plate Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics & Earth's Layers 2016-01-10

Plate Tectonics & Earth's Layers crossword puzzle
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  1. this is what happens when a plate moves BELOW another plate. For example, oceanic plates subducting under continental plates creates above ground volcanos.
  2. Heat & pressure do this, the further down you go from the Earth's crust to the core
  3. this is created when 2 oceanic plates spread apart. Seafloor spreading happens, when is what happens when new seafloor is being created; like when the Atlantic Ocean began growing.
  4. this part of the Earth's crust is found under the oceans AND is only about 5km thick.
  5. the type of movement that happens when 2 or more things come together.
  6. this is what is created when an oceanic plate moves below a continental plate, because the oceanic plate takes water with it; which mixes with magma.
  7. this is a landform made when 2 continental plates crash into each other and an upheaval of land/rock happens.
  8. sections of the Earth's crust that move, because of the convection currents in the mantle of the Earth
  9. this layer of the Earth is solid in the upper and lower parts, and is liquid-like in the middle; because convection currents causes flowing of the material here.
  10. a large break in the Earth's crust.
  11. a vibration of the Earth's plates that is caused by 2 plates sliding past each other AND getting stuck on one another.
  12. when convection currents do THIS, heat is taken away from the plates and the plates come closer together
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  1. when convection currents do THIS, heat is added to the plates and the plates separate and move apart
  2. this is created when an older oceanic plate moves below another younger oceanic plate. Because the plate takes water with it when it moves below, it mixes with magma.
  3. this layer of the Earth's crust is solid, because there is SO MUCH heat and pressure, the nickel and iron metals are squeezed into a solid.
  4. these are the heat waves that travel through the Earth's mantle, and allow the plates on the crust to move.
  5. the type of movement that happens when 2 or more things spread apart.
  6. this layer of the Earth is the only COMPLETELY liquid layer of the Earth. It is made of two metals: nickel and iron.
  7. the movement of the Earth's crust upward. This upward motion creates mountains.
  8. Heat & pressure do this, the further up you go from the Earth's core to the crust
  9. this part of the Earth's crust is found under the continents AND is about 30km thick.
  10. the layer of the Earth we live on. This is the outermost layer of the Earth.
  11. this was the name of the Earth's continents, when all 7 of them were joined together, 200 million years ago.

23 Clues: a large break in the Earth's crust. • the type of movement that happens when 2 or more things spread apart. • the type of movement that happens when 2 or more things come together. • the layer of the Earth we live on. This is the outermost layer of the Earth. • the movement of the Earth's crust upward. This upward motion creates mountains. • ...

Plates tectonic 2023-12-07

Plates tectonic crossword puzzle
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  1. currents in the mantle that cause the movement of Earth's plates
  2. an underwater chain of mountains.
  3. Theory hat the continents were once as one large, single land mass.
  4. Type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart.
  5. a deep valley that forms on land at a divergent boundary where two plates move apart
  6. These are formed under water at divergent plate boundaries. They are areas where new ocean crust is formed.
  7. This forms on land at divergent plate boundaries. There is a great one in Eastern Africa.
  8. When one tectonic plate moves underneath another one, it's called this.
  9. the process by which molten material adds new crust to the ocean floor
  10. Theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on the asthenosphere.
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  1. Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
  2. Rift This place is in Africa and the plates are coming apart.
  3. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  4. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide.
  5. Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt.
  6. These form underwater (on the ocean floor) at most convergent boundaries.
  7. Layer of earth with the lowest temperature.
  8. The cool, outermost layer of Earth that consists of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle.
  9. The layer just below the lithosphere.
  10. the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

20 Clues: an underwater chain of mountains. • The layer just below the lithosphere. • Layer of earth with the lowest temperature. • Type of plate boundary where two plates collide. • Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt. • the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago • Rift This place is in Africa and the plates are coming apart. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-02-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. basins / Dense crust that sinks lower in the asthenosphere than the less dense continental crust resulting in depression on Earth's surface and fills with water
  2. / Major geological events that occur when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence at transform boundaries
  3. / what happens when two plates of equal density converge
  4. Plate / A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that is composed entirely of oceanic crust; lies beneath the Pacific
  5. plate / A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere including most of the land masses of Europe and Asia
  6. / occurs when one plate is denser than another and is forced below as the two plates converge at their boundary
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  1. American Plate / A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere including the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust.
  2. / Major geological events that occur when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate
  3. / Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere, and consists of the crust and the rigid, upppermost part of the mantle
  4. plate / A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere composed of the continental crust of Africa and surrounding oceanic crust

10 Clues: / what happens when two plates of equal density converge • / Major geological events that occur when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate • plate / A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere including most of the land masses of Europe and Asia • ...

Rola khalil 2022-04-28

Rola khalil crossword puzzle
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  1. divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. ... Two plates sliding past each other forms a transform plate boundary
  2. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  3. results suggest that tectonic plates also need this type of lubrication to keep moving."
  4. Rocks and Plate Boundaries. Intense igneous activity happens along divergent and some convergent plate boundaries.
  5. Metamorphic rocks result from the forces active during plate tectonic processes.
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  1. Plate tectonics is a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
  2. Continental drift is the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other.
  3. divergent boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. Along these boundaries, earthquakes are common and magma (molten rock).
  4. of rock) that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
  5. This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide. When a continental plate meets an oceanic plate, the thinner, denser, and more flexible oceanic plate sinks beneath the thicker, more rigid continental plate

10 Clues: of rock) that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air. • Metamorphic rocks result from the forces active during plate tectonic processes. • results suggest that tectonic plates also need this type of lubrication to keep moving." • Rocks and Plate Boundaries. Intense igneous activity happens along divergent and some convergent plate boundaries. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocab Part 2 Crossword Puzzle 2024-11-20

Plate Tectonics Vocab Part 2 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A plate boundary where two plates pull apart as result of tension stress.
  2. An opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gasses escape.
  3. Molten rock BELOW Earth's surface.
  4. The process of creating new ocean floor at mid-ocean ridge that moves plates apart.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates come together as result of compression stress.
  6. An underwater volcanic mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed.
  7. When dense oceanic plate sinks below a less dense continental plate and melts and creates volcanoes.
  8. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions as result of shear stress.
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  1. To cause damage or DESTROY.
  2. Molten rock ON Earth's surface.
  3. To build up or CREATE.
  4. Force behind plate tectonics when heated mantle rises and pushes plates apart and cooled mantle sinks where plates come together.

12 Clues: To build up or CREATE. • To cause damage or DESTROY. • Molten rock ON Earth's surface. • Molten rock BELOW Earth's surface. • An underwater volcanic mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed. • A plate boundary where two plates pull apart as result of tension stress. • A plate boundary where two plates come together as result of compression stress. • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. _____ current found in the mantle
  2. ______ is caused by different density in convergent plate boundary
  3. Plates separating
  4. The second layer of the earth
  5. Plates sliding
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  1. _____tectonics
  2. Caused by Transform Plate boundary's
  3. plates colliding
  4. Caused by Divergent plate boundary's
  5. ____is hot molten rock

10 Clues: _____tectonics • Plates sliding • plates colliding • Plates separating • ____is hot molten rock • The second layer of the earth • _____ current found in the mantle • Caused by Transform Plate boundary's • Caused by Divergent plate boundary's • ______ is caused by different density in convergent plate boundary

Plate Boundaries 2022-02-25

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
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  1. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
  2. two plates coming together
  3. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
  4. theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
  5. a region where two lithospheric plates meet
  6. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
  7. undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
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  1. two plates moving apart
  2. scientist who proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics
  3. large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
  4. an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses and verified multiple times by groups of detached researchers; can be used to explain and predict natural phenomena
  5. thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
  6. process where one plate slides under another
  7. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  8. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  9. formation of new oceanic crust due to the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges

16 Clues: two plates moving apart • two plates coming together • a region where two lithospheric plates meet • process where one plate slides under another • scientist who proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics • two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions • a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities • ...

Volcanoes 2023-03-18

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
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  1. A volcano that will not erupt again
  2. Magma that flows out onto the Earth’s surface
  3. Molten rock beneath the Earth’s crust
  4. A volcano with regular eruptions
  5. A low, flat volcano, made from runny lava
  6. Differences in temperature of material beneath the plates of the Earth’s crust leads to the creation of currents to transfer the heat. These currents move the plates above them
  7. Region created by the action of two tectonic plates colliding and the less dense plate, submerges underneath the denser one
  8. A volcanic mudlfow that contains a mixture of rocky debris, ash and water
  9. A volcano that hasn’t erupted for many years but activity can be detected inside
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  1. Type of energy that can be derived from heat within the Earth's crust
  2. Plate boundaries where two plates are sliding past eachother in opposite directions
  3. Rigid segments of rock that make up the Earth’s crust, they meet at plate boundaries where volcanoes are created
  4. Plate boundaries where two plates are moving away from eachother
  5. A high, steep-sided volcano made from thick lava
  6. Mass movement of rocks and soil down a slope that is often triggered by heavy rain
  7. Plate boundaries that move towards eachother and collide

16 Clues: A volcano with regular eruptions • A volcano that will not erupt again • Molten rock beneath the Earth’s crust • A low, flat volcano, made from runny lava • Magma that flows out onto the Earth’s surface • A high, steep-sided volcano made from thick lava • Plate boundaries that move towards eachother and collide • ...

Chapter 7 2021-10-12

Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. The main heat transfer mechanism in the Earth's mantle is convection, a thermally driven process
  3. the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes the North pole
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  5. Magnetic minerals in the rock having the same polarity as the Earth's present magnetic field
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  1. The layers on the floor that if they open up they let out lava and earthquakes
  2. A elevated area that spews lava
  3. When the tectonic plates large slabs of the lithosphere split apart.
  4. when two tectonic plates collide
  5. a change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite
  6. a proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics
  7. The moving of the continent
  8. when two plates slide past each other, horizontally
  9. slab pull is a part of the motion of a tectonic plate
  10. What was before the continents split up
  11. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of the plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate

16 Clues: The moving of the continent • A elevated area that spews lava • when two tectonic plates collide • What was before the continents split up • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • when two plates slide past each other, horizontally • slab pull is a part of the motion of a tectonic plate • a change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite • ...

Plate Boundaries 2022-02-25

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
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  1. a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
  2. two plates coming together
  3. study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
  4. theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
  5. a region where two lithospheric plates meet
  6. distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
  7. undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
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  1. two plates moving apart
  2. scientist who proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics
  3. large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
  4. an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses and verified multiple times by groups of detached researchers; can be used to explain and predict natural phenomena
  5. thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
  6. process where one plate slides under another
  7. two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
  8. thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
  9. formation of new oceanic crust due to the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges

16 Clues: two plates moving apart • two plates coming together • a region where two lithospheric plates meet • process where one plate slides under another • scientist who proposed the Theory of Plate Tectonics • two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions • a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities • ...

Earth Forces 2024-11-04

Earth Forces crossword puzzle
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  1. The type of plate boundary where the plates slide past each other.
  2. Iceland sits on this type of plate boundary.
  3. The scale used to measure an earthquake.
  4. There are two types of crust - continental and?
  5. These happen at every type of plate boundary.
  6. This is the type of current that moves the tectonic plates.
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  1. The type of plate boundary where the plates move towards each other.
  2. Scientists used these to prove there was once one large super continent.
  3. The hottest layer in the Earth
  4. An earthquake under water can trigger one of these.
  5. The name for hot molten rock which spews from a volcano.
  6. The UK sits on this tectonic plate.

12 Clues: The hottest layer in the Earth • The UK sits on this tectonic plate. • The scale used to measure an earthquake. • Iceland sits on this type of plate boundary. • These happen at every type of plate boundary. • There are two types of crust - continental and? • An earthquake under water can trigger one of these. • The name for hot molten rock which spews from a volcano. • ...

Layers of the Earth & Plate Tectonics 2025-09-09

Layers of the Earth & Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth’s surface through a volcano or fissure.
  2. The breakdown of rocks and minerals at Earth's surface through physical, chemical, or biological processes, without moving the material.
  3. Sudden shaking of the ground caused by the release of energy along faults or tectonic plate boundaries.
  4. A type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other, often resulting in mountain formation, earthquakes, or subduction.
  5. The scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere is broken into plates that move over the mantle due to convection currents, causing geological activity.
  6. The thick, middle layer of the Earth is located between the crust and the outer core. It is composed of semi-solid rock that flows slowly, driving plate tectonics.
  7. Underwater Mountain ranges formed by divergent boundaries where new oceanic crust is created by rising magma.
  8. A type of rock formed when sediments are compacted and cemented together over time, often containing fossils and forming in layers.
  9. The process by which natural forces like water, wind, ice, or gravity wear away rocks and soil and transport them from one location to another.
  10. A region where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle, usually forming trenches, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
  11. An opening in Earth’s crust where magma, gases, and ash erupt onto the surface; often located at plate boundaries or hot spots.
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  1. Molten rock is located beneath Earth’s surface; it can rise to form lava during volcanic eruptions.
  2. A type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other, creating new crust, often seen at mid-ocean ridges.
  3. The outermost solid layer of the Earth, composed of rocks and minerals. It includes both the continental crust (land) and oceanic crust (under oceans).
  4. The rigid outer layer of the Earth consists of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle. It is broken into tectonic plates.
  5. Circular movements of fluid (liquid or gas) caused by the rise of warmer, less dense material and the sinking of cooler, denser material, driving heat transfer and, in the Earth, plate movement.
  6. The innermost layer of the Earth, composed primarily of solid iron and nickel, despite the extreme heat, due to immense pressure.
  7. A type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, often causing earthquakes.
  8. The layer of the Earth beneath the mantle, composed of liquid iron and nickel. Its movement generates the Earth’s magnetic field.
  9. The geological process in which sediments, soil, and rocks are added to a landform or land mass, typically after being transported by wind, water, ice, or gravity.

20 Clues: Molten rock that has erupted onto Earth’s surface through a volcano or fissure. • Molten rock is located beneath Earth’s surface; it can rise to form lava during volcanic eruptions. • Sudden shaking of the ground caused by the release of energy along faults or tectonic plate boundaries. • ...

nails disease and disorders 2025-04-03

nails disease and disorders crossword puzzle
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  1. any deformity or disease of the natural nails
  2. nail that has turned a variety of colors; may indicate surface staining, a systemic disorder, or poor blood circulation
  3. nail plate fungal infection, consisting of whitish patches that can be scraped off the nail’s surface or long whitish or pale yellowish streaks within the nail plate
  4. also known as trumpet nail; a form of dramatically increased nail curvature of the free edge, whereby the nail can curl in upon itself or may be deformed only on one sidewall
  5. inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shedding of the natural nail caused by infection or injury
  6. separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed; caused by infection, matrix injury, systemic illness, or medical procedure
  7. also known as bitten nails; result of a habit of chewing the nail or chewing the hardened skin surrounding the nail plate
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  1. bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail; redness, pus, and swelling are usually present
  2. separation of the nail plate and bed, often due to injury or allergic reactions
  3. irregular split or brittle nails appearing as nail plate surface roughness; potentially caused by heredity, matrix injury, excessive exposure to cuticle removers, harsh cleaning agents, or aggressive filing techniques
  4. damaged skin around the nail plate (often on the eponychium) becomes split or torn
  5. whitish discoloration found inside the nail plate, usually caused by injury to the nail matrix
  6. also known as ingrown nail; nail grows into the living tissue around the nail

13 Clues: any deformity or disease of the natural nails • also known as ingrown nail; nail grows into the living tissue around the nail • separation of the nail plate and bed, often due to injury or allergic reactions • damaged skin around the nail plate (often on the eponychium) becomes split or torn • ...

Tectonic Plate Vocab Quiz 2021-10-01

Tectonic Plate Vocab Quiz crossword puzzle
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  1. When magnetized objects, such as compass needles, orient themselves to point north.
  2. When magnetized objects reverse direction and orient themselves to point south.
  3. The rigid outermost layer of the Earth that includes the uppermost mantle and crust.
  4. The boundary between two plates that slide past each other.
  5. The circulation of particles within a material caused by differences in thermal energy and density.
  6. The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate.
  7. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
  8. The boundary between two plates that move toward each other.
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  1. The process that results when magma rises at a mid-ocean ridge and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions.
  2. Theory that Earth's surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that move with respect to each other.
  3. An event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction.
  4. The boundary between two plates that move away from each other.
  5. The process that results when a dense oceanic plate sinks beneath a more buoyant plate along a subduction zone, pulling the rest of the plate that trails behind it.
  6. The movement of Earth's continents over time.
  7. Name given to a supercontinent that began to break apart approximately 168 million years ago.
  8. Long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor; formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries.

16 Clues: The movement of Earth's continents over time. • An event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction. • 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. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. the largest plate
  2. cooled metamorphic rock in the volcano.
  3. the athenosphere hold it
  4. when 2 plates pull apart
  5. the man who came up with plate tectonics
  6. cooled magma in the volcano
  7. compacted sediments
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  1. when 2 plates collide
  2. when 2 plates slide past each other
  3. cooled magma outside of the volcano.
  4. cooled metamorphic rock outside of the volcano
  5. is in the mantle
  6. has the athenoshere in it
  7. igneous rock that has been eroded

14 Clues: is in the mantle • the largest plate • compacted sediments • when 2 plates collide • the athenosphere hold it • when 2 plates pull apart • has the athenoshere in it • cooled magma in the volcano • igneous rock that has been eroded • when 2 plates slide past each other • cooled magma outside of the volcano. • cooled metamorphic rock in the volcano. • ...

7th grade Ch. 10 Science vocab 2023-01-26

7th grade Ch. 10 Science vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. Is the equilibrium between continental crust and the denser mantle below it
  2. squeezing stress
  3. stress that pulls something apart
  4. areas of subsidence and regions with low elevation
  5. mountains are made of layers of rocks that are folded
  6. flat regions with high elevations
  7. mountain are parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up or down along faults
  8. zone an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault
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  1. arc a curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary
  2. a change in the shape of rock caused by stress
  3. trenches are deep underwater troughs created by an oceanic plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary
  4. parallel forces acting in opposite directions
  5. the downward motion of earth's surface
  6. the upward motion of earth’s surface
  7. faults where blocks of crust slide horizontally past each other
  8. is an extensive area of level or rolling land

16 Clues: squeezing stress • stress that pulls something apart • flat regions with high elevations • the upward motion of earth’s surface • the downward motion of earth's surface • parallel forces acting in opposite directions • is an extensive area of level or rolling land • a change in the shape of rock caused by stress • areas of subsidence and regions with low elevation • ...

Bodega Bay 2025-11-14

Bodega Bay crossword puzzle
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  1. a very large wave of water
  2. The study of physical features
  3. A parallel
  4. A plate below the land
  5. A large slab of earth
  6. a slip in the ground
  7. A compacted substance
  8. To hit with force
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  1. Changing unexpectedly
  2. a zone where two rock bodies meet
  3. The shaking of earths crust
  4. An event that causes suffering
  5. The plate below the ocean

13 Clues: A parallel • To hit with force • a slip in the ground • Changing unexpectedly • A large slab of earth • A compacted substance • A plate below the land • The plate below the ocean • a very large wave of water • The shaking of earths crust • The study of physical features • An event that causes suffering • a zone where two rock bodies meet

Nail Structure and Growth Review 2024-08-09

Nail Structure and Growth Review crossword puzzle
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  1. What part of the nail unit protects the tips of fingers and toes?
  2. The length, width, and curvature of the matrix determine the _______, width, and curvature of the nail plate.
  3. Toenails are ______ than fingernails because the toenail matrix is longer.
  4. ________ can make the nail plate grow thicker.
  5. What is the living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows to the free edge?
  6. The thickened layer of skin that connects the fingertip to the free edge of the nail is the ________.
  7. The ______ content of a healthy nail is 15-25%
  8. The visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin to create a half-moon shape is the _____.
  9. If the hyponychium is damaged, _______ under the nail plate is possible.
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  1. The nail plate is made up of a _______ layers.
  2. The average rate of nail growth in normal adults is one/______ to one/eighth inch per month.
  3. Do not get confused and cut the eponychium instead of the ______.
  4. A _____ nail is firm and flexible.
  5. The lateral nail fold is also known as the ________.
  6. The PNF is the entire flap of skin that covers the _____.
  7. It takes 4-6 months for the ________ plates to be replaced.
  8. What is the technical term for the entire nail unit?
  9. Cuticle moisturizers are designed for all except the _______.
  10. The natural nail unit includes the tip to the _____ knuckle.

19 Clues: A _____ nail is firm and flexible. • The nail plate is made up of a _______ layers. • ________ can make the nail plate grow thicker. • The ______ content of a healthy nail is 15-25% • The lateral nail fold is also known as the ________. • What is the technical term for the entire nail unit? • The PNF is the entire flap of skin that covers the _____. • ...

chapter 7 2021-10-13

chapter 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. tectonics is a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  2. mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean
  3. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
  4. process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water
  5. continents
  6. when a receptacle is wired backwards
  7. action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  8. magnetic feild reverses polarity magnetized
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  1. new crust forms along a midocean ridge
  2. when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. a state in which mangetized objects point north
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  5. Gravitational force that causes a plate to move away from the crest of an ocean ridge, and into a subduction zone
  6. pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weights
  7. a theory that all the continents were together
  8. a type of fault in which two tectonic plates slide past one another

16 Clues: continents • when a receptacle is wired backwards • new crust forms along a midocean ridge • mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean • magnetic feild reverses polarity magnetized • a theory that all the continents were together • a state in which mangetized objects point north • when two tectonic plates move away from each other. • ...

Chapter 7 2021-10-12

Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
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  1. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. The main heat transfer mechanism in the Earth's mantle is convection, a thermally driven process
  3. the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes the North pole
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  5. Magnetic minerals in the rock having the same polarity as the Earth's present magnetic field
Down
  1. The layers on the floor that if they open up they let out lava and earthquakes
  2. A elevated area that spews lava
  3. When the tectonic plates large slabs of the lithosphere split apart.
  4. when two tectonic plates collide
  5. a change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite
  6. a proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics
  7. The moving of the continent
  8. when two plates slide past each other, horizontally
  9. slab pull is a part of the motion of a tectonic plate
  10. What was before the continents split up
  11. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of the plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate

16 Clues: The moving of the continent • A elevated area that spews lava • when two tectonic plates collide • What was before the continents split up • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • when two plates slide past each other, horizontally • slab pull is a part of the motion of a tectonic plate • a change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite • ...

Chapter 7 2021-10-12

Chapter 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. The main heat transfer mechanism in the Earth's mantle is convection, a thermally driven process
  3. the process by which the North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes the North pole
  4. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  5. Magnetic minerals in the rock having the same polarity as the Earth's present magnetic field
Down
  1. The layers on the floor that if they open up they let out lava and earthquakes
  2. A elevated area that spews lava
  3. When the tectonic plates large slabs of the lithosphere split apart.
  4. when two tectonic plates collide
  5. a change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite
  6. a proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics
  7. The moving of the continent
  8. when two plates slide past each other, horizontally
  9. slab pull is a part of the motion of a tectonic plate
  10. What was before the continents split up
  11. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of the plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate

16 Clues: The moving of the continent • A elevated area that spews lava • when two tectonic plates collide • What was before the continents split up • when two tectonic plates move away from each other • when two plates slide past each other, horizontally • slab pull is a part of the motion of a tectonic plate • a change of the earth's magnetic field to the opposite • ...

Aleesha' s Crossword Puzzle 2015-05-04

Aleesha' s Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. measures small changes in magnetic fields
  2. a theory that earth's outer layer is made up of plates that move around the surface relative to each other
  3. the motion exerted by a cold, dense plate sinking into the mantle at trenches
  4. a change in Earth's magnetic field
  5. when one plate is forced under the other
  6. a tectonic boundary where two plate are moving toward each other
  7. a steep lowland between several mountain ranges
Down
  1. the study of the magnetic record in rocks
  2. a supercontinent that included almost all landmasses on Earth
  3. a mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics
  4. a line that connects points on a line that have the same age
  5. a new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches
  6. the movement of earth's continents relating to each other

13 Clues: a change in Earth's magnetic field • when one plate is forced under the other • the study of the magnetic record in rocks • measures small changes in magnetic fields • a mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics • a steep lowland between several mountain ranges • the movement of earth's continents relating to each other • ...

Sc 8: pp 186-189 2024-12-11

Sc 8: pp 186-189 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate tectonics helps scientists understand topics, such as ___
  2. heat at the ______ causes the formation of the plumes
  3. mineral resources that are common near the sea-floor
  4. valuable resources
  5. ______ thickens with distance from a mid-ocean ridge
  6. plate tectonics helps scientists understand many Earth's processes, such as ___
  7. when ______ moves away from a mid-ocean ridge, the slab becomes older & denser
  8. buildings here may be constructed to withstand damage from natural disasters
Down
  1. this would happen if multiple convection cells exist in the mantle beneath a single plate
  2. any movement of matter that results from differences in density
  3. theory of plate tectonics has had a great impact on ____
  4. scientists have proposed as a cause of tectonic plate motion
  5. scientists use _____ to explore the mantle
  6. scientists have proposed as a cause of tectonic plate motion
  7. plate tectonics helps scientists understand topics, such as ___
  8. scientists have proposed as a cause of tectonic plate motion

16 Clues: valuable resources • scientists use _____ to explore the mantle • mineral resources that are common near the sea-floor • ______ thickens with distance from a mid-ocean ridge • heat at the ______ causes the formation of the plumes • theory of plate tectonics has had a great impact on ____ • scientists have proposed as a cause of tectonic plate motion • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Lab 2025-10-30

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Lab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Drift The idea that continents have moved across Earth's surface over time.
  2. The soft, flowing layer of the upper mantle beneath the lithosphere that allows tectonic plates to move.
  3. Tectonics The theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into large plates that move over the mantle.
  4. The rigid outer layer of Earth, made of the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
  5. of Plate Tectonics The scientific theory explaining how and why Earth's plates move, and how that movement shapes Earth's surface.
  6. Plate Boundaries Places where two plates move toward each other, causing collisions that can form mountains, volcanoes, or trenches.
  7. A giant landmass made of all or most of Earth's continents joined together.
Down
  1. A supercontinent that existed about 200 million years ago and later broke apart into today's continents.
  2. Plate Boundaries Places where two plates move apart, often forming new crust.
  3. Ridge System An underwater mountain range formed at divergent boundaries in the ocean, where new crust is created.
  4. Trenches Very deep valleys in the ocean floor formed at convergent boundaries where one plate sinks beneath another.
  5. Plate A large piece of Earth's lithosphere that moves over the asthenosphere.
  6. Plate Boundary A place where two plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes.

13 Clues: A giant landmass made of all or most of Earth's continents joined together. • Plate Boundaries Places where two plates move apart, often forming new crust. • The rigid outer layer of Earth, made of the crust and the upper part of the mantle. • Drift The idea that continents have moved across Earth's surface over time. • ...

Tectonic Plates & Weather 2023-09-21

Tectonic Plates & Weather crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A natural disaster that happens when plates move
  2. _______ pressure system: makes storms worse. Expect lousy weather.
  3. ________ rocks that proved Alfred Wegener was right
  4. A type of plate boundary where plates move side by side and create fault lines
  5. A type of plate boundary where plates move together and forms mountains
Down
  1. the guy who came up with continental drift theory
  2. Where the earth is hotter and the hurricanes are formed/ are worse.
  3. A type of plate boundary where plates move together, but one plate is lighter than the other. Creates trenches and volcanic island arcs
  4. A type of plate boundary where plates move apart. Creates rift valleys and mid-ocean ridges
  5. ___________ cycle: hot rises, cold sinks
  6. _______ front: light rain and warmer, humid weather
  7. _______ front: severe storms and cooler weather
  8. _______ pressure system: happy weather :)

13 Clues: ___________ cycle: hot rises, cold sinks • _______ pressure system: happy weather :) • _______ front: severe storms and cooler weather • A natural disaster that happens when plates move • the guy who came up with continental drift theory • _______ front: light rain and warmer, humid weather • ________ rocks that proved Alfred Wegener was right • ...

kitchen 2021-04-30

kitchen crossword puzzle
Across
  1. penggorengan in english
  2. tools to cooking rice
  3. plate in indonesia
  4. cup in english
  5. saringan in english
  6. cutlery for meat and vegetables
  7. napkin in indonesia
  8. mangkuk in english
  9. sendok in english
Down
  1. pemanggang kue in english
  2. sapu in english
  3. pengocok in english
  4. spoond in indonesia
  5. nasi in english
  6. piring in english
  7. fork in indonesia
  8. parutan in english
  9. garpu in english
  10. teapot in indonesia
  11. glas in english

20 Clues: cup in english • sapu in english • nasi in english • glas in english • garpu in english • piring in english • fork in indonesia • sendok in english • plate in indonesia • parutan in english • mangkuk in english • pengocok in english • spoond in indonesia • saringan in english • napkin in indonesia • teapot in indonesia • tools to cooking rice • penggorengan in english • pemanggang kue in english • ...

Quiz การแปรสัณฐานของแผ่นธรณี 2021-10-14

Quiz การแปรสัณฐานของแผ่นธรณี crossword puzzle
Across
  1. สิ่งที่เป็นหลักฐานร่องรอยบนชั้นหินฐานจากการเคลื่อนที่ผ่านของธารน้ำแข็งที่เกิดขึ้นในอดีต
  2. ลักษณะธรณีสันฐานจากการเคลื่อนที่เข้าหากันของแผ่นธรณีทวีปกับแผ่นธรณีมหาสมุทร เช่น เทือกเขาแอนดีส
  3. ทวีปที่พบว่าหลักฐานจากธารน้ำแข็งบรรพกาลมีการเคลื่อนที่กระจายตัวออกจากทวีปนี้ในอดีต
  4. นักวิทยาศาสตร์ผู้โด่งดังจากการเขียนตำรา "The Origin of Continents and Oceans"
  5. ธรณีโครงสร้างที่เกิดขึ้นจากความเค้นบีบอัดมากระทำกับชั้นหินที่มีสภาพพลาสติกจนชั้นหินเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงโครงสร้างไปจากเดิม
  6. เป็นหลักฐานหนึ่งที่สนับสนุนการแผ่ขยายพื้นสมุทรซึ่งเป็นภาวะที่สัมพันธ์กับทิศทางของสนามแม่เหล็กโลกในอดีตจนถึงปัจจุบัน ซึ่งศึกษาได้จากกลุ่มหินตัวอย่างที่ค้นพบตามบริเวณรอยแยกของพื้นสมุทร
  7. hanging-wall block
  8. แผ่นดินส่วนที่อยู่ใต้เส้นศูนย์สูตรหลักจากที่แผ่นทวีปเริ่มมีการแยกตัวออกจากกันเป็นสองแผ่นดินใหญ่
  9. หินที่เกิดจากการแทรกตัวของลาวาบริเวณรอยแยกแล้วเย็นตัวลง
  10. แนวเทือกเขาที่ในอดีตเชื่อว่าเชื่อมต่อกับแนวเทือกเขาคาเลโดเนียน ปัจจุบันตั้งอยู่บนทวีปอเมริกาเหนือ
Down
  1. แผ่นดินทั้งหมด
  2. การแทรกตัวขึ้นมาของลาวาตามรอยแยกของมหาสมุทร เกิดเป็นลักษณะธรณีที่ยกตัวสูงขึ้นเมื่อเทียบกับบริเวณข้างเคียง
  3. อัลเฟรด เวเกเนอร์ เป็นผู้เสนอแนวคิดทฤษฎีนี้ไว้เป็นครั้งแรก
  4. ภูมิลักษณ์ หรือ ลักษณะของผิวโลกที่เกิดขึ้นตามธรรมชาติ เช่น หาดทราย ภูเขา ที่ราบสูง เป็นต้น
  5. แนวเทือกเขาสูงที่เกิดขึ้นจากแผ่นธรณียูเรเซียเข้าชนกับแผ่นอินเดีย
  6. แนวคิดที่สนับสนุนการเคลื่อนที่ของแผ่นธรณี โดยเกิดจากความร้อนภายในเนื้อโลก
  7. นักธรณีวิทยาที่นำเสนอแนวคิดการแผ่นขยายพื้นสมุทร
  8. บริเวณที่เกิดขึ้นจากการมุดตัวของแผ่นธรณี
  9. แรงกระทำต่อหินในชั้นเปลือกโลก ส่งผลให้หินอยู่ในภาวะความเครียด จนเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงได้
  10. โครงสร้างทางธรณีแบบหนึ่งที่เกิดจากการเคลื่อนที่ผ่านกันของแผ่นธรณี
  11. ชั้นน้ำแข็งปกคลุมพื้นดินเป็นบริเวณกว้างใหญ่แถบขั้วโลก
  12. หลักฐานสนับสนุนแนวคิดทวีปเคยติดกันมาก่อน พบได้ทั้งพืชและสัตว์ เช่น ไซโนเนทัส กลอสโซพเทรีส เป็นต้น
  13. มหาสมุทรที่ล้อมรอบมหาทวีปตั้งแต่ซีกโลกเหนือถึงซีกโลกใต้ในอดีต
  14. plate หรือ lithospheric plate หรือ แผ่นเปลือกโลก
  15. บริเวณที่แผ่นธรณีที่มีความหนาแน่นมากกว่าเคลื่อนที่เข้าหาแล้วเกิดการจมตัวลงใต้อีกแผ่นธรณีหนึ่ง

25 Clues: แผ่นดินทั้งหมด • hanging-wall block • บริเวณที่เกิดขึ้นจากการมุดตัวของแผ่นธรณี • นักธรณีวิทยาที่นำเสนอแนวคิดการแผ่นขยายพื้นสมุทร • plate หรือ lithospheric plate หรือ แผ่นเปลือกโลก • ชั้นน้ำแข็งปกคลุมพื้นดินเป็นบริเวณกว้างใหญ่แถบขั้วโลก • หินที่เกิดจากการแทรกตัวของลาวาบริเวณรอยแยกแล้วเย็นตัวลง • อัลเฟรด เวเกเนอร์ เป็นผู้เสนอแนวคิดทฤษฎีนี้ไว้เป็นครั้งแรก • ...

Sam porath 2024-03-14

Sam porath crossword puzzle
Across
  1. opposite of the inner core
  2. weight
  3. made by convergent plate
  4. holds lava
  5. ring of volcanoes
  6. type of shiny rock
  7. molten rock
  8. running into each other
  9. a feature feature
  10. a natural thing made by pressure
  11. steel blade
Down
  1. moves towards
  2. thing that moves convergent or divergent
  3. a feature
  4. surrounded by water
  5. center of the earth
  6. core inner most layer
  7. odor most layer
  8. moves away
  9. under the crust

20 Clues: weight • a feature • holds lava • moves away • molten rock • steel blade • moves towards • odor most layer • under the crust • ring of volcanoes • a feature feature • type of shiny rock • surrounded by water • center of the earth • core inner most layer • running into each other • made by convergent plate • opposite of the inner core • a natural thing made by pressure • ...

interphase 2022-11-11

interphase crossword puzzle
Across
  1. alternating
  2. heated water
  3. never again
  4. sleeping
  5. thick liquid
  6. runny lava
  7. cone violent with cinders
  8. springs water heated by magma
  9. magma chambers hardens
  10. opening
  11. chamber stores magma
  12. up and down
Down
  1. connects chambers to vent
  2. pacific plate
  3. calm lava flows
  4. hole
  5. thick magma
  6. thick lava
  7. earths heat
  8. flow hot gas ash
  9. spot middle of the plate
  10. currently errupting
  11. sideways
  12. arc subduction
  13. flow when lava poursout

25 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • sideways • thick lava • runny lava • alternating • thick magma • never again • earths heat • up and down • heated water • thick liquid • pacific plate • arc subduction • calm lava flows • flow hot gas ash • currently errupting • chamber stores magma • magma chambers hardens • flow when lava poursout • connects chambers to vent • spot middle of the plate • cone violent with cinders • ...

4/1 Quizz หน่วยที่ 2 การแปรสัณฐานของแผ่นธรณี 2021-08-21

4/1 Quizz หน่วยที่ 2 การแปรสัณฐานของแผ่นธรณี crossword puzzle
Across
  1. สิ่งที่เป็นหลักฐานร่องรอยบนชั้นหินฐานจากการเคลื่อนที่ผ่านของธารน้ำแข็งที่เกิดขึ้นในอดีต
  2. ทวีปที่พบว่าหลักฐานจากธารน้ำแข็งบรรพกาลมีการเคลื่อนที่กระจายตัวออกจากทวีปนี้ในอดีต
  3. นักธรณีวิทยาที่นำเสนอแนวคิดการแผ่นขยายพื้นสมุทร
  4. แผ่นดินส่วนที่อยู่ใต้เส้นศูนย์สูตรหลักจากที่แผ่นทวีปเริ่มมีการแยกตัวออกจากกันเป็นสองแผ่นดินใหญ่
  5. plate หรือ lithospheric plate หรือ แผ่นเปลือกโลก
  6. การแทรกตัวขึ้นมาของลาวาตามรอยแยกของมหาสมุทร เกิดเป็นลักษณะธรณีที่ยกตัวสูงขึ้นเมื่อเทียบกับบริเวณข้างเคียง
  7. hanging-wall block
  8. แนวเทือกเขาสูงที่เกิดขึ้นจากแผ่นธรณียูเรเซียเข้าชนกับแผ่นอินเดีย
  9. แนวเทือกเขาที่ในอดีตเชื่อว่าเชื่อมต่อกับแนวเทือกเขาคาเลโดเนียน ปัจจุบันตั้งอยู่บนทวีปอเมริกาเหนือ
  10. มหาสมุทรที่ล้อมรอบมหาทวีปตั้งแต่ซีกโลกเหนือถึงซีกโลกใต้ในอดีต
  11. โครงสร้างทางธรณีแบบหนึ่งที่เกิดจากการเคลื่อนที่ผ่านกันของแผ่นธรณี
  12. ภูมิลักษณ์ หรือ ลักษณะของผิวโลกที่เกิดขึ้นตามธรรมชาติ เช่น หาดทราย ภูเขา ที่ราบสูง เป็นต้น
  13. บริเวณที่เกิดขึ้นจากการมุดตัวของแผ่นธรณี
Down
  1. แรงกระทำต่อหินในชั้นเปลือกโลก ส่งผลให้หินอยู่ในภาวะความเครียด จนเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงได้
  2. ชั้นน้ำแข็งปกคลุมพื้นดินเป็นบริเวณกว้างใหญ่แถบขั้วโลก
  3. แผ่นดินทั้งหมด
  4. อัลเฟรด เวเกเนอร์ เป็นผู้เสนอแนวคิดทฤษฎีนี้ไว้เป็นครั้งแรก
  5. หลักฐานสนับสนุนแนวคิดทวีปเคยติดกันมาก่อน พบได้ทั้งพืชและสัตว์ เช่น ไซโนเนทัส กลอสโซพเทรีส เป็นต้น
  6. แนวคิดที่สนับสนุนการเคลื่อนที่ของแผ่นธรณี โดยเกิดจากความร้อนภายในเนื้อโลก
  7. หินที่เกิดจากการแทรกตัวของลาวาบริเวณรอยแยกแล้วเย็นตัวลง
  8. ธรณีโครงสร้างที่เกิดขึ้นจากความเค้นบีบอัดมากระทำกับชั้นหินที่มีสภาพพลาสติกจนชั้นหินเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงโครงสร้างไปจากเดิม
  9. บริเวณที่แผ่นธรณีที่มีความหนาแน่นมากกว่าเคลื่อนที่เข้าหาแล้วเกิดการจมตัวลงใต้อีกแผ่นธรณีหนึ่ง
  10. นักวิทยาศาสตร์ผู้โด่งดังจากการเขียนตำรา "The Origin of Continents and Oceans"
  11. เป็นหลักฐานหนึ่งที่สนับสนุนการแผ่ขยายพื้นสมุทรซึ่งเป็นภาวะที่สัมพันธ์กับทิศทางของสนามแม่เหล็กโลกในอดีตจนถึงปัจจุบัน ซึ่งศึกษาได้จากกลุ่มหินตัวอย่างที่ค้นพบตามบริเวณรอยแยกของพื้นสมุทร
  12. ลักษณะธรณีสันฐานจากการเคลื่อนที่เข้าหากันของแผ่นธรณีทวีปกับแผ่นธรณีมหาสมุทร เช่น เทือกเขาแอนดีส

25 Clues: แผ่นดินทั้งหมด • hanging-wall block • บริเวณที่เกิดขึ้นจากการมุดตัวของแผ่นธรณี • นักธรณีวิทยาที่นำเสนอแนวคิดการแผ่นขยายพื้นสมุทร • plate หรือ lithospheric plate หรือ แผ่นเปลือกโลก • ชั้นน้ำแข็งปกคลุมพื้นดินเป็นบริเวณกว้างใหญ่แถบขั้วโลก • หินที่เกิดจากการแทรกตัวของลาวาบริเวณรอยแยกแล้วเย็นตัวลง • อัลเฟรด เวเกเนอร์ เป็นผู้เสนอแนวคิดทฤษฎีนี้ไว้เป็นครั้งแรก • ...

science crossword project 2023-02-06

science crossword project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  2. A sudden tremor of Earth's surface caused by movement of the crust and mantle, usually along a fault line.
  3. A row of connected mountains.
  4. A map that shows the surface features of an area.
  5. A parallel pattern of rock material found at identical locations on each side of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge reveals rock of the same geologic age and polarity.
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  7. Volcanoes that rise above the surface of the water and create land with their magma. Some of these include Iceland and Hawaii.
  8. a convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is plunging beneath another, overriding plate.
  9. tectonic plates that are colliding.
  10. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
  11. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
Down
  1. Idea that the lithosphere is made up of moving tectonic plates.
  2. features that are caused by erosion.
  3. land features on the surface, as well as those not as visible.
  4. image taken by a man made satellite used to identify land and erosional features.
  5. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
  6. Chemical or physical process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
  7. Material that makes up landmasses.
  8. fossils of same animals found great distances apart.
  9. earths crust located under the ocean.

20 Clues: A row of connected mountains. • Material that makes up landmasses. • tectonic plates that are colliding. • features that are caused by erosion. • earths crust located under the ocean. • A map that shows the surface features of an area. • fossils of same animals found great distances apart. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • ...

Tic-Tac-Tonic 2023-02-02

Tic-Tac-Tonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two tectonic plates move towards each other and collide
  2. made from Transform boundaries
  3. Tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean
  4. happens at a convergent boundary and is when a denser plate is pushed down and beneath a less dense plate
  5. 1st theory describes the history of Earth’s Surface and said the continents were once connected but have since drifted apart
  6. Supercontinent incorporated most all of the landmasses on Earth
  7. solid fragments of weathered rock are eroded (moved) and then dropped into a new place
  8. made Plate Tectonic Theory
  9. When two plates slide past each other and makes Fault lines and usually earthquakes
  10. study of shape of Earth’s surface & it’s physical features
Down
  1. mechanical or chemical processes that break rocks into smaller pieces
  2. Seafloor mountain system formed by divergent Oceanic boundaries
  3. difference (subtract) in elevation between two adjacent contour lines of a topo. map
  4. thicker line marking every 5th contour line of a map
  5. Made Continental Drift Theory
  6. line on a map that connects points with the same elevation
  7. 2nd theory describes the history of the Earth’s surface and said that the lithosphere is divided into plates that are moving on top of the asthenosphere
  8. process by which water, ice, wind, and gravity remove and transport sediments
  9. map showing the shape and elevation of the land surface using contour lines
  10. When two plates move away from each other; continental and oceanic

20 Clues: made Plate Tectonic Theory • Made Continental Drift Theory • made from Transform boundaries • Tectonic plates that are at the bottom of the ocean • thicker line marking every 5th contour line of a map • line on a map that connects points with the same elevation • study of shape of Earth’s surface & it’s physical features • ...

Geosphere Review 2025-01-08

Geosphere Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's layers are stacked in order of increasing ______ from crust to core
  2. Ice wedging is an example of ________ weathering
  3. Process that causes the movement of tectonic plates
  4. Rock type that forms as a result of weathering, erosion, compaction and cementation
  5. Type of weathering that occurs when acid breaks down rock
  6. Soil forms from ___________ rock
  7. Gas released by volcanoes that can lead to the formation of acid rain
  8. Crack between two blocks of rock
  9. Ash and particulate matter ejected by volcanoes can block sunlight leading toward a ________ effect
  10. The most erosive force on earth
  11. core Responsible for creating Earth's magnetic field
Down
  1. Mountain formation, subduction zones, seafloor spreading, rifts, etc. are all examples of how plate tectonics shape earth's _________
  2. The type of crust that subducts at convergent plate boundaries
  3. The ______ made up of the crust and upper mantle is broken into tectonic plates
  4. Rock type you're most likely to find around volcanoes or plate boundaries
  5. Mid-ocean ridges occur at _______ plate boundaries
  6. Heat from the earth's ______ is caused by the radioactive decay of unstable isotopes
  7. ______ molten rock is less dense and rises toward the surface of the mantle
  8. Plate boundary that does not create or destroy crust
  9. ________ is the measurement of the size of an earthquake
  10. Method used to locate an earthquake's epicenter by using three seismograph readings
  11. The addition of the biotic factor to soil will help maintain its structure, reducing the rates of erosion
  12. Region in the Pacific that has high amounts of seismic activity and volcanic eruptions

23 Clues: The most erosive force on earth • Soil forms from ___________ rock • Crack between two blocks of rock • Ice wedging is an example of ________ weathering • Mid-ocean ridges occur at _______ plate boundaries • Process that causes the movement of tectonic plates • Plate boundary that does not create or destroy crust • ...

tectonic plates 2022-12-14

tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. it is below the lithosphere
  2. the biggest plate
  3. the first layer
  4. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that
  5. the outer part of the core
  6. the cause of convergent boundaries
  7. hot liquid under the earths crust
  8. when they move past each other
  9. when one plate moves under another
  10. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
Down
  1. a sudden movement of materials within the Earth
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. the thickest layer
  4. a famous super continent
  5. when two tectonic plates bump into each other
  6. when two tectonic plats push into each other
  7. the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
  8. helps track plate movement
  9. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  10. the inner part of the core

20 Clues: the first layer • the biggest plate • the thickest layer • a famous super continent • the outer part of the core • helps track plate movement • the inner part of the core • it is below the lithosphere • when they move past each other • hot liquid under the earths crust • the cause of convergent boundaries • when one plate moves under another • ...

tectonic plates 2022-12-19

tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. the cause of convergent boundaries
  3. when one plate moves under another
  4. the first layer
  5. the outer part of the core
  6. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  7. it is below the lithosphere
  8. when two tectonic plates bump into each other
  9. the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior
Down
  1. the inner part of the core
  2. a sudden movement of materials within the Earth
  3. the biggest plate
  4. helps track plate movement
  5. when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. the thickest layer
  7. a famous super continent
  8. when they move past each other
  9. when two tectonic plats push into each other
  10. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that
  11. hot liquid under the earths crust

20 Clues: the first layer • the biggest plate • the thickest layer • a famous super continent • the inner part of the core • helps track plate movement • the outer part of the core • it is below the lithosphere • when they move past each other • hot liquid under the earths crust • the cause of convergent boundaries • when one plate moves under another • ...

Science tic tac toe 2023-10-12

Science tic tac toe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift of continents through time
  2. outer part of earth
  3. boundary when 2 plates come together
  4. tectonics
  5. trench,depression in the seafloor
  6. fracture in rock
  7. plates slide sideways past each other
  8. upper layer of the earth's mantle
  9. energy with wave like properties
  10. intrusive igneous rock
  11. ridge, chain of mountains
  12. heat moves by touch
  13. theory,explanation
  14. physical force
Down
  1. mass per unit of volume
  2. spreading where tectonic plates split apart
  3. solid layer of hot rock
  4. current that transfers heat
  5. plates move away from each other
  6. hot dense ball of mostly iron
  7. oceanic plate slides under continental plate
  8. outermost shell
  9. uses sound to measure and detect
  10. rock from lava that cools fast
  11. wave produced by an earthquake
  12. third layer of the Earth
  13. single supercontinent

27 Clues: tectonics • physical force • outermost shell • fracture in rock • theory,explanation • outer part of earth • heat moves by touch • single supercontinent • intrusive igneous rock • mass per unit of volume • solid layer of hot rock • third layer of the Earth • ridge, chain of mountains • current that transfers heat • hot dense ball of mostly iron • rock from lava that cools fast • ...

Bay Boughan Puzzle on Geology 2024-01-30

Bay Boughan Puzzle on Geology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one plate moves under the other.
  2. the layers on the earth.
  3. the gas all around the earth.
  4. how fast or often something happens.
  5. a long deep indention in the ocean floor.
  6. the outside or top layer of something.
  7. A solid substance with crystal structure.
  8. moving apart in different directions.
  9. A planet with layers and crusts.
  10. hot liquid rock on Earth.
  11. seven plates on top of the earth.
  12. any of earths lands.
Down
  1. earths living organisms.
  2. All of earths water.
  3. the layer of soft solid rock under Earth.
  4. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet.
  5. Fossilized evidence of life from the past.
  6. a sudden shaking on earth surface.
  7. the study of rocks.
  8. A plate under the earth’s surface.
  9. one of the large rock sections that make earth.

21 Clues: the study of rocks. • All of earths water. • any of earths lands. • earths living organisms. • the layers on the earth. • hot liquid rock on Earth. • the gas all around the earth. • A planet with layers and crusts. • seven plates on top of the earth. • a sudden shaking on earth surface. • A plate under the earth’s surface. • how fast or often something happens. • ...

4/2 Quizz หน่วยที่ 2 การแปรสัณฐานของแผ่นธรณี 2021-08-22

4/2 Quizz หน่วยที่ 2 การแปรสัณฐานของแผ่นธรณี crossword puzzle
Across
  1. แรงกระทำต่อหินในชั้นเปลือกโลก ส่งผลให้หินอยู่ในภาวะความเครียด จนเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงได้
  2. แผ่นดินทั้งหมด
  3. ชั้นน้ำแข็งปกคลุมพื้นดินเป็นบริเวณกว้างใหญ่แถบขั้วโลก
  4. แนวเทือกเขาสูงที่เกิดขึ้นจากแผ่นธรณียูเรเซียเข้าชนกับแผ่นอินเดีย
  5. มหาสมุทรที่ล้อมรอบมหาทวีปตั้งแต่ซีกโลกเหนือถึงซีกโลกใต้ในอดีต
  6. แผ่นดินส่วนที่อยู่ใต้เส้นศูนย์สูตรหลักจากที่แผ่นทวีปเริ่มมีการแยกตัวออกจากกันเป็นสองแผ่นดินใหญ่
  7. หินที่เกิดจากการแทรกตัวของลาวาบริเวณรอยแยกแล้วเย็นตัวลง
  8. บริเวณที่เกิดขึ้นจากการมุดตัวของแผ่นธรณี
  9. แนวเทือกเขาที่ในอดีตเชื่อว่าเชื่อมต่อกับแนวเทือกเขาคาเลโดเนียน ปัจจุบันตั้งอยู่บนทวีปอเมริกาเหนือ
  10. หลักฐานสนับสนุนแนวคิดทวีปเคยติดกันมาก่อน พบได้ทั้งพืชและสัตว์ เช่น ไซโนเนทัส กลอสโซพเทรีส เป็นต้น
  11. ภูมิลักษณ์ หรือ ลักษณะของผิวโลกที่เกิดขึ้นตามธรรมชาติ เช่น หาดทราย ภูเขา ที่ราบสูง เป็นต้น
  12. plate หรือ lithospheric plate หรือ แผ่นเปลือกโลก
Down
  1. เป็นหลักฐานหนึ่งที่สนับสนุนการแผ่ขยายพื้นสมุทรซึ่งเป็นภาวะที่สัมพันธ์กับทิศทางของสนามแม่เหล็กโลกในอดีตจนถึงปัจจุบัน ซึ่งศึกษาได้จากกลุ่มหินตัวอย่างที่ค้นพบตามบริเวณรอยแยกของพื้นสมุทร
  2. ทวีปที่พบว่าหลักฐานจากธารน้ำแข็งบรรพกาลมีการเคลื่อนที่กระจายตัวออกจากทวีปนี้ในอดีต
  3. บริเวณที่แผ่นธรณีที่มีความหนาแน่นมากกว่าเคลื่อนที่เข้าหาแล้วเกิดการจมตัวลงใต้อีกแผ่นธรณีหนึ่ง
  4. hanging-wall block
  5. แนวคิดที่สนับสนุนการเคลื่อนที่ของแผ่นธรณี โดยเกิดจากความร้อนภายในเนื้อโลก
  6. นักธรณีวิทยาที่นำเสนอแนวคิดการแผ่นขยายพื้นสมุทร
  7. ธรณีโครงสร้างที่เกิดขึ้นจากความเค้นบีบอัดมากระทำกับชั้นหินที่มีสภาพพลาสติกจนชั้นหินเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงโครงสร้างไปจากเดิม
  8. โครงสร้างทางธรณีแบบหนึ่งที่เกิดจากการเคลื่อนที่ผ่านกันของแผ่นธรณี
  9. นักวิทยาศาสตร์ผู้โด่งดังจากการเขียนตำรา "The Origin of Continents and Oceans"
  10. สิ่งที่เป็นหลักฐานร่องรอยบนชั้นหินฐานจากการเคลื่อนที่ผ่านของธารน้ำแข็งที่เกิดขึ้นในอดีต
  11. อัลเฟรด เวเกเนอร์ เป็นผู้เสนอแนวคิดทฤษฎีนี้ไว้เป็นครั้งแรก
  12. ลักษณะธรณีสันฐานจากการเคลื่อนที่เข้าหากันของแผ่นธรณีทวีปกับแผ่นธรณีมหาสมุทร เช่น เทือกเขาแอนดีส
  13. การแทรกตัวขึ้นมาของลาวาตามรอยแยกของมหาสมุทร เกิดเป็นลักษณะธรณีที่ยกตัวสูงขึ้นเมื่อเทียบกับบริเวณข้างเคียง

25 Clues: แผ่นดินทั้งหมด • hanging-wall block • บริเวณที่เกิดขึ้นจากการมุดตัวของแผ่นธรณี • นักธรณีวิทยาที่นำเสนอแนวคิดการแผ่นขยายพื้นสมุทร • plate หรือ lithospheric plate หรือ แผ่นเปลือกโลก • ชั้นน้ำแข็งปกคลุมพื้นดินเป็นบริเวณกว้างใหญ่แถบขั้วโลก • หินที่เกิดจากการแทรกตัวของลาวาบริเวณรอยแยกแล้วเย็นตัวลง • อัลเฟรด เวเกเนอร์ เป็นผู้เสนอแนวคิดทฤษฎีนี้ไว้เป็นครั้งแรก • ...

4/4 Quizz หน่วยที่ 2 การแปรสัณฐานของแผ่นธรณี 2021-08-22

4/4 Quizz หน่วยที่ 2 การแปรสัณฐานของแผ่นธรณี crossword puzzle
Across
  1. แผ่นดินส่วนที่อยู่ใต้เส้นศูนย์สูตรหลักจากที่แผ่นทวีปเริ่มมีการแยกตัวออกจากกันเป็นสองแผ่นดินใหญ่
  2. hanging-wall block
  3. นักวิทยาศาสตร์ผู้โด่งดังจากการเขียนตำรา "The Origin of Continents and Oceans"
  4. บริเวณที่เกิดขึ้นจากการมุดตัวของแผ่นธรณี
  5. แนวเทือกเขาสูงที่เกิดขึ้นจากแผ่นธรณียูเรเซียเข้าชนกับแผ่นอินเดีย
  6. แนวเทือกเขาที่ในอดีตเชื่อว่าเชื่อมต่อกับแนวเทือกเขาคาเลโดเนียน ปัจจุบันตั้งอยู่บนทวีปอเมริกาเหนือ
  7. ธรณีโครงสร้างที่เกิดขึ้นจากความเค้นบีบอัดมากระทำกับชั้นหินที่มีสภาพพลาสติกจนชั้นหินเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงโครงสร้างไปจากเดิม
  8. นักธรณีวิทยาที่นำเสนอแนวคิดการแผ่นขยายพื้นสมุทร
  9. การแทรกตัวขึ้นมาของลาวาตามรอยแยกของมหาสมุทร เกิดเป็นลักษณะธรณีที่ยกตัวสูงขึ้นเมื่อเทียบกับบริเวณข้างเคียง
Down
  1. ทวีปที่พบว่าหลักฐานจากธารน้ำแข็งบรรพกาลมีการเคลื่อนที่กระจายตัวออกจากทวีปนี้ในอดีต
  2. บริเวณที่แผ่นธรณีที่มีความหนาแน่นมากกว่าเคลื่อนที่เข้าหาแล้วเกิดการจมตัวลงใต้อีกแผ่นธรณีหนึ่ง
  3. แนวคิดที่สนับสนุนการเคลื่อนที่ของแผ่นธรณี โดยเกิดจากความร้อนภายในเนื้อโลก
  4. หินที่เกิดจากการแทรกตัวของลาวาบริเวณรอยแยกแล้วเย็นตัวลง
  5. อัลเฟรด เวเกเนอร์ เป็นผู้เสนอแนวคิดทฤษฎีนี้ไว้เป็นครั้งแรก
  6. plate หรือ lithospheric plate หรือ แผ่นเปลือกโลก
  7. ลักษณะธรณีสันฐานจากการเคลื่อนที่เข้าหากันของแผ่นธรณีทวีปกับแผ่นธรณีมหาสมุทร เช่น เทือกเขาแอนดีส
  8. แรงกระทำต่อหินในชั้นเปลือกโลก ส่งผลให้หินอยู่ในภาวะความเครียด จนเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงได้
  9. เป็นหลักฐานหนึ่งที่สนับสนุนการแผ่ขยายพื้นสมุทรซึ่งเป็นภาวะที่สัมพันธ์กับทิศทางของสนามแม่เหล็กโลกในอดีตจนถึงปัจจุบัน ซึ่งศึกษาได้จากกลุ่มหินตัวอย่างที่ค้นพบตามบริเวณรอยแยกของพื้นสมุทร
  10. โครงสร้างทางธรณีแบบหนึ่งที่เกิดจากการเคลื่อนที่ผ่านกันของแผ่นธรณี
  11. ภูมิลักษณ์ หรือ ลักษณะของผิวโลกที่เกิดขึ้นตามธรรมชาติ เช่น หาดทราย ภูเขา ที่ราบสูง เป็นต้น
  12. สิ่งที่เป็นหลักฐานร่องรอยบนชั้นหินฐานจากการเคลื่อนที่ผ่านของธารน้ำแข็งที่เกิดขึ้นในอดีต
  13. หลักฐานสนับสนุนแนวคิดทวีปเคยติดกันมาก่อน พบได้ทั้งพืชและสัตว์ เช่น ไซโนเนทัส กลอสโซพเทรีส เป็นต้น
  14. ชั้นน้ำแข็งปกคลุมพื้นดินเป็นบริเวณกว้างใหญ่แถบขั้วโลก
  15. แผ่นดินทั้งหมด
  16. มหาสมุทรที่ล้อมรอบมหาทวีปตั้งแต่ซีกโลกเหนือถึงซีกโลกใต้ในอดีต

25 Clues: แผ่นดินทั้งหมด • hanging-wall block • บริเวณที่เกิดขึ้นจากการมุดตัวของแผ่นธรณี • นักธรณีวิทยาที่นำเสนอแนวคิดการแผ่นขยายพื้นสมุทร • plate หรือ lithospheric plate หรือ แผ่นเปลือกโลก • ชั้นน้ำแข็งปกคลุมพื้นดินเป็นบริเวณกว้างใหญ่แถบขั้วโลก • หินที่เกิดจากการแทรกตัวของลาวาบริเวณรอยแยกแล้วเย็นตัวลง • อัลเฟรด เวเกเนอร์ เป็นผู้เสนอแนวคิดทฤษฎีนี้ไว้เป็นครั้งแรก • ...

Continental Drift Vocabulary 2024-01-26

Continental Drift Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Spreading the usual process at work at divergent plate boundaries, leading to the creation of new ocean floor
  2. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
  3. Boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  4. Valley an area where the earth's crust is splitting apart
  5. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor. These chasms are the deepest parts of the ocean—and some of the deepest natural spots on Earth.
  6. Push The upward movement of hot material causes the lithosphere to be moved upward and sideways and be split
  7. Current heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle.
  8. Boundary an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  9. these are the areas of the ocean that are below sea level
  10. Zone where two oceanic plates collide with one another and the denser plate goes under the less dense plate
  11. Islands an island of volcanic origin.
  12. tectonic Theory theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since about 3.4 billion years ago.
Down
  1. Boundary places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  2. the study of the history of Earth’s magnetic field
  3. Pull The downward movement of cooled material causes the plates to be dragged along with it
  4. Drift hypothesis Wegner developed to explain the separation or movement of the continents.
  5. Plates gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
  6. The remains of an organism preserved in rock
  7. Ridge seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
  8. supercontinent

20 Clues: supercontinent • Islands an island of volcanic origin. • The remains of an organism preserved in rock • the study of the history of Earth’s magnetic field • Ridge seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics • these are the areas of the ocean that are below sea level • Valley an area where the earth's crust is splitting apart • ...

tectonic plates 2024-02-08

tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name of the biggest tectonic plate
  2. This action is when tectonic plates move into each other
  3. This action is when tectonic plates move apart
  4. beneath the Lithospheric mantle
  5. Substance is made by mixing together 2 or more substances
  6. The layer in which earthquakes are most likely to occur
  7. This is caused when two tectonic plates collide with each other
  8. When 2 things are getting squeezed together by pressure
  9. The thickest layer of the Earth
  10. When converging the continental and oceanic plates and the oceanic plate goes under this happens
  11. Tectonic plates can move less than a ___________a day
Down
  1. The movement of tectonic plates causes ____________ and volcanoes
  2. includes the crust and the top of the mantle
  3. The state where the largest volcano is located
  4. The number of major tectonic plates
  5. This action is when tectonic plates move against each other
  6. Last name of the man who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift
  7. crack in the earth's surface
  8. Layer of the Earth that is the the innermost layer of the core
  9. Last name of the person who came up with the idea of seafloor spreading
  10. The plate tectonic theory was developed _________ years ago
  11. made up of most of the mantle
  12. Name of the supercontinent, 300 million years ago
  13. Layer of the Earth that is the outermost layer of the core
  14. First name of the person who came up with the plate tectonics theory
  15. special properties of a substance or layer
  16. Tectonic plate motion causes __________ to rise

27 Clues: crack in the earth's surface • made up of most of the mantle • beneath the Lithospheric mantle • The thickest layer of the Earth • Name of the biggest tectonic plate • The number of major tectonic plates • special properties of a substance or layer • includes the crust and the top of the mantle • The state where the largest volcano is located • ...

plate tectonics crossword 2021-11-10

plate tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Caused by rising plumes of mantle material
  2. Supercontinent that broke apart 200 m years ago
  3. There are three main types of these
  4. The man who came up with the continental drift
  5. Underground igneous body
  6. The pipe in a volcano that carries magma
  7. Largest plate
  8. Type of volcano that is steep and small
  9. Layer below lithosphere that is hot
  10. Most convincing evidence of plate tectonic
Down
  1. Formed by continental crust converging
  2. When two plates move apart
  3. When plates slide past each other
  4. Type of volcano that is broad and slightly domed
  5. When two plates collide
  6. Part of earth's outer shell
  7. The measure of a material's resistance to flow
  8. Formed from convergent plate boundaries
  9. Type of volcano that is large and violent
  10. Steep walled depression at the summit

20 Clues: Largest plate • When two plates collide • Underground igneous body • When two plates move apart • Part of earth's outer shell • When plates slide past each other • There are three main types of these • Layer below lithosphere that is hot • Steep walled depression at the summit • Formed by continental crust converging • Formed from convergent plate boundaries • ...

Physical Geography 2023-10-24

Physical Geography crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Landform farthest north
  2. Day to day characteristics of the atmosphere
  3. Range Hottest temp minus the coldest
  4. Largest Landform
  5. This part of the Earth's Interior is cold
  6. Long term atmospheric conditions
  7. We live in this Landform
  8. Causes volcanos
Down
  1. When Igneous experiences weathering and erosion
  2. Mix of air pressures
  3. Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands and this landform are good for farming
  4. Landform on the west coast
  5. Most important factor that effects climate
  6. Main plate of the Ring of Fire
  7. Only non mountain making plate movement
  8. Two plates pushed together
  9. This creates a new rock
  10. One plate goes under another
  11. Landform on the east coast
  12. Higher you go the cooler the temperature is
  13. When magma cools it turns to this
  14. Mountains act as a barrier
  15. Crack in the earth's crust

23 Clues: Causes volcanos • Largest Landform • Mix of air pressures • Landform farthest north • This creates a new rock • We live in this Landform • Landform on the west coast • Two plates pushed together • Landform on the east coast • Mountains act as a barrier • Crack in the earth's crust • One plate goes under another • Main plate of the Ring of Fire • Long term atmospheric conditions • ...

Tectonic crossword 2022-10-12

Tectonic crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. idea intended to explain something
  2. crash with violent impact
  3. the scientist who made the theory of continental drift
  4. the outermost layer of earth
  5. layer of rock between earths crust and outer core
  6. the supercontinent made 225 million years ago
  7. crake in earths crust where two plates meet
  8. lower layer of crust
  9. A big chunk of earths crust
  10. action of splitting apart two plates
Down
  1. border of a tectonic plate
  2. science of earth’s structure
  3. the moving of on plate under another
  4. molten rocks under the crust if earth
  5. vibration underground along a fault
  6. branch of geology studying earths the crust
  7. drift the movement of continents
  8. outer part of earth’s layers including the crust and mantle
  9. An Area where magma rises into earths crust
  10. a long ditch cut into the earth

20 Clues: lower layer of crust • crash with violent impact • border of a tectonic plate • A big chunk of earths crust • science of earth’s structure • the outermost layer of earth • a long ditch cut into the earth • drift the movement of continents • idea intended to explain something • vibration underground along a fault • the moving of on plate under another • ...

Alfred wegener's save the world crossword 2022-12-15

Alfred wegener's save the world crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formed at the pacific plate
  2. Formed when two plates collide with each other.
  3. Can form valleys
  4. Moving away from each other
  5. Move towards each other.
  6. The theory for why the continents moved to their current position
  7. Thought of a theory that all continents were together.
  8. Where new ocean floor is made
  9. formed with the sea floor
  10. Shockwaves that cause mass destruction
Down
  1. what some plates are made out of
  2. Study of earthquakes
  3. Smallest plate
  4. like the one in California
  5. when multiple land masses are together
  6. biggest plate
  7. Scrap past each other
  8. Name for a supercontinent that was once on earth
  9. Can be formed by magma
  10. Things that are under the sea floor
  11. When magma is out of a volcano
  12. Things that spew lava and ash.

22 Clues: biggest plate • Smallest plate • Can form valleys • Study of earthquakes • Scrap past each other • Can be formed by magma • Move towards each other. • formed with the sea floor • like the one in California • Formed at the pacific plate • Moving away from each other • Where new ocean floor is made • When magma is out of a volcano • Things that spew lava and ash. • ...

Volcano Puzzle 2025-02-18

Volcano Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.
  2. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.
  3. Coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas.
  4. An island of volcanic origin.
  5. A fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter that flows along the ground away from a volcano.
  6. A destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano.
  7. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction.
  8. Change of motion of one lithospheric plate relative to the adjacent lithospheric plate.
Down
  1. The relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins.
  2. The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
  3. The outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that makes up the planet's continents.
  4. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  5. A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  6. Hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust.
  7. A special class of mountains.
  8. A tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes.
  9. Hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  10. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  11. Formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock.
  12. A small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings.

20 Clues: An island of volcanic origin. • A special class of mountains. • A tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes. • A destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano. • The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance. • The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere. • An oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. • ...

tyler's plate tectonics 2025-10-29

tyler's plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in earth's crust along which rocks move.
  2. is a structure that forms in earth's crust when molten on land or on the ocean floor.
  3. a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
  4. liquid magma that reaches the surface
  5. an undersea valley that represents one of the deepest parts of the ocean.
  6. force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.
  7. the measurement of an earthquake's strength
  8. the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath earth's surface.
  9. a plate boundary where tow plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  10. an undersea mountain chain where the new ocean floor is produced is a divergent plate boundary under the ocean.
Down
  1. an area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it.
  2. a plate boundary where tow plates move away from each other.
  3. a plate boundary where tow plates move toward each other.
  4. stress they stretch rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
  5. stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
  6. the process with oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  7. is a molten mixture of rock forming substances,gases,and water from the mantle.
  8. stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions in sideways movement.
  9. term used to describe a volcano that is no longer active and unlikely to erupt again.
  10. the process with molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.

20 Clues: liquid magma that reaches the surface • the measurement of an earthquake's strength • a break in earth's crust along which rocks move. • stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks. • force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume. • a plate boundary where tow plates move toward each other. • a plate boundary where tow plates move away from each other. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2022-04-21

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate goes under another plate.
  2. Tectonic plats also make this as well as other thing too.
  3. When tectonics move there is an ____________.
  4. The solid portion of the earth.
  5. A big land mass.
  6. Pangea _______ apart.
  7. When two plats grow apart.
  8. An earthquake makes this
Down
  1. When the continents move.
  2. This is something the tectonics cause.
  3. the outside of the earth
  4. The air around you.
  5. Big plate like things on the earths crust.
  6. A hot thing that comes from something that tectonic plates made
  7. Earthquakes can be very _________.

15 Clues: A big land mass. • The air around you. • Pangea _______ apart. • the outside of the earth • An earthquake makes this • When the continents move. • When two plats grow apart. • The solid portion of the earth. • Earthquakes can be very _________. • This is something the tectonics cause. • When one plate goes under another plate. • Big plate like things on the earths crust. • ...

Topic 5 Plate Tectonics 2024-12-03

Topic 5 Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid
  2. a principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed
  3. waves of energy that travel through the Earth
  4. A scale that rates an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves.
  5. Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  6. A vent or fissure in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled
  7. A break in the earth's crust
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  9. A large landmass that contains all, or nearly all, of the existing continents.
Down
  1. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  3. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  4. areas that are below sea level
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  6. One plate going under another plate

15 Clues: A break in the earth's crust • areas that are below sea level • One plate going under another plate • waves of energy that travel through the Earth • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents. • ...

Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features 2021-11-02

Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two tectonic plates move away from eachother
  2. Super continent
  3. creates new oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge
  4. a long narrow ditch
  5. underwater mountain range
  6. Big lithosphere puzzle
  7. edge of one plate descending below the edge of another
  8. formed by convergent plate boundaries
Down
  1. when two tectonic plates slide past eachother
  2. The movment of the continents across the earth's surface
  3. underwater volcano
  4. Made the theory of continential drift
  5. when two tectonic plates collide
  6. formed by divergent plate boundaries
  7. consisting of the crust and the upper mantle

15 Clues: Super continent • underwater volcano • a long narrow ditch • Big lithosphere puzzle • underwater mountain range • when two tectonic plates collide • formed by divergent plate boundaries • Made the theory of continential drift • formed by convergent plate boundaries • consisting of the crust and the upper mantle • when two tectonic plates slide past eachother • ...

Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features 2021-11-02

Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. edge of one plate descending below the edge of another
  2. Made the theory of continential drift
  3. formed by convergent plate boundaries
  4. consisting of the crust and the upper mantle
  5. underwater mountain range
  6. The movment of the continents across the earth's surface
  7. when two tectonic plates collide
  8. creates new oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge
Down
  1. when two tectonic plates move away from eachother
  2. Big lithosphere puzzle
  3. formed by divergent plate boundaries
  4. underwater volcano
  5. a long narrow ditch
  6. Super continent
  7. when two tectonic plates slide past eachother

15 Clues: Super continent • underwater volcano • a long narrow ditch • Big lithosphere puzzle • underwater mountain range • when two tectonic plates collide • formed by divergent plate boundaries • Made the theory of continential drift • formed by convergent plate boundaries • consisting of the crust and the upper mantle • when two tectonic plates slide past eachother • ...

Tectonic Plates 2022-04-21

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate goes under another plate.
  2. Tectonic plats also make this as well as other thing too.
  3. When tectonics move there is an ____________.
  4. The solid portion of the earth.
  5. A big land mass.
  6. Pangea _______ apart.
  7. When two plats grow apart.
  8. An earthquake makes this
Down
  1. When the continents move.
  2. This is something the tectonics cause.
  3. the outside of the earth
  4. The air around you.
  5. Big plate like things on the earths crust.
  6. A hot thing that comes from something that tectonic plates made
  7. Earthquakes can be very _________.

15 Clues: A big land mass. • The air around you. • Pangea _______ apart. • the outside of the earth • An earthquake makes this • When the continents move. • When two plats grow apart. • The solid portion of the earth. • Earthquakes can be very _________. • This is something the tectonics cause. • When one plate goes under another plate. • Big plate like things on the earths crust. • ...

BONUS Livia Ownby 3rd 2023-12-12

BONUS Livia Ownby 3rd crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the plate boundary that makes mountains form
  2. the more dense crust
  3. a volcano that is erupting
  4. the plate boundary that causes sea floor spreading
  5. the sudden shaking of the ground
  6. the plate boundary that causes earthquakes
Down
  1. the lower mantle
  2. the upper mantle
  3. the plate boundary where subduction happens
  4. a dead volcano
  5. the resistance of a fluid to change shape
  6. a break or crack in the lithosphere
  7. where an Earthquake starts and energy is released
  8. the less dense crust
  9. the location on the surface of the Earth directly
  10. a sleeping volcano

16 Clues: a dead volcano • the lower mantle • the upper mantle • a sleeping volcano • the more dense crust • the less dense crust • a volcano that is erupting • the sudden shaking of the ground • a break or crack in the lithosphere • the resistance of a fluid to change shape • the plate boundary that causes earthquakes • the plate boundary where subduction happens • ...

Earth and Space Science 2025-11-04

Earth and Space Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – The circular movement of molten rock in the mantle that drives plate motion.
  2. – A mountain formed when magma erupts through the Earth’s surface.
  3. – The process where one tectonic plate slides beneath another.
  4. – A dark volcanic rock formed from runny lava, common in Auckland’s volcanoes.
  5. Pits – Storage pits made by Māori to keep sweet potatoes safe from frost and moisture.
  6. – Auckland’s youngest and largest volcano, formed around 600 years ago.
Down
  1. – The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.
  2. – The mostly submerged continent that includes New Zealand.
  3. – A measure of how thick or runny lava is; affects how a volcano erupts.
  4. – A type of volcanic rock formed from thicker lava, often found in subduction zones.
  5. – A metal found in Earth’s core, often mixed with iron.
  6. – A place in the mantle where heat rises, creating volcanoes away from plate boundaries.
  7. – The planet we live on, made up of layers like the crust, mantle, and core.
  8. Plate – The tectonic plate that New Zealand partly sits on.
  9. – An ancient supercontinent that included what is now New Zealand.

15 Clues: – A metal found in Earth’s core, often mixed with iron. • – The mostly submerged continent that includes New Zealand. • Plate – The tectonic plate that New Zealand partly sits on. • – The scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift. • – The process where one tectonic plate slides beneath another. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2022-04-21

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate goes under another plate.
  2. Tectonic plats also make this as well as other thing too.
  3. When tectonics move there is an ____________.
  4. The solid portion of the earth.
  5. A big land mass.
  6. Pangea _______ apart.
  7. When two plats grow apart.
  8. An earthquake makes this
Down
  1. When the continents move.
  2. This is something the tectonics cause.
  3. the outside of the earth
  4. The air around you.
  5. Big plate like things on the earths crust.
  6. A hot thing that comes from something that tectonic plates made
  7. Earthquakes can be very _________.

15 Clues: A big land mass. • The air around you. • Pangea _______ apart. • the outside of the earth • An earthquake makes this • When the continents move. • When two plats grow apart. • The solid portion of the earth. • Earthquakes can be very _________. • This is something the tectonics cause. • When one plate goes under another plate. • Big plate like things on the earths crust. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2022-04-21

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate goes under another plate.
  2. Tectonic plats also make this as well as other thing too.
  3. When tectonics move there is an ____________.
  4. The solid portion of the earth.
  5. A big land mass.
  6. Pangea _______ apart.
  7. When two plats grow apart.
  8. An earthquake makes this
Down
  1. When the continents move.
  2. This is something the tectonics cause.
  3. the outside of the earth
  4. The air around you.
  5. Big plate like things on the earths crust.
  6. A hot thing that comes from something that tectonic plates made
  7. Earthquakes can be very _________.

15 Clues: A big land mass. • The air around you. • Pangea _______ apart. • the outside of the earth • An earthquake makes this • When the continents move. • When two plats grow apart. • The solid portion of the earth. • Earthquakes can be very _________. • This is something the tectonics cause. • When one plate goes under another plate. • Big plate like things on the earths crust. • ...

Colin Street 4 2023-12-07

Colin Street 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mixture of rock,mineral,and glass particles
  2. this plate boundary occurs when two plates slip past each other
  3. a fluid or hardened stream or avalanche of mud
  4. The blank is the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior. The mantle lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust.
  5. the blank is broken up of moving plates
  6. A volcanic crater is a bowl- or funnel-shaped depression that usually lies directly above the vent from which volcanic material is ejected.
  7. a type of "mass wasting," which denotes any down-slope movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of gravity.
  8. this plate boundary occurs when two plate boundaries move away from each other.
  9. the underground space usually deep below the earth's surface occupied by magma that may ascend from it to or toward the surface
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  1. this plate boundary occurs when oceanic crust sinks under continental crust
  2. when loosely packed, water-logged sediments at or near the ground surface lose their strength in response to strong ground shaking.
  3. An earthquake generates blank that pass through the ground.
  4. this plate boundary occurs when two plate boundaries move toward each other
  5. the blank is liquid layer.
  6. the blank is a solid ball of metal
  7. Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface.

16 Clues: the blank is liquid layer. • the blank is a solid ball of metal • the blank is broken up of moving plates • mixture of rock,mineral,and glass particles • a fluid or hardened stream or avalanche of mud • An earthquake generates blank that pass through the ground. • this plate boundary occurs when two plates slip past each other • ...

ASIA! 2025-02-14

ASIA! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Densely populated urban area with poor living conditions and inadequate housing
  2. The most populated continent in the whole world
  3. An opening in the Earth's crust that allows lava, ash, and gases to erupt
  4. The increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities (moving away from rural)
  5. This plate boundary has an oceanic plate colliding and subducting underneath a continental plate boundary
  6. The most populated country in the whole world
  7. Sudden shaking of the ground due to tectonic plate movement
  8. A city with more than 10 million people
Down
  1. Massive ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcano
  2. The liquid rock that erupts from a volcano
  3. This Indian city's nickname is the "Tech-hub of India / Silicon Valley of India"
  4. There are two different tectonic plate types: one is continental and the other is...
  5. An area of lush green landscapes, low population and minimal infrastructure (very natural)
  6. The Asian country which is home to many active volcanoes, including Anak Krakatau
  7. The area in the Pacific where many volcanoes and earthquakes occur, known as the ring of...

15 Clues: A city with more than 10 million people • The liquid rock that erupts from a volcano • The most populated country in the whole world • The most populated continent in the whole world • Sudden shaking of the ground due to tectonic plate movement • Massive ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcano • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-02-05

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary, occurs when plates move towards each other and collide
  2. wave, a wave of energy that travels through the Earth and away from an earthquake in all directions
  3. is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  4. is a channel for conveying water or other fluid
  5. boundary, occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  6. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  7. zone, is a collision between two of Earth's tectonic plates, where one plate sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate
Down
  1. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this
  2. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust
  3. is not expected to ever erupt again
  4. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
  5. 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
  6. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or submarine landslide
  7. is the outermost shell of a planet
  8. plates, are pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as the lithosphere
  9. boundary, is a place where plates slide sideways past each other
  10. have not erupted for a very long time but may erupt at a future time

17 Clues: is the outermost shell of a planet • is not expected to ever erupt again • is a channel for conveying water or other fluid • is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock • boundary, occurs when plates move towards each other and collide • boundary, is a place where plates slide sideways past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Are the remains of things that lived long ago
  2. Plates that slide past each other
  3. A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
  4. Things have been melted, often by great heat
  5. Things move away from each other
  6. The largest volcano on Earth
  7. Soft layer of melted rock under the lithosphere
  8. A German scientist in 1912 that suggested that at one time all of the continents were joined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea
Down
  1. As the plates move the continents on them move as well
  2. Things move closer to each other
  3. Where 90% of all of the volcanoes are located
  4. The process in which one tectonic plate is forced beneath the edge of another plate
  5. The transform fault that extends for hundreds of miles through the state of California
  6. Earth's rigid outer layer
  7. The "Supercontinent"
  8. A British geologist that purposed that the heat from Earth's mantel caused continental drift
  9. The portion of the Earth lying between the crust and the core

17 Clues: The "Supercontinent" • Earth's rigid outer layer • The largest volcano on Earth • Things move closer to each other • Things move away from each other • Plates that slide past each other • Things have been melted, often by great heat • Where 90% of all of the volcanoes are located • Are the remains of things that lived long ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the closer to the epicenter of the earthquake, the more intense the shaking
  2. a crack in the Earth's crust
  3. a vibration of the Earth that is produced by a quick release of energy
  4. machine used to measure the seismic waves
  5. causes subduction, earthquakes, formation of trenches and mountains
  6. where inside the Earth that the earthquake occurred
  7. study of the large scale motion of the plates that make up the Earth's lithosphere
Down
  1. where on the Earth's surface (directly above the focus) that the earthquake occurred
  2. the measure of the earthquake remains unchanged despite the distance from the epicenter
  3. wave that makes the ground shake and roll
  4. causes seafloor spreading, mid-ocean ridges, earthquakes and rift valleys
  5. causes major earthquake
  6. wave that compresses and expands
  7. earth consists of ___ major plates
  8. tectonic plates are ____________ moving
  9. the data that is collected from earthquakes
  10. wave that vibrates side to side or up and down

17 Clues: causes major earthquake • a crack in the Earth's crust • wave that compresses and expands • earth consists of ___ major plates • tectonic plates are ____________ moving • wave that makes the ground shake and roll • machine used to measure the seismic waves • the data that is collected from earthquakes • wave that vibrates side to side or up and down • ...

Plate tectonics 2012-10-22

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary boundary between two colliding plates
  2. the bending of rock layers
  3. layer between the crust and the core
  4. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  5. a squeezing force
  6. spreading new lithosphere is created here
  7. outermost layer of the Earth
  8. plate piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
Down
  1. drift theory that continents drift apart
  2. boundary boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  3. zone a region where a an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  4. core solid, dense center of the Earth
  5. soft layer of the mantle
  6. boundary boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  7. a pulling force
  8. a break in the Earth's crust
  9. core liquid layer of the Earth's core

17 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • a break in the Earth's crust • outermost layer of the Earth • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • core solid, dense center of the Earth • core liquid layer of the Earth's core • drift theory that continents drift apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. drift theory that continents drift apart
  2. a pulling force
  3. outermost layer of the Earth
  4. a region where a an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  5. boundary between two colliding plates
  6. core solid, dense center of the Earth
  7. boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  8. a break in the Earth's crust
Down
  1. layer between the crust and the core
  2. soft layer of the mantle
  3. new lithosphere is created here
  4. plate piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  5. the bending of rock layers
  6. a squeezing force
  7. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  8. core liquid layer of the Earth's core
  9. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth

17 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • outermost layer of the Earth • a break in the Earth's crust • new lithosphere is created here • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • boundary between two colliding plates • core solid, dense center of the Earth • ...

Plate Techtonics 2016-03-31

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Atlantic Ridge- is a 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.
  2. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  3. boundary- are places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  4. boundary- is an actively deforming region where two or more tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  5. Currents- a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  6. 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.
  7. of Plate Tectonics- a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under,or move past adjacent plates.
  8. a long, narrow ditch.
  9. ranges- a line of mountains connected by high ground.
Down
  1. boundary- is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  2. of fire- an area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
  3. Valley- a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
  4. crust- the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  5. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  6. an extended break in a body of rock, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular surface.
  7. ridges- an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates where new crust forms from upwelling magma.
  8. Andreas Fault- a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1300 km through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.

17 Clues: a long, narrow ditch. • ranges- a line of mountains connected by high ground. • Currents- a current in a fluid that results from convection. • boundary- are places where plates slide sideways past each other. • boundary- is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-06-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The movement of plates next to each other, causing long linear valleys
  2. The movement of plates toward each other, causing mountain ranges
  3. A type of plate in the Earth's crust that moves over magma
  4. The 'o' in BOLTSS stands for...
  5. A mountain range above India, that includes Mount Everest
  6. Tectonic plates move at the same rate as your....... grow
  7. A weak spot in the mantle, where magma can escape to form volcanos
  8. A mountain range that runs through Canada and USA
Down
  1. Molten rock that moves in currents in the mantle
  2. When a heavier, denser plate is pushed under another
  3. A type of plate that is below an ocean
  4. The study of the Earth's environment, landscapes and people
  5. A mountain range on the west coast of South America
  6. The gradual movement of continents on the Earth's surface
  7. The type of plate that is under land
  8. The part of the Earth that contains magma and is between the crust and the core
  9. The movement of plates away from each other, creating ridges and rift valleys

17 Clues: The 'o' in BOLTSS stands for... • The type of plate that is under land • A type of plate that is below an ocean • Molten rock that moves in currents in the mantle • A mountain range that runs through Canada and USA • A mountain range on the west coast of South America • When a heavier, denser plate is pushed under another • ...

Plate Bounderies 2022-03-07

Plate Bounderies crossword puzzle
Across
  1. each cycle of spreading and intrusion of magma during seafloor spreading results in
  2. Subduction results in the formation of
  3. what forms when plates move apart
  4. Volcanoes that form far from plate boundaries are associated with
  5. what forms when the top or side of a volcano collapses into the magma chamber
  6. Which volcanoes are the most explosive?
  7. Which boundary is crust neither formed along nor destroyed
  8. What can the differences in travel times between P and S waves be used to determine?
Down
  1. Where do most volcanoes form?
  2. many early mapmakers thought earth's continents had moved based on
  3. Compared to ocean crust near deep-sea Trenches, crust near ocean ridges is
  4. What is oceanic crust made of
  5. The magnetic pattern of ocean-floor rocks on one side of an ocean ridge is
  6. Features found at divergent boundaries include
  7. the driving forces of tectonic plates are related to convection currents in earths
  8. continental-continental plate collisions produce what?
  9. Approximately, how much of earths surface is above sea level

17 Clues: Where do most volcanoes form? • What is oceanic crust made of • what forms when plates move apart • Subduction results in the formation of • Which volcanoes are the most explosive? • Features found at divergent boundaries include • continental-continental plate collisions produce what? • Which boundary is crust neither formed along nor destroyed • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-09

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What boundary occurs when two plates pull apart.
  2. What occurs when hot rock moves in circular motions, hot rock going up and cold rock down?
  3. How does igneous rock turn into sediments?
  4. Where do convection currents occur?
  5. What boundary occurs when 2 plates move next to eachother?
  6. What do divergent boundries form?
  7. What do divergent boundaries cause other than ridges?
Down
  1. What plate boundary is it when a sudbuction zone occurs?
  2. What plate goes under the other.
  3. What is the crust of the upper mantle?
  4. What forms when two continental plates collide?
  5. How does magma turn into igneous rock?
  6. What shows up in extrusive and instrusive igneous rock to tell them apart?
  7. What do sediments go through to get to sedimentary rock?
  8. What happens when the ground shakes?
  9. What can transform boundaries make other than earthquakes?
  10. What cools that turns into igneous rock?

17 Clues: What plate goes under the other. • What do divergent boundries form? • Where do convection currents occur? • What happens when the ground shakes? • What is the crust of the upper mantle? • How does magma turn into igneous rock? • What cools that turns into igneous rock? • How does igneous rock turn into sediments? • What forms when two continental plates collide? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Thinnest Layer
  2. Plates colliding
  3. Rigid layer on crust
  4. Product of Convection Currents
  5. Surrounds the inner core
  6. Soft layer of the mantle
  7. Plates separating
  8. The denser crust
  9. Thickest Layer
  10. Used to track plate tectonic movement
  11. Process to make magma and new land
Down
  1. The belief of a super continent
  2. The less dense crust
  3. Where to plates meet
  4. Densest Layer
  5. Happens in order to make magma
  6. Plates Sliding

17 Clues: Densest Layer • Thinnest Layer • Plates Sliding • Thickest Layer • Plates colliding • The denser crust • Plates separating • The less dense crust • Where to plates meet • Rigid layer on crust • Surrounds the inner core • Soft layer of the mantle • Product of Convection Currents • Happens in order to make magma • The belief of a super continent • Process to make magma and new land • ...

Plate Motion 2024-03-19

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed as two tectonic plates pull away from each other.
  2. The theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core.
  3. The very hot center of the Earth, consisting of a solid inner core and a liquid outer core.
  4. Large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with one another.
  5. A fracture along which rocks on either side have moved relative to each other.
  6. A plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  7. An instrument used to measure and record earthquakes.
  8. The shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  9. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface that forms igneous rock when it cools.
Down
  1. A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other, often leading to the formation of new crust.
  2. An area where one tectonic plate is being forced down into the mantle beneath another plate.
  3. Molten rock that flows out of a volcano during an eruption.
  4. A natural feature of the Earth's surface, like a mountain, valley, or plain.
  5. A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other, leading to collisions.
  6. A mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the Earth.
  7. The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core.
  8. The gradual movement of the continents across Earth's surface through geological time.

17 Clues: The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core. • An instrument used to measure and record earthquakes. • Molten rock that flows out of a volcano during an eruption. • A natural feature of the Earth's surface, like a mountain, valley, or plain. • A fracture along which rocks on either side have moved relative to each other. • ...

Plate tectonics 2025-03-28

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the thing that is caused by two oceanic plates going apart
  2. the part containing the upper mantle and causing the plate tectonics to move
  3. the part of the earth containing the crust and the upper mantle
  4. the part containing all the mantle
  5. where one plate meets another
  6. the hottest part of earth
  7. The land we stand on
  8. The part of the core that is liquid
  9. The theory that Alfred Wegner came up with
  10. when two plates go apart
  11. The thing that all plates are made of
Down
  1. the hottest part of earth
  2. the type of boundaries that slides past one another
  3. the idea Alfred Wegner came up with
  4. when one plate goes under another
  5. The second layer of the earth
  6. The first layer of the earth
  7. the type of boundary where two plates Collide

18 Clues: The land we stand on • when two plates go apart • the hottest part of earth • the hottest part of earth • The first layer of the earth • where one plate meets another • The second layer of the earth • when one plate goes under another • the part containing all the mantle • the idea Alfred Wegner came up with • The part of the core that is liquid • ...

Plate tectonics 2025-06-06

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A fracture in the Earth's crust where rocks have moved.
  2. A shaking of the Earth caused by the release of energy.
  3. A boundary where plates move apart, often creating mid-ocean ridges or rift valleys.
  4. Current The movement of heat within the mantle that drives plate tectonics.
  5. The soft, plastic layer beneath the lithosphere where plates move.
  6. The outermost solid layer of the Earth, either oceanic or continental.
  7. A boundary where plates collide, leading to subduction, earthquakes, or mountain building.
  8. The rigid outer layer of the Earth, composed of the crust and upper mantle.
Down
  1. An area where two or more tectonic plates meet.
  2. The supercontinent that existed before the breakup of continents.
  3. A boundary where plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes.
  4. The layer beneath the Earth's crust, mostly solid but capable of flowing.
  5. A chain of underwater mountains where new oceanic crust is formed.
  6. A deep, narrow depression in the ocean floor formed by subduction.
  7. An area where one tectonic plate slides under another.
  8. An opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, gas, and ash erupt.
  9. Wegener Scientist who first proposed the theory of continental drift.

17 Clues: An area where two or more tectonic plates meet. • An area where one tectonic plate slides under another. • A fracture in the Earth's crust where rocks have moved. • A shaking of the Earth caused by the release of energy. • The supercontinent that existed before the breakup of continents. • The soft, plastic layer beneath the lithosphere where plates move. • ...

Chapter 7 Vocaburary Parker Andres 2021-10-11

Chapter 7 Vocaburary Parker Andres crossword puzzle
Across
  1. polarity happens when magnetic objects orient themselves to point south
  2. All continents are slowly drifting away
  3. When a slab sinks it also pulls on the rest of
  4. Earths surface is made of rigid slabs of rock or plates, that move with respect to each other.
  5. Forms where two plates slide past each other
  6. is when magnetized objects orient themselves to point north
  7. Rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for the plate to move away
  8. the circulation of material caused by differences in density and tempature
Down
  1. happens when magnetic forces reverse
  2. the cold and rigid outermost rock layer is called
  3. forms when two plates seperate
  4. The process by which new oceanic crusts forms along a mid-ocean ridge.
  5. plate with a force called
  6. The mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean.
  7. When the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
  8. All continents were once part of a supercontinent
  9. Form when two plates collide

17 Clues: plate with a force called • Form when two plates collide • forms when two plates seperate • happens when magnetic forces reverse • All continents are slowly drifting away • Forms where two plates slide past each other • When a slab sinks it also pulls on the rest of • The mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean. • the cold and rigid outermost rock layer is called • ...

Plate Techtonics 2016-03-31

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. of Plate Tectonics a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under,or move past adjacent plates.
  2. crust the relatively thin part of the earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins. It is geologically young compared with the continental crust and consists of basaltic rock overlain by sediments.
  3. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  4. boundary is an actively deforming region where two or more tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  5. Currents a current in a fluid that results from convection.
  6. 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.
  7. Valley a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
  8. boundary are places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  9. an extended break in a body of rock, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular surface.
Down
  1. ranges a line of mountains connected by high ground.
  2. crust the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  3. Atlantic Ridge is a 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.
  4. Andreas Fault a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1300 km through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
  5. boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  6. a long, narrow ditch.
  7. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  8. of fire an area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

17 Clues: a long, narrow ditch. • ranges a line of mountains connected by high ground. • Currents a current in a fluid that results from convection. • boundary are places where plates slide sideways past each other. • boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. • ...

Plate tectonics 2012-10-22

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. spreading new lithosphere is created here
  2. a squeezing force
  3. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  4. core solid, dense center of the Earth
  5. boundary boundary between two colliding plates
  6. boundary boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  7. a pulling force
  8. plate piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
Down
  1. soft layer of the mantle
  2. a break in the Earth's crust
  3. the bending of rock layers
  4. drift theory that continents drift apart
  5. zone a region where a an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  6. core liquid layer of the Earth's core
  7. layer between the crust and the core
  8. boundary boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  9. outermost layer of the Earth

17 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • a break in the Earth's crust • outermost layer of the Earth • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • core liquid layer of the Earth's core • core solid, dense center of the Earth • drift theory that continents drift apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the solid,dense center of the Earth.
  2. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  3. a fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall.
  4. the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed.
  5. the theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past.
  6. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created at mid-ocean ridges as older materials are pulled away from the ridge.
  7. the amount of force per unit area that is put on a given material.
  8. the theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere.
Down
  1. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  2. the type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object.
  3. the layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
  4. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  5. the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core.
  6. a fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
  7. the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle.
  8. the bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust.
  9. the thin,outermost layer of the Earth, or the uppermost part of the lithosphere.
  10. literally, the "middle sphere"-the strong,lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core.

18 Clues: the solid,dense center of the Earth. • the layer of the Earth between the crust and the core. • the central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle. • the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed. • the bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust. • the amount of force per unit area that is put on a given material. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heat transfer by the movement of currents in a liquid
  2. the theory that states that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in slow, constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
  3. Liquids rise and fall in a convection current because of this
  4. a single section of the lithosphere
  5. A soft sublayer of the mantle
  6. the place where two plates collide
  7. core The solid sublayer of the core
  8. The ocean floor moving apart like conveyor belts. This occurs as a result of new crust being added
Down
  1. the place where two plates move away from each other
  2. The innermost layer of the Earth
  3. The uppermost layer of the mantle and the crust
  4. The outermost layer of the Earth made up of solid rock
  5. the place where two plates slide across each other in opposite directions
  6. The liquid sublayer of the core
  7. A main layer of the Earth made up of molten rock
  8. The theory that continents were once connected in one landmass and have separated and moved away from each other
  9. the name of the landmass before the continents separated

17 Clues: A soft sublayer of the mantle • The liquid sublayer of the core • The innermost layer of the Earth • the place where two plates collide • a single section of the lithosphere • core The solid sublayer of the core • The uppermost layer of the mantle and the crust • A main layer of the Earth made up of molten rock • the place where two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ‐ the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle.
  2. ‐ melted rock on Earth’s surface.
  3. ‐A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction.
  4. ‐ A trembling and shaking of the earth's surface resulting from the sudden release of energy in the crust.
  5. Boundary ‐The boundary that occurs where two plates are pushing toward each other.
  6. plate ‐ a large piece of the lithosphere that floats and moves on the asthenosphere.
  7. ‐ the layer of Earth between the core and the crust
  8. ‐ The name given to the super continent that existed more than 225 million years ago, in which the present‐day continents were joined together in one large landmass.
  9. boundary ‐ an area where two or more tectonic plates meet.
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  1. Boundary ‐The boundary that occurs where two plates are moving apart from each other.
  2. ‐ a straight line of travel where data is being collected.
  3. ‐ a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  4. Core ‐The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel.
  5. ‐ Hard and rigid, the earth's outermost and thinnest layer.
  6. spot ‐ is formed when very hot rock rises from the mantle and erupts through Earth’s crust.
  7. ‐ Made up of the crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle
  8. ‐ the outermost layer of Earth.
  9. Core ‐ This layer of the earth lies between the mantle and the solid inner core.
  10. ‐Molten rock that flows beneath the earth's surface and is made up of gases, liquids, and crystals.
  11. ‐ This dense layer of the earth is made of hot, semisolid rock and is located directly below the crust.

20 Clues: ‐ the outermost layer of Earth. • ‐ melted rock on Earth’s surface. • ‐ the layer of Earth between the core and the crust • ‐ Made up of the crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle • ‐ a straight line of travel where data is being collected. • boundary ‐ an area where two or more tectonic plates meet. • ‐ Hard and rigid, the earth's outermost and thinnest layer. • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-03-23

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Small earthquake before earthquake
  2. Earths middle layer
  3. Type of fault where the motion is opposite of normal faults
  4. Large sea wave
  5. Earths first layer
  6. Type of fault that occurs when hanging walls drop relative to the foot wall
  7. Earths final layer
  8. Shaking of Earth because of a rapid release of energy
  9. Type of plate boundary where two plates are being pushed apart
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  1. Type of plate boundary where two plates are being pushed together
  2. When sandy soil becomes saturated with water and can no long support buildings
  3. Type of plate boundary where two plates are sliding past one another
  4. Small earthquake after earthquake
  5. Type of fault where rocks are pushed horizontally in opposite directions
  6. Caused by loosened soil or lots of rain
  7. A force that can deform or move rock
  8. Volcanic mudflow of water and ash

17 Clues: Large sea wave • Earths first layer • Earths final layer • Earths middle layer • Small earthquake after earthquake • Volcanic mudflow of water and ash • Small earthquake before earthquake • A force that can deform or move rock • Caused by loosened soil or lots of rain • Shaking of Earth because of a rapid release of energy • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. Crust is destroyed.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions. No crust formed or destroyed.
  3. The name of the single landmass - a supercontinent - that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents.
  4. Theory created by Alfred Wegener that describe the movement of continents away from the supercontinent Pangaea over time.
  5. A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor.
  6. Large movable plates of lithosphere under the Earth's surface that "ride" or move on the asthenosphere.
  7. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity.
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  1. The region where two tectonic plates are in contact and result in a natural phenomena or landform.
  2. Earth's lithosphere is broken into huge, slabs of rock - continental and oceanic - moving on the asthenosphere.
  3. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  4. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
  5. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  6. A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean.
  7. Some are formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards.
  8. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. New crust is formed.
  9. A vent or fissure in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled.
  10. A break in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.

17 Clues: A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean. • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor. • A break in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other. • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. Crust is destroyed. • The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-09

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the crust of the upper mantle?
  2. How does magma turn into igneous rock?
  3. What plate goes under the other.
  4. What boundary occurs when two plates pull apart.
  5. What shows up in extrusive and instrusive igneous rock to tell them apart?
  6. What can transform boundaries make other than earthquakes?
  7. What cools that turns into igneous rock?
  8. Where do convection currents occur?
  9. What happens when the ground shakes?
  10. How does igneous rock turn into sediments?
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  1. What occurs when hot rock moves in circular motions, hot rock going up and cold rock down?
  2. What forms when two continental plates collide?
  3. What plate boundary is it when a sudbuction zone occurs?
  4. What boundary occurs when 2 plates move next to eachother?
  5. What do divergent boundaries cause other than ridges?
  6. What do divergent boundries form?
  7. What do sediments go through to get to sedimentary rock?

17 Clues: What plate goes under the other. • What do divergent boundries form? • Where do convection currents occur? • What happens when the ground shakes? • What is the crust of the upper mantle? • How does magma turn into igneous rock? • What cools that turns into igneous rock? • How does igneous rock turn into sediments? • What forms when two continental plates collide? • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-08

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the stress that pulls rock
  2. a tool that measures the force of an earthquake
  3. the record produced by an earthquake
  4. a force that changes somethings volume or shape
  5. causes two plates to slip past each other and break
  6. a scale that measures the seismic waves intensity
  7. a violent shaking of the ground
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  1. records the total destruction of an earthquake
  2. the stress that pushes rock together
  3. caused by tension
  4. roll the ground like ocean waves
  5. caused by shearing
  6. often known as the secondary wave
  7. the point directly above the focus
  8. the place in Earths crust where the earthquakes starts
  9. caused by compression
  10. the seismic wave that arrives fist

17 Clues: caused by tension • caused by shearing • caused by compression • the stress that pulls rock • a violent shaking of the ground • roll the ground like ocean waves • often known as the secondary wave • the point directly above the focus • the seismic wave that arrives fist • the stress that pushes rock together • the record produced by an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Heat transferring through empty space
  2. The rigid outer part of the crust and mantle
  3. the 4 and last layer of the earth
  4. Heat transferred through contact with matter
  5. a part of the crust and upper mantle
  6. a mountain with magma in it
  7. A black volcanic rock
  8. when two plates slide past eachother
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  1. a colorful rock found on the crust
  2. when two plate collide
  3. first layer of the earth
  4. third layer of the earth
  5. happens when two plate pull away from eachother
  6. super continents
  7. waves made during an earthquake
  8. An extended break in a body of rock
  9. The second layer of the earth

17 Clues: super continents • A black volcanic rock • when two plate collide • first layer of the earth • third layer of the earth • a mountain with magma in it • The second layer of the earth • waves made during an earthquake • the 4 and last layer of the earth • a colorful rock found on the crust • An extended break in a body of rock • a part of the crust and upper mantle • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates move apart
  2. is called the movement of plates
  3. The site of oldest ocean crust
  4. under the ocean floor.
  5. Pangaea.
  6. created the Theory of Contenintal Drift?
  7. under the continents.
  8. when two plates collide.
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  1. descend into the mantle below trenches in
  2. made when two plates collide
  3. of continents before they separated.
  4. outermost layer of the earth
  5. Wegener proposed the hypothesis that the continents
  6. once assembled together as a supercontinent he
  7. Located under the ocean floor
  8. plates move side slip
  9. a line of mountains connected by high ground.

17 Clues: Pangaea. • plates move apart • plates move side slip • under the continents. • under the ocean floor. • when two plates collide. • made when two plates collide • outermost layer of the earth • Located under the ocean floor • The site of oldest ocean crust • is called the movement of plates • of continents before they separated. • created the Theory of Contenintal Drift? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-11-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. part of core that is metallic
  2. records earthquake wave
  3. used to locate a epicenter
  4. means sliding past each other
  5. means separating
  6. travels the fastest
  7. ocean where the mid-ocean ridge is located
  8. means sinking area
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  1. means coming together
  2. part of core that is liquid
  3. ancient super-continent
  4. type of current where warm fluids rise
  5. outer layer of Earth
  6. seismic sea wave
  7. located on the Earth's surface
  8. located deep inside the Crust
  9. layer that acts like a paste

17 Clues: seismic sea wave • means separating • means sinking area • travels the fastest • outer layer of Earth • means coming together • ancient super-continent • records earthquake wave • used to locate a epicenter • part of core that is liquid • layer that acts like a paste • part of core that is metallic • means sliding past each other • located deep inside the Crust • ...

Plate Motion 2024-10-24

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (2 words)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
  2. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  3. moving apart in different directions
  4. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  5. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  6. (2 words) Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
  7. (2 words) the place where two plates meet
  8. (2 words) a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  9. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  10. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
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  1. moving toward the same place
  2. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
  3. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  4. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  5. (3 words)an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  6. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  7. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground

17 Clues: moving toward the same place • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • moving apart in different directions • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • (2 words) the place where two plates meet • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates • the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. generate magma that erupts onto earth's surface
  2. piece of lithosphere with unique geologic history.
  3. explains how plates move and change shape
  4. study of alignment of magnetic minerals in rocks
  5. cycle where continents form and break apart.
  6. solid, plastic layer of the mantle.
  7. undersea mountain chain with steep sides & narrow valley
  8. process when earth's crust breaks apart.
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  1. single landmass broke up and formed continents
  2. boundary where 2 tectonic plate are moving away from earth other
  3. boundary where 2 tectonic plates are sliding past each other
  4. single large ocean that covered earth
  5. supercontinent that formed 300 mil years ago.
  6. sudden movement of the earth
  7. boundary where 2 tectonic plates are colliding (coming together)
  8. new seafloor is created when magma reaches earth's surface
  9. solid, outer layer of the earth - crust & upper mantle

17 Clues: sudden movement of the earth • solid, plastic layer of the mantle. • single large ocean that covered earth • process when earth's crust breaks apart. • explains how plates move and change shape • cycle where continents form and break apart. • supercontinent that formed 300 mil years ago. • single landmass broke up and formed continents • ...

Tectonic crossword 2022-10-12

Tectonic crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An Area where magma rises into earths crust
  2. the supercontinent made 225 million years ago
  3. vibration underground along a fault
  4. crake in earths crust where two plates meet
  5. the outermost layer of earth
  6. the scientist who made the theory of continental drift
  7. branch of geology studying earths the crust
  8. crash with violent impact
  9. science of earth’s structure
  10. molten rocks under the crust if earth
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  1. outer part of earth’s layers including the crust and mantle
  2. border of a tectonic plate
  3. the moving of on plate under another
  4. A big chunk of earths crust
  5. a long ditch cut into the earth
  6. layer of rock between earths crust and outer core
  7. idea intended to explain something
  8. action of splitting apart two plates
  9. drift the movement of continents

19 Clues: crash with violent impact • border of a tectonic plate • A big chunk of earths crust • the outermost layer of earth • science of earth’s structure • a long ditch cut into the earth • drift the movement of continents • idea intended to explain something • vibration underground along a fault • the moving of on plate under another • action of splitting apart two plates • ...

Plate Tectonic Boundaries 2023-09-12

Plate Tectonic Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is formed what is formed when convergent boundaries come together.
  2. The denser type of plate tectonic.
  3. The type of plate boundary that rubs against each other.
  4. What is formed at divergent boundaries.
  5. The type of plate boundary that comes together.
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. The flowing of magma in Earth's mantle.
  3. The type of boundary creates a linear fault.
  4. Underground molten rock.
  5. The type of plate boundary that separates.

10 Clues: Underground molten rock. • The denser type of plate tectonic. • The flowing of magma in Earth's mantle. • What is formed at divergent boundaries. • The type of plate boundary that separates. • The type of boundary creates a linear fault. • The type of plate boundary that comes together. • The type of plate boundary that rubs against each other. • ...

Plate tectonics 2012-11-11

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The New Zealand continent
  2. Molten rock
  3. Core A liquid layer of the Earth
  4. Wher sea floor spreading occurs
  5. Layer below the Oceanic and continental crust
  6. A Northern hemisphere tectonc plate
  7. Auckland volcanic field
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  1. Layer below the lithosphere
  2. Subducts beneath South America
  3. Descending slab of oceanic crust
  4. Pacific and Australian Plate boundary
  5. Lighter than ocean crust
  6. Large areas of crust that move

13 Clues: Molten rock • Auckland volcanic field • Lighter than ocean crust • The New Zealand continent • Layer below the lithosphere • Subducts beneath South America • Large areas of crust that move • Wher sea floor spreading occurs • Descending slab of oceanic crust • Core A liquid layer of the Earth • A Northern hemisphere tectonc plate • Pacific and Australian Plate boundary • ...

Printmaking on Gelli Plates 2023-06-04

Printmaking on Gelli Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One thickness lying over or under another
  2. How light or dark something when compared
  3. Able to see through - not opaque
  4. To rub all over to transfer the paint from the plate to the
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  1. When one thing stands out from another
  2. Hard rubber roller used to apply paint to the printing plate
  3. Print The second print that is taken from the plate. It is much lighter than the first print.
  4. Plate A firm jelly-like printmaking plate
  5. Not see through or non-transparent
  6. Plate The surface that the layer of paint is applied to

10 Clues: Able to see through - not opaque • Not see through or non-transparent • When one thing stands out from another • One thickness lying over or under another • Plate A firm jelly-like printmaking plate • How light or dark something when compared • Plate The surface that the layer of paint is applied to • To rub all over to transfer the paint from the plate to the • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates slide past each other in a _______ plate boundary.
  2. The topic of this quiz
  3. In a convergent plate boundary, plates _________ into each other.
  4. What forms in a transform plate boundary.
Down
  1. Plates move away from each other in a ________ plate boundary
  2. What forms in a convergent plate boundary?
  3. When ocean-continent plates collide into each other, they ______
  4. What is the name of the plate boundary when the plates collide into each other?
  5. What forms in a ocean-continent convergent boundary?
  6. The name of the supercontinent that formed approximately 300 years ago

10 Clues: The topic of this quiz • What forms in a transform plate boundary. • What forms in a convergent plate boundary? • What forms in a ocean-continent convergent boundary? • Plates slide past each other in a _______ plate boundary. • Plates move away from each other in a ________ plate boundary • When ocean-continent plates collide into each other, they ______ • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. long, narrow mountain range on the ocean floor; formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries.
  2. when magnetized objects, such as compass needles, orient themselves to point north
  3. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  4. the process that results when magma rises at a mid-ocean ridge and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions away from the ridge
  5. the movement of Earth’s continents over time
  6. boundary the boundary between two plates that move toward each other
  7. boundary the boundary between two plates that move away from each other
  8. boundary the boundary between two plates that slide past each other
  9. an event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction
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  1. an event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction
  2. when magnetized objects reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
  3. the circulation of particles within a material caused by differences in thermal energy and density
  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 rigid outermost layer of Earth that includes the uppermost mantle and crust
  6. the process that results when a dense oceanic plate sinks beneath a more buoyant plate along a subduction zone, pulling the rest of the plate that trails behind it
  7. theory that Earth’s surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that move with respect to each other
  8. name given to a supercontinent that began to break apart approximately 200 million years ago.

17 Clues: the movement of Earth’s continents over time • an event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction • an event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction • boundary the boundary between two plates that slide past each other • boundary the boundary between two plates that move toward each other • ...

Colin Street 4 2023-12-07

Colin Street 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mixture of rock,mineral,and glass particles
  2. this plate boundary occurs when two plates slip past each other
  3. a fluid or hardened stream or avalanche of mud
  4. The blank is the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior. The mantle lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust.
  5. the blank is broken up of moving plates
  6. A volcanic crater is a bowl- or funnel-shaped depression that usually lies directly above the vent from which volcanic material is ejected.
  7. a type of "mass wasting," which denotes any down-slope movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of gravity.
  8. this plate boundary occurs when two plate boundaries move away from each other.
  9. the underground space usually deep below the earth's surface occupied by magma that may ascend from it to or toward the surface
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  1. this plate boundary occurs when oceanic crust sinks under continental crust
  2. when loosely packed, water-logged sediments at or near the ground surface lose their strength in response to strong ground shaking.
  3. An earthquake generates blank that pass through the ground.
  4. this plate boundary occurs when two plate boundaries move toward each other
  5. the blank is liquid layer.
  6. the blank is a solid ball of metal
  7. Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface.

16 Clues: the blank is liquid layer. • the blank is a solid ball of metal • the blank is broken up of moving plates • mixture of rock,mineral,and glass particles • a fluid or hardened stream or avalanche of mud • An earthquake generates blank that pass through the ground. • this plate boundary occurs when two plates slip past each other • ...

Year 8 Knowledge Organiser Term 2.2 2023-03-20

Year 8 Knowledge Organiser Term 2.2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two plates slide past one another, e.g. Pacific plate and North American plate
  2. where soft rock is heated from below, the warmer rock rises as a current
  3. waves The energy of the earthquake
  4. An Oceanic plate collides with a continental plate, e.g. Nazca and South American plate
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  1. Earth's hard outer part is broken into big slabs which move around
  2. Crust under the oceans
  3. Crust that forms the land
  4. The area directly above an earthquake.
  5. Where an earthquake begins
  6. Two plate moves apart, e.g. Mid-Atlantic Ridge

10 Clues: Crust under the oceans • Crust that forms the land • Where an earthquake begins • waves The energy of the earthquake • The area directly above an earthquake. • Two plate moves apart, e.g. Mid-Atlantic Ridge • Earth's hard outer part is broken into big slabs which move around • where soft rock is heated from below, the warmer rock rises as a current • ...

Motor Vehicle 2024-05-30

Motor Vehicle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Local taxes have a $2500 ______
  2. Department that handles problem title work
  3. Red Wolves home
  4. License plate that supports Meals on Wheels
  5. 2024 Game & Fish Plate
  6. Locked our fixer
  7. Breezy Corning Supervisor
  8. Intelligent DM
  9. Title & _______
  10. Christmas Capital of Arkansas
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  1. Hanger
  2. Payment type
  3. Newport River Color
  4. _____ Shoals
  5. NMVTIS won't clear
  6. Letters Location
  7. NE District Co-Captain
  8. Bad weather/Heber Springs Supervisor
  9. $50 additional fee
  10. Insurance Non-Compliance website

20 Clues: Hanger • Payment type • _____ Shoals • Intelligent DM • Red Wolves home • Title & _______ • Locked our fixer • Letters Location • NMVTIS won't clear • $50 additional fee • Newport River Color • 2024 Game & Fish Plate • NE District Co-Captain • Breezy Corning Supervisor • Christmas Capital of Arkansas • Local taxes have a $2500 ______ • Insurance Non-Compliance website • ...

4/1 Quizz หน่วยที่ 2 การแปรสัณฐานของแผ่นธรณี 2021-08-22

4/1 Quizz หน่วยที่ 2 การแปรสัณฐานของแผ่นธรณี crossword puzzle
Across
  1. แรงกระทำต่อหินในชั้นเปลือกโลก ส่งผลให้หินอยู่ในภาวะความเครียด จนเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงได้
  2. ลักษณะธรณีสันฐานจากการเคลื่อนที่เข้าหากันของแผ่นธรณีทวีปกับแผ่นธรณีมหาสมุทร เช่น เทือกเขาแอนดีส
  3. มหาสมุทรที่ล้อมรอบมหาทวีปตั้งแต่ซีกโลกเหนือถึงซีกโลกใต้ในอดีต
  4. บริเวณที่แผ่นธรณีที่มีความหนาแน่นมากกว่าเคลื่อนที่เข้าหาแล้วเกิดการจมตัวลงใต้อีกแผ่นธรณีหนึ่ง
  5. บริเวณที่เกิดขึ้นจากการมุดตัวของแผ่นธรณี
  6. แผ่นดินทั้งหมด
  7. นักวิทยาศาสตร์ผู้โด่งดังจากการเขียนตำรา "The Origin of Continents and Oceans"
  8. หินที่เกิดจากการแทรกตัวของลาวาบริเวณรอยแยกแล้วเย็นตัวลง
  9. แนวคิดที่สนับสนุนการเคลื่อนที่ของแผ่นธรณี โดยเกิดจากความร้อนภายในเนื้อโลก
  10. นักธรณีวิทยาที่นำเสนอแนวคิดการแผ่นขยายพื้นสมุทร
  11. ธรณีโครงสร้างที่เกิดขึ้นจากความเค้นบีบอัดมากระทำกับชั้นหินที่มีสภาพพลาสติกจนชั้นหินเกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงโครงสร้างไปจากเดิม
  12. สิ่งที่เป็นหลักฐานร่องรอยบนชั้นหินฐานจากการเคลื่อนที่ผ่านของธารน้ำแข็งที่เกิดขึ้นในอดีต
  13. อัลเฟรด เวเกเนอร์ เป็นผู้เสนอแนวคิดทฤษฎีนี้ไว้เป็นครั้งแรก
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  1. หลักฐานสนับสนุนแนวคิดทวีปเคยติดกันมาก่อน พบได้ทั้งพืชและสัตว์ เช่น ไซโนเนทัส กลอสโซพเทรีส เป็นต้น
  2. การแทรกตัวขึ้นมาของลาวาตามรอยแยกของมหาสมุทร เกิดเป็นลักษณะธรณีที่ยกตัวสูงขึ้นเมื่อเทียบกับบริเวณข้างเคียง
  3. เป็นหลักฐานหนึ่งที่สนับสนุนการแผ่ขยายพื้นสมุทรซึ่งเป็นภาวะที่สัมพันธ์กับทิศทางของสนามแม่เหล็กโลกในอดีตจนถึงปัจจุบัน ซึ่งศึกษาได้จากกลุ่มหินตัวอย่างที่ค้นพบตามบริเวณรอยแยกของพื้นสมุทร
  4. แนวเทือกเขาสูงที่เกิดขึ้นจากแผ่นธรณียูเรเซียเข้าชนกับแผ่นอินเดีย
  5. hanging-wall block
  6. ภูมิลักษณ์ หรือ ลักษณะของผิวโลกที่เกิดขึ้นตามธรรมชาติ เช่น หาดทราย ภูเขา ที่ราบสูง เป็นต้น
  7. แผ่นดินส่วนที่อยู่ใต้เส้นศูนย์สูตรหลักจากที่แผ่นทวีปเริ่มมีการแยกตัวออกจากกันเป็นสองแผ่นดินใหญ่
  8. ทวีปที่พบว่าหลักฐานจากธารน้ำแข็งบรรพกาลมีการเคลื่อนที่กระจายตัวออกจากทวีปนี้ในอดีต
  9. ชั้นน้ำแข็งปกคลุมพื้นดินเป็นบริเวณกว้างใหญ่แถบขั้วโลก
  10. แนวเทือกเขาที่ในอดีตเชื่อว่าเชื่อมต่อกับแนวเทือกเขาคาเลโดเนียน ปัจจุบันตั้งอยู่บนทวีปอเมริกาเหนือ
  11. plate หรือ lithospheric plate หรือ แผ่นเปลือกโลก
  12. โครงสร้างทางธรณีแบบหนึ่งที่เกิดจากการเคลื่อนที่ผ่านกันของแผ่นธรณี

25 Clues: แผ่นดินทั้งหมด • hanging-wall block • บริเวณที่เกิดขึ้นจากการมุดตัวของแผ่นธรณี • นักธรณีวิทยาที่นำเสนอแนวคิดการแผ่นขยายพื้นสมุทร • plate หรือ lithospheric plate หรือ แผ่นเปลือกโลก • ชั้นน้ำแข็งปกคลุมพื้นดินเป็นบริเวณกว้างใหญ่แถบขั้วโลก • หินที่เกิดจากการแทรกตัวของลาวาบริเวณรอยแยกแล้วเย็นตัวลง • อัลเฟรด เวเกเนอร์ เป็นผู้เสนอแนวคิดทฤษฎีนี้ไว้เป็นครั้งแรก • ...

s 2025-09-09

s crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – oceanic mountain chain
  2. - a plate covering Philippines
  3. – largest plate
  4. – floating freshwater ice
  5. – Sierra Madre (Philippines)
  6. – mountain range and earthquake zone
  7. – underground water reservoir
  8. – subduction feature
  9. – surface point above focus
  10. – covers Europe & Asia
  11. – fracture in crust
Down
  1. – North American range
  2. – water beneath Earth’s surface
  3. – tallest mountain range
  4. – frozen freshwater reservoir
  5. – earthquake origin point
  6. – highest African mountain
  7. – oceans and seas
  8. – rivers, lakes, groundwater
  9. – water flowing on land to rivers/oceans

20 Clues: – largest plate • – oceans and seas • – fracture in crust • – subduction feature • – North American range • – covers Europe & Asia • – oceanic mountain chain • – tallest mountain range • – earthquake origin point • – floating freshwater ice • – highest African mountain • – surface point above focus • – Sierra Madre (Philippines) • – rivers, lakes, groundwater • ...

monster calls 2024-01-12

monster calls crossword puzzle
Across
  1. daring
  2. 24 plate car
  3. heavy
  4. small
  5. sudden
  6. large
  7. slow
Down
  1. just
  2. real
  3. 12 plate car
  4. especial
  5. soggy

12 Clues: just • real • slow • heavy • small • large • soggy • daring • sudden • especial • 24 plate car • 12 plate car

Hazards_ken 2019-03-13

Hazards_ken crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a mountain with a hole filled with lava
  2. a place where there are a lot of water
  3. a destructive natural disaster (device)
  4. top layer of the earth
  5. something that drift
  6. metal what innercore is made out of
  7. the opposite of innercore
Down
  1. the crust breaks ______.
  2. goes under the continental plate
  3. a molten solid rock
  4. when lava comes out of a volcano
  5. solid layer of the earth
  6. where convection current happen
  7. metal what outer is made out off
  8. what happens with the North America plate and the pacific plate

15 Clues: a molten solid rock • something that drift • top layer of the earth • the crust breaks ______. • solid layer of the earth • the opposite of innercore • where convection current happen • goes under the continental plate • when lava comes out of a volcano • metal what outer is made out off • metal what innercore is made out of • a place where there are a lot of water • ...

Briella-5 2023-12-07

Briella-5 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. giant,dangerous ocean wave
  2. the outermost layer of the earth
  3. tool that measures earthquakes
  4. between the crust and outer core
  5. this plate boundary slides past each other
  6. this plate boundary comes together
  7. the center of the earth
  8. crack within earths rocky crust
Down
  1. between the mantle and inner core
  2. this plate boundary pulls apart
  3. the "SUPER CONTINENT!"
  4. this lava is slower
  5. a mixture of rock,mineral,and glass particles
  6. this lava has low viscosity
  7. point on earths surface directly above the location of an earthquake

15 Clues: this lava is slower • the "SUPER CONTINENT!" • the center of the earth • giant,dangerous ocean wave • this lava has low viscosity • tool that measures earthquakes • this plate boundary pulls apart • crack within earths rocky crust • the outermost layer of the earth • between the crust and outer core • between the mantle and inner core • this plate boundary comes together • ...