plate Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2025-01-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. more than a dozen distinct plates that make up Earth’s surface and slowly move in different directions
  2. boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other in opposite directions
  3. shaking and trembling that result from tectonic plate movement
  4. area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward
  5. an idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation
  6. process in which a dense plate sinks under a less dense plate and melts in Earth’s mantle
  7. structure that forms when magma rises into Earth’s crust but is trapped and can’t break through to the surface, causing pressure to build over time and finally erupt
  8. description of a repeated pattern observed in nature, without an explanation for the pattern
  9. a break in the rock of Earth’s crust or mantle
  10. a structure that forms in Earth’s crust when molten material reaches Earth’s surface
  11. boundary where two tectonic plates move away, or diverge, from one another
  12. one giant continent into which most or all of the continents were assembled long ago
  13. magma that has reached Earth’s surface
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  1. a type of thermal energy transfer in which differences in temperature and density of fluids make them rise and fall
  2. molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from Earth’s mantle
  3. the idea that the continents were once fused together but slowly drifted apart over time
  4. a rating of an earthquake’s magnitude, on a scale from 0-9, based on the size if its seismic waves
  5. the condition of undisturbed sedimentary rock in which the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top
  6. an explanation for why a phenomenon
  7. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy
  8. the area under ocean water
  9. boundary where two tectonic plates move together, or converge

22 Clues: the area under ocean water • an explanation for why a phenomenon • magma that has reached Earth’s surface • area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward • a break in the rock of Earth’s crust or mantle • vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy • boundary where two tectonic plates move together, or converge • ...

plate tectonics 2025-01-27

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the idea that the continents were once fused together but slowly drifted apart over time
  2. boundary where two tectonic plates move together, or converge
  3. boundary where two tectonic plates move away, or diverge, from one another
  4. molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from Earth’s mantle
  5. more than a dozen distinct plates that make up Earth’s surface and slowly move in different directions
  6. a rating of an earthquake’s magnitude, on a scale from 0-9, based on the size if its seismic waves
  7. a break in the rock of Earth’s crust or mantle
  8. structure that forms when magma rises into Earth’s crust but is trapped and can’t break through to the surface, causing pressure to build over time ad finally erupt
  9. one giant continent into which most or all of the continents were assembled long ago
  10. a structure that forms in Earth’s crust when molten material reaches Earth’s surface
  11. magma that has reached Earth’s surface
  12. the condition of undisturbed sedimentary rock in which the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top
Down
  1. the area under ocean water
  2. an idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation
  3. boundary where two tectonic plates move away, or diverge, from one another
  4. shaking and trembling that result from tectonic plate movement
  5. a type of thermal energy transfer in which differences in temperature and density of fluids make them rise and fall
  6. description of a repeated pattern observed in nature, without an explanation for the pattern
  7. process in which a dense plate sinks under a less dense plate and melts in Earth’s mantle
  8. an explanation for why a phenomenon
  9. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy
  10. area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward

22 Clues: the area under ocean water • an explanation for why a phenomenon • magma that has reached Earth’s surface • a break in the rock of Earth’s crust or mantle • area of the mantle where hot rock rises upward • vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy • boundary where two tectonic plates move together, or converge • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-10-25

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-11-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What type of activity is common along the Ring of Fire?
  2. What deep ocean features can occur from subduction?
  3. What type of plate boundary involves plates sliding past each other?
  4. What bodies of water are also moved by tectonic plates?
  5. What can form at subduction zones?
  6. What type of spreading occurs at mid-ocean ridges?
  7. What is the hot and bendable layer under the Earth's crust?
  8. What are the large landmasses that move across the Earth's surface?
  9. Who proposed the theory of Continental Drift? (Last name only)
  10. What is the study of the movement of Earth's plates called? (no spaces)
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  1. What occurs when one plate moves under another?
  2. What geological event can occur at convergent plate boundaries?
  3. Which state is home to the San Andreas Fault?
  4. What was the name of the ancient supercontinent?
  5. What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?
  6. What is the name of the area in the Pacific known for volcanic activity? (no spaces)
  7. What is the hot liquid rock that comes from the mantle?
  8. What can form when two continental plates collide?
  9. What type of valley can form at divergent boundaries?
  10. What is the process called when new oceanic crust is created (hint: moving apart)?
  11. What is the outer layer of the Earth called?
  12. Tectonics What is the scientific theory that explains geological events?

22 Clues: What can form at subduction zones? • What is the outer layer of the Earth called? • Which state is home to the San Andreas Fault? • What occurs when one plate moves under another? • What was the name of the ancient supercontinent? • What can form when two continental plates collide? • What type of spreading occurs at mid-ocean ridges? • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-16

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the landform that is formed by convergent plates
  2. plate Moving toward each other
  3. Earths crust is made of
  4. these plates move sideways
  5. A sudden shaking of the earth caused by plates
  6. This is under the earths crust
  7. the ring of fire is located here
  8. the ocean floor going under the land
  9. 75%of all earthquakes in the u.s are here
  10. this is the biggest plate on earth
  11. The place where 2 plates meet
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  1. The movement of earths plates is called
  2. plates moving away from each other
  3. 90% of all earthquakes are here
  4. What makes blocky lava flow
  5. The mantle is made of
  6. This is the outermost layer of the earth
  7. the landform that is formed by divergent plates
  8. This country has a plate named after it
  9. Another word for crust is

20 Clues: The mantle is made of • Earths crust is made of • Another word for crust is • these plates move sideways • What makes blocky lava flow • The place where 2 plates meet • plate Moving toward each other • This is under the earths crust • 90% of all earthquakes are here • the ring of fire is located here • plates moving away from each other • this is the biggest plate on earth • ...

Plate motion 2024-10-25

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

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

Plate Motion 2025-11-05

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2026-01-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when tectonic plates slide past each other
  2. crack in the Earths crust where 2 tectonic plates grind past each other
  3. outermost layer of earth
  4. seismic body waves transmitted by alternating series of sideways movements in a solid.
  5. Boundary - when 2 plates slide past each other horizontally
  6. shaking of the earth's surface caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
  7. Name given to the supercontinent that was one landmass
  8. the process where new oceanic crust forms at mid-ocean ridges as tectonic plates pull apart
  9. Zone - convergent plate boundary where continents are colliding together creating mountains
  10. When one plate slides under another if there is land the ocean plate would subduct
  11. valley that forms at the edge of a continent when a plate sinks
  12. the point of origin of an earthquake
  13. the distance from the center of a circle to any point on its circumference.
  14. The theory that says how continents separated after time.
  15. seismic body waves transmitted by alternating pulses of compression and and expansion.
  16. An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding
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  1. flowing layer of solid and liquid rock formed by heat and pressure
  2. when two plates move apart allowing magma to rise from the earth’s interior.
  3. theory that explains continental drift
  4. an area where two or more plates meet
  5. huge ocean wave caused by a shift in the ocean floor
  6. layer between the core and crust of the earth
  7. point on the earth's surface that is vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  8. theory that explains continental drift
  9. solid outer part of Earth including the crust and upper mantle
  10. part of a grid used for describing positions on the Earth’s surface
  11. where two land masses are pushed together causing them to collide and fold, creating a mountain range
  12. melted rock under the surface

28 Clues: outermost layer of earth • melted rock under the surface • the point of origin of an earthquake • an area where two or more plates meet • theory that explains continental drift • theory that explains continental drift • when tectonic plates slide past each other • layer between the core and crust of the earth • huge ocean wave caused by a shift in the ocean floor • ...

plate tectonics 2025-09-22

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a continuous underwater mountain range on the ocean floor formed where tectonic places spread apart
  2. earths magnetic field preserved in rocks, sediments, and archaeological materials
  3. study of earth
  4. thickest layer of the earth
  5. new ocean floors being created at mid-ocean ridges
  6. massive super continent that existed millions of years ago
  7. theory that Earth’s continents slowly move over time
  8. two tectonic plates move toward each other
  9. splitting apart a single tectonic plate into two or more plates separated by divergent plate boundaries
  10. who proposed the seafloor spreading hypothesis
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  1. earth’s continental crust repeatedly assembles into a single supercontinent and then breaks apart and disperses over hundreds of millions of years
  2. where plate tectonics are located
  3. who proposed the continental drift hypothesis in the early 1900s
  4. two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  5. molten rock inside of the earths mantle
  6. two tectonic plates pull apart
  7. thinnest layer of the earth
  8. massive slab of rock
  9. an area of volcanic activity
  10. how many major tectonic plates are there

20 Clues: study of earth • massive slab of rock • thinnest layer of the earth • thickest layer of the earth • an area of volcanic activity • two tectonic plates pull apart • where plate tectonics are located • molten rock inside of the earths mantle • how many major tectonic plates are there • two tectonic plates move toward each other • who proposed the seafloor spreading hypothesis • ...

Mātes plate 2025-09-23

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. core The layer of the Earth’s core made from liquid iron and nickel
  2. boundary Where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. Drift The movement of continents from the motion of tectonic plates
  4. crust The rigid, rocky outer layer of the planet
  5. An opening in the Earth’s crust where lava, volcanic ash, and gas escape.
  6. of Fire A horseshoe-shaped zone around the Pacific Ocean that has most of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes
  7. A shaking of the ground caused by sudden movement of materials below the Earth's surface
  8. When plates move towards each other and collide.
Down
  1. A fracture in the Earth’s crust where tectonic plates move relative to each other.
  2. The force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth
  3. spot A place with unusually hot mantle material located deep within the Earth
  4. Plate The plate the makes up the surface of the Earth.
  5. Molten rock that has erupted on the surface of the Earth
  6. Tectonic plates being pushed together
  7. boundary Where two tectonic plates move towards each other, colliding
  8. The solid outer layer of the Earth, composed of the crust and upper mantle.
  9. Molten, hot liquefied rock located below the Earth’s surface
  10. A supercontinent made up of all the continents together
  11. boundary Where two or more tectonic plates meet
  12. floor spreading The geological process where one tectonic plate slides and sinks beneath each other

20 Clues: Tectonic plates being pushed together • When plates move towards each other and collide. • boundary Where two or more tectonic plates meet • crust The rigid, rocky outer layer of the planet • A supercontinent made up of all the continents together • Molten rock that has erupted on the surface of the Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock beneath or in the Earth's crust
  2. Semi-molten layer of the upper mantle on which tectonic plates float
  3. Rigid, outer part of Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  4. When two plates come together
  5. Solid layer of Earth's core, hottest part of planet
  6. Theory by Alfred Wagener that proposed that the continents were once joined together (Pangea) and have since broken apart
  7. When two plates move away from each other
  8. Process where sinking plate is pulled into mantle by gravity
  9. Mountain/hill that magma erupts from
  10. The thinner, denser type of crust (mostly basalt)
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  1. A violent, destructive shake of the ground caused from movements from the Earth's crust
  2. Area where a plate descends into the mantle beneath another plate
  3. A line of volcanic islands that are formed as a tectonic plate moves over a magma plume
  4. The thicker, less dense layer of the Earth's crust (mostly granite)
  5. An elevated portion of the earth's crust
  6. A large, rigid, irregular, moving piece of rock that makes up a part of the Earth's outer shell
  7. Liquid layer of Earth's core, generates Earth's magnetic field
  8. Where two continental plates meet and are forced upwards, creating fold mountains
  9. A place in the mantle where unstable elements breakdown, forming magma plumes
  10. Science that deals with Earth's physical structure and substance

20 Clues: When two plates come together • Mountain/hill that magma erupts from • An elevated portion of the earth's crust • When two plates move away from each other • Molten rock beneath or in the Earth's crust • The thinner, denser type of crust (mostly basalt) • Solid layer of Earth's core, hottest part of planet • Process where sinking plate is pulled into mantle by gravity • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-10-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The place where two or more plates in the Earth's crust meet.
  2. The rigid outer part of the Earth, which includes the crust and upper mantle.
  3. An area where magma from the mantle melts through the crust and erupts at the Earth's surface, often creating volcanoes.
  4. The layer of the Earth thats located in the very middle.
  5. The theory that the Earth's crust is broken into a number of slowly moving plates.
  6. When a lithospheric plate collides and forced under another plate, often directed back into the Earth's mantle.
  7. Where two plates move towards each other, causing collisions, mountain building, or subduction.
  8. Where two plates slide past eacho other, often causing earthquakes.
  9. The layer of rock between the crust and the outer core.
  10. A theory introduced by Alfred Wegener that the land had split off from eachother and slowly moved across the earth's surface to form the continents we see today.
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  1. An opening in the Earth's curst that allows magma and gases to escape.
  2. A break in the Earth's crust caused by rocks that have slipped and ruptured.
  3. Shaking of the Earth that occurs from sudden movement of rock beneath its surface.
  4. Occurs when two tectonic plates run into eachother.
  5. Where two plates move away from each other, causing new crust.
  6. Heat transfer by the movement of heated parts of a liquid or gas within the mantle, which drives the movement of tectonic plates.
  7. The process at divergent boundaries where new oceanic crust is formed.
  8. The weaker layer of he mantle on which the tectonic plates float.
  9. The outer layer of the Earth's surface.
  10. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface.

20 Clues: Molten rock beneath Earth's surface. • The outer layer of the Earth's surface. • Occurs when two tectonic plates run into eachother. • The layer of rock between the crust and the outer core. • The layer of the Earth thats located in the very middle. • The place where two or more plates in the Earth's crust meet. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-02-23

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

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

Plate Motion 2025-09-19

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

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

Plate Motion 2025-10-23

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continents experience this over time
  2. last name of the scientist who found pangaea
  3. formed by convergent plate crashing into eachother
  4. the speed at wich something moves
  5. Plate“_____”
  6. under the Earths surface
  7. first name of the scientist who found pangaea
  8. caused by plates shifting
  9. when plates move apart
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  1. formed by divergent boundries
  2. when plates move towards each other
  3. how many continents there are
  4. scientist who studies the earth
  5. lava spewing mountains
  6. name of the supercontinent formed very long ago
  7. the water on the surface of earth
  8. ball of hot metal in the center of the earth
  9. massive landforms on the surface of the earth
  10. formed by convergent boundaries in the ocean
  11. the outer layer of the earth

20 Clues: Plate“_____” • lava spewing mountains • when plates move apart • under the Earths surface • caused by plates shifting • the outer layer of the earth • formed by divergent boundries • how many continents there are • scientist who studies the earth • the speed at wich something moves • the water on the surface of earth • when plates move towards each other • ...

Plate tectonicts 2025-10-21

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

22 Clues: concepts • of plate boundaries • features and events • Boundary: Where two plates move toward each other. • Boundary: Where two plates move away from each other. • Boundary: Where two plates slide past each other horizontally. • Building: Occurs when continental plates collide and are uplifted. • Valley: A valley formed on land when continental plates pull apart. • ...

Plate Motion 2025-10-31

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  2. An object or diagram that helps to show something we can not easily see on Earth
  3. The sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  4. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  5. The outside or top layer of something
  6. The slow pulling apart of land caused by plate movement
  7. Hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  8. A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  9. A set of interacting parts that form a complex whole
  10. The layer of soft, solid rock below Earth's surface
  11. Any of Earth's continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  12. The sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  13. A landform that appears when two plates move apart
  14. Something we observe over and over again
  15. A natural spring that sends hot water shooting out into the air
  16. Evidence of past life, such as bones, leaves, etc.
  17. Moving toward the same place
Down
  1. Any of the many processes that involve gas, lava, and ash being pushed to the surface of Earth
  2. The place where two plates meet
  3. Moving apart in different directions
  4. How often or fast something happens
  5. A feature that forms the surface of a planet, such as mountains, channels, and sand dunes
  6. To examine in detail for a purpose
  7. A reptile that lived in Africa and South America about 300 million years ago
  8. One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that makes up Earth's outer layer
  9. The hard, solid layer of Earth that contains soil, vegetation, and water

26 Clues: Moving toward the same place • The place where two plates meet • To examine in detail for a purpose • How often or fast something happens • Moving apart in different directions • The sudden shaking of Earth's surface • The outside or top layer of something • Hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • Something we observe over and over again • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Planets thinnest layer, rocky outer layer from the top part of the lithosphere
  2. A thick layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core
  3. Vibrations that travel through the Earth
  4. The point on the Earths surface directly about the focus of an earthquake
  5. crust The thick less dense layer of Earth's outer shell
  6. Physical field produced by moving electric charges or magnetic materials
  7. The theory that Earths continents have moved over geologic time
  8. Type of fault where two plates slide horizontally past one another
Down
  1. Process by which new oceanic crust is formed at divergent plate boundaries
  2. Waves that cause side to side shaking
  3. Inner most layer of the planet
  4. Transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
  5. The place where two or more tectonic plates meet
  6. Process by which one tectonic plate moved under another and sinks into the matle
  7. The thick less dense layer of earths outer shell
  8. The theory that Earths continents have moved over geologic time
  9. The fastest seismic waves originating from earthquakes
  10. The process by which a continent is pulled apart, forming a rift
  11. Process by which heat is directly transmitted through a substance
  12. The thin dense layer of earths surface that lies beneath the oceans
  13. Deep, narrow depression in the seafloor

21 Clues: Inner most layer of the planet • Waves that cause side to side shaking • Deep, narrow depression in the seafloor • Vibrations that travel through the Earth • Transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid • The place where two or more tectonic plates meet • The thick less dense layer of earths outer shell • The fastest seismic waves originating from earthquakes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-12-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonic _______:, large rigid slabs of Earth's crust
  2. A convergent boundary with atleast one oceanic plate will lead to this
  3. The layer of the Earth where convection currents happen
  4. Two plates sliding towards eachother
  5. The type of boundary found in Southern California at the San Andreas Fault
  6. Faster moving of the two types of energy waves from Earthquakes
  7. Consistency of the outer core
  8. The spot on the surface of Earth directly above the focus
  9. Type of crust that is younger, thinner, and more dense
  10. _____________ Spreading, what begins at an oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary
  11. ________ Valley, happens at a Continental-Continental Divergent boundary
  12. Two plates moving away from eachother
  13. Type of volcano that does not occur at a plate boundary
  14. Two plates moving towards eachother
  15. What is created at a Continental-Continental convergent boundary
Down
  1. A convergent boundary with atleast one oceanic plate will lead to this
  2. Alfred _______, the guy who came up with the Continental Drift Theory
  3. Type of crust that is older, thicker, and less dense
  4. Layer of the Earth that is split into two sections, the inner ______ and the outer ______
  5. Slower moving of the two types of energy waves from earthquakes
  6. Glacial ____________, one piece of evidence used for the Continental Drift Theory
  7. What is created at a Oceanic-Oceanic Divergent Boundary
  8. Technique used to pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake, using seismometer readings from 3+ locations
  9. Consistency of the upper mantle, where convection currents happen
  10. These occur at most plate boundaries, especially Faults
  11. Location of first motion in an Earthquake

26 Clues: Consistency of the outer core • Two plates moving towards eachother • Two plates sliding towards eachother • Two plates moving away from eachother • Location of first motion in an Earthquake • Type of crust that is older, thicker, and less dense • Tectonic _______:, large rigid slabs of Earth's crust • Type of crust that is younger, thinner, and more dense • ...

Plate tectonics 2026-03-24

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rocks that are found closest to the ridge
  2. what plate tectonics are made of
  3. A violent collision with earth caused this to orbit with us
  4. a fault where tectonic blocks slide past each other near vertical
  5. the person credited with "seafloor spreading"
  6. mid ocean under water mountains that are caused by the tectonic plates pulling apart
  7. When two plates move away from each other
  8. a low region that forms where plates move apart
  9. a cloud of gas and dust in outer space that is visible in the night sky
  10. result of plate tectonics
  11. made up of old and weathered volcanic rock has highest peaks in appalachian
  12. the lower part of the mantle
  13. person credited with the continental drift theory
  14. when all matter was formed in the universe 13,8BA
  15. the supercontinent caused by the movement of plate tectonics
Down
  1. what makes up the ocean floor
  2. When two plates move towards each other
  3. cycle rifting convergence subduction and collision
  4. the stress force place on rocks result of plate tectonics
  5. the upper part of the mantle
  6. core solid made up of iron and nickel
  7. deformation caused by joint cracks in the rock
  8. a steep depression in the bottom of the ocean floor that mark the deepest parts
  9. the specific point of Earth's surface directly below the earth quake
  10. one of the driving forces of plate tectonics
  11. core liquid made up of iron and nickel
  12. when one plate tectonic sink beneath the mantle at convergent boundaries
  13. ranges caused by continental-continental convergent boundaries when they colide
  14. the luminous explosion of a dying star

29 Clues: result of plate tectonics • the upper part of the mantle • the lower part of the mantle • what makes up the ocean floor • what plate tectonics are made of • core solid made up of iron and nickel • core liquid made up of iron and nickel • the luminous explosion of a dying star • When two plates move towards each other • rocks that are found closest to the ridge • ...

Plate Tectonics 2026-03-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a boundary in which two plates move apart, resulting in upwelling of material from the mantle to create new seafloor.
  2. deep canyonlike structure
  3. a hypothesis, first proposed in the 1960s by Harry Hess, which suggested that new oceanic crust is produced at the crests of mid-ocean ridges, which are the sites of divergence.
  4. a chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from a trench where there is active subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another.
  5. were formed when India “rammed” into Asia.
  6. an elongated depression
  7. a hypothesis which suggested that all present continents once existed as a single supercontinent.
  8. is the primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates.
  9. supercontinent containing all of the existing continents.
  10. older, denser portion of oceanic lithosphere descend into mantle at a rate equal to seafloor production.
Down
  1. wrote a book titled The Origin of Continents and Oceans that outline his continental drift hypothesis.
  2. processes that deform Earth’s crust to create major structural features, such as mountains, continents, and ocean basins.
  3. a well-tested theory proposing that Earth’s outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways and thereby produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the crust itself.
  4. linear zone of irregular topography on the deep-ocean floor that follows transform faults and their inactive extensions.
  5. elevated areas of the seafloor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism.
  6. occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range.
  7. a boundary in which two plates move together resulting in oceanic lithosphere being thrust beneath an overriding plate, eventually to be reabsorbed into the mantle; could also create a mountain system.
  8. a boundary in which two plates slide past one another without creating or destroying lithosphere.
  9. a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor
  10. a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 500 to 5,000km 300-3,000 miles.

20 Clues: an elongated depression • deep canyonlike structure • were formed when India “rammed” into Asia. • a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor • occurs when igneous rocks melt over a temp range. • supercontinent containing all of the existing continents. • is the primary driving force for movement of tectonic plates. • ...

Food, drinks and containers 2023-04-04

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

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

Forces of Change 2022-10-26

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

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

earthquakes and valcanoes 2023-01-24

earthquakes and valcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outer surface
  2. the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  3. the super continent
  4. oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  5. Wegener
  6. of plate tectonics
  7. the boundary with each other, moving it in different directions
  8. lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  9. zone back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  10. currents
  11. plates move apart
  12. Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  13. core surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  14. core material at the center of the Earth
Down
  1. ridge The undersea mountain floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  2. mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  3. process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  4. spreading
  5. boundary two plates move toward each other
  6. of the mantle and the crust
  7. earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  8. canyon on the ocean floor
  9. two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  10. drift continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  11. valley

25 Clues: valley • Wegener • currents • spreading • outer surface • plates move apart • of plate tectonics • the super continent • canyon on the ocean floor • of the mantle and the crust • oceanic crust to the ocean floor • the lithosphere and the asthenosphere • mantle on which the lithosphere floats • core material at the center of the Earth • boundary two plates move toward each other • ...

Earth Science 2022-10-14

Earth Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when gravitational forces of moon/Sun are perpendicular
  2. material deposited from 1 area to another
  3. made from molten rock
  4. rocks are made of 1+ _______
  5. 2 plates slide past one another
  6. tilt + rotation of Earth makes wind and water move
  7. crust collides with another oceanic plate or continental plate
  8. belt of active faults/volcanoes in Pacific Ocean
  9. has dry air components, dry gas, water vapor, solid particles (dust from soil, etc.)
Down
  1. oil, coal, gas
  2. compaction, compress sediments
  3. Sun is farthest from Earth's equitorial plane
  4. theory that explains the: movement of the continents and changes in Earth's crust caused by internal forces
  5. oceanic plate, dense, slides under continental plate
  6. 2 plates move away from each other
  7. new & diff minerals b/c of chemical reactions with heated water/dissolved minerals
  8. rocks are broken down into smaller rocks, no
  9. when Earth, Sun, moon are in line
  10. Alps, Himalayas, Appalachian Mts.
  11. rigid blocks of crust and upper mantle
  12. how Pangaea was broken

21 Clues: oil, coal, gas • made from molten rock • how Pangaea was broken • rocks are made of 1+ _______ • compaction, compress sediments • 2 plates slide past one another • when Earth, Sun, moon are in line • Alps, Himalayas, Appalachian Mts. • 2 plates move away from each other • rigid blocks of crust and upper mantle • material deposited from 1 area to another • ...

chapter 10 2025-04-16

chapter 10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lithosphere forms as magma rises to Earth's surface and solidifies
  2. Study of the magnetic properties of rock
  3. where two plates slide past eachother horizontally
  4. a small,extinct land reptile
  5. another word for sinks
  6. Alfred Wegeners proposed hypothesis
  7. tectonic plates that are moving away from eachother
  8. landmass composed of all earths continents
  9. layer of plastic rock just below the lithospher
Down
  1. undersea mountain ranges that run steep valleys
  2. forms where two plates collide
  3. theory that explains why and how continents move
  4. segments of a mid ocean ridge are connected by transform boundaries
  5. process by which a continent breaks apart
  6. molten rock
  7. narrow valley that forms where the plates seperate
  8. where one plate moves on to another plate
  9. ridged upper part of the mantle form a layer of earth
  10. movement of heated material due to differences in density
  11. the force exerted by the sinking plate

20 Clues: molten rock • another word for sinks • a small,extinct land reptile • forms where two plates collide • Alfred Wegeners proposed hypothesis • the force exerted by the sinking plate • Study of the magnetic properties of rock • process by which a continent breaks apart • where one plate moves on to another plate • landmass composed of all earths continents • ...

Forces of Change 2022-10-26

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2020-03-26

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

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

Plate Tectonics 2024-10-07

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

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

VOCABULARY UNIT 2 2021-11-21

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

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

Year 1 Spelling Crossword 2024-03-19

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

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

nail diseases and disorders 2013-10-17

nail diseases and disorders crossword puzzle
Across
  1. any deformity or disease of the nail
  2. blood clots form under the nail plate due to injury
  3. positioned lengthwise in direction of growth
  4. lifting of nail plate from bed without shedding
  5. also known as athletes foot
  6. fungal infection of the nail plate
Down
  1. inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shedding
  2. depressions running across the width of the nail
  3. ingrown nail
  4. skin bacterium that can grow out of control
  5. another perm for hangnail
  6. parasites that can cause infections to hands or feet
  7. also called plicatured nail
  8. thin white nail plate more flexible than normal
  9. bitten nails
  10. signs of redness pain and swelling are signs of

16 Clues: ingrown nail • bitten nails • another perm for hangnail • also called plicatured nail • also known as athletes foot • fungal infection of the nail plate • any deformity or disease of the nail • skin bacterium that can grow out of control • positioned lengthwise in direction of growth • thin white nail plate more flexible than normal • ...

REVISION 2016-01-13

REVISION crossword puzzle
Across
  1. shark
  2. purse
  3. washingmachine
  4. keys
  5. plate
  6. cave
Down
  1. ruler
  2. cupboard
  3. armchair
  4. insects
  5. whale
  6. stick
  7. mosquito
  8. glue

14 Clues: keys • glue • cave • shark • ruler • whale • purse • stick • plate • insects • cupboard • armchair • mosquito • washingmachine

My home 2024-05-21

My home crossword puzzle
Across
  1. painting
  2. plate
  3. glass
  4. coffeetable
  5. fork
  6. rug
  7. knife
  8. vase
Down
  1. jug
  2. spoon
  3. fireplace
  4. armchair
  5. shelf
  6. curtains

14 Clues: jug • rug • fork • vase • spoon • plate • glass • shelf • knife • painting • armchair • curtains • fireplace • coffeetable

Ceiling Joist & Roof Framing 2023-08-23

Ceiling Joist & Roof Framing crossword puzzle
Across
  1. extends from the inside corner of the top plate to the ridge along the lines where two roofs intersect
  2. when cutting a bird's mouth, a ___________ should be used for the finishing cuts
  3. trusses must be ______________ braced until the roof sheathing is in place
  4. # of joists required for an 8ft X 10ft tool shed when joists are spaced 16" on center
  5. the part of a rafter that rest squarely on the top plate
  6. The angle or degree of slope of the roof in relation to the span.
  7. the barge rafter is connected to the common rafter using _________
  8. sometimes required to ensure the proper load-carrying capacity
  9. The horizontal distance from the outside of one exterior wall to the outside of the opposing exterior wall
  10. tool used to transfer the layout from the floor to the roof
  11. framed structure that projects out from a sloped roof.
  12. does not extend the entire distance from the ridge to the top plate of a wall
  13. a hip roof has ___ sloping sides
  14. L-shaped members that run the length of the roof
  15. these are fastened to the structural steel by welding
  16. The total height of the rafter from the top of the plate to the top of the ridge
  17. extends from the top plate to the ridge in a direction perpendicular to the wall plate and ridge
  18. provides additional strength to the structure as well as a base for the roofing material
Down
  1. 2x6 ties installed at every second rafter
  2. type of sheathing that should be installed if the roof finish is composition shingles
  3. Ceiling joists and rafters are laid out and cut by carpenters on-site and the frame is constructed one framing member at a time
  4. type of framing square that is calibrated to show the length per foot of run for each type of rafter
  5. extends diagonally from the outside corner of the top plate to the ridge
  6. combination tool consisting of a protractor and a miter square; super square; quick square
  7. long section
  8. a gable roof has ___ sloping sides
  9. The inclination of the roof surface expressed as the relationship of rise to run
  10. heel
  11. short section of a rafter square
  12. helps align the rafters & tie them together at the upper end
  13. trusses that carry other trusses or a large area of roof framing
  14. 2x4 diagonal braces notched into the purlins
  15. The roof framework (consisting of both ceiling joists and roof rafters) is prefabricated off-site
  16. used for longer spans of ceiling joists to prevent twisting & bowing
  17. The horizontal distance from the outside of the top plate to the center line of the ridgeboard
  18. horizontal roof support member parallel to the plate & installed between the plate and the ridgeboard

36 Clues: heel • long section • short section of a rafter square • a hip roof has ___ sloping sides • a gable roof has ___ sloping sides • 2x6 ties installed at every second rafter • 2x4 diagonal braces notched into the purlins • L-shaped members that run the length of the roof • these are fastened to the structural steel by welding • ...

science project 2021-12-16

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

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

science project 2021-12-16

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

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

The Science Brain Game 2014-11-14

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

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

Year 8 Geography Test Revision 2015-09-01

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

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

Aydan 2023-10-28

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

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

RMS CHanging earth 2 2025-11-27

RMS CHanging earth 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Deep, narrow valleys on the ocean floor
  2. Earth’s thin, outermost layer
  3. Large landforms created by uplift or collisions
  4. Rock changed by heat and pressure
  5. Sudden shaking of Earth’s crust
  6. volcano A volcano formed over a plume of hot mantle
  7. The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
  8. Openings in Earth where lava, ash, and gases erupt
  9. Rock formed from cooled magma or lava
  10. A break or crack in Earth’s crust
  11. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
Down
  1. Rock formed from compacted layers of sediments
  2. A large ocean wave caused by underwater earthquakes
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  4. A naturally occurring solid made of minerals
  5. The dropping or settling of sediments
  6. A supercontinent that existed long ago before breaking apart
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  8. The movement of rock pieces by wind, water, or ice
  9. Rapid downhill movement of rock and soil
  10. Where one plate sinks beneath another

21 Clues: Earth’s thin, outermost layer • Sudden shaking of Earth’s crust • Rock changed by heat and pressure • A break or crack in Earth’s crust • The dropping or settling of sediments • Where one plate sinks beneath another • Rock formed from cooled magma or lava • Deep, narrow valleys on the ocean floor • Rapid downhill movement of rock and soil • ...

Chapter 7: Science 2017-01-19

Chapter 7: Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large landmass of all land on Earth joined together that began to break apart approximately 200 million years ago
  2. The movement of Earth’s continents over time
  3. A deep, underwater trough created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary
  4. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  5. The boundary between two plates that move toward each other
  6. A large section of Earth’s oceanic or continental crust and the rigid upper mantle that moves around on the asthenosphere
  7. The circulation of particles within a material caused by differences in thermal energy and density
Down
  1. When magnetized objects reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
  2. Long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor; formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries
  3. The theory that Earth’s surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that move with respect to each other
  4. The process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations
  5. The boundary between two plates that slide past each other
  6. The boundary between two plates that move away from each other
  7. The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  8. When magnetized objects, such as compass needles, orient themselves to point north

15 Clues: The movement of Earth’s continents over time • The boundary between two plates that slide past each other • The boundary between two plates that move toward each other • The boundary between two plates that move away from each other • The process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations • ...

Structure of the Earth, Plates & Volcanoes - 10LIS 2022-05-22

Structure of the Earth, Plates & Volcanoes - 10LIS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the inner core is this from all the pressure
  2. the name (two words) given to the pieces of the crust that fit together
  3. plate boundary type where plates come together
  4. the thickest of all the layers that make up Earth
  5. the centre of the Earth (two words)
  6. the type of crust that is most dense
  7. the part of the volcano underground where the magma (molten rock) from the mantle sits (two words)
Down
  1. feature along convergent plate boundaries
  2. events along transform plate boundaries
  3. plate boundary type where plates pull apart
  4. the outside thin layer. Sits on the mantle
  5. what magma from the mantle is called after an eruption
  6. the type of crust that is the thickest
  7. plate boundary type where they slide past each other
  8. top of the volcano where the ash, gas, lava exits

15 Clues: the centre of the Earth (two words) • the type of crust that is most dense • the type of crust that is the thickest • events along transform plate boundaries • feature along convergent plate boundaries • the outside thin layer. Sits on the mantle • plate boundary type where plates pull apart • the inner core is this from all the pressure • ...

Tectonic Plates Terms 2021-03-09

Tectonic Plates Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 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. A general statement derived from a hypothesis that has withstood sufficient testing.
  3. Magnetism, An area of historical geology devoted to studying the direction and intensity of magnetic fields in the past, as discerned from the residual magnetization of rocks.
  4. The science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it
  5. A very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.
  6. One of two principal forms of tectonism, the other being epeirogenesis. Derived from the Greek words for mountain and origin, this involves the formation of mountain ranges by means of folding, faulting, and volcanic activity. These processes play a major role in plate tectonics
  7. In early geologic time, a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth.
  8. The thick, dense layer of rock, approximately 1,429 mi. (2,300 km) thick, between Earth's crust and its core.
  9. American, The tectonic plate that contains south America
  10. The outer solid part of the earth, including the crust and uppermost mantle. The lithosphere is about 100 km thick, although its thickness is age-dependent (the older lithosphere is thicker).
  11. The planet on which we live
  12. The deformation of the lithosphere.
  13. The tectonic plate containing mostly ocean
  14. Sensing, The gathering of data without actual contact with the materials or objects being studied.
  15. The study of tectonism, including its causes and effects, most notably mountain building.
  16. Ridge, An underwater mountain system that consists of various mountain ranges (chains), typically having a valley known as a rift running along its spine, formed by plate tectonics.
  17. A tectonic process that results when plates converge and one plate forces the other down into earth's mantle. As a result, the subducted plate eventually undergoes partial melting.
  18. The tectonic plate that Africa is on
  19. A branch of the earth sciences that combines aspects of geology and physics. It addresses the planet's physical processes as well as its gravitational, magnetic, and electric properties, and the means by which energy is transmitted through its interior.
  20. A term describing a phenomenon whereby certain materials are subject to a form of decay brought about by the emission of high-energy particles or radiation.
  21. Trench, A deep depression in the ocean floor caused by the convergence of plates and the resulting subduction of one plate.
  22. A linear zone where the Earth's crust and lithosphere are being pulled apart.
Down
  1. A form of stress produced by a force that acts to stretch a material.
  2. Upheavals or depressions of land exhibiting long wavelengths and little folding apart from broad undulations
  3. An abbreviation used by earth scientists, meaning "million years."
  4. A mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust
  5. The tectonic plate that India and Australia are on
  6. American, The tectonic plate that North America is on
  7. The tectonic plate that Antarctica is on
  8. A weak point in the Earth's crust and upper mantle where the rock layers have ruptured and slipped. They are caused by earthquakes, and earthquakes are likely to reoccur on pre-existing faults.
  9. A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
  10. motion, A tectonic process whereby plates slide past each other. It is one of the three ways, along with convergence and divergence, that plates interact.
  11. An area of rock that has been bent by stress.
  12. Geology, The study of Earth's physical history. Historical geology is one of two principal branches of geology, the other being physical geology.
  13. The tectonic plate that contains Europe and Asia
  14. Spreading, A process of plate tectonics where new oceanic crust is created as large slabs of the Earth's crust split apart from each other and magma wells up to fill the gap.
  15. Large movable segments of the lithosphere.
  16. drift, The theory that the configuration of Earth's continents was once different than it is today; that some of the individual landmasses of today once were joined in other continental forms; and that these landmasses later separated and moved to their present locations.
  17. Plate Boundary, The border between two plates
  18. tectonics, The theory that the Earth's crust and upper mantle (the lithosphere) is broken into a number of more or less rigid, but constantly moving, segments or plates

40 Clues: The planet on which we live • The deformation of the lithosphere. • The tectonic plate that Africa is on • The tectonic plate that Antarctica is on • The tectonic plate containing mostly ocean • Large movable segments of the lithosphere. • An area of rock that has been bent by stress. • Plate Boundary, The border between two plates • ...

Alex Science Crossword 2017-12-10

Alex Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  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.
Down
  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
Across
  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
Down
  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 • ...

Chapter 9 crossword Puzzle 2023-04-18

Chapter 9 crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Down
  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 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.
Down
  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. • ...

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

Unit Two Review: Plate Tectonics and Earth's Interior crossword puzzle
Across
  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.
Down
  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. • ...

Chapter 9 crossword Puzzle 2023-04-18

Chapter 9 crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Down
  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 2025-12-12

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  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 • ...

Tectonic Plates Vocabulary 2024-06-23

Tectonic Plates Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Across
  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.
Down
  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. • ...

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 • ...

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
Down
  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 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 • ...

juan 2023-03-07

juan crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Down
  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. • ...

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) • ...

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 • ...

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

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 • ...

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 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 • ...

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
Down
  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 • ...

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 • ...

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

Chapter 9 Nail Structure & Growth Crossword - Test Prep crossword puzzle
Across
  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
Down
  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 • ...

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

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 • ...

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 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 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 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 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 • ...