plate Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics Vocab 2023-09-19

Plate Tectonics Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a plate moves under the other.
  2. A line of volcanoes that form a ring-like shape.
  3. Plate boundaries that move together.
  4. A current in the Earth's mantle that causes tectonic plates to move.
  5. A ocean covered tectonic plate.
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  1. A tectonic plate that holds a continent.
  2. Plate boundaries that move apart.
  3. A large plate that moves around under the ocean and continents.
  4. Plate boundaries that move parallel
  5. A large dip in the crust where divergent plate separate.

10 Clues: A ocean covered tectonic plate. • Plate boundaries that move apart. • When a plate moves under the other. • Plate boundaries that move parallel • Plate boundaries that move together. • A tectonic plate that holds a continent. • A line of volcanoes that form a ring-like shape. • A large dip in the crust where divergent plate separate. • ...

Alex Science Crossword 2017-12-10

Alex Science Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Theory of how the plates move.
  2. Transfer of heat through motion of liquids and gases.
  3. Idea that continents move around on Earth's surface.
  4. A long chain of undersea mountains.
  5. A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates come together.
  6. Process involving a lithospheric plate sinking into the mantle.
  7. Thick layer of Earth between crust and core.
  8. Huge landmass composed of earlier forms of todays continents.
  9. A lithospheric plate ________ where two plates move apart.
  10. Outermost layer of Earth.
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  1. Seismic waves that move side to side.
  2. Vibrations that are caused by earthquakes.
  3. Thick lithospheric plates that form the continents.
  4. Plates that form the ocean floor.
  5. Valley in the ocean created when one lithospheric plate subducts under another.
  6. Movement beginning at one location and sets thing in motion far away.
  7. Waves that move with a forward and backwards motion.
  8. Scientists who detect seismic waves.
  9. The center of the Earth.
  10. Mass of an object divided by its volume.

20 Clues: The center of the Earth. • Outermost layer of Earth. • Theory of how the plates move. • Plates that form the ocean floor. • A long chain of undersea mountains. • Scientists who detect seismic waves. • Seismic waves that move side to side. • Mass of an object divided by its volume. • Vibrations that are caused by earthquakes. • Thick layer of Earth between crust and core. • ...

Plate tectonic crossword 2022-02-21

Plate tectonic crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses
  2. a scientist who studies the earth
  3. the deepest trench in the pacific ocean
  4. when two plates move into each other
  5. a sea wave caused by an earthquake or a volcanic under the ocean
  6. a plate that slides up and down
  7. the center layer of planet Earth
  8. molten rock that is deep below the earth's crust
  9. when hot magma moves to the surface
  10. when two plates move away from each other
  11. a scientist who studies a volcanic
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  1. when one plate moves under another plate
  2. what was believed to be a super continent
  3. an instrument that measures how much force a earthquake has
  4. a line where two plates meet and earthquakes and volcanic occur
  5. the paper used by a seismograph
  6. heated water that erupts from under the earth's surface
  7. when the earth moves because plates move
  8. crust the thicker layer of the earth's
  9. pieces of the earth's lithosphere which together make up the earth's surface.

20 Clues: the paper used by a seismograph • a plate that slides up and down • the center layer of planet Earth • a scientist who studies the earth • a scientist who studies a volcanic • when hot magma moves to the surface • when two plates move into each other • crust the thicker layer of the earth's • the deepest trench in the pacific ocean • when one plate moves under another plate • ...

Plate tectonics 2025-12-12

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. layer of the earth where magma is
  2. when plate tectonics move closer together
  3. when one plate slides underneath the other plate due to density
  4. Magma circulating in the mantle. causing the plate tectonics to move
  5. where volcanoes typically are
  6. hot lava while it is still in the mantle
Down
  1. When plate tectonics move away from each other
  2. caused by subduction
  3. caused by transform boundary
  4. When plate tectonics slide past each other
  5. changes in this can cause subduction

11 Clues: caused by subduction • caused by transform boundary • where volcanoes typically are • layer of the earth where magma is • changes in this can cause subduction • hot lava while it is still in the mantle • when plate tectonics move closer together • When plate tectonics slide past each other • When plate tectonics move away from each other • ...

Unit Two Review: Plate Tectonics and Earth's Interior 2023-11-12

Unit Two Review: Plate Tectonics and Earth's Interior crossword puzzle
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  1. The upward force that allows objects to float.
  2. It is the ________ dense plate that stays above at a convergent boundary.
  3. This plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
  4. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface.
  5. Heat transferred through rapid collision of materials in a solid.
  6. The outer and inner core are made up of __________ in a solid and liquid form.
  7. The land feature created at a divergent continental - continental boundary - it's currently happening in Iceland!
  8. The center of the Earth.
  9. The word to describe something like toothpaste; not a liquid but not quite a solid.
  10. The type of crust that is underwater.
  11. When magma comes to Earth's surface in the middle of a tectonic plate.
  12. This plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move along each other.
  13. Divergent boundaries are where the ___________ crust forms.
  14. The land feature that does not occur at a continental - continental plate boundary.
  15. Earth has a solid core because the ___________ is so intense.
  16. The layer of molten rock between Earth's crust and its core.
  17. Convergent boundaries are where you can find Earth's _________ crust.
  18. The ground shaking event that occurs at every plate boundary.
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  1. The type of crust that is above the ocean.
  2. The location where one tectonic plate subducts under another.
  3. More sense solutions will _________.
  4. The mantle is made of heated ________.
  5. The movement of the mantle as it transfers heat from the hot core to the cooler crust.
  6. This plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates are moving towards each other.
  7. The rising and falling of mantle as it cools and becomes more dense and warms to become less dense creates a _____________________.
  8. A measure of how much mass is in a given volume.
  9. The land feature that is created at a continental - continental boundary.
  10. The very top layer of the Earth that we walk on every day.
  11. Liquefied by heat
  12. What is the name of the super continent scientists believe existed 220 million years ago?
  13. The state in the U.S. that was created from a hot spot.
  14. The layers of the Earth get _______ dense from the crust to the core.

32 Clues: Liquefied by heat • The center of the Earth. • More sense solutions will _________. • Molten rock beneath Earth's surface. • The type of crust that is underwater. • The mantle is made of heated ________. • The type of crust that is above the ocean. • The upward force that allows objects to float. • A measure of how much mass is in a given volume. • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-29

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When during a convergent plate boundary,a tectonic plates of different densities causes one plate to sink under the other
  2. The sudden shaking of earth's surface due to tectonic plates moving
  3. Underwater mountains formed by seafloor spreading at divergent plate boundaries
  4. Molten rock
  5. This occurs at divergent boundaries
Down
  1. This is the energy released during an earthquake
  2. This is formed when one plate is pushed under the other one
  3. Type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other
  4. Type of plate boundary where the plates slide past each other in different directions
  5. This is what scientists use to measure earthquakes magnitude
  6. Type of plate boundary where the plates move toward each other
  7. This is caused by earthquakes which happen because of transform boundaries

12 Clues: Molten rock • This occurs at divergent boundaries • This is the energy released during an earthquake • This is formed when one plate is pushed under the other one • This is what scientists use to measure earthquakes magnitude • Type of plate boundary where the plates move toward each other • Type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-29

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When during a convergent plate boundary,a tectonic plates of different densities causes one plate to sink under the other
  2. The sudden shaking of earth's surface due to tectonic plates moving
  3. Underwater mountains formed by seafloor spreading at divergent plate boundaries
  4. Molten rock
  5. This occurs at divergent boundaries
Down
  1. This is the energy released during an earthquake
  2. This is formed when one plate is pushed under the other one
  3. Type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other
  4. Type of plate boundary where the plates slide past each other in different directions
  5. This is what scientists use to measure earthquakes magnitude
  6. Type of plate boundary where the plates move toward each other
  7. This is caused by earthquakes which happen because of transform boundaries

12 Clues: Molten rock • This occurs at divergent boundaries • This is the energy released during an earthquake • This is formed when one plate is pushed under the other one • This is what scientists use to measure earthquakes magnitude • Type of plate boundary where the plates move toward each other • Type of plate boundary where the plates move away from each other • ...

Chapter 9 crossword Puzzle 2023-04-18

Chapter 9 crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction.
  2. away from the ridge.
  3. forms where two plates slide past eachother
  4. drift suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of the earth
  5. as a slab sinks it pulls on the rest of the plate with force
  6. states that Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to eachother
  7. the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant place in a process
  8. all the continents were once part of a super-continent
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  1. a state in which magnetized objects, such as compass needles will orient themselves to point north.
  2. forms where two plates collide
  3. forms where two plates separate
  4. ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
  5. the cold and rigid outermost rock layer
  6. the process by which new oceanic crust forms along the mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust
  7. a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
  8. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density.

16 Clues: away from the ridge. • forms where two plates collide • forms where two plates separate • the cold and rigid outermost rock layer • forms where two plates slide past eachother • occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction. • all the continents were once part of a super-continent • ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-11-01

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

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

Tectonic Plates Vocabulary 2024-06-23

Tectonic Plates Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. The place below ground where an earthquake starts.
  2. plate, Section of Earth’s crust that moves about on Earth’s surface.
  3. current, The movement of rock and magma in the mantle that transfers heat to the Earth's surface.
  4. The rapid movement of the ground, usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion, due to the movement of tectonic plates.
  5. A layer of ‘plastic’ semi‐solid rock in the lower mantle on which Earth’s tectonic plates move.
  6. wave, A seismic wave that travels along the surface of the Earth in the crust.
  7. wave, The shaking wave-like movement of the ground in an earthquake.
  8. The center of the Earth.
  9. boundary, Plate boundary where lithosphere is destroyed.
  10. A depression in the ocean floor.
  11. boundary, Where plates are sliding parallel to each other but in opposite directions.
  12. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occurring on the seafloor.
  13. Name for the crust and the upper mantle together; Earth’s tectonic plates.
  14. Molten rock below Earth’s surface.
  15. wave (S-wave), A transverse seismic wave that travels through Earth.
  16. striping, Patterns of magnetism trapped in rocks on each side of plate boundaries.
  17. A zone where Earth’s crust and mantle are being pulled apart.
Down
  1. When one plate sinks below another plate during a collision.
  2. boundary, Plate boundary where new crust is formed.
  3. boundary, Where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions.
  4. spreading, The process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards.
  5. boundary, The coming together of continents by drifting across the Earth’s surface.
  6. The point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  7. An instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake.
  8. A place where extremely hot material from inside Earth erupts at the surface.
  9. Earth’s outermost solid layer.
  10. crust, The crust that forms the ocean floor.
  11. spot, An isolated place away from plate boundaries where a lot of hot magma is collecting.
  12. arc, A chain of islands formed at the edges of colliding tectonic plates where one plate subducts.
  13. Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth’s surface.
  14. Layer beneath Earth’s crust.
  15. trench, A deep channel in the ocean floor where crust is sinking downwards.

32 Clues: The center of the Earth. • Layer beneath Earth’s crust. • Earth’s outermost solid layer. • A depression in the ocean floor. • Molten rock below Earth’s surface. • crust, The crust that forms the ocean floor. • The place below ground where an earthquake starts. • Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth’s surface. • boundary, Plate boundary where new crust is formed. • ...

Earth Science Unit 2 Crossword Puzzle 2024-01-08

Earth Science Unit 2 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. An opening in which material removal forms a narrow opening in the ground.
  2. The solid outermost layer of the earth that is divided into the continental and oceanic crust.
  3. Squeezing plates together.
  4. A break in Earth’s crust where two plates meet.
  5. The type of rock that can be formed from layers of sand, silt, and fossils.
  6. An opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gasses escape.
  7. Plates that move away from each other.
  8. What happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another.
  9. The property of a mineral that lets it break smoothly.
  10. The type of rock that is formed from magma inside the Earth.
  11. The type of rock that is formed from other rocks that are modified by heat and pressure.
  12. A line that is a volcano (a crack in the Earth that lava comes out of).
  13. Two oceanic plates colliding.
  14. Consequences of plate movement are ______ events.
  15. One continental plate and one oceanic plate colliding.
  16. Gooey, melted rock that is under the lithosphere.
  17. Naturally occurring, solid, inorganic, normal crystal structure, and has a distinct chemical composition.
  18. The type of currents that transfer heat through the movement of either liquid or gas.
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  1. Solid aggregates of minerals.
  2. Measured with the Mohs Scale.
  3. Describes how a mineral reflects light.
  4. Two continental plates colliding.
  5. The thin uppermost part of the mantle that is solid is called the ______ mantle.
  6. The border between two plates is called plate _____.
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  8. The color of a rock in powdered form.
  9. An area under the crust, where magma is hotter than surrounding magma is called mantle _____.
  10. When two plates collide and one plate slips under the other one (an oceanic plate usually slides underneath the continental plate because it is denser.)
  11. The innermost layer of Earth is called the _____ core.
  12. The solid layer of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle.
  13. The property of a mineral that lets it break rigidly, in a more random pattern.
  14. Plates that move towards each other.
  15. The part of the core that is made of liquid metal and rock is called the ______ core.

33 Clues: Squeezing plates together. • Solid aggregates of minerals. • Measured with the Mohs Scale. • Two oceanic plates colliding. • Two continental plates colliding. • Plates that move towards each other. • The color of a rock in powdered form. • Plates that move away from each other. • Describes how a mineral reflects light. • A break in Earth’s crust where two plates meet. • ...

Areeb Rezvi P5 2023-12-08

Areeb Rezvi P5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the boundary of a plate.
  2. line a crack in the earths surface.
  3. When a plate collides.
  4. When water mixes with ash to create a mudslide.
  5. when a plate slides.
  6. When microscopic rock debris shoot up into the air during an eruption.
Down
  1. When a plate divides
  2. The place where the earthquake was on land.
  3. The exact location of the earthquake.
  4. Molten rock that leaks or shoots out of a volcano.
  5. Molten rock that is under ground.
  6. Shocks after an earthquake.

12 Clues: When a plate divides • when a plate slides. • When a plate collides. • the boundary of a plate. • Shocks after an earthquake. • Molten rock that is under ground. • line a crack in the earths surface. • The exact location of the earthquake. • The place where the earthquake was on land. • When water mixes with ash to create a mudslide. • ...

Plate Techtonics 2014-10-16

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of continental drift, continents moving across earths surface
  2. plate, also called lithospheric plate
  3. global rift, runs along the mid atlantic ridge
  4. coming closer together
  5. long high sea wave
  6. boundary, collision between eurasion and indian plate
  7. transfer of heat
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  1. deepest part in the ocean
  2. turn into something else
  3. mid atlantic ridge
  4. two plates cross eachother
  5. violent shaking of the ground
  6. spreading, formation of new areas on oceanic crust

13 Clues: transfer of heat • mid atlantic ridge • long high sea wave • coming closer together • turn into something else • deepest part in the ocean • two plates cross eachother • violent shaking of the ground • plate, also called lithospheric plate • global rift, runs along the mid atlantic ridge • spreading, formation of new areas on oceanic crust • ...

juan 2023-03-07

juan crossword puzzle
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  1. a plate that can collide with others
  2. where new crust is generated as the plates pull away
  3. when two plates collide
  4. the planets we live on
  5. In the plate tectonic's, lava will build up
  6. tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate
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  1. that makes up the earth
  2. an opening in the earth of hot lava
  3. a string of valcanos
  4. floor is the bottom of the ocean.
  5. is a teconic plate that forces another late under it
  6. rapid movement to earthquakes.

12 Clues: a string of valcanos • the planets we live on • that makes up the earth • when two plates collide • rapid movement to earthquakes. • floor is the bottom of the ocean. • an opening in the earth of hot lava • a plate that can collide with others • In the plate tectonic's, lava will build up • tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-10-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of heated of gas or liquid.
  2. A long narrow ditch. Very deep.
  3. Plate moving apart from each other.
  4. Plate that slides beneath another plate.
  5. The sudden release of energy from the earth's crust.
  6. High energy wave caused by an earthquake,volcano, landslide or other natural events.
Down
  1. plates theory States that earth's crust is made up of plates that moves alongside each other.
  2. The process of a plate going underneath another plate.
  3. spreading Formation of new oceanic crust through volcanic activity and gradually move away from ridge.
  4. drift States that parts of the earth's crust slowly drift on the liquid core.
  5. Plates sliding pass each other.
  6. plate The sub-layer of the earth's crust that move,float and sometimes fracture.
  7. boundaries Areas where two or more plates meet.
  8. Global Rift Runs along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

14 Clues: A long narrow ditch. Very deep. • Plates sliding pass each other. • Plate moving apart from each other. • Plate that slides beneath another plate. • Global Rift Runs along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. • boundaries Areas where two or more plates meet. • The sudden release of energy from the earth's crust. • The process of a plate going underneath another plate. • ...

Tectonics-Earth Science 2023-03-21

Tectonics-Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pieces of continent and ocean that move due to convection
  2. form along subduction zones on the less dense plate
  3. evidence used to support the idea of a metallic core
  4. less dense plate material, very old
  5. theory that explains continental drift, how the plates move, and other modern evidence
  6. the thickest layer of Earth where convection currents flow
  7. convergent boundary between Asia and India
  8. the point at the surface directly above the earthquake found using either damage or seismic waves
  9. convergence where both plates are equal density
  10. seismic wave traveling in a compression (push-pull) motion
  11. the magnitude of an Earthquake can be assigned this number based on quantitative wave measurements
  12. divergent boundary between Africa and SaudiArabia
  13. matching __ of the same type and age are found on different continents today
  14. transform boundary along California coast
  15. circulating flow of dense, molten material driving plates
  16. the point where elastic rebound occurs for an earthquake
  17. slowest seismic waves causing the most damage
  18. identical __ are found on distant continents now separates by oceans
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  1. convergence where denser plate subducts beneath less dense plate
  2. when two or more plates collide head-on
  3. many continents appear to fit together due to their matching
  4. an area of activity located away from tectonic plate boundaries
  5. denser plate material that subducts, much younger
  6. the name given to the ancient supercontinent
  7. theory explaining the cause of earthquakes
  8. the interval between the arrival of primary and secondary waves
  9. when two plates move along side one another but get stuck
  10. deep chasms forming along convergent boundaries
  11. they outline Earth's tectonic plates
  12. form along an ocean-ocean convergent boundary in North Pacific Ocean
  13. densest layer of Earth composed of metallic material
  14. forming along divergent boundaries (ex: atlantic ocean)
  15. they change speed as they move through denser or less dense layers of Earth
  16. forms where Nazca plate subducts under South American plate
  17. theory that all landmasses were once connected but have been moving away since
  18. the strength of an earthquake asigned a number using damage and other qualitative observations
  19. the thinnest layer of Earth that moves due to convection currents
  20. seismic wave traveling sideways as it also moves forwards
  21. when two plates pull away from one another

39 Clues: less dense plate material, very old • they outline Earth's tectonic plates • when two or more plates collide head-on • transform boundary along California coast • theory explaining the cause of earthquakes • convergent boundary between Asia and India • when two plates pull away from one another • the name given to the ancient supercontinent • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-06-22

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake)
  2. (an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt)
  3. Waves (an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means)
  4. Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other)
  5. (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor)
  6. (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus)
  7. (a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements)
  8. Convection (Mantle convection describes the movement of the mantle as it transfers heat from the white-hot core to the brittle lithosphere)
  9. (the great size or extent of something)
Down
  1. (a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.)
  2. ridges (a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics) floor spreading (process in which tectonic plates split apart from each other)
  3. of Plate Tectonic (Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the Earth's rocky inner layer above the soft core)
  4. Plate Boundary (when two plates come together)
  5. Push (The newly-formed plates slide sideways off these high areas, pushing the plate in front of them resulting in a _____-____ mechanism)
  6. Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another)
  7. (the location on the surface of the Earth directly above where the earthquake starts)
  8. Pull (The force exerted by the weight of the subducted slab on the plate it is attached to)

17 Clues: (the great size or extent of something) • (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor) • Plate Boundary (when two plates come together) • (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus) • Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another) • (instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake) • ...

Chapter 9 Nail Structure & Growth Crossword - Test Prep 2021-07-16

Chapter 9 Nail Structure & Growth Crossword - Test Prep crossword puzzle
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  1. The _________ is the slightly thickened layer of skin under the nail that lies between the fingertip and the free edge of the nail plate. It forms a protective barrier that prevents microorganisms from invading and infecting the nail bed. pg. 201
  2. nail bed contains many nerves, and is attached to the nail plate by a thin layer of tissue called the ___ ______. pg. 199
  3. A ______ is a tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place. pg. 201
  4. The ____ ____ are folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate. pg. 201
  5. The natural nail is located at the end of the finger or toe. It is an appendage of the skin and is part of the _______ ______ , which is made up of the skin and its various organs. pg. 198
  6. The ______ is the living skin at the base of the natural nail plate covering the matrix area. pg. 200
  7. The ______ is the dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate. pg. 200
  8. A normal nail grows forward from the ____ and extends over the tip of the finger. Normal, healthy nails can grow in a variety of shapes, depending on the shape of the ____. pg. 202
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  1. The ___ ____ is the portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge. Because it is richly supplied with blood vessels, the ____ ____ has a pinkish appearance from the lunula to the area just before the free edge of the nail. pg. 199
  2. A healthy nail may look dry and hard, but its water content is actually between 15 and 25 percent. The water content directly affects the nail’s ________. The lower the water content, the more rigid the nail becomes. pg. 198-199
  3. If the nail is abnormal in shape or form it is called ___ __________. pg. 203
  4. The nail plate may appear to be one solid piece, but is actually constructed of about ___ ______ layers of nail cells. pg. 199
  5. The ___ ___ is a hardened keratin plate that sits on and covers the nail bed. It is the most visible and functional part of the nail unit. pg. 199
  6. The ______ is the area where the nail plate cells are formed. pg. 200
  7. The visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin is called the ______. It is the whitish, half-moon shape underneath the base of the nail. pg. 200
  8. The ____ ____ is the part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe. pg. 199
  9. The ___________ is the living skin bordering the root and sides of a fingernail or toenail. pg. 201
  10. A natural nail, also known as _____, is the hard protective plate composed mainly of keratin, the fiber-shaped protein found in skin and hair. pg. 198

18 Clues: The ______ is the area where the nail plate cells are formed. pg. 200 • The ____ ____ are folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate. pg. 201 • If the nail is abnormal in shape or form it is called ___ __________. pg. 203 • The ______ is the dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate. pg. 200 • ...

ES1 2023-11-03

ES1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sleeping
  2. type of volcano that is calm, lava flows
  3. connects chambers to a vent
  4. stores magma
  5. caved in volcano
  6. hole
  7. currently erupting
  8. earths heat
  9. edge of pacific plate
  10. runny lava
  11. violent with cinders
  12. thickness of a liquid
  13. eruption of heated water
  14. middle of a plate
Down
  1. subduction of oceanic plate
  2. makes magma thicker
  3. hot gas,ash,cinders,and bombs
  4. sits sideways
  5. thick lava
  6. alternating lava
  7. opening
  8. when lava pours out
  9. magma chamber hardens
  10. magma hardens in the pipe
  11. up and down
  12. water heated by magma
  13. never again

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • thick lava • runny lava • up and down • earths heat • never again • stores magma • sits sideways • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currently erupting • makes magma thicker • when lava pours out • violent with cinders • magma chamber hardens • edge of pacific plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • eruption of heated water • ...

Elle1 2023-10-13

Elle1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. total energy
  2. smarter quake after a larger quake
  3. satellite satellite and receiver
  4. sideways shearing
  5. rocky blockabove the fault plate that hangs over the foot wall
  6. medium
  7. meter waight on a pulley
  8. on surface
  9. fastest
  10. barels of h2o connected by a tube
  11. arche or up fold
  12. shock absorbers
Down
  1. soil acts like liquid
  2. hanging wall moved downward tension
  3. underground
  4. slow and damaging
  5. rocky block that looks like a foot below the fault plate
  6. tall flat area
  7. ranging device laser and reflector
  8. wave from underwater earthquake
  9. shaking
  10. damage
  11. rock above fault plate moved upward compression
  12. dip or down fold

24 Clues: medium • damage • shaking • fastest • on surface • underground • total energy • tall flat area • shock absorbers • dip or down fold • arche or up fold • slow and damaging • sideways shearing • soil acts like liquid • meter waight on a pulley • wave from underwater earthquake • satellite satellite and receiver • barels of h2o connected by a tube • smarter quake after a larger quake • ...

C8 week 9 jigsaw crossword 2017-04-22

C8 week 9 jigsaw crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. black
  2. water
  3. computer
  4. delicious
  5. ask
  6. toothbrush
  7. week
  8. television
  9. ear
  10. stop
  11. yesterday
  12. scared
  13. door
  14. tea
  15. old
  16. giraffe
  17. plate
Down
  1. face
  2. snow
  3. bottle
  4. chopsticks
  5. teacher
  6. car
  7. lost
  8. elephant
  9. hot
  10. river
  11. lazy
  12. tomorrow
  13. sunday
  14. teapot
  15. fish
  16. baby
  17. left

34 Clues: car • ask • hot • ear • tea • old • face • snow • lost • week • lazy • stop • door • fish • baby • left • black • water • river • plate • bottle • scared • sunday • teapot • teacher • giraffe • computer • elephant • tomorrow • delicious • yesterday • chopsticks • toothbrush • television

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When 2 plates move away from each other
  2. A plate on land
  3. What happens at a transform boundary
  4. When 2 plates go towards each other
Down
  1. A plate that is in the ocean and is denser
  2. Plate When a plate goes underneath another
  3. When 2 plate slides past each other
  4. A group of mountaisn caused by the movement of tectonic plates
  5. The converge of 2 plates that erupt lava
  6. The cause of the landforms movements

10 Clues: A plate on land • When 2 plate slides past each other • When 2 plates go towards each other • The cause of the landforms movements • What happens at a transform boundary • When 2 plates move away from each other • The converge of 2 plates that erupt lava • A plate that is in the ocean and is denser • Plate When a plate goes underneath another • ...

ES1 2023-11-03

ES1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sleeping
  2. type of volcano that is calm, lava flows
  3. connects chambers to a vent
  4. stores magma
  5. caved in volcano
  6. hole
  7. currently erupting
  8. earths heat
  9. edge of pacific plate
  10. runny lava
  11. violent with cinders
  12. thickness of a liquid
  13. eruption of heated water
  14. middle of a plate
Down
  1. subduction of oceanic plate
  2. makes magma thicker
  3. hot gas,ash,cinders,and bombs
  4. sits sideways
  5. thick lava
  6. alternating lava
  7. opening
  8. when lava pours out
  9. magma chamber hardens
  10. magma hardens in the pipe
  11. up and down
  12. water heated by magma
  13. never again

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • thick lava • runny lava • up and down • earths heat • never again • stores magma • sits sideways • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currently erupting • makes magma thicker • when lava pours out • violent with cinders • magma chamber hardens • edge of pacific plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • eruption of heated water • ...

Liam P1 2023-10-13

Liam P1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. laser and reflector
  2. medium
  3. fast
  4. slow and damaging
  5. weight on a pulley
  6. underground
  7. soil acts like liquid
  8. rocky block above the flat plate hanging over foot wall
  9. tall flat aria
  10. on surface movement
  11. total energy
  12. sideways shearing
  13. dip down or down folded
Down
  1. satellite and receaver
  2. rock above fault planted moving upwards do to commpresion
  3. damage
  4. shock absorbers
  5. rocky block above the flat plate that hangs over the foot plate
  6. barrels of h2o connected by a tube
  7. smaller earthquake after big one
  8. hanging wall moves downwards do to tension
  9. wave formed underwear from earthquake
  10. shacking
  11. arch or up fold

24 Clues: fast • medium • damage • shacking • underground • total energy • tall flat aria • shock absorbers • arch or up fold • slow and damaging • sideways shearing • weight on a pulley • laser and reflector • on surface movement • soil acts like liquid • satellite and receaver • dip down or down folded • smaller earthquake after big one • barrels of h2o connected by a tube • wave formed underwear from earthquake • ...

Tectonic Plates 2022-02-25

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate that is just west of South America
  2. the plate that is in the Caribbean
  3. the plate that is just North America
  4. the plate that is just South America
Down
  1. the plate that rests in the Middle East
  2. the theory that the continents were once connected as a supercontinent called Pangaea and had drifted apart over millions of years
  3. the plate that rests under the Pacific Ocean
  4. the plate that is west of the Caribbean Plate
  5. the plate that rests just south of South America
  6. the man who proposed the theory of continental drift

10 Clues: the plate that is in the Caribbean • the plate that is just North America • the plate that is just South America • the plate that rests in the Middle East • a plate that is just west of South America • the plate that rests under the Pacific Ocean • the plate that is west of the Caribbean Plate • the plate that rests just south of South America • ...

Ch. 18 2024-12-05

Ch. 18 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plan for managing money when shopping
  2. cloths that cover the entire table, can be fun or formal
  3. the main plate used for eating food
  4. plate used for salad
  5. includes items such as the dinner plate, salad plate, cup and saucer, and other numerous serving vessels
  6. serving containers made of silver, silver plate, or stainless steel
  7. a small portion of food served at the beginning of a meal to whet the appetite
  8. paper cloths that are used when eating, can come in different sizes
  9. that require more and more varied tableware, formal place setting may include dinnerware, flatware, and glassware
Down
  1. a long narrow cloth that "runs" the length of the table
  2. any item used for serving and eating food
  3. includes knives forks and spoons and larger serving utensils, they can be crafted from sterling silver, silver plate, or stainless steel
  4. less formal coverings for eating spots, can be made from fabric straw or plastic
  5. the tableware needed by one person to eat a meal
  6. dishes to serve beverages, choices are stemware and tumblers

15 Clues: plate used for salad • the main plate used for eating food • plan for managing money when shopping • any item used for serving and eating food • the tableware needed by one person to eat a meal • a long narrow cloth that "runs" the length of the table • cloths that cover the entire table, can be fun or formal • ...

Geography Crossword 2012-10-05

Geography Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layers of Molten Rock
  2. Number of plates we have studied
  3. Causes the plates to move (no space)
  4. The very hot centre of the Earth
  5. The outer shell of the Earth
Down
  1. Caused by the movement of tectonic plates
  2. Huge slabs of the crust
  3. Name of plate at the bottom of the map
  4. How many different types of plate boundaries
  5. The place where 2 plates meet
  6. Name of plate between Pacific and South American plates
  7. Name of a plate

12 Clues: Name of a plate • Layers of Molten Rock • Huge slabs of the crust • The outer shell of the Earth • The place where 2 plates meet • Number of plates we have studied • The very hot centre of the Earth • Causes the plates to move (no space) • Name of plate at the bottom of the map • Caused by the movement of tectonic plates • How many different types of plate boundaries • ...

fold mountain revision 2023-11-20

fold mountain revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fold mountains occur at these plate boundaries
  2. a plate with a continent on it
  3. the highest point in the alps
  4. an armorican mountain range
  5. this happens where plate meet
  6. an alpine mountain range
  7. an animal that is often in mountain farms
Down
  1. the force that moves plates
  2. a plate with an ocean on it
  3. 400 million years ago
  4. where plates meet
  5. another name for an upfold
  6. another name for a downfold

13 Clues: where plates meet • 400 million years ago • an alpine mountain range • another name for an upfold • the force that moves plates • a plate with an ocean on it • an armorican mountain range • another name for a downfold • the highest point in the alps • this happens where plate meet • a plate with a continent on it • an animal that is often in mountain farms • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly.
  2. a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain
  3. a German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist. During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research
  4. a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface
  5. one of the plates oceanic crust and lithospheric mantle is pushed, or subducted, under the other It mixes with the overlying mantle, and the addition of water to the hot mantle lowers the crust's melting point and leads to the formation of magma
  6. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
  7. is the movement of the plates that make up Earth's crust lightest, most buoyant rock layer.
  8. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight
  9. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
Down
  1. Two plates sliding past each other
  2. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  4. Convective heat transfer, often referred to simply as convection, is the transfer of heat from one place to another by the movement of fluids.
  5. gravitational forces acting on the young, raised oceanic lithosphere around mid-ocean ridges
  6. arge-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust
  7. oceanic crust is often forced down into the mantle where it begins to melt.
  8. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
  9. he sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  10. volcanic activity or phenomena.
  11. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

20 Clues: volcanic activity or phenomena. • Two plates sliding past each other • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain • arge-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust • a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-02-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. gravitational forces acting on the young, raised oceanic lithosphere around mid-ocean ridges
  2. is the movement of the plates that make up earths crust lightest most buoyant rock layer
  3. a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface
  4. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight
  5. Two plates sliding past each other
  6. a German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist. During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research
  7. Convective heat transfer, often referred to simply as convection, is the transfer of heat from one place to another by the movement of fluids
  8. the upper layer of the earth's mantle below the lithosphere in which there is low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur
  9. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  2. large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust
  3. one of the plates oceanic crust and lithosphere mantle is pushed or subducted under the other it mixes with the overlying mantle and the addition of water to the hot mantle lowers the crusts melting point and leads to the formation of magma
  4. oceanic crust is often forced down into the mantle where it begins to melt
  5. volcanic activity or phenomena
  6. a rigid layer of the earths crust is believed to drift slowly
  7. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it
  8. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  9. a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain
  10. when two tectonic plates move away from each other

19 Clues: volcanic activity or phenomena • Two plates sliding past each other • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a feature on the Earth's surface that is part of the terrain • a rigid layer of the earths crust is believed to drift slowly • large-scale processes affecting the structure of the earth's crust • ...

Plate Motion 2021-04-05

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Global Positioning System is used to track the motion of Earth’s plates. It requires 3
  2. Boundary: There are three types of tectonic boundaries convergent, divergent and
  3. other.
  4. looks beneath the surface.
  5. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground as a result of movements within
  6. Study fossils and learn about the history of the Earth.
  7. a view of the past. Like a time capsule.
  8. sample: Is obtained by drilling underground and showing scientists how the
  9. Boundary: When two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  10. section: a diagram that shows the inside of a core sample
  11. Earth's crust.
Down
  1. A preserved specimen of a living thing, plant or animal, found in the ground and
  2. The solid parts of the earth
  3. Outer Layer: The layer of the earth that contains solid rock below the surface of
  4. in space and receivers on Earth.
  5. Where two or more plates collide, one plate eventually slides beneath
  6. How often or fast something happens
  7. earth.
  8. Studies the Earth
  9. Plate: pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle that cause continental
  10. layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core.

21 Clues: other. • earth. • Earth's crust. • Studies the Earth • looks beneath the surface. • The solid parts of the earth • in space and receivers on Earth. • How often or fast something happens • a view of the past. Like a time capsule. • Study fossils and learn about the history of the Earth. • section: a diagram that shows the inside of a core sample • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stated the idea of seafloor spreading
  2. where plates move together
  3. a downward fold in rock
  4. the section of the mantle that bends like putty
  5. the most common rock in oceanic crust
  6. where plates move apart
  7. a bend in rock that forms from compression
  8. an upward bend in rock
  9. the crust and the rigid part of the mantle
Down
  1. stated the hypothesis of continental drift
  2. a system that uses sound to determine distance
  3. a liquid's resistance to flowing
  4. where plates slide past one another
  5. a stress the causes rock to slide pass each other
  6. a stress that squeezes rock
  7. a break in earth's crust where movement has occurred
  8. a stress that stretches rock
  9. when one plate sinks beneath another plate
  10. the property of having poles

19 Clues: an upward bend in rock • a downward fold in rock • where plates move apart • where plates move together • a stress that squeezes rock • a stress that stretches rock • the property of having poles • a liquid's resistance to flowing • where plates slide past one another • stated the idea of seafloor spreading • the most common rock in oceanic crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supercontinent over 300 million years ago.
  2. Plates slide apart.
  3. Plates come together .
  4. Slipes past each other.
  5. Continents slowly side apart over time.
  6. German Scientist who hypothesis was that all continents were connected as one landmass.
  7. A device that uses sound waves to measure the distance to an object.
  8. Breaks in earth’s crust.
  9. Deep valley.
  10. Ancient organism that has been preserved.
Down
  1. Mountain ranges that ran along the ocean floor.
  2. Process which ocean floor sinks beneath deep ocean trench and back into the mantle.
  3. Ocean crust bends downward.
  4. Measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance.
  5. The flow that transfers heat within a fluid .
  6. Europe and Asia.
  7. A layer of hot rock.
  8. Plate motions and Sea floor spreading.
  9. Pieces separated by cracks.

19 Clues: Deep valley. • Europe and Asia. • Plates slide apart. • A layer of hot rock. • Plates come together . • Slipes past each other. • Breaks in earth’s crust. • Ocean crust bends downward. • Pieces separated by cracks. • Plate motions and Sea floor spreading. • Continents slowly side apart over time. • Ancient organism that has been preserved. • Supercontinent over 300 million years ago. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-30

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

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

Plate teconics 2014-01-21

Plate teconics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a hill or mountain that has magma in it
  2. boundary two plates collide
  3. land that has been elevated
  4. the place we live
  5. boundary where two plates slide past each other
  6. plates portion of earths crust that lies beneath the oceans
  7. ocean ridge an underwater mountain system
  8. floor spreading process that occur at mid ocean ridges
Down
  1. the second layer of the earth
  2. drift alfred wegeners hypothesis that continents were on joined together
  3. spot a place that is not at a plate boundary
  4. plates portion of earths crust that lies above sea level
  5. boundary two plates move away from each other
  6. energy travelling as waves passing through earth
  7. another word for lava
  8. valley a valley created by divergent plates
  9. of plate tectonics a theory that explains how the continents separated
  10. a giant and dangerous wave
  11. basin a geological basin found in the sea

19 Clues: the place we live • another word for lava • a giant and dangerous wave • boundary two plates collide • land that has been elevated • the second layer of the earth • a hill or mountain that has magma in it • basin a geological basin found in the sea • ocean ridge an underwater mountain system • valley a valley created by divergent plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object
  2. Process of which new oceanic crust is formed
  3. created by transform boundaries.
  4. tectonic plates which include oceanic and continental
  5. properties that involve a reaction to various properties
  6. made of iron and nickel
  7. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate
  8. makes up 1 percent of earth
  9. lower part of the mantle
  10. only liquid layer in the earth
Down
  1. theory developed by Alfred Wegner
  2. the theory explains how large pieces of the earth's crust move and change shapes
  3. plates sliding past each other
  4. Moving apart
  5. Colliding
  6. plastic like layer of earth
  7. makes up 66 percent of earth
  8. center of earth
  9. one of the two types of layers in the earth

19 Clues: Colliding • Moving apart • center of earth • made of iron and nickel • lower part of the mantle • plastic like layer of earth • makes up 1 percent of earth • makes up 66 percent of earth • plates sliding past each other • only liquid layer in the earth • created by transform boundaries. • theory developed by Alfred Wegner • one of the two types of layers in the earth • ...

Plate Tectonic 2023-02-16

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. currents movement inside Earths surface that move rock and other material
  2. _____ currents in earths mantel cause the rise and fall of rock
  3. boundary a boundary where one plate slides past the other
  4. ridge underwater volcano
  5. trench a land form caused by divergent plate boundaries in the ocean
  6. a food dish on Earth
  7. boundary creates volcanoes and deep sea trenches
  8. drift the gradual movement of continents
  9. a solid rock can form from the cooling of this
  10. the preservation of past life
Down
  1. spreading the creation of new sea floor material
  2. an opening in Earth's surface where lava erupts
  3. arc a string of islands
  4. the transfer of heat through and empty space
  5. of fire a string of volcanoes where earthquakes often occur
  6. boundary creates mountain ranges
  7. big super continent
  8. the transfer of heat from direct contact with it
  9. extremely hot liquid inside of earth
  10. carbon dioxide had a _____ of 2

20 Clues: big super continent • a food dish on Earth • arc a string of islands • ridge underwater volcano • the preservation of past life • carbon dioxide had a _____ of 2 • boundary creates mountain ranges • extremely hot liquid inside of earth • drift the gradual movement of continents • the transfer of heat through and empty space • a solid rock can form from the cooling of this • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-12-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heats up the bottom of the mantle
  2. Process in the mantle
  3. where the old ocean floor is smashed
  4. caused by convection currents
  5. body of water that is spreading
  6. cause damage at transform boundaries
  7. the name of how the Pacific is shrinking
  8. known for its volcanic activity
  9. Missouri fault line
  10. person who theorized pangea
  11. boundaries that spread apart
Down
  1. body of water that is shrinking
  2. break in earth's crust
  3. boundaries that collide
  4. form at convergent boundaries
  5. area on 2 boundaries where new crust
  6. Super continent
  7. boundary where plates slide past
  8. rocks sliding past each other makes

19 Clues: Super continent • Missouri fault line • Process in the mantle • break in earth's crust • boundaries that collide • person who theorized pangea • boundaries that spread apart • caused by convection currents • form at convergent boundaries • body of water that is shrinking • body of water that is spreading • known for its volcanic activity • boundary where plates slide past • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

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

19 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 • when two plates slide next to each other • when two plates are moving apart from each other • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • The person who invented the theory of plate tectonics • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-01-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process or system responsible for a natural phenomenon
  2. the naturally preserved remains, imprints, or traces of organisms that lived long ago
  3. two things that are the same distance apart along their whole length
  4. to give information about something
  5. to slowly and gradually move
  6. to form or make up
  7. the very hot part of the mantle that is like plastic
  8. the cold, rigid, outermost rock layer of Earth
  9. the structure of substances and the way that they combine or change with each other
  10. an ice sheet that spreads out over land
Down
  1. to change from a solid into a liquid with an orderly, repeating pattern
  2. areas of continent that are under shallow water
  3. to use numbers to find out something
  4. ancient supercontinent
  5. not able to bend or move easily
  6. relating to the shape of the land
  7. an imaginary line on a map that shows points that have the same age
  8. to stop being together
  9. capable of being molded or changing shape without breaking

19 Clues: to form or make up • ancient supercontinent • to stop being together • to slowly and gradually move • not able to bend or move easily • relating to the shape of the land • to give information about something • to use numbers to find out something • an ice sheet that spreads out over land • the cold, rigid, outermost rock layer of Earth • ...

Tectonic Plates 2022-03-09

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. collide
  2. Biggest plate
  3. We talked about it in class
  4. small
  5. movement
  6. biggest part of earth
  7. To the left
  8. upper part of earth
  9. Small piece of land
Down
  1. slides
  2. separate
  3. smaller
  4. At the middle
  5. together
  6. At the top
  7. parts of earth
  8. Big plate
  9. There are 7 major plates
  10. Under north america
  11. separation

20 Clues: small • slides • smaller • collide • separate • together • movement • Big plate • At the top • separation • To the left • At the middle • Biggest plate • parts of earth • Under north america • upper part of earth • Small piece of land • biggest part of earth • There are 7 major plates • We talked about it in class

Plate Tectonic 2023-02-16

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a super continent
  2. ocean ridge- divergent plate boundary result
  3. boundary- two plates slipping past each other
  4. a plant into a rock
  5. - dinner dish on the earth
  6. of fire - a ring of volcano
  7. tectonic- what are the plates called that move
  8. - lava
  9. the pull of oceanic plate down
  10. spot- pool of magma underground
  11. ocean trench- in a subsection zone a _____ occursion
Down
  1. boundary- plates pushing together
  2. valley- results of a divergent boundary
  3. a crack in the land
  4. arc- series of islands
  5. boundary - plates pulling apart from each other
  6. floor spreading- spreading of sea floor
  7. a mountain with lava
  8. drift- continents going apart

19 Clues: - lava • a super continent • a crack in the land • a plant into a rock • a mountain with lava • arc- series of islands • - dinner dish on the earth • of fire - a ring of volcano • drift- continents going apart • the pull of oceanic plate down • spot- pool of magma underground • boundary- plates pushing together • valley- results of a divergent boundary • ...

Plate Tectonic 2023-02-16

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a super continent
  2. ocean ridge- divergent plate boundary result
  3. boundary- two plates slipping past each other
  4. a plant into a rock
  5. - dinner dish on the earth
  6. of fire - a ring of volcano
  7. tectonic- what are the plates called that move
  8. - lava
  9. the pull of oceanic plate down
  10. spot- pool of magma underground
  11. ocean trench- in a subsection zone a _____ occursion
Down
  1. boundary- plates pushing together
  2. valley- results of a divergent boundary
  3. a crack in the land
  4. arc- series of islands
  5. boundary - plates pulling apart from each other
  6. floor spreading- spreading of sea floor
  7. a mountain with lava
  8. drift- continents going apart

19 Clues: - lava • a super continent • a crack in the land • a plant into a rock • a mountain with lava • arc- series of islands • - dinner dish on the earth • of fire - a ring of volcano • drift- continents going apart • the pull of oceanic plate down • spot- pool of magma underground • boundary- plates pushing together • valley- results of a divergent boundary • ...

Plate Tectonic 2023-02-16

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a super continent
  2. ocean ridge- divergent plate boundary result
  3. boundary- two plates slipping past each other
  4. a plant into a rock
  5. - dinner dish on the earth
  6. of fire - a ring of volcano
  7. tectonic- what are the plates called that move
  8. - lava
  9. the pull of oceanic plate down
  10. spot- pool of magma underground
  11. ocean trench- in a subsection zone a _____ occursion
Down
  1. boundary- plates pushing together
  2. valley- results of a divergent boundary
  3. a crack in the land
  4. arc- series of islands
  5. boundary - plates pulling apart from each other
  6. floor spreading- spreading of sea floor
  7. a mountain with lava
  8. drift- continents going apart

19 Clues: - lava • a super continent • a crack in the land • a plant into a rock • a mountain with lava • arc- series of islands • - dinner dish on the earth • of fire - a ring of volcano • drift- continents going apart • the pull of oceanic plate down • spot- pool of magma underground • boundary- plates pushing together • valley- results of a divergent boundary • ...

Zach Hassler 2015-04-30

Zach Hassler crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a super continent
  2. the movement of the Earth's crusts
  3. something used for magnetic measurement
  4. lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates
  5. plates that slide away from one another
  6. sliding plate force
  7. plates moving away from one another
  8. a large elongated depression
Down
  1. the study of the magetic record of the ocean floor
  2. the sideways and downward movement of a plate
  3. the destructive plate boundary
  4. a common technique of radiometric dating
  5. change in direction of the earth's magnetic field
  6. the process that occurs at mid-ocean where new ocean floor is created
  7. the portion of motion of a tectonic plate

15 Clues: a super continent • sliding plate force • a large elongated depression • the destructive plate boundary • the movement of the Earth's crusts • plates moving away from one another • something used for magnetic measurement • plates that slide away from one another • a common technique of radiometric dating • the portion of motion of a tectonic plate • ...

matthews plate techtonics 2025-05-25

matthews plate techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates come together at these boundaries (10)
  2. oceanic plate near South America (5)
  3. landforms formed by underwater volcanic activity (7)
  4. erupt where magma reaches the surface (9)
  5. lighter plate that forms mountains (11)
  6. boundary where plates collide (11)
  7. type of plate that sinks into the mantle (7)
  8. boundary where plates pull apart (12)
  9. formed underwater at constructive boundaries (6)
Down
  1. example ridge at a constructive boundary (10)
  2. another word for pulling apart (9)
  3. currents in the mantle causing movement (10)
  4. cracks where magma rises through (8)
  5. example mountain range at destructive boundary (5)
  6. layer where oceanic plate is destroyed (6)

15 Clues: another word for pulling apart (9) • boundary where plates collide (11) • oceanic plate near South America (5) • cracks where magma rises through (8) • boundary where plates pull apart (12) • lighter plate that forms mountains (11) • erupt where magma reaches the surface (9) • layer where oceanic plate is destroyed (6) • currents in the mantle causing movement (10) • ...

Science 2025-08-13

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock that reaches the surface.
  2. Opening in Earth's crust where magma escapes.
  3. Process where one tectonic plate moves under another.
  4. Plate boundary where plates move apart.
  5. Plate boundary where plates collide.
  6. The rigid outer layer of the Earth.
  7. Connected chain of mountains.
Down
  1. Measure of the energy released by an earthquake.
  2. Crack in Earth's crust where movement occurs.
  3. Area where two tectonic plates meet.
  4. Large section of the Earth's lithosphere.
  5. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
  6. Location underground where an earthquake begins.
  7. Point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  8. Related to vibrations in the Earth caused by earthquakes.

15 Clues: Connected chain of mountains. • The rigid outer layer of the Earth. • Area where two tectonic plates meet. • Plate boundary where plates collide. • Molten rock that reaches the surface. • Plate boundary where plates move apart. • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. • Large section of the Earth's lithosphere. • Crack in Earth's crust where movement occurs. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-03-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This is known as a super continent
  2. Mountains that formed by the bending of rocks
  3. Is the record of earthquake's seismic waves
  4. These are vibrations that travel through earth
  5. This is an undersea mountain chain
  6. This is where the plates converge together
  7. A long narrow excavation in the fround
  8. This is a break in earth's crust
Down
  1. These are the peices of earth's lithosphere
  2. This is a big wave
  3. A small earthquake following a major earthquake
  4. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath earth's surface
  5. An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
  6. Mountain that form when mountains move along faults
  7. This is the movement of a fluid,caused by diffrences in temperature
  8. This is a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  9. The flow of ash,anders,bombs and gases down the side of a volcano
  10. The point of earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  11. This is where the plates slip by one another

19 Clues: This is a big wave • This is a break in earth's crust • This is known as a super continent • This is an undersea mountain chain • A long narrow excavation in the fround • This is where the plates converge together • These are the peices of earth's lithosphere • Is the record of earthquake's seismic waves • This is where the plates slip by one another • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-03

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

19 Clues: Found in oceanic crust • Dense ball of solid metal • Found in continental crust • Located under the Lithosphere • This is mass divided by volume • The crust and the uppermost mantle • This layer's thickness is 2,867 km • When two plates slide past each other • All life exists on this layer on Earth • When two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. huge wave in the ocean
  2. flow/A cloud of ash, rock and gas exits from volcano
  3. is sinking down into the earth
  4. wave/A seismic wave.
  5. rock that has erupted onto the earth's surface.
  6. the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  7. rock
  8. layer of plastic
  9. striping/Patterns of magnetism
  10. boundary/ where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions.
Down
  1. break up
  2. crust/ the crust that forms the ocean floor
  3. boundary/Plates are sliding parallel
  4. rapid movement of the ground usually back and forth.
  5. place where there is extremely hot material.
  6. spreading/The process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges.
  7. boundary/Plates are colliding with each other
  8. tectonics/the theory that the earth's crust is cracked into many large pieces.
  9. arc/A chain of islands

19 Clues: rock • break up • layer of plastic • wave/A seismic wave. • huge wave in the ocean • arc/A chain of islands • is sinking down into the earth • striping/Patterns of magnetism • boundary/Plates are sliding parallel • crust/ the crust that forms the ocean floor • place where there is extremely hot material. • boundary/Plates are colliding with each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-11-22

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

19 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 2017-10-16

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

19 Clues: supercontinent • valley a deep valley • generates earthquakes • mountains under water • breaks in earths crust • colliding of the plates • outer skin of the earth • separating of the plates • a dark fined grained rock • force pressing on something • any trace of anything ancient • core a part of the earths inner • core the last layer in our earth • when the oceanic crust bends down • ...

Plate Techtonics 2023-10-02

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

19 Clues: a famous fault • a theory in geology • The outermost layer • formed by subuction • continents have moved • molten caused by heat • When two plates crash • a mass of glacial ice • 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 Techtonics 2023-10-02

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

19 Clues: a famous fault • a theory in geology • The outermost layer • formed by subuction • continents have moved • molten caused by heat • When two plates crash • a mass of glacial ice • 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 2023-09-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Zones
  2. faulted mountain
  3. EARTHQUAKES
  4. rifting
  5. currents
  6. plates
  7. Mid-ocean
  8. magma
  9. TRENCH
  10. Boundaries
Down
  1. Lithosphere
  2. colliding
  3. plates
  4. Subduction
  5. Asthenosphere
  6. VOLCANOES
  7. sliding
  8. folded
  9. the plates to move
  10. Fault

20 Clues: Zones • magma • Fault • plates • folded • plates • TRENCH • sliding • rifting • currents • colliding • VOLCANOES • Mid-ocean • Subduction • Boundaries • Lithosphere • EARTHQUAKES • Asthenosphere • faulted mountain • the plates to move

Plate tectonics 2023-11-29

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where the continents are slowly growing further apart
  2. a rumble of seismic plates after a build up from pressure
  3. a crack in the earth that is in California
  4. an ancient part of an animal or plant
  5. the thinner part of the crust
  6. molten rock
  7. when the plates are coming apart and the magma from the mantle refills the crust
  8. the spaces between the tectonic plates
  9. when plates are pulling apart from each other
  10. the guy who had a theory that the continents were whole and the split apart
  11. the thicker part of the crust
Down
  1. when heat rises and cools back down
  2. when two plates slide past each other
  3. the upper mantle and crust
  4. when two plates headbutt each other and make mountains
  5. a range of mountains in the Atlantic ocean
  6. the area of the oceanic crust as it slides under the continental crust
  7. a range of volcanoes in the Pacific
  8. what scientists believe was the first continent

19 Clues: molten rock • the upper mantle and crust • the thinner part of the crust • the thicker part of the crust • when heat rises and cools back down • a range of volcanoes in the Pacific • when two plates slide past each other • an ancient part of an animal or plant • the spaces between the tectonic plates • a crack in the earth that is in California • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a natural formation when two plate brush up to eachother and gives a space for magma to come out of
  2. where all living things are apart of
  3. hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.
  4. where two plates move away from eachother
  5. Earths surface
  6. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  7. lava underneath earths surface
  8. sphere where things that are out of our atmosphere are (Planets, stars, black holes)
  9. are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles
  10. form when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure,
Down
  1. Where all ice is found
  2. when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.
  3. upper part of mantle
  4. where two plates come together
  5. underneath the crust
  6. where two plates brush against eachother
  7. a natural formation when two plates move away from eachother
  8. the upper parts of the earth (where weather occurs)
  9. a natural formation where to plates brush against each other

19 Clues: Earths surface • upper part of mantle • underneath the crust • Where all ice is found • where two plates come together • lava underneath earths surface • where all living things are apart of • where two plates brush against eachother • where two plates move away from eachother • hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies. • the upper parts of the earth (where weather occurs) • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A volcanic mountain that forms along a convergent boundary.
  2. A region where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other and one is forced beneath the other.
  3. The boundary between the Earth's crust and mantle.
  4. The process by which new oceanic crust is formed at a divergent boundary.
  5. The process by which one tectonic plate moves past another.
  6. The theory that explains how the Earth's lithosphere is broken into several plates that move relative to each other.
  7. A type of seismic wave that moves through the Earth's interior and can only be detected with special instruments.
Down
  1. A chain of volcanic islands that form along an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary.
  2. The layer of the Earth that is located beneath the crust and is composed of dense, solid rock.
  3. A boundary where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other.
  4. The supercontinent that existed approximately 300 million years ago.
  5. A boundary where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
  6. A type of seismic wave that moves through the Earth's interior and can be detected on the Earth's surface.
  7. A type of boundary where two plates are moving apart and magma rises to fill the gap between them.
  8. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  9. A section of the Earth's lithosphere that moves as a single unit.
  10. The study of the Earth's crust and the processes that shape it.
  11. The type of boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  12. The process by which one tectonic plate moves beneath another and sinks into the mantle

19 Clues: The boundary between the Earth's crust and mantle. • A volcanic mountain that forms along a convergent boundary. • The process by which one tectonic plate moves past another. • The type of boundary where two plates slide past each other. • The study of the Earth's crust and the processes that shape it. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. San Andreas Fault is found in ____.
  2. What can transform boundaries create.
  3. What can convergent boundaries create.
  4. This is an example of divergent boundaries.
  5. The theory of a big land mass moving apart.
  6. Is the deepest part of the ocean.
  7. Continental to ____, is when two same plats collide.
  8. Boundaries that move apart.
  9. Boundaries that come together.
  10. The scientist who thought of the theory of continental drift.
Down
  1. Boundaries that slid pass each other.
  2. Convection currents make the ocean floor_____.
  3. Pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  4. Ocean to ___, is when two same plats collide.
  5. What is the name of the super continent.
  6. Going under.
  7. The part of land that is moving is the Earth's surface is called ___.
  8. The other scientists did what to Wegener's theory.
  9. Continental to ____, is when two different plants collide.
  10. What was left behind to help us believe continental drift existed.

20 Clues: Going under. • Boundaries that move apart. • Boundaries that come together. • Is the deepest part of the ocean. • San Andreas Fault is found in ____. • Boundaries that slid pass each other. • What can transform boundaries create. • What can convergent boundaries create. • What is the name of the super continent. • This is an example of divergent boundaries. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's longest mountain range
  2. Causes convection currents
  3. Type of boundary where plates move apart
  4. Plates are moved by convection currents
  5. Deepest part of the ocean
  6. Causes seafloor spreading
  7. Discovered seafloor spreading
  8. Type of boundary where plates move together
Down
  1. evidence in rock layers across continents
  2. Was initially rejected due to lack of evidence
  3. Giant landmass from 250 million years ago
  4. Can form at convergent or divergent boundaries
  5. Theory Earth used to be one landmass called Pangaea
  6. Lithosphere is ___ plates
  7. Earth's core is comprised of
  8. Comprised of crust and upper mantle
  9. A less dense plate gets pushed under another plate
  10. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other
  11. Wegener compared them from continent to continent
  12. Created Continental Drift Theory

20 Clues: Lithosphere is ___ plates • Deepest part of the ocean • Causes seafloor spreading • Causes convection currents • Earth's core is comprised of • Discovered seafloor spreading • Earth's longest mountain range • Created Continental Drift Theory • Comprised of crust and upper mantle • Type of boundary where plates move apart • Plates are moved by convection currents • ...

Plate Tectonic 2022-02-22

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dark dense rock with a fine texture
  2. Forces shape of surface by building up mountains
  3. breaks in earths crust where rocks slip pass
  4. transfer by direct of particles of matter
  5. boundary is a place where two direction
  6. is a layer of rock that forms Earths outer skin
  7. Wegener named this supercontinent
  8. a layer of hot rock
  9. soft layer in Greek it means weak rock
Down
  1. transfer by the movement of a heated fluid
  2. Forces those that slowly wear away mountains
  3. uppermost part of the mantel and the crust
  4. currents flow that transfer heat within a fluid
  5. transfer of energy through empty space
  6. boundary when two plates converge
  7. boundary occur at the mid-ocean ridge
  8. core is a layer of molten mental that surrounds the inner core
  9. rock that has longer crystals than basalt
  10. core is a dense ball of solid metal
  11. process by which the ocean floor sinks

20 Clues: a layer of hot rock • boundary when two plates converge • Wegener named this supercontinent • dark dense rock with a fine texture • core is a dense ball of solid metal • boundary occur at the mid-ocean ridge • transfer of energy through empty space • soft layer in Greek it means weak rock • process by which the ocean floor sinks • boundary is a place where two direction • ...

Plate Techtonics 2023-12-04

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The point of origin of an earthquake
  2. A large wave of water often caused by earthquakes.
  3. Crust that is under the oceans.
  4. North and South on the equator
  5. the second layer of the Earth
  6. When tectonic plates move under the crust and cause the Earth to shake
  7. The name given to the super continent.
  8. The point on earth’s surface that is vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
Down
  1. where the oceanic and continental crust Collide.
  2. the outer shell of the Earths core
  3. where mountains formed under the ocean
  4. East and west on the equator
  5. outer most layer of the Earth
  6. A crack in the Earths crust
  7. the process where new ocean forms.
  8. the inner core of the Earths core
  9. molten rock beneath the Earths crust
  10. A flat plate under the Earth that shifts and moves
  11. A deep part of the ocean that is void of life.

19 Clues: A crack in the Earths crust • East and west on the equator • outer most layer of the Earth • the second layer of the Earth • North and South on the equator • Crust that is under the oceans. • the inner core of the Earths core • the outer shell of the Earths core • the process where new ocean forms. • The point of origin of an earthquake • molten rock beneath the Earths crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. area around the North Pole or the South Pole
  2. a large land mass separated from other land masses by oceans
  3. scientific study of the deformation of the rocks that make up the Earth's crust and the forces that produce such deformation.
  4. a name for all sediment
  5. the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior.
  6. separate different regions of Earth.
  7. an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.Plate
  8. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  9. the solid, outer part of Earth.
Down
  1. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  2. what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another.
  3. a central region in an economy, with good communications and high population density, which leads to its prosperity
  4. preserved remains of plants and animals whose bodies were buried in sediments,
  5. is the zone of the earth which lies beneath the lithosphere.
  6. a super-continent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  7. the movement of particles through a substance,
  8. a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another.
  9. When magma flows onto Earth's surface
  10. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.

19 Clues: a name for all sediment • the solid, outer part of Earth. • separate different regions of Earth. • When magma flows onto Earth's surface • the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior. • area around the North Pole or the South Pole • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • the movement of particles through a substance, • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-22

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A _______is created at a transform boundary
  2. The person who discovered “seafloor spreading"
  3. What type of process is created by a divergent boundary.
  4. transfer of heat by direct contact
  5. the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core
  6. the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
  7. an underwater moutain chain where new ocean floor is formed
  8. The Mid-Ocean ___ is a seafloor mountain
  9. when plates move away from each other
  10. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
Down
  1. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  2. when plates move towards each other
  3. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  4. when plates slide past each other
  5. proposing the theory of continental drift
  6. Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core off the Earth.
  7. The mantle is made up of iron and ___
  8. caused by plate tectonics
  9. Supercontient

19 Clues: Supercontient • caused by plate tectonics • when plates slide past each other • transfer of heat by direct contact • when plates move towards each other • The mantle is made up of iron and ___ • when plates move away from each other • The Mid-Ocean ___ is a seafloor mountain • proposing the theory of continental drift • A _______is created at a transform boundary • ...

Unit 1: Intro to Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-09-19

Unit 1: Intro to Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a denser, heavier oceanic plate slips below a lighter continental plate, it is called ___________
  2. Plate ____________: the theory that the Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into parts, called plates, that move on top of the mantle
  3. The name of the landmass that existed when all continents were joined as one
  4. ________________ currents: the cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking which propels plate movement
  5. A ___________ plate boundary forms where two plates seperate
  6. Seafloor ______________: Occurs at divergent boundaries boundaries in the ocean along a mid-ocean ridge
Down
  1. The layer of the Earth that consist of the crust and the upper mantle, it is responsible for the movement of the plates
  2. A _____________ plate boundary forms where two plates collide
  3. A section of the Earth's crust and upper mantle
  4. The thinnest and coolest layer of the Earth, on which we currently live
  5. Continental ___________: the hypothesis that states that the continents have moved slowly to their current locations
  6. The thickest layer of the Earth, it sits below the crust and is made up of melted rock
  7. A ___________ plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other

13 Clues: A section of the Earth's crust and upper mantle • A ___________ plate boundary forms where two plates seperate • A _____________ plate boundary forms where two plates collide • The thinnest and coolest layer of the Earth, on which we currently live • A ___________ plate boundary forms where two plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-03-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / Fracture in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock mass movement
  2. Atlantic Ridge / mid-ocean ridge, a divergent tectonic plate or constructive plate boundary located along the floor of the atlantic ocean and part of the longest mountain range in the world
  3. Valley / a long elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly faults or fault systems
  4. Boundary / two or more tectonic plates move towards each other
  5. Currents / current in a fluid that results from convection
  6. / sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  7. / a sudden and violent shaking of the ground sometimes causing great destruction
  8. / a mountain or hill, having a crater or vent through which lava and gas are being erupted from the earth's crust
  9. Andreas Fault / continental transform fault that extends roughly 1300 km through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the pacific-plate and the north american plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike slip
  10. of Plate Tectonics / Theory that the outer rigid layer of the earth (lithosphere) is divided into a couple of dozen "plates" that move around across the earth's surface relative to each other
  11. / layer of hot rock material that is located beneath the crust
Down
  1. / layer of earth that forms the outer skin
  2. / a long, narrow ditch
  3. Ranges / a line of mountains connected by high ground
  4. crust / hick part of the earth's crust that forms the large land masses
  5. Crust / thin part of the earth's crust that underlines the ocean basins
  6. Boundary / two or more tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. Boundary / places where plates slide sideways past each other
  8. of Fire / an area in the basin of the pacific ocean whee a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur

19 Clues: / a long, narrow ditch • / layer of earth that forms the outer skin • Ranges / a line of mountains connected by high ground • Currents / current in a fluid that results from convection • Boundary / places where plates slide sideways past each other • Boundary / two or more tectonic plates move towards each other • ...

UNIT 5 PLATE TECTONICS 2016-11-19

UNIT 5 PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise.
  2. Theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface.
  3. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. A type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal, in either a sinistral or dextral direction.
  5. A change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged.
  6. An actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  7. A linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  8. Sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
Down
  1. Where the magnetic north points (roughly) towards the geographic north pole.
  2. Formation of new areas of oceanic crust, occurs at mid-ocean ridges.
  3. A hypothetical super-continent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic Period.
  4. Sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  5. The movement, formation, or re-formation of continents described by the theory of plate tectonics.
  6. The portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  7. When the hot and neutral connections at a receptacle are wired “backwards.”
  8. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates.

16 Clues: Formation of new areas of oceanic crust, occurs at mid-ocean ridges. • Theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface. • When the hot and neutral connections at a receptacle are wired “backwards.” • Where the magnetic north points (roughly) towards the geographic north pole. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-03-02

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Independent of tectonic plate boundaries
  2. Major tectonic plate that includes the continent of Australia and the surrounding ocean and extends northwest
  3. Causes a fault between two plates of the lithosphere, which will slide past one another.
  4. Major tectonic plate that includes much of the continent of Africa and the adjacent oceanic crust to the west and south
Down
  1. Oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. At 103 million km2 (40 million sq mi), it is the largest tectonic plate.
  2. When two plates come together
  3. Tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia
  4. Tectonic plate covering most of North America, Cuba, the Bahamas, extreme northeastern Asia, and parts of Iceland
  5. Major tectonic plate which includes the continent of South America as well as a sizable region of the Atlantic Ocean
  6. Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  7. Tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica

11 Clues: When two plates come together • Independent of tectonic plate boundaries • Tectonic plate containing the continent of Antarctica • Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • Tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia • Causes a fault between two plates of the lithosphere, which will slide past one another. • ...

UNIT 5 PLATE TECTONICS 2016-11-19

UNIT 5 PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  2. Sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  3. A type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal, in either a sinistral or dextral direction.
  4. An actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  5. The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise.
  6. A change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged.
  7. A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates.
  8. Theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface.
Down
  1. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. A linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  3. Formation of new areas of oceanic crust, occurs at mid-ocean ridges.
  4. When the hot and neutral connections at a receptacle are wired “backwards.”
  5. The movement, formation, or re-formation of continents described by the theory of plate tectonics.
  6. A hypothetical super-continent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic Period.
  7. Where the magnetic north points (roughly) towards the geographic north pole.
  8. Sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.

16 Clues: Formation of new areas of oceanic crust, occurs at mid-ocean ridges. • Theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface. • When the hot and neutral connections at a receptacle are wired “backwards.” • The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • ...

Plate Techonics 2023-09-13

Plate Techonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ridge: An underwater mountain range formed at divergent boundaries, where new oceanic crust is continuously created.
  2. Massive, rigid sections of Earth's crust and upper mantle that move and interact, leading to geological changes.
  3. The continuous motion of Earth's lithosphere, driven by forces like mantle convection and gravitational pull.
  4. Earthquake and volcanic events resulting from the movement and interactions of tectonic plates.
  5. Boundary: Plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally, causing earthquakes along faults.
  6. A semi-fluid layer in Earth's upper mantle where tectonic plates "float" and move due to convection currents.
  7. A curved chain of volcanic islands formed at a convergent boundary where an oceanic plate subducts beneath another.
Down
  1. Boundaries Interaction: The dynamic processes and geological features created by the interactions of tectonic plates.
  2. Something wiggling
  3. Boundary Zone: Areas where tectonic plates interact, including subduction zones, transform faults, and rifts.
  4. When two tectonic plates meet head-on, causing intense pressure and leading to mountain building and earthquakes.
  5. Boundary: Plate boundary where two plates move apart, creating new crust as magma rises to the surface.
  6. Zone: An area where one tectonic plate is
  7. Plume: A rising column of hot mantle material that can cause volcanic activity away from plate boundaries, creating hotspots.
  8. A deep valley formed at a divergent boundary on continents, such as the East African Rift.
  9. Boundary: Plate boundary where two plates move towards each other, causing compression and often leading to mountain formation.
  10. After affect of tectonic plates moving related to water

17 Clues: Something wiggling • Zone: An area where one tectonic plate is • After affect of tectonic plates moving related to water • A deep valley formed at a divergent boundary on continents, such as the East African Rift. • Earthquake and volcanic events resulting from the movement and interactions of tectonic plates. • ...

Plate Tectonic Assignment 2013-10-08

Plate Tectonic Assignment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. States that the Earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into plates.
  2. Two tectonic plates are moving apart
  3. means "all the earth"
  4. Where one plate goes under another
  5. Is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the earth.
  6. Developed hypothesis of continental drift.
Down
  1. Forms when one oceanic plate descends below another plate.
  2. Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  3. One big ocean
  4. Where plate tectonics interact,there are 3 types
  5. Result in volcanoes erupting along the edge of the continental plate
  6. NO subduction, forms mountain ranges
  7. Two tectonic plates are moving toward each other

13 Clues: One big ocean • means "all the earth" • Where one plate goes under another • NO subduction, forms mountain ranges • Two tectonic plates are moving apart • Developed hypothesis of continental drift. • Where plate tectonics interact,there are 3 types • Two tectonic plates are moving toward each other • Two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other • ...

Plate Tectonic 2023-02-16

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a super continent
  2. ocean ridge- divergent plate boundary result
  3. boundary- two plates slipping past each other
  4. a plant into a rock
  5. - dinner dish on the earth
  6. of fire - a ring of volcano
  7. tectonic- what are the plates called that move
  8. - lava
  9. the pull of oceanic plate down
  10. spot- pool of magma underground
  11. ocean trench- in a subsection zone a _____ occursion
Down
  1. boundary- plates pushing together
  2. valley- results of a divergent boundary
  3. a crack in the land
  4. arc- series of islands
  5. boundary - plates pulling apart from each other
  6. floor spreading- spreading of sea floor
  7. a mountain with lava
  8. drift- continents going apart

19 Clues: - lava • a super continent • a crack in the land • a plant into a rock • a mountain with lava • arc- series of islands • - dinner dish on the earth • of fire - a ring of volcano • drift- continents going apart • the pull of oceanic plate down • spot- pool of magma underground • boundary- plates pushing together • valley- results of a divergent boundary • ...

plate tectonics 2023-01-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the plate with greater density will go underneath the less dense plate
  2. what makes plate boundaries move
  3. what plate slides across from each other
  4. what plate moves apart
  5. this forms as the plate jam together and release suddenly
  6. a divergent boundary forms this feature
Down
  1. what occurs in divergent boundaries
  2. what plate moves towards each other
  3. this is made by transform boundary
  4. a feature of convergent boundary

10 Clues: what plate moves apart • what makes plate boundaries move • a feature of convergent boundary • this is made by transform boundary • what occurs in divergent boundaries • what plate moves towards each other • a divergent boundary forms this feature • what plate slides across from each other • this forms as the plate jam together and release suddenly • ...

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle 2022-01-13

Plate Tectonic Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a straight line of travel where data is being collected
  2. a transference of energy
  3. melted rock on Earth's surface
  4. the theory that the lithosphere is broken up into large plates that move and then rejoin; considered the unifying theory of geology
  5. A break in the earth's crust
  6. A weak spot in the middle of a tectonic plate where magma surfaces; forms a volcano (ex: Hawaii & Yellowstone)
  7. melted rock beneath Earth's surface
  8. a series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  10. the rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations
  11. the idea that continents have moved and are still moving slowly across the Earth's surface
  12. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  13. The region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere; one plate under another
Down
  1. the region where two tectonic plates are in contact
  2. a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  3. a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
  4. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  5. the distance from the center of a center of a circle to any point on its circumference
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  7. The process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges
  8. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  9. one of the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon
  10. the border between two tectonic plates
  11. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust

24 Clues: a transference of energy • A break in the earth's crust • melted rock on Earth's surface • melted rock beneath Earth's surface • the border between two tectonic plates • a series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone • the region where two tectonic plates are in contact • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • ...

Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes By Ben Sheth 2012-11-10

Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes By Ben Sheth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the outer core is about ______ long
  2. there are ____ layers of the earth
  3. earthquakes mostly occur on plate __________
  4. steel and ______ support help keep buildings standing
  5. suggested sea floor spreading
  6. a crack in the earth where lava flows out
  7. suggested continental drift
  8. are huge, fast,and strong waves
  9. directly above the focus; on the earth's surface
  10. is the layer below the lithosphere
  11. the ________ plate covers Asia
  12. volcanoes are formed in __________ zones
  13. tsunamis can tech a height of ______ meters
  14. it takes at least _____ stations to locate an epicenter
  15. the Juan De Fuca plate is near __________
  16. waves are the fastest
  17. primary waves travel _____ as fast as secondary waves
  18. a _______ is a collapsed crater
  19. waves are the second to fastest
  20. cone volcanoes that have steep sides
  21. super continent
Down
  1. volcanoes can erupt quietly or violently
  2. the _____ plate to the west of the South American plate
  3. part of a seismograph that doesn't move in an earthquake
  4. boundaries where plates collide
  5. waves do the most damage to buildings
  6. volcanoes that have broad, gently sloping sides
  7. makes up tectonic plates
  8. a seismograph produces a __________
  9. boundaries where plates pull apart
  10. the Antarctic plate is on the _____ side of the world
  11. this turns the ground to muck; buildings sink into it
  12. helped map the sea floor
  13. used to measure the strength of an earthquake
  14. boundaries where plates move side by side
  15. the _____ core is solid
  16. where two continental plates collide
  17. valleys are formed when plates pull apart
  18. are breaks in the crust that spew magma, ashes, and gases
  19. the _____ is a layer of magma near the crust

40 Clues: super continent • waves are the fastest • the _____ core is solid • makes up tectonic plates • helped map the sea floor • suggested continental drift • suggested sea floor spreading • the ________ plate covers Asia • boundaries where plates collide • are huge, fast,and strong waves • a _______ is a collapsed crater • waves are the second to fastest • ...

Earth Science 2024-11-15

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Spots that are particularly hot in the mantle. They can melt the lithosphere and for volcanoes. They are referred to as mantle plumes.
  2. Part of the cause of mountains changing. It is the breaking down of rocks on the Earth's surface.
  3. What do you call the process of an oceanic plate sliding under a continental plate?
  4. Tectonic plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide away from each other. This creates crust.
  5. The thickest layer of the Earth that creates convection currents.
  6. Tectonic plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
  7. The very center of the Earth with two layers (inner and outer).
  8. The thinnest layer of the Earth that holds all of the plates on which the continents and the ocean rest.
  9. The hottest part of the mantle that is in between the lithosphere and the lower mantle.
  10. A break in the Earth's crust.
Down
  1. Tectonic plate boundary where two plates crash into each other.
  2. Where the edge of plates meet.
  3. Deep holes underwater, formed from Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Boundaries.
  4. Liquids in the Earth that move tectonic plates.
  5. They are formed from plate tectonics pulling apart creating a crack in the Earth.
  6. Part of the cause of mountains changing. It is the movement of the sediments from where they were.
  7. The part of the Earth that is made up of the upper mantle and the crust.
  8. Things that float on the mantle and are the crust of the Earth broken up into many pieces.
  9. A sudden movement of sediments caused by gravity, such as a landslide.
  10. Large-scale uplift.

20 Clues: Large-scale uplift. • A break in the Earth's crust. • Where the edge of plates meet. • Liquids in the Earth that move tectonic plates. • Tectonic plate boundary where two plates crash into each other. • The very center of the Earth with two layers (inner and outer). • The thickest layer of the Earth that creates convection currents. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2018-05-09

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. caused when two tectonic plates are ‘sliding past each other’.
  2. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  3. The layer between the crust and the outer core.
  4. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  5. Name the second plate which the ‘Ring of Fire’ encircles.
  6. What is the most common plate boundary zone that we see on the Ring of Fire?
Down
  1. when two tectonic plates are ‘diverging’ or “moving away from each other’.
  2. Where one tectonic plate (usually the heavier plate) moves under or ‘subducts under’ the lighter Tectonic plate.
  3. Fragments or pieces of the earth’s crust
  4. When two plates of the same thickness will not give in to each other which causes the crust to squish like play dough and form mountains at the plate boundary.
  5. Name the trench north of New Zealand.
  6. The deepest parts of the ocean floor where one plate is subducting under another plate

12 Clues: Name the trench north of New Zealand. • Fragments or pieces of the earth’s crust • The layer between the crust and the outer core. • a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust • Name the second plate which the ‘Ring of Fire’ encircles. • caused when two tectonic plates are ‘sliding past each other’. • ...

Tectonic plates 2024-10-31

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A repetition of activity that can be used to theorize with.
  2. A hot dense ball in the middle of the earth with iron and nickel.
  3. The man that theorized continental drift in 1912 because of the similar fossils, rocks, and that Africa and South America fit together like a puzzle piece!.
  4. When two plates collide into each other and one plate subducts the other. This usually forms a trench underwater.
  5. A mid ocean ridge over the edges of the Atlantic Ocean.
  6. A hot spring that erupts jets of water and vapor into steam in the air.
  7. Heat cycles in the air mantle and ocean. Controls plate tectonics movement.
  8. When two plates slide against each other.
  9. The hard solid rock underneath the land and water.
  10. When one plate slips over another.
Down
  1. When magma or lava sprouts out from the mantle, or an eruption from volcanoes.
  2. A liquid layer of earth also with nickel and iron. Borders inner core and the mantle.
  3. Hard and dense magma underneath tectonic plates.
  4. When the earth starts to shake violently due to plate tectonics reacting.
  5. The theory made by Alfred Wegener that all the continents were once one, and then drifted millions of years after.
  6. When two plates meet at their edges.
  7. A large slab of rock composed of both the continental and the oceanic lithosphere.
  8. When two plates go opposite each other and make a ridge. Forms a mid ocean ridge underwater.
  9. Can be formed in convergent plates or divergent plates, but not transform. And it erupts out lava.
  10. The speed or time how fast something goes.

20 Clues: When one plate slips over another. • When two plates meet at their edges. • When two plates slide against each other. • The speed or time how fast something goes. • Hard and dense magma underneath tectonic plates. • The hard solid rock underneath the land and water. • A mid ocean ridge over the edges of the Atlantic Ocean. • ...

Ch.5 Nail Structure and Growth 2025-11-18

Ch.5 Nail Structure and Growth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. must be treated gently so an infection does not occur under the nail plate
  2. part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe
  3. is composed mainly of keratin
  4. is a tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place
  5. visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin
  6. what time of the year do nail plates grow the fastest
  7. is the living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge
  8. normal color for a healthy nail
  9. part of the natural nail unit that protects the tips of the fingers and toes
  10. nail that grows the slowest
  11. the lateral nail fold is also known as...
Down
  1. nail grows the fastest
  2. includes the tip to the first knuckle
  3. proximal nail fold is the entire flap of skin that covers what?
  4. helps guide the nail plate along the nail bed as it grows
  5. what can make the nail plate grow thicker
  6. thicker than fingernails because the toenail matrix is longer

17 Clues: nail grows the fastest • nail that grows the slowest • is composed mainly of keratin • normal color for a healthy nail • includes the tip to the first knuckle • what can make the nail plate grow thicker • the lateral nail fold is also known as... • what time of the year do nail plates grow the fastest • helps guide the nail plate along the nail bed as it grows • ...

Tools in the kitchen 2020-01-08

Tools in the kitchen crossword puzzle
Across
  1. RACJK TOOLS FOR HAVE INSIDE PLATE
  2. DRINK PLACE
  3. TOOLS FOR CLEAN UP HOUSE
  4. TOOLS FOR PLACE FOOD/VEGETABLE
  5. TOOLS FOR PUT/PLACE FOOD
  6. TOOLS FOR EATING
  7. TOOLS FOR STORE FOOD MATTER
  8. TOOLS FOR STIR BATTER
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  1. TOOLS FOR CLEAN UP FLOOR
  2. TOOLS FOR WASH PLATE
  3. TOOLS FOR PARCH CAKE
  4. TOOLS FOR MAKE A JUICE
  5. TOOLS FOR STORING WATER
  6. TOOLS FOR POACH
  7. TOOLS FOR SLAUGHTER FOOD

15 Clues: DRINK PLACE • TOOLS FOR POACH • TOOLS FOR EATING • TOOLS FOR WASH PLATE • TOOLS FOR PARCH CAKE • TOOLS FOR STIR BATTER • TOOLS FOR MAKE A JUICE • TOOLS FOR STORING WATER • TOOLS FOR CLEAN UP FLOOR • TOOLS FOR CLEAN UP HOUSE • TOOLS FOR PUT/PLACE FOOD • TOOLS FOR SLAUGHTER FOOD • TOOLS FOR STORE FOOD MATTER • TOOLS FOR PLACE FOOD/VEGETABLE • RACJK TOOLS FOR HAVE INSIDE PLATE

Continental Drift 2023-11-23

Continental Drift crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  2. Canada is on this Tectonic Plate
  3. Outer layer of the earth
  4. What lined up that made Wegener think the continents were once attached?
  5. Hawaii is located on this Tectonic Plate
  6. Center layer of the earth, a solid sphere
  7. The name of the theory suggesting that continents have moved
  8. Outer layer of the earth comprising the crust and upper mantle which is solid and rigid
Down
  1. The special name for information that supports a theory
  2. Supercontinent from 200 million years ago
  3. This continent has no plate edges running through it or along its edges
  4. The Tectonic Plate on which the UK (England) is located
  5. Layer beneath the earth's crust, the convection in the layer causes the movement of the tectonic plates
  6. Brazil is on this Tectonic Plate
  7. The century when Alfred Wegener developed his theory
  8. What ancient things did Wegener notice on many continents that couldn't have been in all those places had the continents not been attached?
  9. This country is part of both the Eurasian and North American Tectonic Plates

17 Clues: Outer layer of the earth • Canada is on this Tectonic Plate • Brazil is on this Tectonic Plate • Hawaii is located on this Tectonic Plate • Supercontinent from 200 million years ago • Center layer of the earth, a solid sphere • The century when Alfred Wegener developed his theory • The special name for information that supports a theory • ...

Livia Ownby 3rd 2023-12-12

Livia Ownby 3rd crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -A sleeping volcano currently not active but has leftover magma in the chamber.
  2. -The layer of the Earth that has convection currents.
  3. -Where an earthquake starts and energy is released.
  4. -The plate boundary that makes an earthquake.
  5. -The sudden shaking of the ground.
  6. -The plate boundary that makes a volcano form.
  7. -A dead volcano, unlikely to erupt again.
  8. -A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which the rock moves.
  9. -The way in which plates move to make a convergent plate boundary.
Down
  1. -The layer of the Earth that is completely solid and is made of mostly iron.
  2. -The way in which plates move to make a Divergent Plate boundary.
  3. -The layer of the Earth that makes the Earth's magnetic field.
  4. -The way in which plates move to make a Transform Plate boundary.
  5. -The location on the surface of Earth directly above the energy.
  6. -The outermost layer of the Earth.
  7. -A volcano that is erupting or showing signs that it could be.

16 Clues: -The sudden shaking of the ground. • -The outermost layer of the Earth. • -A dead volcano, unlikely to erupt again. • -The plate boundary that makes an earthquake. • -The plate boundary that makes a volcano form. • -Where an earthquake starts and energy is released. • -The layer of the Earth that has convection currents. • ...

Plate Tectonic 2022-02-22

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. dark dense rock with a fine texture
  2. Forces shape of surface by building up mountains
  3. breaks in earths crust where rocks slip pass
  4. transfer by direct of particles of matter
  5. boundary is a place where two direction
  6. is a layer of rock that forms Earths outer skin
  7. Wegener named this supercontinent
  8. a layer of hot rock
  9. soft layer in Greek it means weak rock
Down
  1. transfer by the movement of a heated fluid
  2. Forces those that slowly wear away mountains
  3. uppermost part of the mantel and the crust
  4. currents flow that transfer heat within a fluid
  5. transfer of energy through empty space
  6. boundary when two plates converge
  7. boundary occur at the mid-ocean ridge
  8. core is a layer of molten mental that surrounds the inner core
  9. rock that has longer crystals than basalt
  10. core is a dense ball of solid metal
  11. process by which the ocean floor sinks

20 Clues: a layer of hot rock • boundary when two plates converge • Wegener named this supercontinent • dark dense rock with a fine texture • core is a dense ball of solid metal • boundary occur at the mid-ocean ridge • transfer of energy through empty space • soft layer in Greek it means weak rock • process by which the ocean floor sinks • boundary is a place where two direction • ...

Plate Tectonic 2021-11-19

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break in the Earth's crust
  2. The supercontinent included almost all landmasses on earth in early geologic time
  3. New lithosphere is created
  4. The main landmasses on Earth
  5. Person who proposed the theory of continental drift
  6. When tectonic plates push away from each other
  7. A tool used to measure earthquakes
  8. a process that causes the plates to move
  9. The theory that the Earth's continents have moved over time
Down
  1. A natural occurrence caused by the moving of tectonic plates
  2. Caused by plates colliding with each other
  3. The area where subduction occurs
  4. The center of an earthquake
  5. Caused by transform boundaries sliding past each other
  6. A bend in a rock due to stress
  7. When tectonic plates slide past each other
  8. A valley that forms at the edge of a continent
  9. When tectonic plates collide with each other
  10. Outermost layer of the Earth

19 Clues: New lithosphere is created • The center of an earthquake • A break in the Earth's crust • The main landmasses on Earth • Outermost layer of the Earth • A bend in a rock due to stress • The area where subduction occurs • A tool used to measure earthquakes • a process that causes the plates to move • Caused by plates colliding with each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. supercontinent that began to break apart 200 million years ago
  2. theory of the formation and movement of the rigid pieces, or plates, that cover the Earth’s surface
  3. where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other
  4. the movement of continents resulting from convection currents in the mantle
  5. area in which crust plunges back into the Earth’s interior
  6. the region below the lithosphere where convection currents occur
  7. a scale indicating the magnitude, or energy output, of an earthquake
  8. the process of mountain building
  9. area of the Earth that does not receive vibrations from earthquakes
Down
  1. a layer of the Earth that extends from the bottom of the crust to the outer core
  2. energy that is generated by an earthquake that travels within the Earth or along its surface
  3. where two adjacent plates are moving away from each other
  4. vibrations caused by the sudden movement of Earth’s crust
  5. outer solid shell of the Earth that extends to a depth of about 100 km
  6. where two adjacent plates slides against each other in a sideways motion
  7. a system of cracks in the Earth’s crust through which molten material rises
  8. thin, outermost layer of the Earth
  9. innermost layer of the Earth
  10. a crack in Earth’s crust along which movement has occurred

19 Clues: innermost layer of the Earth • the process of mountain building • thin, outermost layer of the Earth • where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other • where two adjacent plates are moving away from each other • vibrations caused by the sudden movement of Earth’s crust • area in which crust plunges back into the Earth’s interior • ...

plate techtnoics 2013-12-11

plate techtnoics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the twisting of a rock
  2. lava gets pushed up
  3. an upside down U (arch)
  4. the plates slide past each other
  5. when the continents moved away from each other
  6. when the plates pull apart
  7. where all the lava comes from
Down
  1. being pulled apart
  2. continental drift plus sea floor spreading
  3. causes the plates to move
  4. when plates are pulled together
  5. warm stuff rises and cool stuff sinks
  6. it goes down and gets pulled back into the earth
  7. shaped like a U
  8. the name when all the continents were put together
  9. the gaps between the two plates
  10. when the plate goes under another plate
  11. A force over an area
  12. came up with continental drift but couldn't explain how it moved

19 Clues: shaped like a U • being pulled apart • lava gets pushed up • A force over an area • the twisting of a rock • an upside down U (arch) • causes the plates to move • when the plates pull apart • where all the lava comes from • when plates are pulled together • the gaps between the two plates • the plates slide past each other • warm stuff rises and cool stuff sinks • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-11-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a synclinal fold
  2. the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases
  3. a monoclinal structure or fold
  4. the thin and solid outermost layer of Earth above the mantle
  5. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 250 million years ago
  6. the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  7. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  8. the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
  9. the central part of Earth below the mantle
  10. rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations
Down
  1. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  2. the central part of Earth below the mantle
  3. the layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core
  4. stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  5. the theory that explains how large pieces of Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape
  6. stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
  7. a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
  8. the bending of rock layers due to stress
  9. an anticlinal rock structure
  10. a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another

20 Clues: a synclinal fold • an anticlinal rock structure • a monoclinal structure or fold • the bending of rock layers due to stress • the central part of Earth below the mantle • the central part of Earth below the mantle • the layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core • stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-01-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener that states that continents have slowly to their current locations on earth.
  2. Single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together.
  3. Waves that travel outward from an earthquakes focus and move thought earth by causing particles in rocks to vibrate at right angles to the direction of the wave.
  4. Vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults.
  5. Scientist who study earthquakes and seismic waves.
  6. In an earthquake, the point beneath Earth's surface where energy release occurs.
  7. Large opening formed when the top of a volcano collapses.
  8. Waves that travel outward from an earthquake's focus and cause particles in rocks to move back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving.
  9. Plastic like layer below the lithosphere.
  10. Measure of the energy released by an earthquake.
  11. Earth's outermost layer, which varies in thickness from about 5km to 60km.
  12. Device used by seismologists to record primary, secondary, surface waves from earthquakes.
  13. Surface along which rocks break and move.
Down
  1. Surface along which rocks break and move.
  2. Steep walled depression around a volcanos vent.
  3. Cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking that is thought to be the force behind plate tectonics.
  4. Theory that earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that move around on a plastic like layer of the mantle.
  5. Largest layer inside earth, lying directly above the outer core.
  6. An opening on earth’s surface where magma is forced up and flows out as lava.
  7. Energy waves that are produced at and travel outward from the earthquakes focus.

20 Clues: Surface along which rocks break and move. • Plastic like layer below the lithosphere. • Surface along which rocks break and move. • Steep walled depression around a volcanos vent. • Measure of the energy released by an earthquake. • Vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults. • Scientist who study earthquakes and seismic waves. • ...

Plate Techtonics 2017-04-20

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the plates move apart
  2. core/ solid innermost part of the earth
  3. melted rock beneath the ground
  4. core/ liquid part of the core
  5. the plates collide
  6. that records the intensity,duration,and nature of an earthquake
  7. continent
  8. they move past each other
  9. where the earthquake begins
  10. layer of the earth
  11. melted rock on the surface
  12. shaking or movement of the earth
Down
  1. in rocks
  2. tectonics/theory that the earth is made of moving plates
  3. of energy released by an earthquake
  4. directly above the focus of the earthquake
  5. earthquake after the main earthquake
  6. of the earth between the crust and the core
  7. in the rock

19 Clues: in rocks • continent • in the rock • the plates collide • layer of the earth • the plates move apart • they move past each other • melted rock on the surface • where the earthquake begins • core/ liquid part of the core • melted rock beneath the ground • shaking or movement of the earth • of energy released by an earthquake • earthquake after the main earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-02-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate.
  2. The layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the continents.
  3. A rupture in the crust that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
  4. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.
  5. Waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers, and are a result of an earthquake, explosion, or a volcano.
  6. A process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  7. The outermost solid rocky shell of Earth.
  8. States that parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core.
  9. The shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
  10. The region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core.
Down
  1. An actively deforming region where two or more tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  2. Supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  3. Meteorologist that came up with the theory of continental drift.
  4. A current in a fluid that results from convection.
  5. The uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate.
  6. Theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere.
  7. Fluid layer composed of iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle.
  8. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  9. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter to rise, and colder to sink.
  10. Earth's innermost part It is composed of an iron and nickel.

20 Clues: The outermost solid rocky shell of Earth. • A current in a fluid that results from convection. • Earth's innermost part It is composed of an iron and nickel. • The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere. • The uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate. • The uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of a tectonic plate. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-18

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

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

19 Clues: supercontinent • valley a deep valley • mountains under water • generates earthquakes • breaks in earths crust • outer skin of the earth • colliding of the plates • separating of the plates • a dark fined grained rock • force pressing on something • any trace of anything ancient • core a part of the earths inner • core the last layer in our earth • when the oceanic crust bends down • ...

Plate tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mountain which can burst any time
  2. Large aera of land
  3. Relating to the ocean
  4. Shaking of the ground
  5. Supercontinent that includes all current landmasses
  6. Part of Earth were living thing exist
  7. slow movement of Earth's continents
  8. Tectonic process
  9. Thin, outer portion of the Earth
Down
  1. Sound navigation and ranging
  2. Very large aera of land
  3. Black rock that comes from volcanos
  4. Theory of global tectonics
  5. something caused by an earthquake
  6. Remains or trace of a living thing
  7. German researcher geophysicst and metorologist
  8. Thick, dence layer of rock that underlines Earth's crust
  9. spreading: Process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
  10. San Andreas Fault line

19 Clues: Tectonic process • Large aera of land • Relating to the ocean • Shaking of the ground • San Andreas Fault line • Very large aera of land • Theory of global tectonics • Sound navigation and ranging • Thin, outer portion of the Earth • mountain which can burst any time • something caused by an earthquake • Remains or trace of a living thing • Black rock that comes from volcanos • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Makes tectonic plates move
  2. Currents Never ending cycle
  3. Plates Collide
  4. Earthquakes
  5. Three
  6. Continetal vs Continetal
  7. Plates below the continent
  8. Black people like
  9. Crust
  10. Crust
Down
  1. Plates below the ocean
  2. Plastic Layer Under lithosphere
  3. Crust and part of the upper mantle
  4. Plates divided
  5. Two PLates sliding past each other
  6. Oceanic vs Oceanic
  7. Plates
  8. What do Plates cause
  9. Continental vs Oceanic
  10. Fat people rubbing causes

20 Clues: Three • Crust • Crust • Plates • Earthquakes • Plates divided • Plates Collide • Black people like • Oceanic vs Oceanic • What do Plates cause • Plates below the ocean • Continental vs Oceanic • Continetal vs Continetal • Fat people rubbing causes • Makes tectonic plates move • Plates below the continent • Currents Never ending cycle • Plastic Layer Under lithosphere • ...

plate tectonic 2023-11-15

plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the big round thing we live on
  2. a land form that rises at least 1000
  3. broken pieces of land
  4. the name of the subcontinent
  5. the edges of earths plates when they meet at plate boundary's
  6. a small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison
  7. a measure of the amount of information
  8. when the oceanic crust bends downwards
  9. the structure of earths crust
  10. an ancient bone
Down
  1. rocks satcked on each other
  2. the outer layer containing rocks
  3. slowly moving
  4. the layer below the lithosphere
  5. hint lava
  6. the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge
  7. scientific theory that explains how major land forms are created
  8. the layer that goes underneath
  9. hot molten
  10. the outer layer of earth

20 Clues: hint lava • hot molten • slowly moving • an ancient bone • broken pieces of land • the outer layer of earth • rocks satcked on each other • the name of the subcontinent • the structure of earths crust • the big round thing we live on • the layer that goes underneath • the layer below the lithosphere • the outer layer containing rocks • a land form that rises at least 1000 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-04-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
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  5. sdfgfdsfg
  6. sdfasdf
  7. dfgre
  8. sdfgdfgdfgdfg
  9. asdfsdf
  10. sdfgdsfgfdsgfds
Down
  1. asdfdf
  2. fdgdsfg
  3. asdffga
  4. ghjert
  5. asdfasdf
  6. fhdshdfgsfgsdfg
  7. asdfsdf
  8. asdfasdfwet
  9. fhrthwrhw
  10. gsdfgert

20 Clues: asdf • dfgre • asdfdf • ghjert • fdgdsfg • asdffga • sdfasdf • asdfsdf • asdfsdf • sdfgrtew • asdfasdf • gsdfgert • sdfgfdsfg • fhrthwrhw • asdfasdfwet • fgdfgsfhgdshf • sdfgdfgdfgdfg • sdfgsdfgdfgdsfg • fhdshdfgsfgsdfg • sdfgdsfgfdsgfds

plate tectonics 2025-03-07

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. spot a stationary warm area
  2. plates plates below the continents
  3. tectonics earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called plates
  4. mid-oceanic ridges form from these
  5. how many types of boundaries are there?
  6. plastic layer below the lithopsphere
  7. current hot magma moves towards the surface, cools, sinks again
  8. forms from the friction of transform boundaries
Down
  1. the earth's crust and upper mantle, earth's outer shell
  2. ridges under water mountains
  3. subduction zones happen here
  4. mountains when 2 continental plates collide creates what?
  5. zones where less dense plates slide under the more dense plates
  6. lava erupting from the earth's surface
  7. 2 plates that slide past each other cause friction, than an earthquake
  8. 2 oceanic plates colliding
  9. plates plates below the ocean
  10. valleys a feature of divergent boundaries
  11. do hot spots ever move?

19 Clues: do hot spots ever move? • 2 oceanic plates colliding • spot a stationary warm area • ridges under water mountains • subduction zones happen here • plates plates below the ocean • plates plates below the continents • mid-oceanic ridges form from these • plastic layer below the lithopsphere • lava erupting from the earth's surface • how many types of boundaries are there? • ...

Plate tectonicts 2025-10-21

Plate tectonicts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Occurs when one plate sinks beneath another, often creating a trench and volcanic activity.
  2. Boundary Where two plates move toward each other.
  3. Ridge A long, underwater mountain chain, typically a divergent boundary where new oceanic crust is formed.
  4. Building Occurs when continental plates collide and are uplifted.
  5. Spreading Creates new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges as plates diverge.
  6. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock, ash, and gases escape.
  7. plates large slabs of the lithosphere that move on the asthenosphere)
  8. Boundary Where two plates slide past each other horizontally.
  9. Boundary Where two plates move away from each other.
  10. The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, from which the current continents broke apart and drifted.
  11. Trench A very deep valley on the ocean floor, usually formed at a subduction zone where an oceanic plate sinks beneath another.
  12. the rigid outer layer of the Earth)
Down
  1. the soft pliable layer of the mantle)
  2. Currents The circular motion of the mantle's hot, less dense material rising and cooler, denser material sinking, which drives the movement of tectonic plates
  3. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle, which is broken into tectonic plates.
  4. A break in the Earth's crust where movement occurs, which can cause earthquakes.
  5. The soft, ductile layer of the upper mantle on which the tectonic plates move.
  6. Drift The theory that the continents were once joined and have since drifted apart.
  7. of Fire A major belt of volcanoes and earthquakes surrounding the Pacific Ocean
  8. Tectonics The scientific theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.
  9. A valley formed on land when continental plates pull apart.

21 Clues: the rigid outer layer of the Earth) • the soft pliable layer of the mantle) • Boundary Where two plates move toward each other. • Boundary Where two plates move away from each other. • A valley formed on land when continental plates pull apart. • Boundary Where two plates slide past each other horizontally. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A sudden shaking of Earth's surface caused by the motion of plates.
  2. The process where the older, denser ocean floor plunges back into the interior of the Earth through a trench
  3. A large section of hard, solid rock that makes up Earth’s outer layer
  4. The country whose plate collided with Asia to form the Himalayan mountains
  5. The general term for evidence of life from the past preserved in rock
  6. The type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  7. Hot liquid rock found beneath the surface of the Earth.
  8. The type of plate boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  9. The large mountain range, visible above water, formed underwater where two plates move apart
  10. A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move toward each other, resulting in subduction
  11. The name of the scientist from Princeton who suggested the theory of seafloor spreading
Down
  1. The country located directly on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where the divergent boundary can be seen on land
  2. The soft, solid rock layer located beneath Earth’s plates on which they float
  3. The name Alfred Wegener gave to the single giant land mass that once contained all the continents
  4. The slow pulling apart of land caused by divergent plate movement.
  5. How fast plate motion occurs, typically measured in centimeters per year
  6. An extinct reptile fossil, unable to swim long distances, found on both South America and Africa
  7. The meteorologist who proposed the initial theory of continental drift
  8. Any of Earth's main continuous areas of land.

19 Clues: Any of Earth's main continuous areas of land. • Hot liquid rock found beneath the surface of the Earth. • The slow pulling apart of land caused by divergent plate movement. • A sudden shaking of Earth's surface caused by the motion of plates. • A large section of hard, solid rock that makes up Earth’s outer layer • ...