plate Crossword Puzzles

Unit 2 Crossword - Science 7 2025-01-31

Unit 2 Crossword - Science 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what broken down pieces of rock get called
  2. assumption that all processes on Earth developed its surface regularly and constantly
  3. type of weathering done by chemical processes
  4. the name of the man who came up with continental drift
  5. the study of the Earth
  6. type of rock that went through change
  7. type of weathering done by physical force
  8. type of igneous rock formed from lava cooling
  9. rock formed from volcanic activity
  10. theory that all movement of Earth's crust is driven by convection in the mantle
  11. tool for measuring earthquakes
Down
  1. plate boundary where plates slide past each other
  2. process of breaking up rock
  3. outermost layer of Earth
  4. when bits of crust get scraped and chipped off during plate movement
  5. molten rock underground
  6. hypothesis that all of Earth's land masses are moving
  7. plate boundary where plates collide
  8. what happens to a rock when extreme heat and pressure deforms it
  9. belief that random disasters developed Earth's surface
  10. plate boundary where plates move apart
  11. layer of Earth just underneath the lithosphere made up of molten rock
  12. when broken down rock gets moved by water
  13. type of rock that is made up of other rocks
  14. type of igneous rock formed from magma cooling
  15. molten rock above ground

26 Clues: the study of the Earth • molten rock underground • outermost layer of Earth • molten rock above ground • process of breaking up rock • tool for measuring earthquakes • rock formed from volcanic activity • plate boundary where plates collide • type of rock that went through change • plate boundary where plates move apart • type of weathering done by physical force • ...

Earth and Space Science 2025-04-11

Earth and Space Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Thicker, less dense part of Earth's crust forming continents
  2. Circular movement in the mantle that drives plate motion
  3. The massive ocean that surrounded Pangea
  4. Process where oceanic plate sinks beneath a continental plate
  5. A fold in rock that bends downward to form a valley
  6. Large sections of Earth's lithosphere that move over the asthenosphere
  7. Type of boundary where one plate sinks beneath another
  8. Fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways
Down
  1. Process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges
  2. A break in the Earth's crust where the hanging wall moves down
  3. Type of boundary where new crust is created as plates move apart
  4. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other
  5. The supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  6. Wegener's theory that continents move slowly over Earth's surface
  7. A zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions encircling the Pacific Ocean
  8. An underwater mountain chain where sea-floor spreading occurs
  9. An upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth's crust
  10. Thinner, denser part of Earth's crust beneath oceans
  11. A break in the Earth's crust where the hanging wall moves up
  12. Southern supercontinent that split from Pangea

20 Clues: The massive ocean that surrounded Pangea • Southern supercontinent that split from Pangea • Type of boundary where plates slide past each other • A fold in rock that bends downward to form a valley • Thinner, denser part of Earth's crust beneath oceans • Type of boundary where one plate sinks beneath another • Circular movement in the mantle that drives plate motion • ...

Sea Floor Features 2025-09-16

Sea Floor Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continental volcanic arc due to oceanic-continental plate convergence
  2. ocean with many active plate boundaries
  3. abundant features on the Pacific Ocean floor due to lack of sedimentation
  4. sediment derived from diatoms foraminifera and other organismal remains
  5. a superheated water spout found at midocean ridges
  6. finest particle size of sediment that takes the longest to settle
  7. an underwater volcano
  8. area of high earthquake and volcanic activity around the Pacific ocean due to convergent plate boundaries
  9. continental margin with a narrow shelf and steep slope
Down
  1. type of continental margin that does not mark a plate boundary
  2. stripes that form a symmetrical pattern around mid ocean ridges
  3. a linear lowland area between two uplifted areas found at a divergent plate boundary
  4. forms at convergent boundaries
  5. steepest part of a continental margin
  6. deepest flattest parts of the earth
  7. bump of sediment found at the base of a passive continental margin
  8. the Aleutian Islands and the islands of Japan are formed in this convergent boundary
  9. the earths crust
  10. molten lava from the upper mantle that wells up forming new seafloor
  11. sediment derived from weathering
  12. formed by the tests of diatoms and radiolarians specifically
  13. a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates
  14. volcanic island xxx that forms on the less dense of two oceanic plates at a subduction zone

23 Clues: the earths crust • an underwater volcano • forms at convergent boundaries • sediment derived from weathering • deepest flattest parts of the earth • steepest part of a continental margin • ocean with many active plate boundaries • a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates • a superheated water spout found at midocean ridges • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tuzo wilson
  2. holmes
  3. theory
  4. zone
  5. tectonics
  6. plate
  7. plate
Down
  1. isotopes
  2. hess
  3. zones
  4. fault
  5. crust
  6. belts

13 Clues: hess • zone • zones • fault • crust • belts • plate • plate • holmes • theory • isotopes • tectonics • tuzo wilson

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2020-03-23

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A convergent boundary where volcanic mountains and a deep-sea trench are formed.
  2. A long, narrow valley formed at a divergent continental boundary
  3. Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core of the Earth.
  4. Earth's thickest layer made of hot rock and is less dense than the core, less hot, and has less pressure on it. Magma like consistency.
  5. The name given to the landmass when the continents were all joined as one supercontinent.
  6. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  7. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  8. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  9. Occur at all plate boundaries, where plates slide past eachother.
  10. A convergent boundary takes place, and continents push against each other, creating fold mountains.
Down
  1. Where two plates slide past each other.
  2. Where a plate overtakes another and the denser plate goes underneath the less dense plate.
  3. A boundary where two plates are moving toward each other, going to collide.
  4. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundar
  5. Sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move
  6. A convergent boundary where volcanic islands and a deep-sea trench are formed.
  7. The thin outer layer of the earth that contains the earth's continents
  8. A boundary where two plates are moving away from each other.
  9. Theory by Alfred Wegener that the continents on tectonic plates move.
  10. the innermost part of the earth, a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
  11. a layer of molten iron and nickel (liquid) that surrounds the inner core of Earth

21 Clues: Where two plates slide past each other. • Sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move • A boundary where two plates are moving away from each other. • The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • A long, narrow valley formed at a divergent continental boundary • Occur at all plate boundaries, where plates slide past eachother. • ...

Tic Tac Know 2021-12-14

Tic Tac Know crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  2. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  3. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  4. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago.
  5. Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  8. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  9. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  10. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
Down
  1. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  2. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  3. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  4. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  5. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  6. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  7. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  8. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  9. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  10. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle

20 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • ...

Chapter 27 Nail Tips & Wraps 2013-02-06

Chapter 27 Nail Tips & Wraps crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Technique used to apply a nail tip
  2. Product used to coat and secure fabric wraps to the natural nail and nail tip
  3. An implement similar to a nail clipper that is used on nail tips is a(n)
  4. The contact areas of nail tips are smoothed with a fine-grit block buffer held
  5. When removing dust from the natural nail plate, stroke the brush from
  6. Thing, tightly woven natural material that becomes transparent when wrap resin is applied
  7. Spray-on activator is used on No Light Gels to
  8. Fabric wraps that are slightly smaller than the nail plate prevent the wraps from
  9. Nail tips are longer wearing without an overlay
  10. Were the tip is adhered to the nail
Down
  1. Nail tips are softened with acetone or tip remover and are
  2. The nail tip adhesive used to secure the nail tip to a natural nail
  3. Properly sized nail tips for a client should cover the nail plate from
  4. The wrap system is the heart of a nail wrap system
  5. Fabric wraps are made from silk, fiberglass, and
  6. Cutting nail tips with a nail or toenail clipper will cause the nail tip to weaken and what
  7. This helps to avoid the transfer of dust and oil onto the natural nail plate
  8. Made from a closely woven, heavy material
  9. How often should nail wraps be rebalanced with additional resin
  10. Made from a very thin synthetic mesh with loose weave
  11. Substance used to remove surface moisture and tiny amounts of oil left on the natural nail plate
  12. Small pieces of fabric used to strengthen a weak point in the nail
  13. Nail enhancements made by using nail-size pieces of cloth or paper

23 Clues: Technique used to apply a nail tip • Were the tip is adhered to the nail • Made from a closely woven, heavy material • Spray-on activator is used on No Light Gels to • Nail tips are longer wearing without an overlay • Fabric wraps are made from silk, fiberglass, and • The wrap system is the heart of a nail wrap system • ...

8th Grade Science 2016-05-16

8th Grade Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These are types of forces that help build of the earth
  2. One method of finding the volume of an object is water ______________
  3. Made when an oceanic plate subducts with a continental plate
  4. Energy released in the form of seismic waves
  5. Mass divided by volume
  6. This type of potential energy depends on the mass and height of an object
  7. These types of currents happen in the Asthenosphere
  8. Forces have ____________ and direction
  9. Igneous rock _____________ are always younger than the rocks they cut through
  10. The layer of the Earth where plates are located
  11. The type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  12. Between two traits, neither is dominant, so both traits show up
  13. Free body diagrams help us calculate the ______ force
  14. P-waves and S-waves are both types of ____________ waves
  15. This scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes
Down
  1. Where your genes are located
  2. Force equals mass times ____________
  3. One tectonic plate slips under another tectonic plate
  4. When two alleles are different from each other
  5. Surivial of the fittest
  6. The step of the scientific method when we set our variables
  7. Two continental plates converge
  8. A hotspot made this state
  9. This variable is the thing that the experimenter changes throughout the experiment
  10. The least dense layer of Earth
  11. The Law of Superposition says the ___________ layer of rock is on the bottom
  12. The type of reproduction that produces identical offspring
  13. This type of potential energy is highest when a spring is stretched as far as possible
  14. This force pulls objects towards the surface of Earth
  15. When sediments are moved to a new location

30 Clues: Mass divided by volume • Surivial of the fittest • A hotspot made this state • Where your genes are located • The least dense layer of Earth • Two continental plates converge • Force equals mass times ____________ • Forces have ____________ and direction • When sediments are moved to a new location • Energy released in the form of seismic waves • ...

Unit 5 Crossword Puzzle 2023-04-20

Unit 5 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the liquid outer portion of Earth's core, composed primarily of iron and nickel.
  2. large areas of rock that make up Earth's crust and move across the mantle
  3. The rocks of Earth's crust that make up the base of the continents.
  4. the soft and plastic layer in Earth's upper mantle, just below the lithosphere.
  5. the portion of Earth's crust that makes up the ocean floor and is generally denser and thinner than continental crust.
  6. a single bed of sedimentary rock, generally consisting of one kind of matter representing continuous deposition.
  7. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms at mid-ocean ridges as tectonic plates pull away from each other
  8. any water that collects on the surface of Earth
  9. the layer of solid rock between Earth’s crust and core
  10. the science guy
  11. a tectonic plate boundary at which two tectonic plates move away from each other
  12. the solid, inner portion of Earth's core, composed of an alloy of iron, nickel, and other heavy elements.
  13. When soil is moved from one location to another by wind or water.
  14. a supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago.
  15. the study of rocks and Earth
Down
  1. the part of Earth which is composed mostly of rocks; the crust and outer mantle.
  2. a German climatologist. Came up with the theory of continental drift.
  3. the sinking of an oceanic plate beneath a plate of lesser density at a convergent boundary
  4. Mr. McCullough's pet (2011-2014)
  5. a tectonic plate boundary at which two tectonic plates move toward each other, causing collisions and subduction zones.
  6. the movement of Earth's continents relative to each other.
  7. a tectonic plate boundary along which plates slide horizontally past one another in opposite directions

22 Clues: the science guy • the study of rocks and Earth • Mr. McCullough's pet (2011-2014) • any water that collects on the surface of Earth • a supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago. • the layer of solid rock between Earth’s crust and core • the movement of Earth's continents relative to each other. • ...

Unit 5: Key Words/Vocabulary 2023-01-04

Unit 5: Key Words/Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this is spreading under the ocean (on the floor), causing things such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
  2. convergent boundary where and oceanic plate is pushed beneath a continental plate forming a trench. (forms volcanos)
  3. _____ core is a liquid part of Earth's core because of high temperatures.
  4. _____ boundary is a plate boundary where two plates collide
  5. the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core (medium density)
  6. formed when two convergent plates collide and the crust crumbles.
  7. _______ currents are driven by rising hot rock and sinking cool rock.
  8. Crust + top part of mantle: outermost, rigid layer; divided into pieces called tectonic plates
  9. _____ boundary is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  10. proposed the theory of sea-floor spreading (last name)
  11. underwater mountain ranges where the crust is spreading apart (dividing) creating a new ocean floor
  12. Coach Price's favorite MLB team?
Down
  1. large movable plates made of lithosphere, under the Earth's surface
  2. the coolest teacher in all of San Angelo
  3. Coach Price's favorite NFL team?
  4. _____ core is a solid part of Earth's core because of increased pressure
  5. soft, weak layer, flows like putty, tectonic plates move on top of it because of convection currents
  6. _____ boundary is a plate boundary where plates slide passed each other.
  7. supercontinent named from the Greek origin and means "all lands"
  8. proposed the continental drift theory in the 1900's (last name)
  9. area of land that rises very high above the land around it, form around/near subduction zones
  10. equation for Force. (_=_ _)
  11. the thin and solid outermost COMPOSITIONAL layer of the earth

23 Clues: equation for Force. (_=_ _) • Coach Price's favorite NFL team? • Coach Price's favorite MLB team? • the coolest teacher in all of San Angelo • proposed the theory of sea-floor spreading (last name) • _____ boundary is a plate boundary where two plates collide • the thin and solid outermost COMPOSITIONAL layer of the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics (Lessons 2.4 & 2.5) 2022-09-22

Plate Tectonics (Lessons 2.4 & 2.5) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The pulling of a tectonic plate as its edge subducts deeper into the mantle.
  2. Tectonics Unifying theory for which all other geologic knowledge is derived
  3. Wegener German Scientist who formulated the theory of continental drift
  4. Heat transfer process within the mantle that drives Plate Tectonics.
  5. Stress that pushes rocks in parallel but opposite directions
  6. The process by which oceanic crust sinks under another plate andeventually back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  7. Boundary at which two plates come together
  8. The process in which new material at a ridge or rift pushes older material aside, moving the tectonic plates away from the ridge
  9. Compositional layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  10. Boundary Region where two plates interact
  11. Process by which new crust is created at mid-ocean ridges
  12. Divergent boundary at which seafloor spreading occurs
Down
  1. Feature created by the convergence of two continental plates
  2. Boundary at which two plates slide past each other
  3. Boundary at which two plates move apart
  4. The bending of rock layers due to stress
  5. A pulling force applied to rock layers.
  6. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  7. Greek word for "all lands"
  8. Drift The theory that the Earth's crust is composed of plates that are in constant motion
  9. A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one or both sides; often related to tectonic motion.
  10. The bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth's crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress
  11. Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
  12. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust; Earth's outermost physical layer

24 Clues: Greek word for "all lands" • Boundary at which two plates move apart • A pulling force applied to rock layers. • The bending of rock layers due to stress • Boundary Region where two plates interact • Boundary at which two plates come together • Boundary at which two plates slide past each other • Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks. • ...

8th grade science 2022-05-16

8th grade science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This force pulls objects towards the surface of Earth
  2. Surivial of the fittest
  3. Made when an oceanic plate subducts with a continental plate
  4. These types of currents happen in the Asthenosphere
  5. One tectonic plate slips under another tectonic plate
  6. One method of finding the volume of an object is water ______________
  7. P-waves and S-waves are both types of ____________ waves
  8. Where your genes are located
  9. This variable is the thing that the experimenter changes throughout the experiment
  10. Between two traits, neither is dominant, so both traits show up
  11. Force equals mass times ____________
  12. This type of potential energy depends on the mass and height of an object
Down
  1. Mass divided by volume
  2. This scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes
  3. Igneous rock _____________ are always younger than the rocks they cut through
  4. This type of potential energy is highest when a spring is stretched as far as possible
  5. Free body diagrams help us calculate the ______ force
  6. The step of the scientific method when we set our variables
  7. These are types of forces that help build of the earth
  8. The type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  9. The layer of the Earth where plates are located
  10. The least dense layer of Earth
  11. Forces have ____________ and direction
  12. When two alleles are different from each other
  13. Energy released in the form of seismic waves
  14. When sediments are moved to a new location
  15. The type of reproduction that produces identical offspring
  16. A hotspot made this state
  17. The Law of Superposition says the ___________ layer of rock is on the bottom
  18. Two continental plates converge

30 Clues: Mass divided by volume • Surivial of the fittest • A hotspot made this state • Where your genes are located • The least dense layer of Earth • Two continental plates converge • Force equals mass times ____________ • Forces have ____________ and direction • When sediments are moved to a new location • Energy released in the form of seismic waves • ...

Moving Earth 2023-10-11

Moving Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two continents crumple together to form a mountain range
  2. range a group of high ground features, commonly the result of tectonic collision
  3. plate boundary where crust is neither created or destroyed
  4. fault a break where the rock above the fault moves ‘up' due to compression
  5. plate boundary where new crust is formed
  6. extremely hot liquid or semi-liquid rock within the mantle. When it erupts on the surface of the Earth it is called lava.
  7. a break in the crust where one side moves relative to the other
  8. core solid inner-most layer of the core under extreme pressure conditions, with an approximate 1200 km radius
  9. a stretching force
  10. a convergent plate boundary where one plate moves under another
  11. fault a break where the rock above the fault moves ‘down' due to tension
  12. a smearing force
Down
  1. boundary where two tectonic plates move towards each other
  2. tectonics a scientific theory that describes the relative movements and interaction of plates of the Earth's crust over the underlying mantle
  3. a highland between two normal faults
  4. drift movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other over geologic time
  5. fault a break where the rocks on either side of the fault move horizontally due to shearing
  6. core liquid outer layer of the core, about 2300 km thick
  7. hot centre of the Earth made of iron and nickel
  8. valleys a sunken lowland between two normal faults; a graben
  9. squeezing force
  10. boundary where two tectonic plates slide past one another
  11. solid but soft middle rock layer of the Earth
  12. a supercontinent that existed about 225 million years ago. All landmasses were joined together to form this supercontinent.

24 Clues: squeezing force • a smearing force • a stretching force • a highland between two normal faults • plate boundary where new crust is formed • solid but soft middle rock layer of the Earth • hot centre of the Earth made of iron and nickel • core liquid outer layer of the core, about 2300 km thick • boundary where two tectonic plates slide past one another • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2020-03-25

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary
  2. Where a plate overtakes another and the denser plate goes underneath the less dense plate.
  3. Earth's thickest layer made of hot rock and is less dense than the core, less hot, and has less pressure on it. Magma like consistency.
  4. A long, narrow valley formed at a divergent continental boundary
  5. The name given to the landmass when the continents were all joined as one supercontinent.
  6. Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core of the Earth.
  7. Occur at all plate boundaries.
  8. The thin outer layer of the earth that contains the earth's continents
  9. Where two plates slide past each other.
  10. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  11. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
Down
  1. The innermost part of the earth; a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
  2. A boundary where two plates are moving toward each other, going to collide.
  3. Sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move
  4. A boundary where two plates are moving away from each other.
  5. Theory by Alfred Wegener that the continents on tectonic plates move.
  6. A layer of molten iron and nickel (liquid) that surrounds the inner core of Earth
  7. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.

18 Clues: Occur at all plate boundaries. • Where two plates slide past each other. • Sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move • A boundary where two plates are moving away from each other. • The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • A long, narrow valley formed at a divergent continental boundary • ...

Chapter 1 test review 2023-09-02

Chapter 1 test review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heating up material that rises, expands, cools, and sinks
  2. earths outer layer, its crust
  3. as you move toward the core the temperature
  4. Pressure in the inner core of the earth has caused it to be this state of matter.
  5. instrument used to detect small changes in earth's magnetic fields
  6. Heat transfer by wave motion
  7. supercontinent made from all the continents 250 million years ago
  8. these plate boundaries move toward each other and create subduction zones
  9. plate boundaries that move past each other and create faults such as the San Andreas fault line
  10. The Hawaiian islands were formed by
  11. used climate, fossil and rock data to support theory of continental drift
  12. Aristotle is the father of _______.
Down
  1. Increasing the temperature of a material will cause its density to ____.
  2. a change in earth's magnetic field
  3. this layer of earth is liquid and where Earth's magnetic field is generated
  4. the amount of matter in an object
  5. sound waves used to measure water depth
  6. This scientist was known as the father of deductive reasoning
  7. This part of the mantle is like putty, it is one reason for plate tectonics
  8. This scientist discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (last name)
  9. over 60% of earth is this
  10. True or False: Tectonic plates interact at plate BOUNDARIES

22 Clues: over 60% of earth is this • Heat transfer by wave motion • earths outer layer, its crust • the amount of matter in an object • a change in earth's magnetic field • The Hawaiian islands were formed by • Aristotle is the father of _______. • sound waves used to measure water depth • as you move toward the core the temperature • ...

Victorias very amazing crossword puzzle. (It’s amazing btw) 2024-03-14

Victorias very amazing crossword puzzle. (It’s amazing btw) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. air that has sand and dust, it’s also kinda annoying in the winter because it’s fast air.
  2. almost lava but not liquid enough
  3. island from a volcano
  4. after they break up they make this.
  5. large crakes in the earth
  6. the ____ rock is pieces of other rock, minerals, and living thing.
  7. After the plate boundary go together they make this
  8. The plate boundary wanted to break up.
  9. the plates of t water
Down
  1. A type of Sedimentary rock, this stone loves the beach!
  2. its a type of igneous rock, its granited it amazing!
  3. the earth shaking from plate movement
  4. Magma but liquid more
  5. a mixture of rocks, minerals, and organic material.
  6. this rock is formed from high temperatures deep in the earths crust.
  7. The plate boundary got back together.
  8. A type of Metamorphic rock! I would make a joke about it but i dont know if it’s pronounced genius or not…
  9. the thing that makes it so we dont float on earth.
  10. plates go in it when they go together.
  11. the plates bumped into each other but instead of walking away they slide next to eachother awkwardly
  12. This is formed from heat and pressure over time.

21 Clues: Magma but liquid more • island from a volcano • the plates of t water • large crakes in the earth • almost lava but not liquid enough • after they break up they make this. • the earth shaking from plate movement • The plate boundary got back together. • plates go in it when they go together. • The plate boundary wanted to break up. • ...

techtonic plates 2021-12-11

techtonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large part of the earths crust that slowly moves
  2. a type of plate boundry where the plates slowly move
  3. ocean mountain ranges split down the middle
  4. a type of fault where the crust sideways past eachother
  5. the uppermost solid part of Earths crust
  6. the process in which crust pushes downward into the mantle at the fault line
  7. movement of the ocean crust
Down
  1. first person to build a scientific case to support the theory of the continental drift
  2. force behind plate movement
  3. v-shaped valleys that are the deepest parts of the oceans
  4. a super continent
  5. the branch of geology that deals with the movement that shapes earths crust
  6. the preserved remains of anicient, once living organisms
  7. the plate boundry where the plates slowly collide into each other

14 Clues: a super continent • force behind plate movement • movement of the ocean crust • the uppermost solid part of Earths crust • ocean mountain ranges split down the middle • a large part of the earths crust that slowly moves • a type of plate boundry where the plates slowly move • a type of fault where the crust sideways past eachother • ...

Do you know your Plate Tectonics?--Lily 2021-12-09

Do you know your Plate Tectonics?--Lily crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is an area beneath the surface that melted rock moves upwards
  2. Oceanic plates are ____
  3. What is the only divergent boundary on land called?
  4. What is the driving mechanism of plate
  5. what is it called when two plates are moving away from each at divergent boundaries?
  6. What kinda rock does a trench form?
  7. What is caused by a convergent boundary?
Down
  1. What type of boundary occurs between North american and Pacific Plate?
  2. Contintenal Plates are ___
  3. Which direction does convenction cycles move from each other?
  4. Which plate above the oceanic plate that a caused a deep trench?
  5. What is a plate boundary that moves along side each other called?
  6. What type of rock happens when edges collide between plates
  7. What type of boundary is when two plates move away from each other.
  8. What type of boundary is the Peru-Chile Trench?

15 Clues: Oceanic plates are ____ • Contintenal Plates are ___ • What kinda rock does a trench form? • What is the driving mechanism of plate • What is caused by a convergent boundary? • What type of boundary is the Peru-Chile Trench? • What is the only divergent boundary on land called? • What type of rock happens when edges collide between plates • ...

Etching 2015-02-07

Etching crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What do you wipe plates with?
  2. What is it called when the etching solution eats away the metal?
  3. What was stopping out varnish originally used for?
  4. What is the waxy substance you coat the plate with?
  5. Which is the softest metal: zinc, aluminium or copper?
  6. What do you use to smooth plate edges?
  7. What metal did Rembrandt etch on?
  8. Should your printing paper be wet or dry when it goes through the press/
Down
  1. What do you print your plate on
  2. What do you use to cover areas of the plate you don't want to etch?
  3. What is an etching solution called?
  4. What do you use to make dark areas light again?
  5. What type of printmaking process is etching?
  6. What do you scratching into the etching ground with?

14 Clues: What do you wipe plates with? • What do you print your plate on • What metal did Rembrandt etch on? • What is an etching solution called? • What do you use to smooth plate edges? • What type of printmaking process is etching? • What do you use to make dark areas light again? • What was stopping out varnish originally used for? • ...

science vocab 2023-01-26

science vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - the upward vertical motion of Earth’s surface
  2. mountain - parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up or down along faults
  3. - a change in the shape of rock caused by stress
  4. - stress that pulls something apart
  5. mountain - layers of rocks that are folded
  6. trench - deep underwater troughs created by an oceanic plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary
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  1. - squeezing stress
  2. zone - an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault
  3. - parallel forces acting in opposite directions
  4. - landform with low elevation and low elevation
  5. - the downward vertical motion of Earth’s surface
  6. - an area with low relief and high elevation
  7. - area of subsidence or religion with low elevation
  8. - stress that pulls something apart
  9. arc - a curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary

15 Clues: - squeezing stress • - stress that pulls something apart • - stress that pulls something apart • mountain - layers of rocks that are folded • - an area with low relief and high elevation • - the upward vertical motion of Earth’s surface • - parallel forces acting in opposite directions • - landform with low elevation and low elevation • ...

Unit 6.4 2025-02-05

Unit 6.4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large piece of Earth's crust that moves slowly
  2. this happens when plates slide past each other and get stuck, then roughly become "unstuck"
  3. very dense crust made from basalt
  4. less dense than oceanic crust, made of granite
  5. In a convergent plate boundary, plates move _______ each other
  6. molten rock above the surface of Earth
Down
  1. In a divergent plate boundary, plates move _____ _____ each other
  2. a crack or fracture in the bedrock
  3. the point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake occurs
  4. loose material, like sand and dirt on Earth's surface
  5. solid rock found everywhere on earth (often under sediment)
  6. the type of rock formed when sediment is compressed
  7. In a transform plate boundary, plates move ______ each other
  8. molten rock below the surface of Earth

14 Clues: very dense crust made from basalt • a crack or fracture in the bedrock • molten rock below the surface of Earth • molten rock above the surface of Earth • less dense than oceanic crust, made of granite • a large piece of Earth's crust that moves slowly • the type of rock formed when sediment is compressed • loose material, like sand and dirt on Earth's surface • ...

Plate boundaries crossword puzzle 2024-12-06

Plate boundaries crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occurs at divergent boundaries
  2. plate boundary where tectonic plates come together/overlap
  3. plate boundary where tectonic plates move in opposite directions
  4. crust that makes up the continents
Down
  1. plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other
  2. layer of Earth; hot semisolid rock
  3. Earth’s crust found underneath the ocean
  4. steep-sided depression in the ocean
  5. molten rock in the mantle below Earth’s crust
  6. the plate with greater density slides underneath the less dense plate

10 Clues: occurs at divergent boundaries • layer of Earth; hot semisolid rock • crust that makes up the continents • steep-sided depression in the ocean • Earth’s crust found underneath the ocean • molten rock in the mantle below Earth’s crust • plate boundary where tectonic plates come together/overlap • plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the name of the scientist who drew maps of the ocean floor
  2. plate boundary where two plates slide alongside each other
  3. rising magma can produce mountains called
  4. the name of the scientist who proposed continental drift
  5. type of energy current in the mantle where hot magma rises and cold rock sinks
  6. Large layer of partially molten rock underneath the crust of the earth
Down
  1. tremmors in the crust caused by tectonic plate movement
  2. when an oceanic plate is pushed underneath a continental plate
  3. the weight of all the ocean and rock above the mantle
  4. molten material inside the Earth
  5. plate boundary where the seafloor is spreading

11 Clues: molten material inside the Earth • rising magma can produce mountains called • plate boundary where the seafloor is spreading • the weight of all the ocean and rock above the mantle • tremmors in the crust caused by tectonic plate movement • the name of the scientist who proposed continental drift • the name of the scientist who drew maps of the ocean floor • ...

Challenge of Natural Hazards key words 2025-11-23

Challenge of Natural Hazards key words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Our LIC earthquake case study location
  2. When the oceanic plate sinks under the continental plate
  3. The centre of the tropical storm
  4. Advises that hurricane conditions are expected, and that people should take immediate action
  5. this plate is thin and much denser than the continental plate
  6. long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
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  1. The amount of strength or energy the Tropical Storm has
  2. The state in the USA that was badly affected by Hurricane Irma
  3. This plate margin moves side to side and causes earthquakes
  4. Our HIC earthquake case study location
  5. The name given to explain why hurricanes do not form on the equator. Also named the spin of the earth.
  6. A natural event A natural event that threatens people or has the potential to cause damage, destruction and death

12 Clues: The centre of the tropical storm • Our LIC earthquake case study location • Our HIC earthquake case study location • long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns • The amount of strength or energy the Tropical Storm has • When the oceanic plate sinks under the continental plate • This plate margin moves side to side and causes earthquakes • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. accurate worldwide mapping based on satellite signals
  2. when one tectonic plate is forced downward into the mantle; this happens at some convergent (colliding) boundaries
  3. how new oceanic lithosphere is made as magma rises toward the surface and becomes solid
  4. block of lithosphere (crust) that moves separately from the blocks of lithosphere around it
  5. the rigid (stiff) outer portion of the Earth that is broken into plates. It is made up of the crust (both continental and oceanic) and the solid outer part of the mantle.
  6. the single large land mass that formed about 350 million years ago, and broke apart about 200 million years ago
  7. a boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other; volcanoes and earthquakes may occur at this type of boundary.
  8. the first person to come up with the idea of continental drift; made fun of by other scientists who came to believe him after he died
  9. the idea that some changes in Earth's surface take place over thousands, millions, and even billions of years.
Down
  1. a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur at and near plate boundaries
  2. fixed (still) area of the mantle where magma rises through the lithosphere above it
  3. a boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other; earthquakes may occur at this type of boundary.
  4. a boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving toward each other; earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation may occur at this type of boundary.
  5. the scientific theory that the earth's lithosphere (crust) is divided into tectonic plates that move around; tectonic plates include both the land we can see above the ocean (continents) and the oceanic crust that lies below the ocean
  6. the idea that states that the continents were once all attached together, and have moved apart over time; continental drift theory assumes that only the land (continents) we can see above the ocean move
  7. the land masses we can see above the water on Earth's surface

16 Clues: accurate worldwide mapping based on satellite signals • the land masses we can see above the water on Earth's surface • fixed (still) area of the mantle where magma rises through the lithosphere above it • how new oceanic lithosphere is made as magma rises toward the surface and becomes solid • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rising of rock layers
  2. stress at a convergent boundary
  3. layer of Earth made mostly of iron
  4. thin,solid layer above the mantle
  5. fault hanging wall moves up relative to footwall
  6. was name of the one big continent
  7. result of plates moving at transform boundary
  8. boundary where plates slide past
Down
  1. boundary where plates move away
  2. sinking of rock layers
  3. interior of the Earth can be mapped using
  4. boundary where plates collide
  5. rigid layer made up of crust and upper mantle
  6. fault hanging wall moves down relative to footwall
  7. layer of rock that comprises 67% of earths mass
  8. stress at a divergent boundary

16 Clues: rising of rock layers • sinking of rock layers • boundary where plates collide • stress at a divergent boundary • boundary where plates move away • stress at a convergent boundary • boundary where plates slide past • thin,solid layer above the mantle • was name of the one big continent • layer of Earth made mostly of iron • interior of the Earth can be mapped using • ...

Plate Motion 2021-10-27

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. how often or fast something happens
  2. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  3. the outside or top layer of something
  4. to examine in detail for a purpose
  5. any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.
  6. the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
  7. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  8. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  9. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
Down
  1. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  2. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet,such as a mountain, channel,or sand dune
  3. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  4. hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
  5. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
  6. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  7. moving apart in different directions

16 Clues: to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • moving apart in different directions • the outside or top layer of something • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  2. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  3. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  4. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  5. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  6. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
Down
  1. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  2. thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  3. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  4. A deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle
  5. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  7. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  8. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, movie it different directions
  9. Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth

16 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move • ...

Plate Techtonics 2014-11-27

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake
  2. The theory that the earth's crust is cracked into several pieces and move across the asthenosphere.
  3. A deep trench in the ocean floor, much deeper than the rest of the ocean floor
  4. molten rock below the earths surface
  5. The movement of the earths contineents relative to each other
  6. where the crust is sinking down into the earth
  7. a place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts at the surface
  8. molten rock that has erupted on the earths surface
Down
  1. the rapid movement of the ground, usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion due to the movement of tectonic plates
  2. The process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreding outwards
  3. the shaking, wave like movement of the ground in an earthquake
  4. a huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occurring on the seafloor
  5. the crust that forms the ocean floor
  6. process of continents breaking up, subsiding and allowing into the sea
  7. the crust that forms the continents
  8. the point on the earths surface directly above the surface of an earthquake

16 Clues: the crust that forms the continents • the crust that forms the ocean floor • molten rock below the earths surface • where the crust is sinking down into the earth • molten rock that has erupted on the earths surface • The movement of the earths contineents relative to each other • the shaking, wave like movement of the ground in an earthquake • ...

plate tectonics 2015-01-27

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  2. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  3. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.
  4. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
  5. tectonics a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
  6. rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
  7. decay is the process by which a nucleus of an unstable atom loses energy by emitting ionizing radiation.
  8. boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  9. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs.
  10. quake 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.
Down
  1. rock types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water.
  2. rock type of rock which has been changed by extreme heat and pressed.
  3. wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the air.
  4. cycle an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust, involving igneous intrusion, uplift, erosion, transportation, deposition as sedimentary rock, metamorphism, remelting, and further igneous intrusion.
  5. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
  6. boundary is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.

16 Clues: matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs. • rock type of rock which has been changed by extreme heat and pressed. • rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. core-A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of earth.
  2. study of planet Earth.
  3. core-A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the earth.
  4. A great landmass surrounded by oceans.
  5. The layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface.
  6. force- A force that slowly wears away mountains and other features on the surface of earth.
  7. soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  8. The layer of hot, solid material between earth's crust and core.
  9. wave- A vibration that travels though Earth carrying the energy released during and earthquake.
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  1. scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet Eathe.
  2. The material that forms Earth's hard suface.
  3. A usually light-colored rock that is found in continental crust.
  4. force- A force that builds up mountains and landmass on earth's surfaces.
  5. rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the matle and the crust.
  6. amout of force pushing on a surface or area.
  7. drack, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceainc crust.

16 Clues: study of planet Earth. • A great landmass surrounded by oceans. • The material that forms Earth's hard suface. • amout of force pushing on a surface or area. • The layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface. • soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • core-A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the earth. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-04-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The layer of the Earth between the crust and core
  2. The outermost layer of the earth
  3. The driving force of all plate motion
  4. An area where one plate is plunged beneath another
  5. An area of lithosphere where two plates slide past each other
  6. The location of a
  7. An area formed by rifting plates underneath the ocean
  8. The boundary between two colliding plates
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  1. This describes the earth's lithosphere as being divided into movable plates
  2. This historic super continent existed
  3. A area where rift or rift valley's form
  4. The cause of the break up of Pangea
  5. This layer of Earth's crust is made of the upper mantle
  6. / The boundary between earth's crust and mantle
  7. The part of earth's core that is liquid
  8. The center of the earth.

16 Clues: The location of a • The center of the earth. • The outermost layer of the earth • The cause of the break up of Pangea • This historic super continent existed • The driving force of all plate motion • A area where rift or rift valley's form • The part of earth's core that is liquid • The boundary between two colliding plates • / The boundary between earth's crust and mantle • ...

Plate tech 2022-03-03

Plate tech crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Raj Asia Pakistan Koyo Zom 6873
  2. (Note 2) Asia Pakistan, China, India K2 8611
  3. Shan Asia China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan; Jengish Chokusu 7439
  4. above
  5. South America Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela Aconcagua 6961
  6. (Note 2) Asia China Mount Nyenchen Tanglha 7162
  7. Asia China Liushi Shan 7167
  8. Kush (Note 2) Asia Afghanistan, Pakistan Tirich Mir 7708
  9. Elias Mountains North America United States, Canada Mount Logan 5959
  10. is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies. First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent. Ranges in the oceans and on other celestial bodies are listed afterwards.
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  1. Mountains Europe and Asia Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan Mount Elbrus 5642
  2. Asia Pakistan, Nepal, India, China, Bhutan Everest 8848
  3. Continent(s) Country/ies Highest point Altitude
  4. level)
  5. (Note 2) Asia Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan Kongur Tagh (Note 1) 7649
  6. Mountains (Note 2) Asia China, Myanmar Mount Gongga 7556
  7. Range North America United States Denali 6194

17 Clues: above • level) • Asia China Liushi Shan 7167 • Raj Asia Pakistan Koyo Zom 6873 • (Note 2) Asia Pakistan, China, India K2 8611 • Range North America United States Denali 6194 • Continent(s) Country/ies Highest point Altitude • (Note 2) Asia China Mount Nyenchen Tanglha 7162 • Asia Pakistan, Nepal, India, China, Bhutan Everest 8848 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the stickiness of lava or its resistance to flow
  2. a conical shaped landform with an opening at the top
  3. smaller earthquakes that occur after a main earthquake event
  4. plates move towards each other
  5. the upper part of the mantle along with the overlying crust
  6. hot molten rock
  7. the point on the earth's surface direction above the focus
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  1. an enlarged crater due to violent eruption of volcano leading to the collapse of the crater
  2. plates move away from each other
  3. located at the centre of the earth with a radius of about 3500km
  4. an opening at the top of a volcano
  5. a point of sudden energy release where seismic waves radiate out
  6. an opening where magma escapes to the earth's surface
  7. an unusually large sea wave formed by the movement of the sea floor during a large sea quake
  8. plate slide past each other
  9. an instrument that records the seismic waves release by an earthquake

16 Clues: hot molten rock • plate slide past each other • plates move towards each other • plates move away from each other • an opening at the top of a volcano • the stickiness of lava or its resistance to flow • a conical shaped landform with an opening at the top • an opening where magma escapes to the earth's surface • the point on the earth's surface direction above the focus • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An opening in the earth where magma and hot steam can rise up.
  2. The type of boundary that occurs when two plates pull away from each other.
  3. The type of crust underneath continents.
  4. A type of boundary where two plates brush back and forth against each other.
  5. The thickest layer of the earth.
  6. It contains convection currents.
  7. The type of crust underneath the ocean.
  8. The liquid layer of the earth.
  9. The type of boundary that occurs when two plates push toward each other.
  10. The most dense layer of the earth, composed of iron and nickel.
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  1. When one plate moves underneath another plate.
  2. The theory created by Alfred Wegener that say the earth has plates that move across the mantle.
  3. Made up of the upper mantle and the crust.
  4. A supercontinent that existed before the world looked the way it does today.
  5. One of the effects from a transform boundary.
  6. The outermost and thinnest layer of the earth.

16 Clues: The liquid layer of the earth. • The thickest layer of the earth. • It contains convection currents. • The type of crust underneath the ocean. • The type of crust underneath continents. • Made up of the upper mantle and the crust. • One of the effects from a transform boundary. • When one plate moves underneath another plate. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-05-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hot fluid rock within the earth's crust.
  2. Vent on the surface of the earth that releases magma.
  3. The type of wave that forms from earthquakes.
  4. Middle of a tectonic plate.
  5. When one plate goes under another.
  6. Type of boundary where plates come together.
  7. Study of seismic waves.
  8. Unexpected ground movement, caused by the release of energy in rocks
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  1. The slower wave, can only travel through solids.
  2. The faster wave, can travel through all matter.
  3. A disturbance in a medium that carries energy.
  4. Massive slabs of rock in the lithosphere that move with tectonics.
  5. A narrow crack in the earth.
  6. Long, narrow ditches formed in the ocean floor.
  7. Type of boundary where plates move apart.
  8. Type of boundary where plates slide past each other.

16 Clues: Study of seismic waves. • Middle of a tectonic plate. • A narrow crack in the earth. • When one plate goes under another. • Hot fluid rock within the earth's crust. • Type of boundary where plates move apart. • Type of boundary where plates come together. • The type of wave that forms from earthquakes. • A disturbance in a medium that carries energy. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonic Plates move past each other, not touching at this boundaryContinentalDrift This theory is a part of the overall Plate Tectonic theory and helps to explain why Paleontologists have discovered the same dinosaur fossils on different continents
  2. Recognized as the most important Paleontologist in history and known as the "Father of Paleontology"
  3. Scientist who studies ancient life and environments by studying fossils
  4. Layer of the earth that contains magma
  5. In the mantle, cooler magma _____ and is more dense
  6. The theory of ________________ is that the earth’s outermost layer called the lithosphere is divided into large, moving plates that interact with each other, causing earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain ranges, and other geological features along their boundaries
  7. Tectonic Plate boundaries move away from each other
  8. Theory that Earth had a supercontinent landmass millions of years ago when all the continents were joined together
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  1. Tectonic Plate boundaries move towards each other
  2. Fossils of ocean/marine life have been found on top of mountains because the mountains were probably once under __________
  3. At transform boundaries, crust is not created or destroyed, but grinding action can cause "earth shaking" events known as ______
  4. The preserved remains of a plant or animal from the past
  5. Tuskegee Airman regarded as The 1st African American Paleontologist and 1st African American Curator of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in 1980
  6. Earth's most dense layer made mostly of liquid iron and nickel
  7. Paleontologist studying a rock face with multiple layers of fossils will find the oldest layer at the ________
  8. In the mantle, warmer magma _____ and is less dense

16 Clues: Layer of the earth that contains magma • Tectonic Plate boundaries move towards each other • In the mantle, cooler magma _____ and is more dense • In the mantle, warmer magma _____ and is less dense • Tectonic Plate boundaries move away from each other • The preserved remains of a plant or animal from the past • ...

plate tectonics 2024-10-01

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a feature of convergent plate boundaries
  2. plates collide into each other
  3. the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates
  4. drift
  5. tectonics
  6. trenches
  7. forms where tectonic plates move apart, or rift.
  8. valley
  9. hot fluid is in the earths crust
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  1. plates crosses each other
  2. theory that the configuration of Earth's continents was once different than it is today
  3. is the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet
  4. boundary
  5. boundary
  6. plates move away from each other
  7. boundary
  8. floor spreading
  9. is a process in which tectonic plates split apart

18 Clues: drift • valley • boundary • boundary • boundary • trenches • tectonics • floor spreading • plates crosses each other • plates collide into each other • plates move away from each other • hot fluid is in the earths crust • is a feature of convergent plate boundaries • is the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet • forms where tectonic plates move apart, or rift. • ...

Mātes plate 2025-09-23

Mātes plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – Galvenā shēmas daļa datorā.
  2. – Pamatshēmas programmatūra, kas startē datoru. PS2 – Portu veids peles un tastatūras pieslēgšanai (vecāks standarts).
  3. – Ligzda procesora ievietošanai.
  4. – Neliela baterija, kas uztur BIOS iestatījumus.
  5. – Mikroshema, kas kontrolē skaņas signālus RJ45 – Ports tīkla kabeļa pievienošanai.
  6. – Ports ātrdarbīgam ārējam diskam (Thunderbolt vai __). OPERATĪVĀ – Detaļa, kas glabā īslaicīgus datus darba laikā.
  7. – Ligzda, kur pieslēdz monitoru (piem., HDMI vai __).
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  1. – Savienojuma tips videokartei (piemēram, PCI-__ x16).
  2. – Atmiņas modulis, kas ievietojams mātes platē.
  3. – Mātesplates čips, kas vada datu plūsmu starp CPU, RAM un citiem komponentiem.
  4. – Mazs USB formāta ligzdas variants.
  5. – Lielais strāvas savienotājs no barošanas bloka.
  6. – Standarts, kas nosaka mātesplates izmēru (piem., ATX vai __).
  7. – Portu tips ātrai datu pārsūtīšanai (Universal Serial Bus).. DATORSKORPUSS – Komplekts, kurā atrodas mātesplate, procesors, RAM u.
  8. – Datu nesēja pieslēgvieta (SSD vai HDD).
  9. – Komponenta daļa, kas atdzesē procesoru.

16 Clues: – Galvenā shēmas daļa datorā. • – Ligzda procesora ievietošanai. • – Mazs USB formāta ligzdas variants. • – Datu nesēja pieslēgvieta (SSD vai HDD). • – Komponenta daļa, kas atdzesē procesoru. • – Atmiņas modulis, kas ievietojams mātes platē. • – Neliela baterija, kas uztur BIOS iestatījumus. • – Lielais strāvas savienotājs no barošanas bloka. • ...

volcanos and inside the earth 2013-08-06

volcanos and inside the earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. slides/ earthquakes can cause tsunamis and what else?
  2. ocean/ the biggest ocean in the world.
  3. America/ a major plate, crosses with Nazca
  4. people live on
  5. causes faults in the ground near the plates
  6. America/ a major plate, crosses with the Atlantic Ocean.
  7. the movement happens
  8. can rub together to cause an earthquake, or they could have one above another to form a mountain or volcano, they can also form trenches.
  9. wave/An earthquake wave in which rock particles vibrate parallel to the direction of wave travel. It can travel through solids and liquids.
  10. something hot stays near ice, what happens to the ice?
  11. shakes the earth and forms trenches when two plates go side by side
  12. name of a huge wave that washes over buildings and homes and destroys lives.
  13. after shock from an earthquake.
  14. also called airhfall is volcanic ash that falls from an ashcloud or a volcanic column.
  15. made of dirt, water, grass, and is the earths surface
  16. the oragan gooy liquaid that flows and errups out of a volcano.
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  1. Australia/ another major plate, crosses with pacific and Philippine plates.
  2. plate/ major plate, crosses with the Arabian plate.
  3. core/ made of lava, and is the outer core of the inner core.
  4. shock wave/compressed air that is formed by a volcanic eruption.
  5. Richter scale/ a way of measuring the strength of an earthquake
  6. core/ made of nickel and iron, the last earths layers.
  7. above the focus and where the fear on the surfaces.
  8. before it comes out of the volcano.
  9. shock/ are small earthquakes that occur after a large earthquake
  10. earthquake wave in which rock particles vibrate at right angles to the direction of wave travel. It can travel through solids but not through liquids.
  11. wave/
  12. made of hot rock, magma, and is one of the layers of the earth
  13. gets lava erupted from the top of it, and can be formed but two plates one on top of the other.
  14. line/ where earthquakes happen.

30 Clues: wave/ • people live on • the movement happens • after shock from an earthquake. • line/ where earthquakes happen. • before it comes out of the volcano. • ocean/ the biggest ocean in the world. • America/ a major plate, crosses with Nazca • causes faults in the ground near the plates • plate/ major plate, crosses with the Arabian plate. • ...

Volcanic Crossword 2025-02-14

Volcanic Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sudden release of strain energy in the Earth's crust, resulting in waves of shaking that radiate outwards from the earthquake source
  2. a large volcano that has erupted on the seafloor and has emerged above sea level, occurring in ocean basins or on ocean ridges.
  3. a hot or cold mixture of water and rock fragments that flow quickly down the slopes of a volcano.
  4. the part of the Earth's crust that makes up the seafloor
  5. a string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity, or earthquakes, around the edges of the Pacific Ocean
  6. the process that occurs when two tectonic plates meet at convergent boundaries, and one of the plates moves under the other one due to gravity and differences in density
  7. the layer of granitic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores
  8. fire-born,” meaning that they are formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock.
  9. the liquid or molten rock found beneath Earth's surface.
  10. This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide
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  1. an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean
  2. a special class of mountains
  3. the solid remnants of fires.
  4. a portion of the Earth's mantle that flows like molten plastic despite being solid
  5. openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.
  6. plate boundary is a three-dimensional surface or zone across which there is a significant change in the velocity of motion of one lithospheric plate relative to the adjacent lithospheric plate.
  7. the rigid, outermost layer of the Earth's rocks and minerals, which consists of the crust and upper mantle
  8. a hot (typically >800 °C, or >1,500 °F ), chaotic mixture of rock fragments, gas, and ash that travels rapidly (tens of meters per second) away from a volcanic vent or collapsing flow front
  9. molten rock ejected by volcanoes in the form of a liquid
  10. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth.

20 Clues: a special class of mountains • the solid remnants of fires. • the part of the Earth's crust that makes up the seafloor • molten rock ejected by volcanoes in the form of a liquid • the liquid or molten rock found beneath Earth's surface. • This occurs when plates move towards each other and collide • an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean • ...

Simmons 4th pd - Elijah Sandlin Plates 2021-05-03

Simmons 4th pd - Elijah Sandlin Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed by convergent collision
  2. what the form of the mantle is called (not solid nor liquid)
  3. formed by Transform
  4. most of Europe, Russia, and parts of Asia ( it is in eurasia)
  5. when two continental plates move away from each other
  6. the outermost layer of the earth
  7. the name for the water plate
  8. formed by convergent subduction
  9. the core outside the inner core
Down
  1. when two continental plates collide
  2. the rough outer layer of the earth (not the crust)
  3. when an oceanic and a continental plate collide
  4. formed by divergent
  5. located below the crust (not the mantle)
  6. hot liquid that comes out of a volcano
  7. what all the plates move on
  8. when two continental plates slide past each other
  9. the core in the very middle of the earth
  10. the name for the crust plate

19 Clues: formed by divergent • formed by Transform • what all the plates move on • the name for the water plate • the name for the crust plate • formed by convergent collision • formed by convergent subduction • the core outside the inner core • the outermost layer of the earth • when two continental plates collide • hot liquid that comes out of a volcano • ...

Cade Harrison 2015-05-01

Cade Harrison crossword puzzle
Across
  1. land mass that used to be all the continents
  2. movements of earths continents across the ocean floor
  3. plates slide past each other
  4. large depression in the ocean with very steep walls
  5. plates move away from each other
  6. line on a diagram or map connecting points to the same time or equal times
  7. study of earths magnetic field in rocks
  8. plates move toward each other
  9. process that occurs at the mid ocean ridges where new crust is formed from volcanic activity
  10. cold dense plates sinking into the mantle at trenches
Down
  1. sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate
  2. change in direction of the earths magnetic field
  3. used to measure magnetic forces
  4. the earth is divided into number of plates which float over the mantle independently
  5. sliding plate force proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics

15 Clues: plates slide past each other • plates move toward each other • used to measure magnetic forces • plates move away from each other • study of earths magnetic field in rocks • land mass that used to be all the continents • change in direction of the earths magnetic field • large depression in the ocean with very steep walls • ...

Aarush's Plate Tectonics 2021-12-14

Aarush's Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  2. Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
  3. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  4. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  5. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  6. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  7. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  8. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  9. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
Down
  1. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  4. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  5. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  6. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  7. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  8. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  9. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  11. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart

20 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • ...

Jack's Crossword Puzzle 2021-12-17

Jack's Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break or crack in the Earth’s lithosphere along which rocks move
  2. Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth.
  3. Theory that pieces of the Earth’s lithosphere are in motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  4. A deep valley where two plates move apart.
  5. The layer of rock that forms the Earth’s outer surface.
  6. A deep canyon on the ocean floor.
  7. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  8. The undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
  9. German scientist who developed the theory of the continental drift in 1912.
Down
  1. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  3. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth.
  4. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving in different directions.
  5. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  6. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere.
  7. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  8. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  9. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere.
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  11. Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart.

20 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor. • A deep valley where two plates move apart. • The layer of rock that forms the Earth’s outer surface. • Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth. • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • ...

Aarush's Plate Tectonics 2021-12-15

Aarush's Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  2. Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
  3. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle
  4. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  5. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  6. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  7. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  8. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  9. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
Down
  1. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  4. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  5. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  6. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  7. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  8. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  9. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  11. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart

20 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • ...

Ezaans Tic Tac Know Puzzle 2021-12-15

Ezaans Tic Tac Know Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  2. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  3. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  4. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  5. Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  8. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  9. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  10. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
Down
  1. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  2. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  3. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  4. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  5. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  6. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  7. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  8. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  9. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  10. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle

20 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • ...

Tic Tac Know Project 2021-12-13

Tic Tac Know Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  5. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  6. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  7. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  8. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  9. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  10. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
Down
  1. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  2. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
  3. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge landmass but have since then drifted apart
  4. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  5. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  6. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  7. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  8. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  9. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  10. A deep canyon on the ocean floor

20 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • ...

Tectonic hazards 2019-11-06

Tectonic hazards crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formed mainly by the effects of folding on layers within the upper part of the Earth's crust.
  2. An area in the mantle where heat rises deep in the earth
  3. A plate boundary where the oceanic plate sinks under the continental crust
  4. Tectonic plates mover further away from each other, causing the continents to drift further apart
  5. Includes the very top of the mantle and the crust
  6. Thick,light,buoyant and made of granite
  7. A hot liquid substance that comes in different consistencies, out of a volcano
  8. A natural disaster that takes place when plates collide or meet
  9. The top parts of the earth's mantle, the plates move on this layer, it's partly molten rock an partly solid rock
  10. A crack on the earth's crust
  11. A plate boundary where they slide past each other and friction occurs
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  1. Boundaries in between the different plates
  2. All the continents joined together to form one big land
  3. Created and found at plate boundaries, lava comes out of them
  4. The heat from the outer core, moving up towards the crust,moving the plates apart
  5. Solid mainly made of solid iron and nickel and is a temperature of 3700 degrees
  6. A plate boundary where the plates move apart
  7. The crust is split into different plates across the earth, this consists of the continental and oceanic plates
  8. Hot and flows like a thick liquid, made of a semi-molten rock called magma
  9. Dense,thin,very heavy and made of basalt
  10. A liquid substance that is found in the mantle, after it comes out from the volcano it's called lava
  11. The earth's magnetic field which protects it
  12. A dark fine-grained volcanic rock

23 Clues: A crack on the earth's crust • A dark fine-grained volcanic rock • Thick,light,buoyant and made of granite • Dense,thin,very heavy and made of basalt • Boundaries in between the different plates • A plate boundary where the plates move apart • The earth's magnetic field which protects it • Includes the very top of the mantle and the crust • ...

8th Grade Science Terms Extra Credit 3/14/25 2025-03-14

8th Grade Science Terms Extra Credit 3/14/25 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere
  2. the theory that the pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
  3. a deep valley that forms when two plates move apart
  4. the highest part of a wave
  5. observations and conclusions that have been repeated
  6. the term used to describe the metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands
  7. the name of the supercontinent that began to break apart 200 million years ago
  8. the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time
  9. the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid
  10. a plate boundary where two plate move away from each other
  11. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  12. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle
  13. the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
Down
  1. a wave made up of a combination of changing electric field and changing magnetic field
  2. the energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves
  3. a plate boundary where two plates move towards each other
  4. an undersea mountain chain
  5. a deep valley along the ocean floor
  6. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  7. the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across the Earth's surface
  8. igneous rock that forms from lave on Eartj;s surface
  9. coal, oil, or natural gas that forms over millions of years from the remains of ancient organisms
  10. a break in Earth's crust

23 Clues: a break in Earth's crust • the highest part of a wave • an undersea mountain chain • a deep valley along the ocean floor • a deep valley that forms when two plates move apart • observations and conclusions that have been repeated • igneous rock that forms from lave on Eartj;s surface • a plate boundary where two plates move towards each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2013-01-04

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Man's best friend
  2. Earth's outer layer that can be oceanic or continental.
  3. Large marsupial
  4. ___ Wegener was the first scientist to propose the theory of plate tectonics.
  5. The landform that was all the continents fit together like a puzzle.
  6. The ___ crust is older and more buoyant.
  7. A ___ boundary is when two plates slide passed each other.
  8. A ___ boundary is when two plates move away from each other.
  9. Another name for Earth's outermost layer besides The Crust.
  10. Caused by an oceanic plate being pushed under a continental plate.
  11. The Famous Geological Feature: The San Andreas ___
  12. The layer in between the core and the crust that is split into two layers.
  13. Organisms preserved in rock when heat and pressure is applied.
Down
  1. The ___ crust is younger and more dense.
  2. Seafloor ___ is caused by a divergent boundary.
  3. A ___ boundary is when two plates move towards each other.
  4. Flying mammal
  5. They are caused by movement in the Earth's crustal formations.
  6. Molten rock under the Earth's crust.
  7. The super continent Pangaea, was split into two parts named, Laurasia and ___.
  8. Plate ___ is the study of Earth's lithosphere divided into different moving plates.
  9. Has a trunk
  10. Where magma escapes the Earth to form islands.
  11. Likes to chase mice
  12. A Divergent boundary: The Mid Atlantic _­­__

25 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • Molten rock under the Earth's crust. • The ___ crust is younger and more dense. • The ___ crust is older and more buoyant. • A Divergent boundary: The Mid Atlantic _­­__ • Seafloor ___ is caused by a divergent boundary. • Where magma escapes the Earth to form islands. • ...

Science Crossword 2023-06-01

Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where plates are colliding with each other.
  2. The rapid movement of the ground, usually back and forth and up and own in a wave motion, due to the movement of tectonic plates.
  3. When one plate sinks below another plate during a collision.
  4. The place below the ground where an earthquake starts.
  5. Name for the crust and upper mantle together, Earth's tectonic plates.
  6. The process of continents breaking up, subsiding and allowing in water from the sea.
  7. Layer beneath Earths crust.
  8. a layer of "plastic" semi-solid rock in the lower mantle on which Earth's tectonic plates move.
Down
  1. A chain of islands formed at the edge of colliding tectonic plates where one plate subducts.
  2. A huge wave cause by an earthquake occurring on the sea floor.
  3. Molten rock that has erupted onto the earth's surface.
  4. The Centre of the earth.
  5. Mountains formed by crust crumpling upwards as plates collide.
  6. Earth's Outermost solid layer.
  7. An instrument that detects seismic waves from an earthquake.
  8. A depression in the ocean floor.
  9. The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  10. Isolated place away from plate boundaries where a lot of hot magma is collecting.
  11. A zone where the earth's mantle and crust are being pulled apart.
  12. Molten rock below Earths surface.

20 Clues: The Centre of the earth. • Layer beneath Earths crust. • Earth's Outermost solid layer. • A depression in the ocean floor. • Molten rock below Earths surface. • Where plates are colliding with each other. • Molten rock that has erupted onto the earth's surface. • The place below the ground where an earthquake starts. • ...

Unit 2 Crossword - Science 7 2025-01-31

Unit 2 Crossword - Science 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of weathering done by physical force
  2. plate boundary where plates collide
  3. type of weathering done by chemical processes
  4. the study of the Earth
  5. type of rock that went through change
  6. assumption that all processes on Earth developed its surface regularly and constantly
  7. rock formed from volcanic activity
  8. when broken down rock gets moved by water
  9. layer of Earth just underneath the lithosphere made up of molten rock
  10. hypothesis that all of Earth's land masses are moving
  11. what broken down pieces of rock get called
  12. the name of the man who came up with continental drift
  13. belief that random disasters developed Earth's surface
  14. type of igneous rock formed from magma cooling
  15. type of rock that is made up of other rocks
Down
  1. theory that all movement of Earth's crust is driven by convection in the mantle
  2. molten rock underground
  3. process of breaking up rock
  4. plate boundary where plates move apart
  5. outermost layer of Earth
  6. what happens to a rock when extreme heat and pressure deforms it
  7. molten rock above ground
  8. plate boundary where plates slide past each other
  9. when bits of crust get scraped and chipped off during plate movement
  10. tool for measuring earthquakes
  11. type of igneous rock formed from lava cooling

26 Clues: the study of the Earth • molten rock underground • outermost layer of Earth • molten rock above ground • process of breaking up rock • tool for measuring earthquakes • rock formed from volcanic activity • plate boundary where plates collide • type of rock that went through change • plate boundary where plates move apart • type of weathering done by physical force • ...

Ring of Fire 2026-02-09

Ring of Fire crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of plate that moves away from another to open a fracture in the sea floor.
  2. The movement of one plate under another into the mantle.
  3. Large, destructive sea waves often triggered by underwater earthquakes.
  4. Sudden, violent vibrations of the ground.
  5. Caused by mid-ocean ridges.
  6. The part of science concerned with earthquakes and seismic related phenomena.
  7. A highly possible result of two plates colliding.
  8. Large eruptions causing smoke and lava.
  9. The primary plate involved.
Down
  1. A narrow, linear geographic zone on Earth's surface characterized by high concentrations of earthquake activity.
  2. The remains of an organism preserved in the Earth.
  3. One whole super-continent that split into the seven current continents
  4. A type of plate that moves toward another and collides.
  5. Massive, rigid slabs of solid rock, composed of the Earth's crust and upper mantle.
  6. Comes up through the cracks of a mid-ocean ridge.
  7. Fractures in the Earth's crust where Earthquakes occur.
  8. A state that is very prone to earthquakes due to the San Andreas fault.
  9. The way all of the continents fit like to support the Pangaea theory.
  10. German meteorologist and geophysicist, best known for proposing the theory of continental drift.
  11. Relating to the vibrations of Earth.

20 Clues: Caused by mid-ocean ridges. • The primary plate involved. • Relating to the vibrations of Earth. • Large eruptions causing smoke and lava. • Sudden, violent vibrations of the ground. • Comes up through the cracks of a mid-ocean ridge. • A highly possible result of two plates colliding. • The remains of an organism preserved in the Earth. • ...

Seafloor 2025-09-17

Seafloor crossword puzzle
Across
  1. finest particle size of sediment that takes the longest to settle
  2. a linear lowland area between two uplifted areas found at a divergent plate boundary
  3. molten lava from the upper mantle that wells up forming new seafloor
  4. stripes that form a symmetrical pattern around mid ocean ridges showing ancient pole reversals
  5. the Aleutian Islands and the islands of Japan are formed in this convergent boundary
  6. formed by the tests of diatoms and radiolarians specifically
  7. forms at convergent boundaries
  8. deepest flattest parts of the earth
  9. sediment derived from weathering
  10. bump of sediment found at the base of a passive continental margin
  11. volcanic island shape that forms on the less dense of two oceanic plates at a subduction zone
  12. area of high earthquake and volcanic activity around the Pacific ocean due to convergent plate boundaries
Down
  1. a superheated water spout found at midocean ridges
  2. sediment derived from diatoms foraminifera and other organismal remains
  3. steepest part of a continental margin
  4. an underwater volcano
  5. a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates
  6. the earths crust
  7. continental margin with a narrow shelf and steep slope
  8. continental volcanic arc due to oceanic-continental plate convergence
  9. type of continental margin that does not mark a plate boundary

21 Clues: the earths crust • an underwater volcano • forms at convergent boundaries • sediment derived from weathering • deepest flattest parts of the earth • steepest part of a continental margin • a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates • a superheated water spout found at midocean ridges • continental margin with a narrow shelf and steep slope • ...

Rayna's Crossword Puzzle 2015-05-04

Rayna's Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lateral movements of continents
  2. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock
  3. linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  4. actively deforming region where two tectonic plates of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide
  5. change in a planet's magnetic field
  6. process by which collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate's being drawn down
  7. theory that all of the continents were once one super continent
Down
  1. process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises
  2. Wegeners Theory
  3. an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field
  4. portion of motion of a tectonic plate
  5. when two plates move beside each other
  6. sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics
  7. a line on an isotope ratio diagram
  8. linear-shaped lowland between several mountain ranges

15 Clues: Wegeners Theory • lateral movements of continents • a line on an isotope ratio diagram • change in a planet's magnetic field • portion of motion of a tectonic plate • when two plates move beside each other • linear-shaped lowland between several mountain ranges • magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock • ...

Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features 2023-10-25

Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. creator of the theory of pangea
  2. process in plate tectonics of edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  3. when two plate slide against each other in different directions
  4. process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earths mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out
  5. long cut in the ground
  6. when two plates move apart
  7. a tectonic plate that consists of primarily of continental crust
  8. theory of continents thats slowly drift apart
Down
  1. when two plates come together
  2. a theory explaining the earths crust
  3. plates that are located beneath the ocean
  4. formed when there is two tectonic plates meet under the ocean
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth
  6. an opening in the sea floor out of which heated mineral-rich water flows
  7. a super continent

15 Clues: a super continent • long cut in the ground • when two plates move apart • when two plates come together • creator of the theory of pangea • the rigid outer part of the earth • a theory explaining the earths crust • plates that are located beneath the ocean • theory of continents thats slowly drift apart • formed when there is two tectonic plates meet under the ocean • ...

Unit 1.1 to 1.2 Vocabulary 2023-11-13

Unit 1.1 to 1.2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the theory that the continents split and moved away from each other.
  2. caused when plates move away from each other and magma creates new crust
  3. the outer part of the Earth made of the crust and mantle
  4. caused when plates collide with each other and push land upward
  5. the super-continent that our current continents split from
  6. caused when plates begin to move apart
  7. caused when oceanic plates collide and make a row of islands
  8. the creation of new oceanic crust with magma from ocean ridges
  9. an oceanic plate moves under a continental plate into the mantle
Down
  1. caused when an oceanic plate moves under a continental plate and create a dip
  2. when tectonic plates collide with each other
  3. boundary when tectonic plates move across each other in opposite directions
  4. when tectonic plates move away from each other
  5. the upper mantle that causes convection currents
  6. caused when plates cross each other

15 Clues: caused when plates cross each other • caused when plates begin to move apart • when tectonic plates collide with each other • when tectonic plates move away from each other • the upper mantle that causes convection currents • the outer part of the Earth made of the crust and mantle • the super-continent that our current continents split from • ...

Chapter 18 Crossword 2024-12-04

Chapter 18 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a cloth that covers the entire table
  2. food served after dinner
  3. a long, narrow cloth that "runs" the length of the table
  4. the beverage glass sits just above the tip of the _
  5. refers to any item used for serving and eating food
  6. used to serve beverages, the choices are stemware and tumblers
  7. tableware is available in many different _
  8. includes knives, forks, and spoons
Down
  1. the tableware needed by one person to eat a meal
  2. serving containers made of silver, silver plate, or stainless steel
  3. used when there are too many people to sit comfortably at a dining table
  4. includes items like the dinner plate, salad plate, cup and saucer, etc.
  5. the salad plate or bowl is placed to the left of the forks, above the _
  6. napkins come in different _
  7. the folded napkin is placed to the _ of the forks

15 Clues: food served after dinner • napkins come in different _ • includes knives, forks, and spoons • a cloth that covers the entire table • tableware is available in many different _ • the tableware needed by one person to eat a meal • the folded napkin is placed to the _ of the forks • the beverage glass sits just above the tip of the _ • ...

Earth and Geological changes 2018-02-18

Earth and Geological changes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The circulation of particles within a material caused by differences in thermal energy and and density.
  2. A German scientist that proposed the continental drift hypothesis.
  3. 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.
  4. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
  5. The boundary between two plates that move toward each other.
  6. Name given to a supercontinent that began to break apart approximately 200 million years ago.
  7. When the magnetic field reverses direction.
  8. A type of rock that forms when lava cools.
  9. The boundary between two plates that move away from each other.
Down
  1. A state in which magnetized objects will orient themselves to point north.
  2. The process that results when magma rises at a mid-ocean ridge and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions away from the ridge.
  3. Wegener's hypothesis which suggested that the continents are in constant motion on Earth's surface.
  4. The boundary between two plates that slide past each other.
  5. Magma on Earth's surface.
  6. A state in which magnetized objects will orient themselves to point south.
  7. The rigid outermost layer of Earth that includes the uppermost mantle and crust.
  8. Mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean.
  9. Used to measure and record the magnetic signature of rocks.
  10. The layer of sediment that becomes thick enough to make the seafloor smooth.
  11. The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate.

20 Clues: Magma on Earth's surface. • A type of rock that forms when lava cools. • When the magnetic field reverses direction. • Mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean. • The boundary between two plates that slide past each other. • Used to measure and record the magnetic signature of rocks. • The boundary between two plates that move toward each other. • ...

Tectonic Plate Crossword 2020-03-11

Tectonic Plate Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a long, narrow ditch
  2. A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.
  3. A type of convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is plunging beneath another, overriding plate
  4. A type of current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid
  5. To drip through a small opening or to filter a liquid
  6. water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
  7. A break in the earth's crust
  8. These plates are sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  9. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  10. A split, break, or breach
  11. Interval the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next
  12. A natural feature of the Earth’s surface.
Down
  1. A type of plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  2. A type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  3. Height above Sea Level
  4. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  5. An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water
  6. A kind of map that shows the surface features of an area.
  7. Image picture of Earth's surface taken from a satellite in orbit
  8. The portion of the earth's crust that primarily contains granite, is less dense than oceanic crust, and is 20-50 km thick
  9. A type of plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  10. Last name of a German Meteorologist who proposed the theory of continental drift (the idea that the continents were moving)
  11. a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.

23 Clues: a long, narrow ditch • Height above Sea Level • A split, break, or breach • A break in the earth's crust • A natural feature of the Earth’s surface. • To drip through a small opening or to filter a liquid • A kind of map that shows the surface features of an area. • The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • ...

1st nine weeks Earth and Space 2023-10-03

1st nine weeks Earth and Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This type of earthquake wave cannot travel through liquids.
  2. In this state of matter, the particles slide past each other freely.
  3. This device allows us to measure the strength of an earthquake.
  4. These structures are features that have lost their original function or usefulness due to evolution
  5. It occurs when an animal dies in a dry, protected location, like an arid cave, and it's remains dry out or desiccate.
  6. To preserve (an organism) so that it becomes a fossil.
  7. In this state of matter, the particles are moving very fast and filling their container.
  8. This is the layer of the Earth that we stand on.
  9. This plate motion occurs when the 2 plates slide past each other.
  10. This type of crust is the thinnest.
Down
  1. When one tectonic plate goes under another.
  2. This type of fault usually occurs at a transform boundary.
  3. This type of earthquake wave is the first and can travel through solids and liquids.
  4. This surrounds the inner core and is composed mostly of liquid iron and nickel.
  5. The theory that life on earth came from outer space.
  6. The change in heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
  7. When one tectonic plate goes over top of another.
  8. Fossilized tree sap that sometimes contains ancient insects.
  9. This plate motion occurs when the 2 plates move away from each other.
  10. These structures are parts that look alike but have different functions in different species.
  11. This plate motion occurs when the 2 plates move toward each other.
  12. Examples of this state of matter are lightning and the sun.
  13. This is the center of the Earth and is composed mostly of iron.
  14. In this state of matter, the particles are close together and vibrating.

24 Clues: This type of crust is the thinnest. • When one tectonic plate goes under another. • This is the layer of the Earth that we stand on. • When one tectonic plate goes over top of another. • The theory that life on earth came from outer space. • To preserve (an organism) so that it becomes a fossil. • This type of fault usually occurs at a transform boundary. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2021-12-15

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  2. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  3. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge landmass but have since then drifted apart
  4. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  5. Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  8. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  9. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  10. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
Down
  1. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  2. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  3. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  4. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers - the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  5. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  6. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  7. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  8. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  9. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  10. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle

20 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • ...

Dynamic Earth 2025-02-10

Dynamic Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when tectonic plates move apart, this is the type of interaction
  2. the crust of the Earth is broken up into this, and they move very slowly in different ways
  3. the height of a wave; how tall it is and how much energy it carries
  4. molten rock that forms lava & igneous rocks when it flows from the upper mantle
  5. these exciting features occur at boundaries that create space for magma to emerge and erupt from the crust
  6. property describing how much matter is "packed" into a certain volume; or the ratio between mass and volume
  7. these are formed wherever two plates interact in various ways
  8. a more dense tectonic plate that is under the sea
  9. least dense, thinnest, rigid layer of Earth
  10. this "sphere" contains the crust and upper mantle and all their interactions
  11. the least dense kind of plate that is under land
  12. this happens when one plate goes underneath another plate
  13. the number of wave forms in a given period of time
Down
  1. when tectonic plates come together, this interaction occurs
  2. thickest, "gooey" layer where convection currents affect plate movement
  3. the distance between two wave forms
  4. very dense, very hot, solid layer; contains Fe and Ni
  5. how fast something is
  6. the area that describes the "pull" or attractive force of a magnet
  7. a (very familiar!)hard, solid combination of minerals produced from the cycle of composition and breaking down of the lithospher
  8. liquid, metallic layer that surrounds the solid center
  9. these "folded" features are formed at continental convergent boundaries
  10. trembling, shaking events that occur due to seismic waves
  11. how heat moves in a liquid or gas

24 Clues: how fast something is • how heat moves in a liquid or gas • the distance between two wave forms • least dense, thinnest, rigid layer of Earth • the least dense kind of plate that is under land • a more dense tectonic plate that is under the sea • the number of wave forms in a given period of time • very dense, very hot, solid layer; contains Fe and Ni • ...

221-2 Crossword 2025-08-11

221-2 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. __________ are important because they reduce scatter radiation
  2. A layer that contains photostimulable phosphor that “traps” electrons during exposure
  3. The cassette has a __________ or sticker that matches image information with patient identifier & information
  4. Uses one laser point at a time to scan the plate and convert the image into a digital signal.
  5. Smaller ______________ reduces scatter
  6. During ______________, energy bounces between both ends causing the atoms to collide
  7. Poor light production creates a grainy image called_____________
  8. The _____________ in the reader direct the beam to the imaging plate surface
  9. A layer of soft polymer that protects the back of the cassette
  10. The penetrating power of the beam
  11. How many photons are in the beam and contribute to dose
  12. The __________ is backed by aluminum and consists of antistatic material
  13. A layer where Semi-rigid material that provides strenght
  14. A layer that directs light forward, may be black to limit light spread, and reduces resolution
Down
  1. Based on simultaneous stimulation of the imaging plate one line at a time.
  2. __________ is created when photons move in the same direction
  3. It removes unneccesary parts of an image
  4. Using the correct technical settings is important for both patient safety and clear image ________.
  5. is the amount of detail present in any image.
  6. In PSP (photostimulable phosphor) imaging, the _________ X-ray beam interacts with barium fluorohalide crystals in the imaging plate.
  7. A layer that absorbs and reduces static electricity
  8. the assignment of a numeric value to each light photon
  9. Some newer plates have a layer between the active and support layers that absorbs stimulating light and reflects emitted light.
  10. The reader scans the plate with a red light in a _________ pattern
  11. A layer of Thin, tough, clear plastic protects the phosphor layer.

25 Clues: The penetrating power of the beam • Smaller ______________ reduces scatter • It removes unneccesary parts of an image • is the amount of detail present in any image. • A layer that absorbs and reduces static electricity • the assignment of a numeric value to each light photon • How many photons are in the beam and contribute to dose • ...

Study of Nails 2022-01-07

Study of Nails crossword puzzle
Across
  1. study of the structure and growth of the nails
  2. inflammation of the skin around the nail;also called felon
  3. represents an increased curvature of the nails; claw nails
  4. shedding or falling off of nails
  5. refers to a loosening or separation of the nail
  6. white spots cause by injury to the nail, heredity, systemic disorders or nutritional deficiency
  7. hangnail;split cuticle;loose skin partially separated from the cuticle
  8. overlapping dead tissue that is loose and pliable around the nail
  9. living tissue underneath the free edge of the nail
  10. active tissue that generates cells that harden as they move outward to form the nail plate
  11. ingrown nails
  12. any disease, disorder or condition of the nail
Down
  1. the living tissue that overlies the nail plate on the sides of the nail
  2. atrophy or wasting away of the nail
  3. nail product that is mixed with monomer to form an acrylic nail;powder in form
  4. thickening of the nail plate
  5. athlete's foot or ringworm of the foot
  6. ringworm of the nail;tinea unguium
  7. fold of skin on either side of the nails
  8. split or brittle nails
  9. nails with a concave shape; caused by systemic or long-term illness or nerve disturbance; spoon nails
  10. cause of a disease, disorder or condition
  11. indented vertical line down the nail plate
  12. ringworm of the hand
  13. living skin attached to nail plate either at the eponychium or hyponychium
  14. technical term for the nail
  15. bitten nails
  16. inflammation of the nail matrix
  17. half moon shape at the base of the nail;visible part of the matrix

29 Clues: bitten nails • ingrown nails • ringworm of the hand • split or brittle nails • technical term for the nail • thickening of the nail plate • inflammation of the nail matrix • shedding or falling off of nails • ringworm of the nail;tinea unguium • atrophy or wasting away of the nail • athlete's foot or ringworm of the foot • fold of skin on either side of the nails • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle #1 2023-01-27

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Layer of earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is solid.
  2. Word used to describe the state of the mantle.
  3. Scientist that proposed Earth's continents were once joined together in one single land mass
  4. The process of plates sliding past each other in opposite directions. This can be found at transform boundaries and results in faults.
  5. Layer of earth with the lowest temperature.
  6. This is the process of creating new oceanic crust.
  7. Earths thickest layer.
  8. These occur at transform boundary faults and can cause tremendous devastation.
  9. This is a type of heat transfer (hint: lava lamp). Some scientist believe these are occurring in the mantle and moving the tectonic plates.
  10. The bending and crumpling of rock. This happens at continental vs. continental convergent boundaries and results in the tallest mountains.
Down
  1. Theory that the continents were once as one large, single land mass.
  2. Layer of earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is liquid.
  3. Type of crust that is thick and contains granite.
  4. Type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart.
  5. These form under water (on the ocean floor) at most convergent boundaries.
  6. When one tectonic plate moves underneath another one, it's called this.
  7. This forms on land at divergent plate boundaries. There is a great one in Eastern Africa.
  8. Areas along the transform boundary created by the shearing of two pieces of crust. There is a famous one in California.
  9. These are formed under water at divergent plate boundaries. They are areas where new ocean crust is formed.
  10. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide.

20 Clues: Earths thickest layer. • Layer of earth with the lowest temperature. • Word used to describe the state of the mantle. • Type of plate boundary where two plates collide. • Type of crust that is thick and contains granite. • This is the process of creating new oceanic crust. • Layer of earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is solid. • ...

Geoscience Crossword Puzzle 2025-06-11

Geoscience Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates - These plates, like the North American, Pacific, and Eurasian plates, interact with each other at their boundaries, causing geological events like earthquakes and volcanic activity
  2. - describes the reciprocal evolutionary change that occurs between two or more species, where each species's evolution is influenced by interactions with the other
  3. - a mode of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids
  4. - When oxygen is not present
  5. Boundary - a geological feature where tectonic plates move away from each other, resulting in the creation of new crust
  6. Tectonics - the theory that Earth's rigid outer layer, the lithosphere, is broken into several large, moving plates
  7. a version of an element that has the same number of protons
  8. Zone - a geological feature where one tectonic plate dives beneath another at a convergent plate boundary
  9. dating- determines the sequence of events or objects, indicating which is older or younger, without providing specific numerical ages
  10. - Non-living
  11. Boundary - a type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally
Down
  1. Forces - natural processes that break down or alter the Earth's surface. They include weathering, erosion, volcanic activity, and tectonic movements
  2. Forces - processes that build up or create landforms on Earth's surface
  3. Boundary - a plate boundary where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  4. - When oxygen is present
  5. - Living
  6. - the study of earthquakes and their associated phenomena, including seismic waves that travel through the Earth
  7. - the study and description of the surface features of the Earth, including its mountains, valleys, plains, and other landforms
  8. age- the actual age of a rock, fossil, or other geological material, measured in years, using methods like radiometric dating
  9. - the study of Earth's ancient magnetic field, preserved in rocks, minerals, and sediments

20 Clues: - Living • - Non-living • - When oxygen is present • - When oxygen is not present • a version of an element that has the same number of protons • - a mode of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids • Forces - processes that build up or create landforms on Earth's surface • Boundary - a plate boundary where two or more lithospheric plates collide • ...

Katelyn Ross 2015-05-01

Katelyn Ross crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of fault boundry
  2. a sliding plate
  3. a process that occurs at middle ocean ridges
  4. the change in a planets magnetic field
  5. super continent
  6. the destructive plate boundry
  7. a technique of radiometric dating
  8. a process that takes place at convergent boundries
  9. the record of earths magnetic field in rocks
Down
  1. earths outer shell is divided into pieces
  2. a motion of a tectonic plate
  3. a device used to calculate the depth of the ocean floor
  4. the movement of earths continents
  5. a constructive or extentional boundry
  6. a linear shaped lowland between highlands

15 Clues: a sliding plate • super continent • a type of fault boundry • a motion of a tectonic plate • the destructive plate boundry • the movement of earths continents • a technique of radiometric dating • a constructive or extentional boundry • the change in a planets magnetic field • earths outer shell is divided into pieces • a linear shaped lowland between highlands • ...

L1 Geo Earthquakes #2 2024-01-29

L1 Geo Earthquakes #2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crack caused by plate movement
  2. Modified Mercalli Scale measures damage
  3. Measures earthquake magnitude
  4. Separate building from foundations
  5. Land turns to quicksand during quake
  6. City affected by large earthquake in 1931, New Zealand
  7. point inside the earth where the earthquake started
  8. New Zealand's largest fault line
Down
  1. Studies earthquakes, records earth movement
  2. Major landform along South Island fault line
  3. where one plate slides under another
  4. Area greatly affected by earthquakes
  5. where one plate slides past another
  6. location on the surface of Earth above where earthquake starts.
  7. City next to San Andreas Fault

15 Clues: Measures earthquake magnitude • Crack caused by plate movement • City next to San Andreas Fault • New Zealand's largest fault line • Separate building from foundations • where one plate slides past another • where one plate slides under another • Area greatly affected by earthquakes • Land turns to quicksand during quake • Modified Mercalli Scale measures damage • ...

Crossword 2025-03-26

Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. jordkloden
  2. offisielt
  3. stykker
  4. hav
  5. plate
  6. nabo
Down
  1. anerkjenne
  2. masse
  3. kontinent
  4. skorpe
  5. stein/fjellgrunn

11 Clues: hav • nabo • masse • plate • skorpe • stykker • offisielt • kontinent • anerkjenne • jordkloden • stein/fjellgrunn

Types of Pediatric Fractures 2024-03-20

Types of Pediatric Fractures crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A Salter Harris Type ___ fracture describes a intra-articular fracture that involves the epiphysis, physis and metaphysis. An example is a triplane fracture in the ankle.
  2. A _____ fracture occurs when the bone is broken in three or more pieces or fragments.
  3. A ______ fracture is the fracture of one of the small bones in the wrist below the base of the thumb. This bone has poor blood supply and can take a long time to heal or may require surgery.
  4. A Salter Harris Type ___ fracture describes a intra-articular fracture that passes from the joint space into the growth plate/physis and epiphysis.
  5. A _______ fracture occurs when the fracture curves around the bone, typically from a twisting injury.
  6. A ____fracture, also called a compound fracture, occurs when the fractured bone pokes through the skin. Requires careful debridement and antibiotics to prevent infection.
  7. A Salter Harris Type ___ fracture describes a growth plate injury that extends through the physis or within the growth plate. Commonly appears as widening of the growth plate on xrays.
  8. An _____fracture occurs when a piece of bone is pulled off by an attached ligament or tendon. Commonly seen in athletes.
  9. A ___fracture occurs when the fracture is incomplete, one side of the bon breaks and the opposite side bends. Occurs in children due to the increased flexibility of bones.
  10. The name of the classification system of growth plate of physeal injuries that is based on the fracture pattern
  11. A ____ fracture is a fracture of the distal humerus above the elbow joint. These fractures often require surgical treatment with the use of pins to hold the fracture in place while healing.
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  1. Also called a torus fracture, a ___fracture occurs when force is put on one end of the bone and causes the bone to bulge on either side, common with falling onto outstretched arms.
  2. A ________ fracture occurs when the bone is crushed, typically occurring in the bones of the spine.
  3. A ____ fracture us a fracture of the distal phalanx that also include soft-tissue injury. These may include avulsion of the nail plate.
  4. A Salter Harris Type ___ fracture describes a fracture that extends through the growth plate and into the metaphysis of the bone.
  5. A ____fracture is a fracture of the proximal ulna with an associated dislocation of the radial head.
  6. A ____fracture describes small cracks in the bone that develop over time due to repetitive movements or overuse. May also occur in adults with osteoporosis.
  7. A _____ fracture is a fracture of the 5th metacarpal, named as it typically occurs when punching an object.
  8. A ____ fracture occurs in the midfoot region and involves broken bones as well as torn ligaments. Named after the French surgeon who first observed these injuries in the 1800s in calvary soldiers.
  9. A Salter Harris Type ___ fracture describes a fracture that involves crushing or compression of the growth plate.

20 Clues: A _____ fracture occurs when the bone is broken in three or more pieces or fragments. • A ________ fracture occurs when the bone is crushed, typically occurring in the bones of the spine. • A ____fracture is a fracture of the proximal ulna with an associated dislocation of the radial head. • ...

Types of Pediatric Fractures 2024-03-20

Types of Pediatric Fractures crossword puzzle
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  1. A ________ fracture occurs when the bone is crushed, typically occurring in the bones of the spine.
  2. A _______ fracture occurs when the fracture curves around the bone, typically from a twisting injury.
  3. A Salter Harris Type ___ fracture describes a fracture that extends through the growth plate and into the metaphysis of the bone.
  4. A Salter Harris Type ___ fracture describes a intra-articular fracture that involves the epiphysis, physis and metaphysis. An example is a triplane fracture in the ankle.
  5. The name of the classification system of growth plate of physeal injuries that is based on the fracture pattern
  6. A Salter Harris Type ___ fracture describes a intra-articular fracture that passes from the joint space into the growth plate/physis and epiphysis.
  7. A ____ fracture occurs in the midfoot region and involves broken bones as well as torn ligaments. Named after the French surgeon who first observed these injuries in the 1800s in calvary soldiers.
  8. A ____fracture is a fracture of the proximal ulna with an associated dislocation of the radial head.
  9. A _____ fracture occurs when the bone is broken in three or more pieces or fragments.
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  1. A ____fracture describes small cracks in the bone that develop over time due to repetitive movements or overuse. May also occur in adults with osteoporosis.
  2. A ____ fracture is a fracture of the distal humerus above the elbow joint. These fractures often require surgical treatment with the use of pins to hold the fracture in place while healing.
  3. A ___fracture occurs when the fracture is incomplete, one side of the bon breaks and the opposite side bends. Occurs in children due to the increased flexibility of bones.
  4. A _____ fracture is a fracture of the 5th metacarpal, named as it typically occurs when punching an object.
  5. Also called a torus fracture, a ___fracture occurs when force is put on one end of the bone and causes the bone to bulge on either side, common with falling onto outstretched arms.
  6. A Salter Harris Type ___ fracture describes a growth plate injury that extends through the physis or within the growth plate. Commonly appears as widening of the growth plate on xrays.
  7. A ____ fracture us a fracture of the distal phalanx that also include soft-tissue injury. These may include avulsion of the nail plate.
  8. A Salter Harris Type ___ fracture describes a fracture that involves crushing or compression of the growth plate.
  9. A ______ fracture is the fracture of one of the small bones in the wrist below the base of the thumb. This bone has poor blood supply and can take a long time to heal or may require surgery.
  10. A ____fracture, also called a compound fracture, occurs when the fractured bone pokes through the skin. Requires careful debridement and antibiotics to prevent infection.
  11. An _____fracture occurs when a piece of bone is pulled off by an attached ligament or tendon. Commonly seen in athletes.

20 Clues: A _____ fracture occurs when the bone is broken in three or more pieces or fragments. • A ________ fracture occurs when the bone is crushed, typically occurring in the bones of the spine. • A ____fracture is a fracture of the proximal ulna with an associated dislocation of the radial head. • ...

unit 5 vocab words 2024-01-24

unit 5 vocab words crossword puzzle
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  1. a circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter less dense fluid and the falling of cooler,denser fluid
  2. a place where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. the boundary between two tectonic plates moving torward each other,resulting in volcanic activity when a denser oceanic plate subducts or moves below a continental plate or another oceanic plate
  4. The mechanical or chemical processes by which gravity, water, wind, and ice break rocks into smaller pieces
  5. the cool rigid outermost layer of earth that consists of the crust
  6. A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other
  7. The distance above sea level
  8. the solid layer plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere;lithospheric plates "float" and move on this layer
  9. The difference in elevation between two adjacent contour lines of a map
  10. Photos or images taken of Earth from space
  11. The process by which gravity, water, wind, and ice remove and transport sediment from one place to another
  12. deep and narrow depression in the seafloor where the subducted plate moves into the asthenosphere
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  1. A line on a map that connects points with the same elevation
  2. drift the theory that continents were once connected but drifted apart
  3. A map showing changes in elevation of Earth’s surface
  4. The process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge
  5. a major geological process;occurs when continental plates of equal density converge;creating mountains
  6. The process by which gravity, water, wind, and ice deposit weathered and relocated sediment
  7. A phenomenon by which magma from Earth’s mantle comes up at the mid-ocean ridge and creates new oceanic crust
  8. the theory that the crust is divided into larger pieces called tectonic plates that slowly move on top of the mantle
  9. the mineralized remains of organisms,showing how long-dead organisms lived
  10. Earth’s surface that shows evidence of the natural processes of weathering and the removal and relocation of weathered materials

22 Clues: The distance above sea level • Photos or images taken of Earth from space • A map showing changes in elevation of Earth’s surface • A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other • a place where two tectonic plates move away from each other • A line on a map that connects points with the same elevation • ...

Boundaries and Sea Floor Spreading Review 2023-10-30

Boundaries and Sea Floor Spreading Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This plate boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other
  2. This landform is created at convergent boundaries
  3. This is where new ocean floor is created
  4. This plate boundary occurs when two plates slip past each other
  5. This plate boundary occurs when oceanic crust sinks under continental crust
  6. ______ Hess is the father of plate tectonics
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  1. Alfred _____ is the father of Continental Drift
  2. This is the upper portion of the mantle. Plates slide on this layer
  3. This plate boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other
  4. This is the technology that allowed us to map the ocean floor after WWII
  5. The ____ rocks (hint- age) are closer to the trenches
  6. This is the feature where old ocean floor is forced back into the Earth

12 Clues: This is where new ocean floor is created • ______ Hess is the father of plate tectonics • Alfred _____ is the father of Continental Drift • This landform is created at convergent boundaries • The ____ rocks (hint- age) are closer to the trenches • This plate boundary occurs when two plates slip past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2019-11-22

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The process of plates sliding past each other in opposite directions. This can be found at transform boundaries and results in faults
  2. The word used to describe the state of the mantle
  3. The cool, outermost layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle
  4. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  5. The layer just below the lithosphere
  6. Layer of Earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is liquid
  7. Scientist that proposed Earth's continents were once joined together as a single land mass
  8. This is a type of heat transfer (hint: lava lamp). Some scientists believe these are occurring in the mantle and moving the tectonics plates
  9. These are formed under water at divergent plate boundaries. They are areas where new crust is formed
  10. Areas along a transform boundary created by the shearing of two pieces of crust. There is a famous one in California
  11. These form under water (on the ocean floor) at most convergent boundaries
  12. Earth's thickest layer
  13. Scientists study these in order to learn about the interior of the Earth
  14. Layer of Earth with the lowest temperature
  15. Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt
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  1. Layer of Earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is solid
  2. Type of crust that is thick and contains granite
  3. This is the process of creating new oceanic crust
  4. Theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on the asthenosphere
  5. This forms on land at divergent plate boundaries. There is a great one in eastern Africa
  6. Type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart
  7. The name of the supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago
  8. The bending and crumpling of rock. This happens at continental vs continental convergent boundaries and results in the tallest mountains
  9. Theory that they continents were once joined as one large, single land mass
  10. When one tectonic plate moves underneath another one, it's called this
  11. These occur at transform boundary faults and can cause tremendous devastation
  12. Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions

27 Clues: Earth's thickest layer • 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 thick and contains granite • This is the process of creating new oceanic crust • The word used to describe the state of the mantle • Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt • ...

science vocabulary 2017-01-19

science vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. the region where two tectonic plates are in contact
  2. the color of a mineral in powdered form
  3. The deepest part of the ocean floor; made up of rolling hills and flat plains.
  4. a naturally formed, inorganic solid that has a specific chemical formula and repeating three-dimensional structure
  5. the movement of material due to differences in density that are caused by differences in temperature
  6. the comparison of the density of one material as it relates to another
  7. the way the surface of a mineral reflects light
  8. A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  10. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  11. the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  12. earth's crust and solid upper mantle, broken into tectonic plates
  13. a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
  14. geological event in which the shaking of earth's surface occurs due to the movement of rock at plate boundaries.
  15. Earth's rocks change from one type into another over time due to various Earth processes
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  1. Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  2. Geological event in which molten rock spews out from the mantel to the surface of Earth as ash, lava, and gases
  3. A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
  4. the process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge
  5. Geological event that occurs when continental plates of equal density converge, resulting in mountain chains
  6. a measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume.
  7. a measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched
  8. a current caused by the rising of heated material and sinking of cooled material
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

24 Clues: the color of a mineral in powdered form • the way the surface of a mineral reflects light • a measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched • the region where two tectonic plates are in contact • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • a measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2019-07-28

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Is located below the Crust
  2. The earth is split up into...
  3. Contains the Crust and Upper Mantle
  4. It covers the Earth and is solid
  5. The state of matter of the Outer Core
  6. The deformation of the lithosphere
  7. Is the top layer of the Earth that contains Ocean
  8. When two tectonic plates move away and no new plate material is made
  9. Crust Is the top layer of the Earth that contains continents
  10. The forces that move the tectonic plates around
  11. It partly makes up the second centre layer of the Earth
  12. Is the second centre layer of the Earth
  13. What comes out of a volcano one it erupts
  14. The outline of tectonic plates on Earth
  15. Is the product of magma erupting through the crust
  16. The movement of plates moving away from each other
  17. Where two plates meet
  18. A study that includes plate tectonics
  19. Is caused by two plates pushing together forming land
  20. The name of the one continent before they split up
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  1. Is the upper part of the mantle
  2. The product of two plates under the ocean pushing together
  3. When a plate sinks underneath another plate
  4. When a tectonic plate has been bent by stress
  5. The theory of tectonic plates moving on the Earth
  6. The term for what tectonic plates are made of
  7. What happens when two tectonic plates crash together
  8. Depression is the Earths crust that can be caused by earthquakes
  9. Is the aftermath of subduction
  10. The state of matter of the Inner Core
  11. The centre of the Erath is made up of this
  12. Is the top layer of the Earth
  13. When plates move away under the ocean and magma creates more plate material
  14. Is the centre of the Earth
  15. Is what makes the inner core solid
  16. Makes up the mantle and is liquid
  17. What comes from the mantle and can form a land mass (eg. islands)
  18. The movement of plates coming together
  19. The product of two plates splitting up
  20. The movement of two plates moving alongside each other in different directions

40 Clues: Where two plates meet • Is located below the Crust • Is the centre of the Earth • The earth is split up into... • Is the top layer of the Earth • Is the aftermath of subduction • Is the upper part of the mantle • It covers the Earth and is solid • Makes up the mantle and is liquid • The deformation of the lithosphere • Is what makes the inner core solid • ...

7E Planet Earth 2021-05-19

7E Planet Earth crossword puzzle
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  1. the replacement of a dead organisms's tissues with minerals
  2. rock formed from the compaction and cementation of other small rocks and minerals
  3. the shininess of a mineral
  4. the name of the theory first proposed by Aldred Wegener (2 words)
  5. downwards, U-shaped bends in the layers of the crust
  6. the way a mineral breaks
  7. wind or water picking up and carrying sediment away from a location
  8. a solid, pure substance commonly found in Earth's crust
  9. the layer of Earth responsible for creating Earth's magnetic field (2 words)
  10. a plate boundary where plates are moving away from each other
  11. layers of different rock forming the Earth's surface
  12. rock that been created by intense heat and pressure
  13. an extended break or crack in Earth's crust
  14. rock formed from solidifed lava
  15. how difficult a mineral is to scratch
  16. a system of classifiying rock strata within different periods of Earth's history (3 words)
  17. the study of Earth and the materials that make it up
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  1. a section of Earth's crust (2 words)
  2. the supercontinent that existed before the modern continents split apart
  3. a fossil that is the actual remains of an ancient organism
  4. when one tectonic plate is pushed beneath another plate at a converging boundary
  5. mountains formed by the rising or dropping of crust along large cracks
  6. a solid substance made from a combination of minerals
  7. mountains formed from the scrunching of Earth's crust
  8. a plate boundary where trenches are commonly found
  9. the outermost layer of Earth
  10. the sudden movement of a tectonic plate
  11. the thickest layer of Earth
  12. a fossil formed from the imprint of an ancient organism
  13. the trace remains of an ancient organism
  14. the scale used to describe the hardness of minerals
  15. the layer of Earth made from solid iron and nickel (2 words)
  16. a plate boundary where plates slide past each other
  17. the scale used to measure the strength of earthquakes

34 Clues: the way a mineral breaks • the shininess of a mineral • the thickest layer of Earth • the outermost layer of Earth • rock formed from solidifed lava • a section of Earth's crust (2 words) • how difficult a mineral is to scratch • the sudden movement of a tectonic plate • the trace remains of an ancient organism • an extended break or crack in Earth's crust • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-03-02

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Scientists study these in order to learn about the interior of the earth.
  2. These are formed under water at divergent plate boundaries. They are areas where new ocean crust is formed.
  3. Layer of earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is solid.
  4. Theory that the continents were once as one large, single land mass.
  5. These form under water (on the ocean floor) at most convergent boundaries.
  6. This is a type of heat transfer (hint: lava lamp). Some scientist believe these are occurring in the mantle and moving the tectonic plates.
  7. Earths thickest layer.
  8. This forms on land at divergent plate boundaries. There is a great one in Eastern Africa.
  9. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide.
  10. Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
  11. Scientist that proposed Earth's continents were once joined together in one single land mass
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  1. These occur at transform boundary faults and can cause tremendous devastation.
  2. When one tectonic plate moves underneath another one, it's called this.
  3. The name of the supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago.
  4. Word used to describe the state of the mantle.
  5. Type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart.
  6. The cool, outermost layer of Earth that consists of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle.
  7. Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt.
  8. The bending and crumpling of rock. This happens at continental vs. continental convergent boundaries and results in the tallest mountains.
  9. The process of plates sliding past each other in opposite directions. This can be found at transform boundaries and results in faults.
  10. The layer just below the lithosphere.
  11. Layer of earth with the lowest temperature.
  12. This is the process of creating new oceanic crust.
  13. Type of crust that is thick and contains granite.
  14. Areas along the transform boundary created by the shearing of two pieces of crust. There is a famous one in California.
  15. Layer of earth that is composed of Fe & Ni and is liquid.

26 Clues: Earths thickest layer. • The layer just below the lithosphere. • Layer of earth with the lowest temperature. • Word used to describe the state of the mantle. • Type of plate boundary where two plates collide. • Type of crust that is thick and contains granite. • Type of crust that is thinner and contains basalt. • This is the process of creating new oceanic crust. • ...

Earthquakes and volcanoes 2023-01-22

Earthquakes and volcanoes crossword puzzle
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  1. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. Earthquakes occur
  4. mountain built from magma.
  5. where volcanoes occur
  6. melted rock that was found beneath the surface of the earth
  7. When rocks that are under stress suddenly break, a series of ground vibrations is set off
  8. a break in the Earth’s crust
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  1. Directly above the focus, on the Earth’s surface
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  3. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  4. The point beneath the surface where the rocks break and move
  5. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  6. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  7. A deep valley where two plates move apart

15 Clues: Earthquakes occur • where volcanoes occur • mountain built from magma. • a break in the Earth’s crust • A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • Directly above the focus, on the Earth’s surface • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • ...

Dynamic Earth's Crust 2023-12-01

Dynamic Earth's Crust crossword puzzle
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  1. When the plates move energy is released when they get caught up and break.
  2. Heat distribution in fluids where heat rises as cool material falls.
  3. Proposed the theory of Continental Drift.
  4. An example of a divergent plate boundary.
  5. The bending, tilting, or breaking of the earth's crust.
  6. The earth's crust is made up of tectonic _____.
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  1. Plate boundary where two plates move apart.
  2. Plate boundary where two plates move past each other.
  3. The outer most layer of the earth.
  4. Proposed the theory of Sea Floor Spreading.
  5. As these thaw and freeze they add and subtract a lot of mass from a piece of crust.
  6. The modern theory that describes our dinamic crust and its movements.
  7. The super continent that Wegener proposed.
  8. Plate boundary where two plates come together.
  9. The movement of the crust up and down as material is gained or lost on the surface.

15 Clues: The outer most layer of the earth. • Proposed the theory of Continental Drift. • An example of a divergent plate boundary. • The super continent that Wegener proposed. • Plate boundary where two plates move apart. • Proposed the theory of Sea Floor Spreading. • Plate boundary where two plates come together. • The earth's crust is made up of tectonic _____. • ...

Unit 7 Project 2017-01-25

Unit 7 Project crossword puzzle
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  1. Currents-Caused by very hot hot material at the deepest part of the mantle rising then cooling,sinking again then heating rising and repeating
  2. Core-A sphere of hot solid metal
  3. Plate-Occurs when two plates move towards each other and collide
  4. Plate-Earth's surface is broken into large pieces that move over the asthenosphere
  5. the plates of the lithosphere float or slide a top, a thin semi-solid layer in the upper mantle
  6. layer of solid rock that surrounds the Earths surface
  7. Core- Liquid metal that surrounds the Inner Corenner Core-A sphere of hot solid metal
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  1. Plate-Occurs when two plates slide past each other
  2. of Plate Tectonics-Scientific theory explaining how the pates move on Earth's surface
  3. thick layer that surrounds the core and is made up of hot but mostly sold material
  4. Plates-Thick plates made of andesite and granite that form the Earth
  5. Plate-Occurs when two plates move away from each other
  6. Continent
  7. most layer of the Earth made of the crust of the solid portion of the upper mantle
  8. Plates-Thin plates that are made of baseaet that form the ocean floor and are denser that continental plates

15 Clues: Continent • Core-A sphere of hot solid metal • Plate-Occurs when two plates slide past each other • layer of solid rock that surrounds the Earths surface • Plate-Occurs when two plates move away from each other • Plate-Occurs when two plates move towards each other and collide • Plates-Thick plates made of andesite and granite that form the Earth • ...

Ezaans Tic tac know puzzle 2021-12-15

Ezaans Tic tac know puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  2. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  3. Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the continents were once one huge land mass but have since then drifted apart
  4. The name of the single landmass that broke apart about 225 million years ago
  5. Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  8. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  9. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  10. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
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  1. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  2. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  3. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  4. Thickest layer of the Earth; it consists of two layers the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  5. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  6. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  7. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  8. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  9. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  10. Theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in motion,driven by convection currents in the mantle

20 Clues: A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • Dense ball of solid material at the center of he Earth • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats • ...

8th Grade Science 2016-05-16

8th Grade Science crossword puzzle
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  1. Made when an oceanic plate subducts with a continental plate
  2. This scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes
  3. The step of the scientific method when we set our variables
  4. The layer of the Earth where plates are located
  5. When two alleles are different from each other
  6. These are types of forces that help build of the earth
  7. When sediments are moved to a new location
  8. One method of finding the volume of an object is water ______________
  9. Force equals mass times ____________
  10. Where your genes are located
  11. These types of currents happen in the Asthenosphere
  12. Igneous rock _____________ are always younger than the rocks they cut through
  13. Two continental plates converge
  14. The type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other
  15. The type of reproduction that produces identical offspring
  16. Forces have ____________ and direction
  17. A hotspot made this state
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  1. Energy released in the form of seismic waves
  2. This variable is the thing that the experimenter changes throughout the experiment
  3. The Law of Superposition says the ___________ layer of rock is on the bottom
  4. The least dense layer of Earth
  5. This type of potential energy depends on the mass and height of an object
  6. Free body diagrams help us calculate the ______ force
  7. This type of potential energy is highest when a spring is stretched as far as possible
  8. P-waves and S-waves are both types of ____________ waves
  9. Between two traits, neither is dominant, so both traits show up
  10. Mass divided by volume
  11. One tectonic plate slips under another tectonic plate
  12. This force pulls objects towards the surface of Earth

29 Clues: Mass divided by volume • A hotspot made this state • Where your genes are located • The least dense layer of Earth • Two continental plates converge • Force equals mass times ____________ • Forces have ____________ and direction • When sediments are moved to a new location • Energy released in the form of seismic waves • When two alleles are different from each other • ...

5th Science Chapter 9 Part 1 2025-02-04

5th Science Chapter 9 Part 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Most particles that form sedimentary rocks are deposited here.
  2. This type of rock forms when large amounts of heat and pressure are applied to other rock types.
  3. These rocks are formed when small pieces of rocks, minerlas, plants and animals are deposited in layers.
  4. The mineral name for table salt.
  5. This type of plate boundry occurs when 2 plates pull apart.
  6. This top layer of earth is solid, rocky, and made up of igneous, sedimentary, and metmorphic rocks.
  7. Mount Rushmore is cared out of this type of rock.
  8. Part of the continental drift theory, this is the name for a theorized super continent that split apart during the flood.
  9. Another name for eareth's crust and upper mantle.
  10. The name given to a zone at the edge of the Pacific Plate where many volcanoes erupt and earthquakes occur.
  11. This mineral forms when magma cools deep under earth's surface.
  12. The plate tectonics theory states that the lithosphere is divided into these that float on the mantle.
  13. This can be ground up to use as baby powder.
  14. Scientists who study minerals.
  15. Sedimentary rock is the only type of rock that will contain these.
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  1. Magma that reaches earth's surface.
  2. Rocks that form from slowly cooling magma are called this.
  3. During the rock cycle, rocks must be put through tremendous amounts of pressure and heat for them to become this type of rock.
  4. This type of plate boundry occurs when 2 plates slide past one another.
  5. This type of rock forms when magam or lava cools and hardens.
  6. A natural process the transforms one type of rock into another.
  7. This type of plate boundry occurs when 2 plates collide.
  8. During the rock cycle, this type of rock forms when wind and water erode small pieces of other rocks away and the particles are compacted or cemented together.
  9. During the rock cycle, this type of rock forms when one of the other types of rocks melts, cools, and hardens.
  10. Rocks that form from quickly cooling magma are called this.
  11. This stands for Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis.
  12. Solid, inorganic, naturally occuring substances found on earth.

27 Clues: Scientists who study minerals. • The mineral name for table salt. • Magma that reaches earth's surface. • This can be ground up to use as baby powder. • Mount Rushmore is cared out of this type of rock. • Another name for eareth's crust and upper mantle. • This type of plate boundry occurs when 2 plates collide. • ...

CAMDENS CROSSWORD PUZZEL PLATE TECTONIC. 2025-11-04

CAMDENS CROSSWORD PUZZEL PLATE TECTONIC. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface.
  2. boundary: a plate boundary where two plate move past each other in different directions.
  3. trench: an under valley that represents one of the deepest parts of the ocean.
  4. boundary: a plate where two plates move toward each other.
  5. a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
  6. a break in earth's crust along which rocks move.
  7. boundary: a plates boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  8. stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
  9. the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath earth's surface.
Down
  1. term used to describe a volcano that is not currently active but able to become active in the future.
  2. a molten mixture of rock forming substances gases and water from the mantle.
  3. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at the convergent plate boundary.
  4. a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.
  5. spreading: the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  6. spot: an area was magma from deep within the mantle melts the crust above it.
  7. stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
  8. stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions in a sideways movement.
  9. ridges: an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced a divergent plate boundary under the ocean.
  10. liquid magma that reaches the surfaces.
  11. the measurements of an earthquake's strength based on seismic waves and movement along faults.

20 Clues: liquid magma that reaches the surfaces. • a break in earth's crust along which rocks move. • stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks. • a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume. • boundary: a plate where two plates move toward each other. • a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface. • ...

Chapter 17 2026-03-23

Chapter 17 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates slide away from mid-ocean ridges.
  2. Formed when two continents collide.
  3. Movement in the mantle caused by heat; drives plate motion.
  4. An underwater mountain chain where new crust is created.
  5. The theory that Earth’s outer layer is broken into moving plates.
  6. Heat from Earth’s center that powers convection.
  7. Boundary where plates slide past each other.
  8. Sudden shaking caused by plate movement.
  9. Where two tectonic plates meet.
  10. A supercontinent that included all land on Earth long ago.
  11. Earth’s outer layer.
  12. Ocean rocks are youngest near ridges and older farther away.
  13. When coastlines (like South America and Africa) fit together like puzzle pieces.
  14. Scratches and deposits from glaciers that show past movement of continents.
  15. A sinking plate pulls the rest of the plate with it.
  16. Patterns in seafloor rocks showing Earth’s magnetic field has changed over time.
  17. Remains of plants/animals found in rocks that show continents were once connected.
Down
  1. Thin, dense crust found under oceans.
  2. A deep valley in the ocean formed by subduction.
  3. Boundary where plates move apart (new crust forms).
  4. The process where new ocean crust forms at mid-ocean ridges and moves outward.
  5. The idea that continents move slowly over time.
  6. Large pieces of Earth’s crust that move.
  7. Crust + upper mantle (rigid layer).
  8. Melted rock beneath Earth’s surface.
  9. Soft layer beneath lithosphere that flows slowly.
  10. Helps move plates downhill from ridges.
  11. Melted rock that reaches Earth’s surface.
  12. One plate sinks under another.
  13. The layer beneath Earth’s crust.
  14. Scientist who proposed continental drift.
  15. Boundary where plates move toward each other.
  16. An opening where magma reaches the surface.

33 Clues: Earth’s outer layer. • One plate sinks under another. • Where two tectonic plates meet. • The layer beneath Earth’s crust. • Formed when two continents collide. • Crust + upper mantle (rigid layer). • Melted rock beneath Earth’s surface. • Thin, dense crust found under oceans. • Helps move plates downhill from ridges. • Plates slide away from mid-ocean ridges. • ...

plate tectonics 2023-05-03

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. giant rodent.
  2. the mass in an object
  3. how earth plates move.
  4. one plate moves past another.
  5. when one plate goes over another plate.
  6. when two plates collide.
  7. bread meat cheese
  8. two boundary's move away from eachother.
Down
  1. when warm air rises and cold air falls.
  2. moving land.
  3. person who created the theory of continental drift.
  4. vinegar cucumber.

12 Clues: moving land. • giant rodent. • vinegar cucumber. • bread meat cheese • the mass in an object • how earth plates move. • when two plates collide. • one plate moves past another. • when warm air rises and cold air falls. • when one plate goes over another plate. • two boundary's move away from eachother. • person who created the theory of continental drift.

Tectonics crossword 2022-09-20

Tectonics crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A feature seen at both destructive and constructive plate boundaries
  2. Earthquakes are found at destructive and ____ boundaries
  3. There are two types of crust; continental and ____
  4. The name of the plate between the Pacific and South American plates
  5. The island created along a constructive plate boundary
  6. The type of boundary where two plates are colliding
Down
  1. A piece of the Earth’s crust that moves on top of the mantle
  2. The thickest layer of the Earth’s structure
  3. The hottest layer of the earth
  4. A cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking
  5. Cooled magma on the Earth's surface
  6. An example of a conservative plate boundary
  7. The outermost layer of the earth

13 Clues: The hottest layer of the earth • The outermost layer of the earth • Cooled magma on the Earth's surface • The thickest layer of the Earth’s structure • An example of a conservative plate boundary • A cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking • There are two types of crust; continental and ____ • The type of boundary where two plates are colliding • ...

Vocab words- ch 10 2023-01-26

Vocab words- ch 10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an area of many fractured peices of crust along a large fault
  2. area of subsidence; reigeion with low eveltion
  3. a change in the shape of rock caused by stress
  4. mountain made of layers of rocks that are folded
  5. parallel forces acting in opposite directions at a trandsform boundary
  6. the pulling force at a divergent boundary
  7. a deep, underwhater trough created by one plate subtucting under another plate at a covergent plate boundary
  8. landform with low relife and low evelation
Down
  1. a curved line of volacannos that forms parale to a plate boundary
  2. paralle ridge that forms where blocks of crust move up or down along faults
  3. the prossecs that moves large boeides of earth martirels to higher evelations
  4. the downward vertical motion of Earth's surface
  5. an area with low relief and high elevation
  6. the squizing force at a covergent boundary
  7. the equilibrium between containtle crust and the denser mantle below it

15 Clues: the pulling force at a divergent boundary • an area with low relief and high elevation • the squizing force at a covergent boundary • landform with low relife and low evelation • area of subsidence; reigeion with low eveltion • a change in the shape of rock caused by stress • the downward vertical motion of Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occurring on the seafloor
  2. The process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  3. The process of continents breaking up, getting smaller and allowing in the sea
  4. The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  5. Where the crust is sinking down into the Earth
  6. The crust that forms the continents
  7. Molten rock beneath the surface of the earth
  8. The shaking, wave-like movement of the ground during an earthquake
Down
  1. An instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake
  2. A deep trench in the ocean floor that is much deeper than the rest of the floor
  3. The very slow process of continents separating as they drift across the oceans
  4. Molten rock that has erupted onto the surface of the earth
  5. The theory that the Earth's crust is cracked into many large pieces that move on the aesthenosphere
  6. The rapid movement of the ground, usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion due to the movement of tectonic plates
  7. The crust that forms the ocean floor
  8. A place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts at the surface

16 Clues: The crust that forms the continents • The crust that forms the ocean floor • Molten rock beneath the surface of the earth • Where the crust is sinking down into the Earth • Molten rock that has erupted onto the surface of the earth • An instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake • The shaking, wave-like movement of the ground during an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ocean collision/ Older denser oceanic plate us subducted downward into the mantle and a chain of volcanic islands can be formed. What convergent boundary is this?
  2. boundary is this ?
  3. continental collision/ Two continental plates collide, mountains usually form because both relatively low in density. What convergent boundary is this?
  4. floor spreading/What process does the divergent sea floor spreading use?
  5. valley/What does a divergent boundary continental-continental create?
  6. process does the convergent oceanic continental use?
  7. process is used for the convergent ocean ocean collision?
  8. boundary is this -><-?
  9. ridge/ What does a divergent sea floor spreading create?
Down
  1. What process does the convergent continent continent use?
  2. does a transform boundary create?
  3. floor spreading/ Two ocean plates pull apart from each other. What divergent boundary is this?
  4. arc/What does a ocean ocean collision create?
  5. does a convergent oceanic-continental create?
  6. What process does the transform boundary use?
  7. What does a continent-continent collision create?
  8. boundary is this <-->?
  9. continental/Oceanic crust more dense, so it subducts under the continental crust. What convergent boundary is this?

18 Clues: boundary is this ? • boundary is this <-->? • boundary is this -><-? • does a transform boundary create? • arc/What does a ocean ocean collision create? • does a convergent oceanic-continental create? • What process does the transform boundary use? • What does a continent-continent collision create? • process does the convergent oceanic continental use? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What process does the transform boundary use?
  2. What does a continent-continent collision create?
  3. ridge/ What does a divergent sea floor spreading create?
  4. does a transform boundary create?
  5. boundary is this <-->?
  6. What process does the convergent continent continent use?
  7. process is used for the convergent ocean ocean collision?
Down
  1. continental/Oceanic crust more dense, so it subducts under the continental crust. What convergent boundary is this?
  2. boundary is this ?
  3. does a convergent oceanic-continental create?
  4. boundary is this -><-?
  5. valley/What does a divergent boundary continental-continental create?
  6. process does the convergent oceanic continental use?
  7. ocean collision/ Older denser oceanic plate us subducted downward into the mantle and a chain of volcanic islands can be formed. What convergent boundary is this?
  8. continental collision/ Two continental plates collide, mountains usually form because both relatively low in density. What convergent boundary is this?
  9. floor spreading/ Two ocean plates pull apart from each other. What divergent boundary is this?
  10. continental/ Two plates pull apart, normal faults develop on both sides of the rift and the central blocks slide downwards; rift valley are created most of the time. What divergent boundary is this?
  11. arc/What does a ocean ocean collision create?

18 Clues: boundary is this ? • boundary is this -><-? • boundary is this <-->? • does a transform boundary create? • does a convergent oceanic-continental create? • What process does the transform boundary use? • arc/What does a ocean ocean collision create? • What does a continent-continent collision create? • process does the convergent oceanic continental use? • ...

Plate Boundaries 2015-03-24

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally
  2. Where do the plates ride on top of so they can move
  3. Convergent boundaries push _______ each other
  4. Along with earthquakes, transform boundaries create a _______
  5. Formation of new oceanic crust,occurs when magma rises at a mid ocean ridge - Divergent boundary
  6. Where two tectonic plates push into one another
  7. Formed when two plates carrying oceanic crust meet, also forms an island arch
  8. A process in which the denser plate goes under the less dense plate
Down
  1. A transform boundary where the two plates slide past each other. Energy builds up and releases _____
  2. Tectonic plates are part of the _______
  3. Where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. Oceanic crust is more dense so it subducts under continental creating a _____ ____ _____- Convergent boundary
  5. A divergent boundary, oceanic-oceanic, where the two plates separate, magma comes up, cools and creates a _____ _____ _____
  6. This forms when an older, denser plate subducts downward into the mantle creating ______ _____ : oceanic- oceanic
  7. A process, not official, occurs when a transform boundary slides past each other to create a fault
  8. A convergent boundary, continental- continental, where the older continental subducts and the younger stays on top. Which pushes up ____

16 Clues: Tectonic plates are part of the _______ • Convergent boundaries push _______ each other • Where two tectonic plates push into one another • Where two tectonic plates move away from each other • Where do the plates ride on top of so they can move • Where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-02-05

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust
  2. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or submarine landslide
  3. boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. boundary is a place where plates slide sideways past each other
  5. is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  6. is not expected to ever erupt again
  7. is an opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape
Down
  1. have not erupted for a very long time but may erupt at a future time
  2. is a channel for conveying water or other fluid
  3. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this
  4. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  5. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
  6. waves a wave of energy that travels through the Earth and away from an earthquake in all directions
  7. zone is a collision between two of Earth's tectonic plates where one plate sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate
  8. boundary occurs when plates move towards each other and collide
  9. is the outermost shell of a planet

16 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 is a place where plates slide sideways past each other • boundary occurs when plates move towards each other and collide • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the denser plate sinks under the buoyant one
  2. as a slab sinks, it pulls the plate with a force called :
  3. the circulation of material due to density
  4. two plates collide
  5. Rising mantle at mid-ocean creating potential for plates to move away
  6. Reverses to point south
Down
  1. two plates sliding past each other
  2. Mountains ranges in the ocean
  3. Earth's surface is thought to be made of these
  4. New crust forms Old crust moves
  5. two plates separating
  6. magnetic field reverses direction
  7. continents in constant motion
  8. needle pointing north
  9. The rigid, cold, outermost layer of rock
  10. the supercontinent

16 Clues: two plates collide • the supercontinent • two plates separating • needle pointing north • Reverses to point south • Mountains ranges in the ocean • continents in constant motion • New crust forms Old crust moves • magnetic field reverses direction • two plates sliding past each other • The rigid, cold, outermost layer of rock • the circulation of material due to density • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rigid rock slabs
  2. forms where two plates separate
  3. move away from the ridge with with force
  4. circulation of material caused by difference in temperature and desity
  5. denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
  6. magnetized objects orient themselves to point north
  7. all the continents were once together
  8. mountain ranges in the ocean
  9. suggested that continents are constinly moving
Down
  1. form where two plates collide
  2. the process of new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridges
  3. magnetized objects orient themselves to point south
  4. forms where two plates slide past
  5. reversing direction
  6. a slab sinks it pulls on the rest of the plate with force
  7. outermost rock

16 Clues: outermost rock • rigid rock slabs • reversing direction • mountain ranges in the ocean • form where two plates collide • forms where two plates separate • forms where two plates slide past • all the continents were once together • move away from the ridge with with force • suggested that continents are constinly moving • denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate • ...

plate tectonics 2021-11-05

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle
  2. an underwater chain of mountains.
  3. a vent on the earths surface where magma and gases are expelled
  4. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  5. currents in the mantle from the magma being heated by the core of the earth
  6. the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
  7. a theory proposed by Alfred Wegener that explains how large pieces of land called plates move and change shape of the earth.
Down
  1. a boundary where two plates are moving apart - hint: create new crust
  2. boundary between two colliding plates - keywords: ocean trench
  3. the layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface
  4. Alfred Wegner's hypothesis that the continents were once a supercontinent
  5. creates midocean ridges, earthquakes, and volcanic activity
  6. when one tectonic plates dives under another
  7. the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart
  8. a deep valley that forms on land at a divergent boundary where two plates move apart
  9. created by two pieces of continental crust converging

16 Clues: an underwater chain of mountains. • when one tectonic plates dives under another • the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart • the layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface • created by two pieces of continental crust converging • the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago • creates midocean ridges, earthquakes, and volcanic activity • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the upper layer of the earth's
  2. crust upper the mental
  3. is continents is Europe
  4. are tectonic plates that move away
  5. is continents in Asia
  6. two tectonic moving toward each other
  7. is continents in Australia
Down
  1. is the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's
  2. is continents is north America
  3. is Earth's seven main divisions of land.
  4. the continents is south American
  5. is how major landforms are created
  6. is passed each other.
  7. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
  8. is continents is Africa
  9. is continent is Antarctica

16 Clues: is passed each other. • is continents in Asia • crust upper the mental • is continents is Europe • is continents is Africa • is continent is Antarctica • is continents in Australia • the upper layer of the earth's • is continents is north America • the continents is south American • is how major landforms are created • are tectonic plates that move away • ...