of continental drift
  11. Underwater cliffs between the beach and the ocean
  12. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving together
  13. A place in the mantle that melts rocks into magma
Down
  1. The transfer of the thermal energy by the movement of molecules in air or liquid from one place to another
  2. The current or flow of air or liquid that results from the transfer of thermal energy through convection
  3. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving apart
  4. A fracture in rock where the tectonic plates have moved
  5. Core The layer of the Earth which is responsible for the magnectic field
  6. Violent shaking of the Earth which is caused by rocks breaking under stress
  7. A theory that the middle of the ocean is spreading apart, forming new oceanic crust
  8. The centre of the Earth
  9. The continual movement of the continents over time
  10. Something that acts like a liquid but is a solid
  11. Molten rocks which appear on the surface of the Earth
  12. A mountain with a vent where magma have or are erupted
  13. The movement of one tectonic plate under another tectonic plate
  14. A deep valley that forms as a result of tectonic plates moving apart on land
  15. A large leyer of solid rock that covers part of the surface of the Earth; Movement of tectonic plates can cause earthquakes
  16. A deep ditch under the ocean along a tectonic plate boundary
  17. Lithosphere; the outer layer of the Earth

30 Clues: The centre of the Earth • Lithosphere; the outer layer of the Earth • Something that acts like a liquid but is a solid • Semiliquid rock found beneath the Earth's surface • Underwater cliffs between the beach and the ocean • A place in the mantle that melts rocks into magma • The continual movement of the continents over time • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-02-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer more dense the the continental crust
  2. When two plates move away from each other
  3. When two plates collide head on with each other
  4. The layer with the least density
  5. The shape most volcanoes come in
  6. Molten rock the erupts from volcanoes
  7. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  8. Molten rock that is beneath the earths surface
  9. Cooled lava
  10. A vent in the earths surface where magma and gases erupt
Down
  1. When two plates slide past each other
  2. The layer of the earth under the crust
  3. Heat transfer in a gas/liquid by the rotation of currents from one region to another
  4. Portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction
  5. Happens when the force of two plates sliding past each other releases
  6. A type of excavation or depression in the ground
  7. An elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor
  8. Force proposed for plate motion in plate tectonics
  9. Where most volcanoes and earthquakes happen
  10. The downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle
  11. Usually caused by transform boundaries

21 Clues: Cooled lava • The layer with the least density • The shape most volcanoes come in • When two plates slide past each other • Molten rock the erupts from volcanoes • The layer of the earth under the crust • Usually caused by transform boundaries • When two plates move away from each other • Where most volcanoes and earthquakes happen • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-02-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Thin, dense lithospheric plates
  2. Molten rock that is beneath the earths surface
  3. Theory on how the pieces of the earth's surface move
  4. A break in the earth's crust
  5. Lower layer of the mantle
  6. Molten rock the erupts from volcanoes
  7. Lithospheric plate sinking into the mantle
  8. Boundary where two plates come together
  9. Where most earthquakes and volcanoes happen
  10. Layer of earth under the crust
  11. Supercontinent
Down
  1. Thick, less dense lithospheric plates
  2. Movements within the earth's surface
  3. Long chains of undersea mountains
  4. Top layer of the mantle
  5. Boundary where two plates move apart
  6. A vent in the earths surface where magma and gases erupt
  7. Boundary where two plates slide by each other
  8. Cooled lava
  9. Valley in the ocean created where one lithospheric plate suducts another

20 Clues: Cooled lava • Supercontinent • Top layer of the mantle • Lower layer of the mantle • A break in the earth's crust • Layer of earth under the crust • Thin, dense lithospheric plates • Long chains of undersea mountains • Movements within the earth's surface • Boundary where two plates move apart • Thick, less dense lithospheric plates • Molten rock the erupts from volcanoes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-02-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Magma that has reached the surface
  2. Theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that float around on the asthenosphere
  3. What mountain range formed from the collision of the India and Eurasia plate?
  4. What mountain formed along the coast of South Africa as a result of plate subduction after a collision
  5. Heated, less dense air or liquid rises and cooler, more dense air or liquid sinks
  6. What islands were formed from the collision of two oceanic plates?
  7. Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
  8. Theory that continents were once one big land mass and over time they drifted apart
  9. What type of plate boundary slides past the other to create fault lines?
  10. Cool, rigid outermost layer of the earth. Consists of the upper most part of the mantle and the crust
Down
  1. Hot, molten rock from deep within the earth
  2. Materialized remains of organisms that show how long an animal lived and the structure of their body
  3. When magma oozes from mid ocean ridges, creating new crust that gradually moves away from the ridge and makes one ocean bigger and the other smaller
  4. What islands were formed over a hotspot?
  5. When two plates collide and the more dense one sinks under the earths surface
  6. Who proposed the idea of plate tectonics?
  7. Solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle just below the lithosphere
  8. What type of plate boundary pulls away from the other to form rift valleys?
  9. What type of plate boundary collides with the other to create mountains?
  10. Area in the mantle from which magma rises from a narrow plume to form volcanic mountains

20 Clues: Magma that has reached the surface • What islands were formed over a hotspot? • Who proposed the idea of plate tectonics? • Hot, molten rock from deep within the earth • Who proposed the theory of continental drift? • What islands were formed from the collision of two oceanic plates? • What type of plate boundary collides with the other to create mountains? • ...

Plate tectonics 2017-10-19

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when ocean floor is pushed below continental crust
  2. what is used to prove something
  3. all of Earth's plate motion put into one theory
  4. a "mountain range" that rock comes out of from the mantle
  5. the scientist who founded the idea of continental drift
  6. rocks fall into the mantle and are then heated and part of the mantle
  7. rocks closer to the mid ocean ridge are warmer/ cooler
  8. rocks farther from the mid ocean ridge are denser/ less dense
  9. a boundary when two plates ram into each other
  10. the ocean continuously add new material to its floor
  11. where Earth’s crust diverges on land
Down
  1. breaks in Earth's crust where rocks slipped past each other
  2. a boundary where two plates separate
  3. rocks closer to the midocean ridge are denser/ less dense
  4. Wegener's idea that the continents have moved
  5. one of the types of evidence that Wegener used to prove the continents were together
  6. a rock or animal that was preserved in rock
  7. rocks further from the mid ocean ridge are warmer/ cooler
  8. a boundary when two plates run along each other
  9. an tool that uses sound waves and time to map the ocean floor
  10. a supercontinent from around 300 million years ago

21 Clues: what is used to prove something • a boundary where two plates separate • where Earth’s crust diverges on land • a rock or animal that was preserved in rock • Wegener's idea that the continents have moved • a boundary when two plates ram into each other • all of Earth's plate motion put into one theory • a boundary when two plates run along each other • ...

plate tectonics 2017-10-19

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ocean ridge-When does sea floor spreading begin?
  2. As the plates move what do they do?
  3. boundaries- what boundaries is two plates that move slowly away from each other?
  4. drift-Wegener's idea that continents slowly moved over Earth's surface became known as?
  5. boundaries- What boundaries is where two plates slip past each other,moving past each other?
  6. was the name of the scientist?
  7. its when wegener made a what about the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart?
  8. valley-where peices of Earth's crust diverge on land,a deep valley called a ?
  9. supercontinent,or single landmass,about 300 million years ago.
  10. is any trace of any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
Down
  1. and shape-the processes of subduction and sea floor spreading can change what?
  2. the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into a mantle is called?
  3. these pieces became the what?
  4. thing did wegener infer lived on a single landmass
  5. floor- part of what sinks back into the mantle at deep ocean trench?
  6. did scientist mapped mid ocean ridges using?
  7. floor spreading-what adds more crust to the ocean floor?
  8. boundaries-What boundaries is where two plates collide?
  9. ocean trench-At what trench does the oceanic crust bend downward?
  10. oceans- what ocean is expanding?

20 Clues: these pieces became the what? • was the name of the scientist? • oceans- what ocean is expanding? • As the plates move what do they do? • did scientist mapped mid ocean ridges using? • ocean ridge-When does sea floor spreading begin? • thing did wegener infer lived on a single landmass • boundaries-What boundaries is where two plates collide? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core.
  2. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  3. The process by which oceanic trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  4. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  5. A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth.
  6. lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  7. The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents.
  8. A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
  9. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.
  10. The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume.
  11. Boundary A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
Down
  1. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature that transfer heat from one part of the fluid to another.
  2. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  3. The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid.
  4. The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface.
  5. A boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  6. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
  7. The theory that pieces of Earth's
  8. The transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another.
  9. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  10. is any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.

21 Clues: The theory that pieces of Earth's • The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid. • The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves. • The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface. • A boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • The transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How scientists study the inside of Earth since we can’t drill down that far
  2. When plates move away from each other
  3. When oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  4. Measure of how much mass there is in an object
  5. When plates come together
  6. A break in Earth’s crust where rocks slipped past each other
  7. When molten material is added to make new oceanic crust
  8. Theory of how the continents spread away from each other
  9. The theory that Earth’s plates are in a slow, constant motion
  10. The remains of a prehistoric organism
Down
  1. Scientist that came up with the theory of continental drift
  2. What scientists use to explore the ocean floor
  3. Valley along the ocean floor where oceanic crust sinks into the mantle
  4. Where seafloor spreading begins
  5. When pieces of Earth’s crust diverges on land
  6. When plates slip past each other
  7. Causes the plates to move
  8. 3rd layer of Earth that is very hot, yet solid where convection currents are
  9. Supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago
  10. Produced when 2 continental plates collide

20 Clues: When plates come together • Causes the plates to move • Where seafloor spreading begins • When plates slip past each other • When plates move away from each other • The remains of a prehistoric organism • Produced when 2 continental plates collide • When pieces of Earth’s crust diverges on land • What scientists use to explore the ocean floor • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earths deepest layer
  2. A type of heat transfer
  3. The ability to do work
  4. Earth's outer skin
  5. Forces that build up land
  6. Forces that break down land
  7. process where the ocean floor goes back into the mantle
  8. Plates slide past each other
  9. An ancient organism that's been preserved in rock
  10. Process that continuously adds new material to the ocean floor
  11. Super continent that Alfred Wegener named 250 million years ago
  12. Where pieces of of Earth’s crust diverge on land
Down
  1. Where the ocean floor goes back into the mantle
  2. Top layer of the mantle
  3. Tectonic Plates split apart
  4. Idea that continents slowly moved across Earth’s surface
  5. Happen when earthquakes occur
  6. Plates collide
  7. Underwater Mountain ranges
  8. Earth’s second layer
  9. What’s produced from a transform boundary

21 Clues: Plates collide • Earth's outer skin • Earths deepest layer • Earth’s second layer • The ability to do work • Top layer of the mantle • A type of heat transfer • Forces that build up land • Underwater Mountain ranges • Tectonic Plates split apart • Forces that break down land • Plates slide past each other • Happen when earthquakes occur • What’s produced from a transform boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2017-11-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ridge an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced (usually at a divergent boundary)
  2. current the movement of fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
  3. the transfer of heat within a material or between materials that are touching
  4. the name of the single land mass that broke apart and gave rise to today's continents
  5. boundary a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  6. Weak, partially melted layer composed of semi-molten rocks
  7. trench a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
  8. tectonics the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
  9. valley a deep valley where two plates move apart
  10. the transfer of heat by movement of fluid
Down
  1. core a dense sphere of solid iron (Fe) and nickel(Ni) at the center of the Earth
  2. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  3. boundary a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  4. the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
  5. drift the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
  6. a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  7. the transfer of energy through space
  8. the process by which molten materials add new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  9. the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface.
  10. core a layer of molten iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni) that surrounds the inner solid core of the Earth

20 Clues: the transfer of energy through space • the transfer of heat by movement of fluid • valley a deep valley where two plates move apart • the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface. • Weak, partially melted layer composed of semi-molten rocks • a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The uppermost layer in the Earth.
  2. Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
  3. Two plates that slide past each other.
  4. A process where mid-ocean ridges add new material to the ocean floor.
  5. A theory that said the continents move.
  6. A German Scientist that had the theory of Continental Drift
  7. A device that uses sound waves to explore places far away.
  8. Evidence Evidence used to support the theory of Continental Drift
  9. A process where oceanic crust is pulled back into the mantle.
  10. A opening where oceanic crust sinks back into the mantle.
  11. A ridge in the ocean that releases molten rock from the mantle.
  12. A land form that forms when two convergent boundaries hit each other.
Down
  1. A famous volcano responsible for Pompeii.
  2. A super continent formed 240 million years ago.
  3. Two plates that move towards each other.
  4. A layer in the Earth that has molten rock.
  5. Two plates that move away from each other.
  6. The crust in the ocean
  7. A deep valley caused by diverging plates.
  8. Cracks in the Earth that move caused by convection currents.

20 Clues: The crust in the ocean • The uppermost layer in the Earth. • Two plates that slide past each other. • A theory that said the continents move. • Two plates that move towards each other. • A famous volcano responsible for Pompeii. • A deep valley caused by diverging plates. • A layer in the Earth that has molten rock. • Two plates that move away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earth's interior between the crust and the core
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth in the upper mantle also
  3. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth
  4. Drift a theory that explained continents were together once
  5. Boundary when the plates slide sideways past each other
  6. an extended break in in a body of rock
  7. Boundary when two plates are moving toward each other
  8. each of the several rigid pieces of the earth’s lithosphere
  9. trench any long,narrow,steep-sided depression in ocean
  10. Valley a linear shaped lowland between several highlands
Down
  1. the sideways and downwards movement of edges of a plate
  2. Boundary the plate tectonics move away from each other
  3. the upper layer of the earth’s mantle below lithosphere
  4. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic
  5. ridge underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics
  6. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism persevered
  7. Wegener a German scientist who proposed the theory of Pangea
  8. the degree of compactness of the substance
  9. floor spreading the formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  10. Tectonics a theory explaining the structure of the earth’s crust

20 Clues: an extended break in in a body of rock • the degree of compactness of the substance • earth's interior between the crust and the core • Boundary when two plates are moving toward each other • Boundary the plate tectonics move away from each other • trench any long,narrow,steep-sided depression in ocean • the sideways and downwards movement of edges of a plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that rub against each other
  2. A former supercontinent on the Earth in the distant past a large landmass
  3. Wegener- the person that came up with the theory of Continental Drift
  4. drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface
  5. ocean ridge-a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the oceanic mantle.
  6. soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  7. core-the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the Mantle and surrounds the inner Core
  8. valley-A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  9. an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock
Down
  1. - plates collide together to make mountains
  2. ocean ridge-an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary.
  3. middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading
  4. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  5. solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
  6. tectonics-a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  7. core-a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
  8. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  9. floor spreading- the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  10. the outer layer of the Earth
  11. Fractures in rock

20 Clues: Fractures in rock • the outer layer of the Earth • plates that rub against each other • - plates collide together to make mountains • drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface • middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading • an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • ...

plate tectonics 2017-10-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries- What boundaries is where two plates slip past each other,moving past each other?
  2. is any trace of any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  3. ocean ridge-When does sea floor spreading begin?
  4. drift-Wegener's idea that continents slowly moved over Earth's surface became known as?
  5. its when wegener made a what about the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart?
  6. supercontinent,or single landmass,about 300 million years ago.
  7. thing did wegener infer lived on a single landmass
  8. oceans- what ocean is expanding?
  9. boundaries- what boundaries is two plates that move slowly away from each other?
  10. floor spreading-what adds more crust to the ocean floor?
Down
  1. boundaries-What boundaries is where two plates collide?
  2. the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into a mantle is called?
  3. was the name of the scientist?
  4. these pieces became the what?
  5. As the plates move what do they do?
  6. did scientist mapped mid ocean ridges using?
  7. floor- part of what sinks back into the mantle at deep ocean trench?
  8. and shape-the processes of subduction and sea floor spreading can change what?
  9. valley-where peices of Earth's crust diverge on land,a deep valley called a ?
  10. ocean trench-At what trench does the oceanic crust bend downward?

20 Clues: these pieces became the what? • was the name of the scientist? • oceans- what ocean is expanding? • As the plates move what do they do? • did scientist mapped mid ocean ridges using? • ocean ridge-When does sea floor spreading begin? • thing did wegener infer lived on a single landmass • boundaries-What boundaries is where two plates collide? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-03-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a steep-sided mount that forms when lava is extruded viciously
  2. activity having to do with earthquakes
  3. the opening of a volcano
  4. point on the earth's surface directly above hypocenter
  5. a weak point in earth's crust
  6. the place where two or more plates meet
  7. one or a series of huge waves caused by an earthquake
  8. one of the sections that makes up earth's crust
  9. smoke over a volcano
  10. an area in the middle lithosphere
Down
  1. a primary wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the first wave to be recorded
  2. seismic wave that travels through the earth
  3. thin layer of earth's surface
  4. magna once it has erupted
  5. erupting mountain
  6. shaking caused by sudden movement of plates
  7. innermost layer of earth
  8. layer of rock that lies between the crust and the outer layer
  9. an earthquake that follows a larger earthquake
  10. a movement of ash-sized particles

20 Clues: erupting mountain • smoke over a volcano • innermost layer of earth • the opening of a volcano • magna once it has erupted • thin layer of earth's surface • a weak point in earth's crust • a movement of ash-sized particles • an area in the middle lithosphere • activity having to do with earthquakes • the place where two or more plates meet • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-07-23

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2017-07-23

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2018-02-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hardened pieces of lava
  2. this occurs when rock layers bend under stress
  3. type of fault common along convergent boundaries
  4. materials that are made of hot ash and bits of rock
  5. any place where gas, ash, or melted rock come out of the ground
  6. the Appalachian Mountains are this kind of mountain
  7. type of stress that squeezes or pushes rock together
  8. type of boundary in which two plates move past each other horizontally
  9. type of volcano with a broad base and gently sloping sides
  10. type of stress that stretches or pulls rock apart
  11. directly above the focus on Earth’s surface
  12. the single large landmass that existed before the continents moved to their present-day location
  13. the outermost, rigid layer of Earth; divided up into pieces called tectonic plates
  14. a place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
  15. seafloor spreading takes place at mid-ocean ______________
  16. type of volcano that has alternating layers of hardened lava flows and pyroclastic material
  17. the crack that forms when large blocks of rock break and move past each other
  18. opening of a volcano
Down
  1. large basin-shaped depression that forms due to a collapsed magma chamber
  2. movement of material due to differences in density
  3. this national park has a hot spot on land
  4. region of hot, slow-flowing, solid rock; located between the core and the crust
  5. the process in which the shaking of an earthquake turns soft soil into liquid mud
  6. a series of long waves that can travel outward in all directions from the point where an earthquake occurred
  7. __________ eruptions happen when lava flows from giant cracks in Earth’s surface
  8. magma that has reached Earth’s surface
  9. the process by which rocks change shape when under stress
  10. in the late 1800, he proposed the hypothesis of continental drift
  11. substance found in magma that determines the force of an eruption
  12. _________ rebound is the return of rock to its original shape after elastic deformation
  13. the outermost solid layer of Earth
  14. type of stress that pushes rocks in parallel but opposite directions
  15. melted rock

33 Clues: melted rock • opening of a volcano • hardened pieces of lava • the outermost solid layer of Earth • magma that has reached Earth’s surface • this national park has a hot spot on land • directly above the focus on Earth’s surface • this occurs when rock layers bend under stress • type of fault common along convergent boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-12-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Earth’s lithosphere is broken up into many _____________ plates.
  2. This is the thickest layer of the Earth.
  3. Rock formed from cooling magma.
  4. An tremor that causes the earth to shake.
  5. The area where two plates collide and one goes beneath the other and is destroyed.
  6. These are mainly formed at transform boundaries.
  7. This is the thinnest layer of the Earth.
  8. The first hundred kilometers of the Earth is called ______.
  9. These boundaries can cause subduction zones.
  10. Spews ash and magma.
Down
  1. Two plates moving apart makes a ______ boundary.
  2. Rock formed from Cementation and Compaction
  3. The ______ is the less dense plate.
  4. The center of the Earth.
  5. When two tectonic _______ collide they can cause earthquakes.
  6. Rock formed from heat and pressure.
  7. Earthquakes and faults are mainly made at this boundary.
  8. The _____ plate is denser than the continental plates.
  9. A formation where two plates fold and go up.
  10. Melted rock above ground.

20 Clues: Spews ash and magma. • The center of the Earth. • Melted rock above ground. • Rock formed from cooling magma. • The ______ is the less dense plate. • Rock formed from heat and pressure. • This is the thickest layer of the Earth. • This is the thinnest layer of the Earth. • An tremor that causes the earth to shake. • Rock formed from Cementation and Compaction • ...