plate Crossword Puzzles

Rocks and Weathering 2020-11-08

Rocks and Weathering crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process which drives plate tectonics
  2. The widest part of the earth
  3. The type of volcano with steep slopes
  4. The part of the earth on which we live
  5. The type of volcano with gentle slopes
  6. When plates move past each other this is called a _____ plate boundary
  7. The denser type of crust
  8. The inner most part of the earth is called the _______
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  1. The less dense type of crust
  2. The name given to the reason why cities are warmer than rural areas
  3. The point at which 2 tectonic plates meet and one descends below the other.
  4. When plates move towards each other this is called a _____ plate boundary
  5. When plates move away from each other this is called a ______ plate boundary

13 Clues: The denser type of crust • The less dense type of crust • The widest part of the earth • The type of volcano with steep slopes • The part of the earth on which we live • The type of volcano with gentle slopes • The process which drives plate tectonics • The inner most part of the earth is called the _______ • ...

Plate Boundaries/Faults 2024-11-13

Plate Boundaries/Faults crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fault blocks move past each other horizontally (2 words)
  2. pressure from pulling apart
  3. pressure from squeezing together
  4. this type of fault is a lower angle (less than 45 degrees)reverse fault
  5. strain caused by compressional stress
  6. deformation caused by stress
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  1. caused by movement/displacement of rock along plate boundaries/faults
  2. this type of fault is when the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall 45 degrees or greater
  3. type of plate boundary where plates move together
  4. this type of fault is when the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall
  5. this builds up causing earthquakes
  6. type of plate boundary where plates move apart
  7. type of plate boundary where plates slide past one another

13 Clues: pressure from pulling apart • deformation caused by stress • pressure from squeezing together • this builds up causing earthquakes • strain caused by compressional stress • type of plate boundary where plates move apart • type of plate boundary where plates move together • fault blocks move past each other horizontally (2 words) • ...

Chapter 5 Crossword Puzzle 2023-11-16

Chapter 5 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. the transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another
  2. the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
  3. the measurement of how much mass is contained in a given volume
  4. a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over asthenospherem carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  5. molten mixture of rock forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle.
  6. a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  7. boundary a plate boundary hwere two plates away from each other
  8. current the movement of a fluid caused by difference in temperature that transfers heat from one part of a fluid to another
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  1. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle as a convergent boundary.
  2. drift the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across the Earth's surface
  3. ridge an undersean mountain chain wher new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean
  4. of fire a major belt of volcanoes tht rims the Pacific Ocean
  5. spot an area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it
  6. ocean trench a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
  7. liquid magma that reaches the surface
  8. the name of the single landmass that began to break apart woo million years ago and gave rise to today's continents.
  9. the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
  10. spreading the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  11. the transfer of thermal energy by movement of a fluid
  12. arc a string of volcanoes that form as the result of subduction of one oeceanic plate benearthha second oceanic plate

20 Clues: liquid magma that reaches the surface • the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves • the transfer of thermal energy by movement of a fluid • of fire a major belt of volcanoes tht rims the Pacific Ocean • a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface • the measurement of how much mass is contained in a given volume • ...

Plate Tectonics Review 2024-12-03

Plate Tectonics Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Oceanic lithosphere is ________ and more dense than Continental Lithosphere
  2. Feature formed at subduction zones on less dense plate
  3. Feature showing steep decline in ocean due to plates bending down; found at subduction zones
  4. Rigid portion of Earth; Contains the plates
  5. Continental Lithosphere is ________ and less dense than Oceanic Lithosphere
  6. Harry Hess' hypothesis about what happens in the ocean to oceanic plates
  7. movement of heat and material within the mantle; mechanism for Plate Tectonics
  8. Heat energy source of Earth; unstable element turns into stable element
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  1. convergent plate boundary where one plate moves under another
  2. describing plates or crust that are under the ocean
  3. Matthews and Vine found Magnetic ______ reversals in the ocean rock; supported Hess' hypothesis
  4. Layer of Earth made of Iron and Nickel; is the heat source for convection
  5. Layer of earth made of rock that is "plastic" due to heat and pressure
  6. map of world showing elevations
  7. map of world showing natural surfaces
  8. early theory of Earth movement; did not have mechanism, so it was rejected
  9. describing plates or crust that contain landmasses
  10. rise in midde of ocean where magma rises to surface; found at divergent boundaries
  11. geologic event from tectonic plates shift; can kill thousands

19 Clues: map of world showing elevations • map of world showing natural surfaces • Rigid portion of Earth; Contains the plates • describing plates or crust that contain landmasses • describing plates or crust that are under the ocean • Feature formed at subduction zones on less dense plate • convergent plate boundary where one plate moves under another • ...

earth science 2024-12-05

earth science crossword puzzle
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  1. the ground under the sea
  2. a place where 2 tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. sections of earth that stay connected and move together
  4. a place where 2 tectonic plates move towards each other
  5. high areas made when Continental plates converge
  6. Where 2 tectonic plates move in opposite directions parallel with each other
  7. rock made from cooled lava
  8. rock layers made of pieces of rock ceented by minerals dissolved in water
  9. the area around the Pacific plate where there is a high level of volcanic activity
  10. high areas made when Continental plates converge
  11. a deeper valley in the ocean floor where subduction is taking place
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  1. the ground on land
  2. a place where a Continental plates moves towards an oceanic plate move towards each other pushing the oceanic plate under the Continental plate
  3. rock changed by heat and pressure
  4. remains of living things trapped in layers of rock and mineralized
  5. top layer of mantle where movement takes place convection cell the movement of hot lava in a circular motion as it moves
  6. the rapid movement of the earth's crust
  7. movement of the top layer of mantle in a circular motion from heating and cooling
  8. Where 2 continental plates diverge
  9. Small volcanic rock hill between the Atlantic and Eurasian plates

20 Clues: the ground on land • the ground under the sea • rock made from cooled lava • rock changed by heat and pressure • Where 2 continental plates diverge • the rapid movement of the earth's crust • high areas made when Continental plates converge • high areas made when Continental plates converge • sections of earth that stay connected and move together • ...

volcanoes 2021-11-04

volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. magma hardens
  2. eaths heat
  3. sits sideways
  4. opening
  5. alternitve lava
  6. stores magma
  7. water heated by magma
  8. edge of pacific plate
  9. thickness of liquid
  10. hole
  11. connects chambers to a vent
  12. subduction of oceanic plates
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  1. thick lava
  2. calm lava flows
  3. up down
  4. violent with cinders
  5. sleeping
  6. hot gas,ash,cinders,bombs
  7. erupsion of hot water
  8. never again
  9. magma hardens
  10. caved in volcanoe
  11. when lava pours out
  12. runny lava
  13. middle of plate
  14. currently erupting
  15. makes magma thicker

27 Clues: hole • up down • opening • sleeping • thick lava • eaths heat • runny lava • never again • stores magma • magma hardens • sits sideways • magma hardens • calm lava flows • alternitve lava • middle of plate • caved in volcanoe • currently erupting • when lava pours out • thickness of liquid • makes magma thicker • violent with cinders • erupsion of hot water • water heated by magma • edge of pacific plate • ...

Trey-one1 2022-11-11

Trey-one1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sits sideways
  2. hot gas ash cinders and bombs
  3. eruption of heated water
  4. violent with cinders
  5. thickness of a liquid
  6. never again
  7. thick lava
  8. caved in volcano
  9. sleeping
  10. when lava sprouts out
  11. stores magma
  12. connects chambers to a vent
  13. water heated by magma
  14. currently erupting
  15. hole
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  1. edge of pacific plate
  2. alternating lava
  3. up and down
  4. calm lava flows
  5. earths heat
  6. opening
  7. middle of plate
  8. runny lava
  9. magma hardens in the place
  10. magma chambers hardens
  11. makes magma thicker

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

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The lower-middle layer of the Earth.
  2. Missing sequence of parallel rocks
  3. Sedimentary rock on top of an eroded surface
  4. Boundary between 2 plates that are moving away from each other.
  5. Outermost layer of the Earth.
  6. Boundary between 2 plates that push into each other.
  7. Boundary between 2 plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  8. Molten rock squeezing into existing ones
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  1. Sequence of rock layers
  2. Bending rock layers
  3. The transfer of heat due to the movement of particles
  4. The inner-most layer of the Earth.
  5. Break in the Earth's crust
  6. The middle layer of the Earth.
  7. Slated rock layers

15 Clues: Slated rock layers • Bending rock layers • Sequence of rock layers • Break in the Earth's crust • Outermost layer of the Earth. • The middle layer of the Earth. • Missing sequence of parallel rocks • The inner-most layer of the Earth. • The lower-middle layer of the Earth. • Molten rock squeezing into existing ones • Sedimentary rock on top of an eroded surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary between 2 plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  2. Slated rock layers
  3. Sequence of rock layers
  4. Boundary between 2 plates that push into each other.
  5. Missing sequence of parallel rocks
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  1. The transfer of heat due to the movement of particles
  2. The inner-most layer of the Earth.
  3. The middle layer of the Earth.
  4. Break in the Earth's crust
  5. Sedimentary rock on top of an eroded surface
  6. Outermost layer of the Earth.
  7. Bending rock layers
  8. Boundary between 2 plates that are moving away from each other.
  9. Molten rock squeezing into existing ones
  10. The lower-middle layer of the Earth.

15 Clues: Slated rock layers • Bending rock layers • Sequence of rock layers • Break in the Earth's crust • Outermost layer of the Earth. • The middle layer of the Earth. • The inner-most layer of the Earth. • Missing sequence of parallel rocks • The lower-middle layer of the Earth. • Molten rock squeezing into existing ones • Sedimentary rock on top of an eroded surface • ...

Plate boundaries 2015-04-25

Plate boundaries crossword puzzle
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  1. Where tectonic plates move away from each other
  2. Molten rock mixed with hot gas
  3. Occurs when a lot of pressure builds up and is released when the crust shifts
  4. The spot on the fault where the pressure first releases
  5. Where tectonic plates collide with each other
  6. Supply of magma
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  1. A scale that measures the intensity of an earthquake
  2. The spot on the earth's surface directly above the hypocenter
  3. Where tectonic plates slide pass each other
  4. Was originally magma under the earth's surface
  5. A supercontinent that was formed approximately 300 million years ago
  6. An unpredictable earthquake that occurs shortly after the big seismic events
  7. An underwater volcano
  8. A type of volcano that hasn't erupted for a long time
  9. Openings in the ground that release energy from beneath the Earth

15 Clues: Supply of magma • An underwater volcano • Molten rock mixed with hot gas • Where tectonic plates slide pass each other • Where tectonic plates collide with each other • Was originally magma under the earth's surface • Where tectonic plates move away from each other • A scale that measures the intensity of an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-02-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The middle layer of the earth
  2. Outermost shell of a rocky planet
  3. One of the major plates
  4. Where two plates are colliding.
  5. Outermost shell of the planet
  6. A mixture of molten or semi-molten rock.
  7. The movement of a physical quantity because of the movement of the matter.
  8. Where two plates are moving apart.
  9. A large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area
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  1. Concerned with the processes which control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust, and its evolution through time.
  2. A type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide
  3. The result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.
  4. A planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock
  5. A rupture on the crust
  6. Where plates slide passed each other.

15 Clues: A rupture on the crust • One of the major plates • The middle layer of the earth • Outermost shell of the planet • Where two plates are colliding. • Outermost shell of a rocky planet • Where two plates are moving apart. • Where plates slide passed each other. • A mixture of molten or semi-molten rock. • A planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-01-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Type of boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
  2. These occur at transform boundary faults and can cause tremendous devastation.
  3. (TWO words, no spaces) Scientists believe these are occuring in the mantle and moving the tectonic plates.
  4. (THREE words, no spaces) These form in the ocean at subduction zones when two plates converge under water.
  5. (THREE Words, no spaces) These are formed under water at divergent plate boundaries. They are areas where new ocean crust is formed.
  6. (TWO WORDS, no spaces) Theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on the asthenosphere.
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  1. The process when one tectonic plate moves underneath the other.
  2. Type of plate boundary where two plates collide.
  3. (TWO words, no spaces) This forms ON LAND at divergent plate boundaries. There is a FAMOUS one in Eastern Africa.
  4. (THREE Words) Process that happens at divergent oceanic boundaries when new oceanic crust is created.
  5. (TWO WORDS, no spaces) The name of Alfred Wegner's theory that continents were once joined as one large, single land mass.
  6. The name of the breaks that are along a transform boundary created by the shearing of two pieces of crust. There is a FAMOUS ONE in California.
  7. (Last Name Only) Scientist that proposed Earth's continets were once joined together in a single land mass.
  8. Type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart.
  9. The name of the supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago.

15 Clues: Type of plate boundary where two plates collide. • The process when one tectonic plate moves underneath the other. • Type of plate boundary where two plates separate or move apart. • The name of the supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago. • These occur at transform boundary faults and can cause tremendous devastation. • ...

Plate Boundaries 2021-04-01

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to plates move together
  2. plate sinks below
  3. two oceanic crust diverge
  4. new ocean floor created
  5. sea flor spreading
  6. coming together
  7. two continental crust diverge
  8. earthquakes cause them
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  1. to continental plates collide
  2. when two plates converge
  3. crust a thin layer of crust that under lines the basins
  4. moving apart
  5. two continental crust collide
  6. a long chain of volcanoes
  7. sliding past each other

15 Clues: moving apart • coming together • plate sinks below • sea flor spreading • earthquakes cause them • to plates move together • new ocean floor created • sliding past each other • when two plates converge • two oceanic crust diverge • a long chain of volcanoes • two continental crust collide • two continental crust diverge • to continental plates collide • ...

Dead plate 2024-04-24

Dead plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where does the events take place?
  2. What is Rody?
  3. What happens to the food Rody tries to reheat?
  4. What did the rat become?
  5. What part of the cook's body got burned from Vince?
  6. What is Rody (the reason Manon broke up w him)
  7. What type of game is Dead plate?
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  1. What genre is the game?
  2. What is Vince?
  3. Vince's favorite food
  4. What part of Rody is missing after End 3?
  5. What can't Vince do?
  6. What did Vince become after End 4?
  7. What is Manon?
  8. the sixties When do the events happen?

15 Clues: What is Rody? • What is Vince? • What is Manon? • What can't Vince do? • Vince's favorite food • What genre is the game? • What did the rat become? • What type of game is Dead plate? • Where does the events take place? • What did Vince become after End 4? • the sixties When do the events happen? • What part of Rody is missing after End 3? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - hot liquid in the mantle layer
  2. - Friction
  3. tectonics
  4. Drift
  5. - Thing you eat on
  6. - Study of the earth
  7. - Move away
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  1. - hard, round
  2. - Tall
  3. - hot lava
  4. - mostly solid bulk of the Earth’s interior
  5. - top layer of the earth’s crust
  6. - orbits the sun
  7. - Ice
  8. - movement of the earth
  9. - Move towards
  10. - part of the crust

17 Clues: - Ice • Drift • - Tall • tectonics • - hot lava • - Friction • - Move away • - hard, round • - Move towards • - orbits the sun • - Thing you eat on • - part of the crust • - Study of the earth • - movement of the earth • - hot liquid in the mantle layer • - top layer of the earth’s crust • - mostly solid bulk of the Earth’s interior

plate motion 2023-03-01

plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earths outermost layer
  2. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath
  3. one of the earths very large sections of land
  4. a diagram to show what the inside of something looks like
  5. moving apart
  6. moving toward the same place
  7. large area of land on earths outer layer
  8. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor
  9. a sudden shaking of earth's surface
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  1. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  2. any of the many processes where gas, lava, and ash are pushed out of the surface of the earth
  3. an underwater mountain formed when two plates move apart
  4. the place where two plates meet
  5. examine something
  6. how often or fast something happens

15 Clues: moving apart • examine something • earths outermost layer • moving toward the same place • the place where two plates meet • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of earth's surface • the layer of soft, solid rock underneath • large area of land on earths outer layer • a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor • one of the earths very large sections of land • ...

plate boundaries 2021-11-02

plate boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates moving laterally
  2. movement of continents
  3. less dense but bigger
  4. containing crust and upper mantle
  5. all continents together
  6. crust going under crust
  7. founder of continental drift theory
  8. plates moving away from each other
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  1. with and without subduction
  2. underwater mountains
  3. cooled magma moving ocean crust
  4. black smoke and heated water
  5. how the continents move
  6. subduction against continent plate
  7. more dense but smaller

15 Clues: underwater mountains • less dense but bigger • movement of continents • more dense but smaller • plates moving laterally • how the continents move • all continents together • crust going under crust • with and without subduction • black smoke and heated water • cooled magma moving ocean crust • containing crust and upper mantle • subduction against continent plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is the line created by the intersection between any planar surface
  2. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  3. Are faults that havent had a record but may still generate an earthquake
  4. A slow type of fault movement
  5. Are faults that may continue to cause earthquakes
  6. A series of associated faults spread over an area
  7. The force applied to rocks
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  1. When shearing and compression or tension combine
  2. Is formed when rocks are compressed
  3. May be a normal or reverse fault
  4. They are forced to move in parallel but opposite direction
  5. It slips in the direction of the strike
  6. Long, narrow, and steep sided on ocean floors
  7. A fracture or break in Earth's crust
  8. Forms an angle of dip that is less than 45°

15 Clues: The force applied to rocks • A slow type of fault movement • May be a normal or reverse fault • Is formed when rocks are compressed • A fracture or break in Earth's crust • It slips in the direction of the strike • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground • Forms an angle of dip that is less than 45° • Long, narrow, and steep sided on ocean floors • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A thin spot in the crust where magma forms a plume which allows volcanoes to form
  2. A circular cycle in the mantle with hotter material rising and cooler material sinking
  3. Type of boundary where two plates move alongside each other
  4. Type of boundary where two plates move apart
  5. Type of metamorphic rock that is formed from immense pressure
  6. An area where two plates meet in a convergent boundary and one plate goes underneath the other plate.
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  1. Type of rock formed by heat and pressure
  2. Type of metamorphic rock that is formed by heat yet it doesn't melt
  3. Layers in metamorphic rock
  4. Type of rock formed by magma cooling
  5. An area where magma from the mantle escapes through the ground
  6. Layers in sedimentary rock
  7. The process where rocks are formed and recycled
  8. Type of rock formed by cementation of sediments
  9. Type of boundary where two plates collide

15 Clues: Layers in metamorphic rock • Layers in sedimentary rock • Type of rock formed by magma cooling • Type of rock formed by heat and pressure • Type of boundary where two plates collide • Type of boundary where two plates move apart • The process where rocks are formed and recycled • Type of rock formed by cementation of sediments • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what boundary make mid-ocean ridges?
  2. what is a violent shaking in the ground?
  3. what rock is made from cooling magma outside of the volcano?
  4. what boundary makes earthquakes?
  5. what did Harry Hess find?
  6. what is a underwater mountain range?
  7. What rock is made under intense heat and pressure?
  8. what is a crack in the crust where magma flows?
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  1. what igneous rock is made in the volcano?
  2. what rock is made from sediments?
  3. what is melted rock in the groud?
  4. what boundary makes mountains?
  5. what did Alfred Wegener find?
  6. when the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate?
  7. melted rock above the group

15 Clues: what did Harry Hess find? • melted rock above the group • what did Alfred Wegener find? • what boundary makes mountains? • what boundary makes earthquakes? • what rock is made from sediments? • what is melted rock in the groud? • what boundary make mid-ocean ridges? • what is a underwater mountain range? • what is a violent shaking in the ground? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-03-13

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Process where one plate moves under another.
  2. Mountain formed by eruptions of magma.
  3. Deep valley on the ocean floor at a subduction zone.
  4. Shaking of the ground caused by plate movement.
  5. Rigid outer layer of Earth, made of tectonic plates.
  6. Boundary where two plates move apart.
  7. Ancient supercontinent that broke apart over time.
  8. Boundary where two plates slide past each other.
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  1. Underwater mountain chain formed by plate movement.
  2. Layer of Earth beneath the crust, made of hot rock.
  3. Boundary where two plates collide.
  4. Landform created by a divergent boundary on land.
  5. Crack in Earth's surface where movement occurs.
  6. Semi-fluid layer on which tectonic plates move.
  7. Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.

15 Clues: Boundary where two plates collide. • Boundary where two plates move apart. • Mountain formed by eruptions of magma. • Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. • Process where one plate moves under another. • Crack in Earth's surface where movement occurs. • Shaking of the ground caused by plate movement. • Semi-fluid layer on which tectonic plates move. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-11-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. magma when it reaches the surface
  2. rising hot mantle material and sinking colder material
  3. when two plates pull apart from each other
  4. vents where lava erupt onto the Earth's surface
  5. where two or more plates meet
  6. A cloud formed from tiny ash particles and gases blasted from the volcano
  7. the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust
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  1. a super continent
  2. molten rock that is formed in very hot conditions inside the earth
  3. when two plates slide past each other horizontally
  4. a large section of Earth's crust
  5. a large wave that is caused by a earthquake
  6. when one plate moves under another
  7. outpourings of molten rock from a vent onto Earth's surface during an effusive volcanic eruption
  8. the second layer in the earth

15 Clues: a super continent • the second layer in the earth • where two or more plates meet • a large section of Earth's crust • magma when it reaches the surface • when one plate moves under another • when two plates pull apart from each other • a large wave that is caused by a earthquake • vents where lava erupt onto the Earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-05-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is a process that involves the movement of energy from one place to another.
  2. Is the process that occurs when two tectonic plates meet at convergent boundaries.
  3. The solid outer part of the Earth.
  4. A scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements.
  5. A horseshoe-shaped zone of intense seismic and volcanic activity that traces the boundaries of the pacific plate.
  6. Formed where two tectonic plats pass laterally by one another.
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  1. Internal structure which includes crust, mantle and core.
  2. Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere.
  3. Long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates.
  4. Occurs when two tectonic plates move apart, creating a crack that fills with magma and forms new crust.
  5. A linear lowland region created by tectonic plates pulling apart.
  6. An area on earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.
  7. A portion of the Earth's mantle that flows like molten plastic despite being solid.
  8. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust.
  9. Processes that destroy landforms.

15 Clues: Processes that destroy landforms. • The solid outer part of the Earth. • The formation of new areas of oceanic crust. • Internal structure which includes crust, mantle and core. • Massive slab of solid rock made up of Earth's lithosphere. • Formed where two tectonic plats pass laterally by one another. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Moving together
  2. Mountain range made by continental continental convergence
  3. Movement of heat in solids or liquids
  4. More Dense crust
  5. Occur at all types of plate boundaries
  6. Mountain range made by oceanic continental convergence
  7. Place continent is splitting apart
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  1. One plate being pushed under another
  2. Less dense crust
  3. Moving side to side
  4. Form at divergent boundaries and subduction zones
  5. Forms in ocean at subduction zone
  6. Made up of oceanic, and continental,crust and upper mantle
  7. Moving apart
  8. A push or a pull

15 Clues: Moving apart • Moving together • Less dense crust • A push or a pull • More Dense crust • Moving side to side • Forms in ocean at subduction zone • Place continent is splitting apart • One plate being pushed under another • Movement of heat in solids or liquids • Occur at all types of plate boundaries • Form at divergent boundaries and subduction zones • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-10-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outermost layer of the core
  2. When two plated slide past each other
  3. When two plates move away from each other
  4. Created the theory of Continental drift
  5. They can move past into and away from this
  6. Alfred Wegener created a theory for these
  7. The continents were called this when they were still together
Down
  1. When two plates Come together
  2. he movement caused when the heat from magma causes a current to form
  3. Two plates can do this when the come together
  4. Thinnest layer of the Earth
  5. The inside of the earth has this inside
  6. Thickest layer of the earth
  7. The innermost layer of the core
  8. These form when two plates move apart

15 Clues: Thinnest layer of the Earth • Thickest layer of the earth • When two plates Come together • The outermost layer of the core • The innermost layer of the core • When two plated slide past each other • These form when two plates move apart • The inside of the earth has this inside • Created the theory of Continental drift • When two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-20

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

15 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 Tectonics 2023-01-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates slide past each other
  2. Most recent supercontinent
  3. liquid iron/nickel; Earth's magnetic field
  4. 2 plates meet;one crushed under the other
  5. outermost shell of Earth's layers. Thinnest layer.
  6. two plates move away from each other
  7. magma upwells from underground
  8. underwater ridge between major plates
Down
  1. Theory:Earth divided into moving plates
  2. where two plates meet
  3. hottest layer; dense ball of iron and nickel.
  4. thickest layer of lava under Earth's crust
  5. movement of plates on Earth's surface
  6. Hot "semi fluid" below Earth's crust.
  7. Large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust.

15 Clues: where two plates meet • Most recent supercontinent • magma upwells from underground • two plates slide past each other • two plates move away from each other • movement of plates on Earth's surface • Hot "semi fluid" below Earth's crust. • underwater ridge between major plates • Theory:Earth divided into moving plates • 2 plates meet;one crushed under the other • ...

Plate Techtonics 2023-01-13

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  3. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  4. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912
  5. A plate boundary where two plates grind against each other, moving it different directions
  6. the thickest layer of the earth
  7. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  8. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
Down
  1. A deep valley where two plates move apart
  2. The name of the single landmass that broke apart 225 million years ago
  3. What happens when two plates rub together.
  4. Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth
  5. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  6. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  7. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other

15 Clues: the thickest layer of the earth • A deep canyon on the ocean floor • A deep valley where two plates move apart • What happens when two plates rub together. • 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 • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-01-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  2. Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere
  3. Thickest layer of the Earth
  4. A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere
  5. a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
  6. The name of the single landmass that broke apart long ago
  7. A deep canyon on the ocean floor
  8. German Scientist who developed the Theory of the Continental Drift in 1912.
  9. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
Down
  1. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  2. The undersea mountain mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  3. The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface
  4. a deep valley where two plates move apart
  5. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  6. Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth

15 Clues: Thickest layer of the Earth • A deep canyon on the ocean floor • a deep valley where two plates move apart • A break or crack in the Earth's lithosphere • The layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface • Dense ball of solid material at the center of the Earth • The name of the single landmass that broke apart long ago • ...

Plate motion 2023-10-25

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Which piece of evidence indicates that the South America and Africa?
  2. Where did Alfred Wegener die?
  3. What are the plate tectonics made of?
  4. The Himalayan mountains formed where two Continental plates?
  5. The edge of a plate sinks into the mantle at which zone?
  6. The segments on the Earth’s outer space are —————————- plate.
Down
  1. Plates move at a rate about 2?
  2. Which layer of the earth contains the asthenosphere?
  3. The driving force behind the plate tectonics is the?
  4. Flat topped mountains in the Pacific Ocean are known as?
  5. Deepest part of the sea.
  6. Crystals that point in the direction of the magnetic North Pole are made of

12 Clues: Deepest part of the sea. • Where did Alfred Wegener die? • Plates move at a rate about 2? • What are the plate tectonics made of? • Which layer of the earth contains the asthenosphere? • The driving force behind the plate tectonics is the? • Flat topped mountains in the Pacific Ocean are known as? • The edge of a plate sinks into the mantle at which zone? • ...

Volcanoes 2025-10-14

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A sudden explosion of lava and gases from a volcano
  2. Hot molten rock beneath the Earth's surface
  3. The layer of the Earth below the crust
  4. Process where one tectonic plate sinks under another
  5. Hot column of mantle rock rising beneath a volcano
Down
  1. A type of plate boundary where plates move apart
  2. A plate boundary where plates collide or push together
  3. Molten rock that reaches the Earth's surface
  4. Fine particles of rock and volcanic glass ejected during eruptions
  5. Shaking of the ground caused by movement along faults
  6. Area around the Pacific Ocean with many volcanoes and earthquakes
  7. Large rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere

12 Clues: The layer of the Earth below the crust • Hot molten rock beneath the Earth's surface • Molten rock that reaches the Earth's surface • Large rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere • A type of plate boundary where plates move apart • Hot column of mantle rock rising beneath a volcano • A sudden explosion of lava and gases from a volcano • ...

TECTONIC PLATES 2025-05-12

TECTONIC PLATES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. less dense type of crust, that is above sea level
  2. a type of plate boundary that is characterized by plates pulling apart from each other
  3. the plate on which Poland is located
  4. plate tectonics is an example of scientific...
Down
  1. the outermost shell of our planet
  2. a type of plate boundary that led to the emergence of the Andes
  3. the location where two plates meet
  4. the mechanically weak region of the upper mantle of earth
  5. convection and conduction are types of heat...
  6. a type of plate boundary that results in strong earthquakes

10 Clues: the outermost shell of our planet • the location where two plates meet • the plate on which Poland is located • convection and conduction are types of heat... • plate tectonics is an example of scientific... • less dense type of crust, that is above sea level • the mechanically weak region of the upper mantle of earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-04-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary when plates slide past each other
  2. fault when the land is pulling apart or stretching
  3. fault caused by compressional forces and results in shortening
  4. contain flowing material and is responsible for plate movement
  5. boundary plates that move apart
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  1. solid part of the crust and upper mantle
  2. slip fault movement is horizontal, they slip past each other
  3. hot molten rock forced up the the cracks from sea floor spreading
  4. boundary when plates move together
  5. zone dense plate sinks under heavier continental plate
  6. tectonics earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections
  7. floor spreading when hot material from earth's crust rises to the surface

12 Clues: boundary plates that move apart • boundary when plates move together • solid part of the crust and upper mantle • boundary when plates slide past each other • fault when the land is pulling apart or stretching • zone dense plate sinks under heavier continental plate • slip fault movement is horizontal, they slip past each other • ...

Printmaking 2024-10-24

Printmaking crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The roller that applies ink.
  2. What is the first medium you printed with?
  3. What you etch, carve, or add to to create the image
  4. A pre-cut tool used to draw a pattern or shapes uniformly.
  5. A section is _______ the deeper you etch.
  6. You ________ to copy a drawn/painted/etched image onto another surface.
Down
  1. The process of designing and producing prints.
  2. You etch or carve a printing plate, roll ink on, & press & pull onto paper.
  3. The picture an artist makes when printmaking.
  4. ____ plate. It's a wibbly jiggly printing plate.
  5. Printing ink is _______ than paint
  6. Peel the paper off the printing plate to ________ the print.

12 Clues: The roller that applies ink. • Printing ink is _______ than paint • A section is _______ the deeper you etch. • What is the first medium you printed with? • The picture an artist makes when printmaking. • The process of designing and producing prints. • ____ plate. It's a wibbly jiggly printing plate. • What you etch, carve, or add to to create the image • ...

plate 2022-08-28

plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. MACHELE'S NEIGHBOR
  2. THE HEAD OPEN
  3. INSTEAD OF COROLLA
  4. yellow Toyota
Down
  1. It had a good A/C
  2. when papa was born
  3. A VERY GOOD CAR - "LAAL CHHARI"
  4. blue Nissan
  5. HAD XX WHEEL DESIGN

9 Clues: blue Nissan • THE HEAD OPEN • yellow Toyota • It had a good A/C • MACHELE'S NEIGHBOR • when papa was born • INSTEAD OF COROLLA • HAD XX WHEEL DESIGN • A VERY GOOD CAR - "LAAL CHHARI"

Devin Miller 2015-04-30

Devin Miller crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field of the Earth that have occurred from time to time
  2. is the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core.
  3. or sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  4. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  5. was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It formed approximately 300 million years ago and then began to break apart after about 100 million years
  6. also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly
Down
  1. is a linear-shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault.
  2. an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism.
  3. is the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, sediment.
  4. is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  5. is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  6. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
  7. is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  8. is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other, thus appearing to "drift" across the ocean bed
  9. is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction

15 Clues: is the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, sediment. • an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism. • or sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. • a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times. • ...

Nail Technology 8E Chapter 4 Crossword Puzzle 2023-10-25

Nail Technology 8E Chapter 4 Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The __________ is the area where the nail plate cells are formed, extending from under the nail fold at the base of the nail plate.
  2. Some people have short lunulas that may be hidden by the_________ nail fold.
  3. The lateral nail fold is also referred to as the __________ .
  4. The skin surrounding the nail plate folds in toward the nail, forming the nail __________ on either side.
  5. The___________ is the hardened keratin plate that is on top of the nail bed.
  6. The ___________ is the slightly thickened layer of skin that lies between the fingertip and free edge.
Down
  1. The natural nail is composed mainly of the same fiber protein found in_______________.
  2. The ___________ is the portion of the living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge.
  3. The__________is the living skin underneath the proximal nail fold at the base of the plate.
  4. The __________ is the colorless tissue attached to the nail plate.

10 Clues: The lateral nail fold is also referred to as the __________ . • The __________ is the colorless tissue attached to the nail plate. • The___________ is the hardened keratin plate that is on top of the nail bed. • Some people have short lunulas that may be hidden by the_________ nail fold. • ...

Lab Crossword 2013-04-23

Lab Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Used to Transfer Fluids
  2. Spins Tubes
  3. aPtt Reagent
  4. Cell Increased in a Viral Infection
  5. Test for Cholesterol
  6. Chemistry Tube
  7. Pink Plate
  8. Test for Heart Attack
  9. Result of Blood Sitting in a Red Tube
  10. Cell Increased in a Bacterial Infection
  11. Test for Inflammation
  12. Result of Blood Sitting in a Green Tube
  13. Most Rare Blood Type
  14. Shift Towards Immatures
Down
  1. Cell Increased in Mono
  2. Pt Reagent
  3. Most Common Blood Type
  4. Heme Tube
  5. Coag Tube
  6. Red Plate
  7. Test for Thyroid
  8. Test for Congestive Heart Failure

22 Clues: Heme Tube • Coag Tube • Red Plate • Pt Reagent • Pink Plate • Spins Tubes • aPtt Reagent • Chemistry Tube • Test for Thyroid • Test for Cholesterol • Most Rare Blood Type • Test for Heart Attack • Test for Inflammation • Cell Increased in Mono • Most Common Blood Type • Used to Transfer Fluids • Shift Towards Immatures • Test for Congestive Heart Failure • Cell Increased in a Viral Infection • ...

Household Furniture 2021-05-03

Household Furniture crossword puzzle
Across
  1. keep hot water
  2. tool for mowing water
  3. Tools for washing clothes
  4. for sleeping or lying down
  5. to hold the food you Want to cut
  6. to waste water
  7. a place To fall asleep
  8. for hanging clothes
  9. for sit
  10. tool for cutting Food
Down
  1. tool for Cooking rice
  2. takes the food form the plate
  3. for rice
  4. function foor
  5. as a tool for sauteing food
  6. to store water for drinking
  7. a were to write
  8. for storing clothes
  9. is a source of various entertainment
  10. Keeps food fresh

20 Clues: for sit • for rice • function foor • keep hot water • to waste water • a were to write • Keeps food fresh • for storing clothes • for hanging clothes • tool for Cooking rice • tool for mowing water • a place To fall asleep • tool for cutting Food • Tools for washing clothes • for sleeping or lying down • as a tool for sauteing food • to store water for drinking • takes the food form the plate • ...

Household Furniture 2021-05-03

Household Furniture crossword puzzle
Across
  1. for rice
  2. for sleeping or lying down
  3. for storing clothes
  4. takes the food form the plate
  5. tool for Cooking rice
  6. to store water for drinking
  7. to hold the food you Want to cut
  8. Keeps food fresh
  9. a place To fall asleep
Down
  1. as a tool for sauteing food
  2. keep hot water
  3. is a source of various entertainment
  4. Tools for washing clothes
  5. to waste water
  6. function foor
  7. tool for mowing water
  8. a were to write
  9. for sit
  10. tool for cutting Food
  11. for hanging clothes

20 Clues: for sit • for rice • function foor • keep hot water • to waste water • a were to write • Keeps food fresh • for storing clothes • for hanging clothes • tool for mowing water • tool for Cooking rice • tool for cutting Food • a place To fall asleep • Tools for washing clothes • for sleeping or lying down • as a tool for sauteing food • to store water for drinking • takes the food form the plate • ...

Leif 3 2023-11-03

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

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • calm flows • runny lava • chunky lava • earths heat • never again • up and down • sit sideways • stores magma • lava pours out • thickens magma • alternating lava • liquid thickness • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currently erupting • violent with cinders • water heated by magma • magma chamber hardens • gas,ash,cinders,bombs • eruption of hot water • edge of of pacific plate • ...

Leif 3 2023-11-03

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

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • calm flows • runny lava • chunky lava • earths heat • never again • up and down • sit sideways • stores magma • lava pours out • thickens magma • alternating lava • liquid thickness • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currently erupting • violent with cinders • water heated by magma • magma chamber hardens • gas,ash,cinders,bombs • eruption of hot water • edge of of pacific plate • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-04-08

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates collide together
  2. two plates move apart
  3. when a transform boundary plate breaks
  4. crack in the tectonic plate
  5. the zone where a continental plate and an oceanic plate meet and collide in a certain way
Down
  1. two plates slide past each other
  2. created when a convergent boundary forms
  3. currents in the mantle
  4. plates on earth that can shift around
  5. hot rock underneath the mantle

10 Clues: two plates move apart • currents in the mantle • two plates collide together • crack in the tectonic plate • hot rock underneath the mantle • two plates slide past each other • plates on earth that can shift around • when a transform boundary plate breaks • created when a convergent boundary forms • ...

Earthquakes 2023-01-31

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plate boundaries pushing into each other
  2. slowest wave
  3. waves of energy that go through the earth
  4. the pulling between 2 plate boundaries
  5. a break in land
Down
  1. fastest wave
  2. a type of wave made of energy caused by earthquakes
  3. the sliding of plate boundaries next to each other
  4. the study of seismic waves
  5. disturbances of plate boundaries that Couse a mass shift in energy

10 Clues: fastest wave • slowest wave • a break in land • the study of seismic waves • the pulling between 2 plate boundaries • waves of energy that go through the earth • two plate boundaries pushing into each other • the sliding of plate boundaries next to each other • a type of wave made of energy caused by earthquakes • ...

Health 2025-11-20

Health crossword puzzle
Across
  1. whole
  2. best class
  3. meat
  4. helps regulate body processes
  5. glucose
  6. fast food
  7. most important meal of the day
  8. type of complex carbohydrate
Down
  1. Simple and complex
  2. stored energy
  3. repair body tissue
  4. can only survive three days without
  5. half of your plate
  6. Protein and calcium
  7. half your plate

15 Clues: meat • whole • glucose • fast food • best class • stored energy • half your plate • Simple and complex • repair body tissue • half of your plate • Protein and calcium • type of complex carbohydrate • helps regulate body processes • most important meal of the day • can only survive three days without

plate tectonics 2017-10-01

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the ocean plate
  2. a plate going under another
  3. The measuring of an earthquake
  4. plate a section of the earth's crust
  5. the area between the core and crust
Down
  1. shaking of the earth due to plates below moving
  2. the outer part of earth
  3. a plate that is a continent
  4. a hot substance that comes from vents or volcanoes
  5. the hottest and the center area of earth

10 Clues: the ocean plate • the outer part of earth • a plate that is a continent • a plate going under another • The measuring of an earthquake • the area between the core and crust • plate a section of the earth's crust • the hottest and the center area of earth • shaking of the earth due to plates below moving • a hot substance that comes from vents or volcanoes

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one plate goes under another, it's called
  2. Molten rock that lies underground
  3. The crust and upper mantle
  4. The type of plate boundary where the plates are moving toward each other
  5. landform that spits lava and ash caused by convergent plates
  6. The type of plate boundary where the plates are moving farther apart
  7. The surname of the scientist who came up with "continental drift".
Down
  1. The outermost layer of the earth
  2. The upper mantle
  3. The type of plate boundary where the plates are sliding past each other
  4. a split in the crust caused by divergent plates
  5. The landmass formed when all of the continents where together

12 Clues: The upper mantle • The crust and upper mantle • The outermost layer of the earth • Molten rock that lies underground • When one plate goes under another, it's called • a split in the crust caused by divergent plates • landform that spits lava and ash caused by convergent plates • The landmass formed when all of the continents where together • ...

Set 1 Vocab 2025-04-02

Set 1 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates where one plate is pushed, or subducts, beneath another
  2. plates: massive, irregularly shaped slabs of solid rock, composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere
  3. Spreading: A geological process where new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges
  4. Wegener: He is best known for proposing the theory of continental drift, suggesting that Earth's continents were once joined in a single supercontinent called Pangaea
  5. Forces: Those that build up or create new landforms
  6. of Continental Drift: This theory describes one of the earliest ways geologists thought continents moved over time
  7. The view that the continents and oceans have always been generally as they are today
  8. Boundary: When two plates come together
  9. a mechanically weak, ductile region of the upper mantle beneath the lithosphere
  10. forces: natural processes that contribute to the continuous change in the Earth's surface topography
Down
  1. of Fire: a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean
  2. tectonics: the scientific theory that the Earth's lithosphere is composed of large, moving plates, causing phenomena like earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building
  3. Boundary: a type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other
  4. The solid, outer part of Earth
  5. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  6. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  7. Valley: A lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart
  8. composition: consists of a solid inner core, a liquid outer core, a solid mantle, and a solid crust, with the outer layer being the lithosphere
  9. Boundary: When two tectonic plates move apart

19 Clues: The solid, outer part of Earth • Boundary: When two plates come together • Boundary: When two tectonic plates move apart • Forces: Those that build up or create new landforms • Valley: A lowland region that forms where Earth's tectonic plates move apart • of Fire: a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean • ...

Sec 4-6 2025-09-10

Sec 4-6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large continent consisting of all of Earth’s continental lithosphere.
  2. a large, long valley on a continent, formed where the continent is pulled apart by forces produced when mantle material rises up beneath the continent.
  3. a large mass of igneous rock formed when magma intrudes and solidifies.
  4. a bend in a planar feature of rock.
  5. a region where lithospheric plates are moving horizontally in relation to one another.
  6. a long, narrow, elongated depression of the deep seafloor.
  7. a long crack in a lithospheric plate formed by hot mantle pushing up from below.
  8. the zone on Earth’s surface where two continents have collided and have been welded together to form a single continent.
  9. are assembled by plate tectonic processes of subduction and continent-continent collision.
  10. rock formed by volcanic activity.
Down
  1. a region where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other.
  2. boundary a region where two (or more) lithospheric plates move toward one another and collide.
  3. the record of the past orientation and polarity of Earth’s magnetic field recorded in rocks containing the mineral magnetite.
  4. a long, narrow belt in which one plate moves downward into the mantle beneath the edge of another plate at a convergent plate boundary.
  5. Earth’s most recent supercontinent, which was rifted apart about 200 million years ago
  6. a kind of volcanic igneous rock, usually dark colored, with a high content of iron.
  7. any evidence of past life preserved in sediments or rocks.
  8. a very hot spring on the ocean floor where heated, mineral-rich water exits from cracks in Earth’s crust.
  9. the growth of a continent along its edges.

19 Clues: rock formed by volcanic activity. • a bend in a planar feature of rock. • the growth of a continent along its edges. • any evidence of past life preserved in sediments or rocks. • a long, narrow, elongated depression of the deep seafloor. • a region where lithospheric plates are moving away from each other. • ...

Andrew Wright 2015-04-30

Andrew Wright crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  2. large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
  3. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  4. Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle
  5. an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism.
  6. is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  7. Changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field of the Earth that have occurred from time to time.
  8. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
  9. the study of the magnetic record in rock is called
Down
  1. these magnetic reversals led scientists to the idea of
  2. is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  3. is where two of the floats - two tectonic plates - side alongside each other. When this happens, the scraping of the two plates causes earthquakes.
  4. the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago.
  5. is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  6. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.

15 Clues: the study of the magnetic record in rock is called • these magnetic reversals led scientists to the idea of • is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. • an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism. • a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times. • ...

Nate Libby 2015-05-01

Nate Libby crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged.
  2. measurement instruments used for two general purposes: to measure the magnetization of a magnetic material like a ferromagnet, or to measure the strength and, in some cases, the direction of the magnetic field at a point in space.
  3. a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity
  4. , is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide
  5. is the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, sediment, or archeological materials.
  6. Ridge push or sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  7. is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other
Down
  1. is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal
  2. portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  3. is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  4. Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle,
  5. a linear-shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault.
  6. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
  7. he process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate and sinks into the mantle as the plates converge.
  8. a supercontinent

15 Clues: a supercontinent • is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other • is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal • Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, • portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction. • ...

wyatt6 2024-10-10

wyatt6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hole
  2. hot gas ash cinders and bombs
  3. calm lava flows
  4. opening
  5. Earth's heat
  6. when lava pours out
  7. connects chambers to a vent
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  1. middle of a plate
  2. alternating lava
  3. eruption of heated water
  4. stores magma
  5. caved in volcano
  6. violent with cinders
  7. edge of the Pacific plate
  8. water heated by magma

15 Clues: hole • opening • stores magma • Earth's heat • calm lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • when lava pours out • violent with cinders • water heated by magma • eruption of heated water • edge of the Pacific plate • connects chambers to a vent • hot gas ash cinders and bombs

Sam6 2024-10-10

Sam6 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. middle of a plate
  2. connects chambers to a vent
  3. calm lava flows
  4. eruption of heated water
  5. stores magma
  6. edge of Pacific plate
  7. hot, gas, ash, cinders and bombs
  8. opening
Down
  1. springs water heated by magma
  2. alternating lava
  3. Earths heat
  4. hole
  5. when lava pours out
  6. violent with cinders
  7. caved in volcano

15 Clues: hole • opening • Earths heat • stores magma • calm lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • when lava pours out • violent with cinders • edge of Pacific plate • eruption of heated water • connects chambers to a vent • springs water heated by magma • hot, gas, ash, cinders and bombs

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When igneous rock cools above ground
  2. Is created from a subduction zone
  3. Where two oceanic plates collide and fold
  4. Igneous rock that cools underground
  5. Melted rock inside the earth
  6. The outermost layer of the earth
  7. When two continental plates collide and fold
  8. The heat source that's in the center of earth
  9. The boundary that a mid-ocean ridge occurs
Down
  1. What occurs at a convergent boundary
  2. can be made by a transform boundary
  3. the layer in which the mantle is in
  4. What occurs at a transform boundary
  5. Melted rock that has erupted from a volcano
  6. The asphalt like rock that plates float on

15 Clues: Melted rock inside the earth • The outermost layer of the earth • Is created from a subduction zone • can be made by a transform boundary • the layer in which the mantle is in • What occurs at a transform boundary • Igneous rock that cools underground • What occurs at a convergent boundary • When igneous rock cools above ground • Where two oceanic plates collide and fold • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is melted Rock which stays under the earths surface called?
  2. What are the slabs of rock which ride on convection currents called?
  3. what is the theory that the continents are moving with 6 pieces of evidence supporting it?
  4. what is the theory that new crust is formed at ridges in the ocean floor?
  5. What plate boundary is the main cause of sea floor spreading?
  6. what happens when an ocean plate and Continental plate converge?
  7. what is the middle part of the mantle which also holds the convection currents called?
  8. what is formed from magma getting stuck in the crust? this also erupts.
Down
  1. Which plate boundary causes mountains to form?
  2. what are the currents of which the plates themselves ride on?
  3. What is formed when 2 continental plates collide into each other?
  4. Which layer are the plates composed of?
  5. what is a major sign subduction is happening and is found in the ocean?
  6. what theory combines both theories of Sea floor spreading and continental drift, showing how the plates move and the different ways they do it?
  7. what is melted rock which is on top of the earths surface called?

15 Clues: Which layer are the plates composed of? • Which plate boundary causes mountains to form? • what are the currents of which the plates themselves ride on? • What plate boundary is the main cause of sea floor spreading? • what is melted Rock which stays under the earths surface called? • what happens when an ocean plate and Continental plate converge? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the idea that the continents were once one giant super continent
  2. Shaking of the ground
  3. Two plates coming together
  4. Two plates sliding past each other
  5. A rock type formed from sediment
  6. an opening in the earth's crust that erupts lava
  7. the outermost layer of Earth
  8. Two plates coming apart
  9. solid iron and nickel
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  1. the hardest part in the earth's interior
  2. formation of oceanic crust
  3. heat transferring by the movement of liquid or gasses
  4. a rock type changed by heat and pressure
  5. a rock type made by cooled magma
  6. liquid iron and nickel

15 Clues: Shaking of the ground • solid iron and nickel • liquid iron and nickel • Two plates coming apart • formation of oceanic crust • Two plates coming together • the outermost layer of Earth • A rock type formed from sediment • a rock type made by cooled magma • Two plates sliding past each other • the hardest part in the earth's interior • a rock type changed by heat and pressure • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2021-12-10

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates move very
  2. what rises up from a volcanic eruption
  3. when magma cools it is called
  4. a convergent boundary is where two plates
  5. what is the name of the super continent earth had 225 million years ago
  6. when two plates move alongside each other what occurs
  7. hot material rises because it is less
Down
  1. at what plate boundary to oceanic trenches form
  2. what land form happens where plates subduct
  3. plates can vary in shapes and
  4. What is the process in which water, wind, and heat break down rock
  5. where do plates rest
  6. the earths surface is made up of
  7. when plates move earths surface
  8. divergent plate boundaries pull

15 Clues: plates move very • where do plates rest • plates can vary in shapes and • when magma cools it is called • when plates move earths surface • divergent plate boundaries pull • the earths surface is made up of • hot material rises because it is less • what rises up from a volcanic eruption • a convergent boundary is where two plates • what land form happens where plates subduct • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2021-12-10

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A convergent boundary is where two plates___
  2. At what plate boundary do oceanic trenches form?
  3. What rises up from a volcanic eruption?
  4. Divergent plate boundaries pull ___
  5. Hot material rises because it is less ___
  6. When plates move, earths surface ___
  7. When magma cools it turns into ___
  8. Plates can vary in shapes and ___
  9. Plates move very ___
Down
  1. What land form happens where plates subduct?
  2. When two plates move alongside each other what occurs?
  3. What is the process in which water, wind, and heat break down rock?
  4. The earths surface is made up of ___
  5. What is the name of the super continent earth had 225 million years ago?
  6. Where do plates rest?

15 Clues: Plates move very ___ • Where do plates rest? • Plates can vary in shapes and ___ • When magma cools it turns into ___ • Divergent plate boundaries pull ___ • The earths surface is made up of ___ • When plates move, earths surface ___ • What rises up from a volcanic eruption? • Hot material rises because it is less ___ • What land form happens where plates subduct? • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what igneous rock is made in a volcano?
  2. What rock is made under intense heat and pressure?
  3. what rock is made from cooling magma outside of the volcano?
  4. what boundary makes earthquakes?
  5. what is a violent shaking in the ground?
  6. what is a underwater mountain range?
  7. what did Harry Hess find?
  8. what did Alfred Wegener find?
Down
  1. when the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate?
  2. what rock is made from sediments?
  3. what boundary makes mountains?
  4. what is a crack in the crust where magma flows?
  5. what is melted rock in the ground?
  6. melted rock above the ground
  7. what boundary make mid-ocean ridges?

15 Clues: what did Harry Hess find? • melted rock above the ground • what did Alfred Wegener find? • what boundary makes mountains? • what boundary makes earthquakes? • what rock is made from sediments? • what is melted rock in the ground? • what is a underwater mountain range? • what boundary make mid-ocean ridges? • what igneous rock is made in a volcano? • ...

plate tectonic 2022-03-21

plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the prosses of where crust pushes downword into the mantle
  2. used to discribe
  3. plates slowly move apart of each other
  4. a large part of earthes crust that slowly moves
  5. was the first scientific case to support the theory of Continental drift
  6. where the crusts move sidways past each other
  7. bottom mountain ranges split down the middle by a deep crack
  8. are slowly collide together
  9. movment of oceans floor
  10. the uppermost solid part of the earths crust
Down
  1. circular patterns in magma
  2. a type of plant boundary where the
  3. v-shaped valleys that are the deepest part of ocean
  4. the branch of geology that deals with the movment that shapes the earths crust
  5. another name for the deep crack

15 Clues: used to discribe • movment of oceans floor • circular patterns in magma • are slowly collide together • another name for the deep crack • a type of plant boundary where the • plates slowly move apart of each other • the uppermost solid part of the earths crust • where the crusts move sidways past each other • a large part of earthes crust that slowly moves • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. split between 2 plates that used to be 1
  2. weaker part of mantle, flows beneath the lithosphere
  3. straight above the center/focus of an earthquake
  4. type of plates that move towards each other
  5. creates new seafloor and develops along well developed plate boundaries
  6. amount of force to an area
  7. type of plates that grind/slide past each other
Down
  1. area of the fracturing of rocks because of stress put on them
  2. strong layer formed from the earths crust and uppermost mantle
  3. the study of past direction and intensity of magnetic fields
  4. Pangaea is breaking apart and the pieces are drifting to where they are now
  5. when plates converge and one is pushed under the other
  6. type of plates that move away from each other
  7. boundary between plates
  8. the result of a hypothesis, and idea

15 Clues: boundary between plates • amount of force to an area • the result of a hypothesis, and idea • split between 2 plates that used to be 1 • type of plates that move towards each other • type of plates that move away from each other • type of plates that grind/slide past each other • straight above the center/focus of an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonic 2013-10-09

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a region where the rigid plates are moving apart, typically by the ocenicc riges
  2. a boundary in which 2 plates slide past eachhothere withoutncreating or destroying lithosphere
  3. The proposed super continent that 200 million years ago began to break and form the present landform
  4. sometimes show themselves on earths surface as hot spots amd volcanos
  5. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma which rises to earths surface
  6. is thought to be the primary downward arm of convective flow
Down
  1. a magnetic field oppsite to that which esist at present
  2. the motion of matter resultiing from convection
  3. a hypothesis that origianly proposed that the continents had once been joined to become a super continent that broke and drifted.
  4. a boundary in which 2 plats move together.
  5. the naual remnant magnetism in rock bodies the permanent magneization acquired b rock that can be used to determine location of magnetic poles.
  6. the theory that proposes that earts outer shell consist of indivisual plates that interact in various was
  7. a magnetic field that is the same as that which is at prevent
  8. causes oceanic lithospher to slide down the sides of the oceanic ridge
  9. 1 of numerous rigid sections of lithosphere that moves as a unit over the material of the asthenoshpere

15 Clues: a boundary in which 2 plats move together. • the motion of matter resultiing from convection • a magnetic field oppsite to that which esist at present • is thought to be the primary downward arm of convective flow • a magnetic field that is the same as that which is at prevent • sometimes show themselves on earths surface as hot spots amd volcanos • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The movement of tectonic plates which then causes the ground to rapidly move in a wave motion.
  2. The molten rock under the earths surface.
  3. A deep trench in the ocean that goes much further than the bottom of the sea floor.
  4. When continents drift around the ocean after separating.
  5. The crust that is formed on the sea floor.
  6. A theory that the Earth has cracked and split into many different pieces the move around.
Down
  1. Molten rock that has erupted into the earths surface.
  2. An instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake.
  3. When new crusts form, spreading outwards around the ocean ridges.
  4. When the continents break of and float around the sea.
  5. The shaking, wave motion movement on the ground when an earthquake happens.
  6. The point of the earths surface straight above the focus of an earthquake.
  7. A places where hot material from inside the Earth erupts at the surface.
  8. The crust is sinking down into the earth.
  9. A huge wave that occurs from an earthquake on the sea floor.

15 Clues: The molten rock under the earths surface. • The crust is sinking down into the earth. • The crust that is formed on the sea floor. • Molten rock that has erupted into the earths surface. • When the continents break of and float around the sea. • When continents drift around the ocean after separating. • A huge wave that occurs from an earthquake on the sea floor. • ...

plate tectonics 2014-11-25

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. trench: a long narrow depression in the sea bed marking subduction zones and marks the plate boundary's.
  2. crust: the outer layer of the earths surface.
  3. when two tectonic plates rub together shaking the ground above or around.
  4. the side ways and downwards movement of the earths crust.
  5. wave: an elastic wave caused by earth quakes.
  6. spreading: when new oceanic crust id formed from volcanic activity the crust then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  7. forms fissures or breaks
  8. molten rock that is stored below the earth that is realised during eruptions.
Down
  1. tectonics:
  2. drift: is the movement of the continents across the sea bed
  3. mountain that realises lava from the earths core.
  4. an instrument that records earthquakes and there power
  5. the centre of an earthquake
  6. a wave caused by subduction and earth quakes.
  7. crust: the relatively thin part of the ocean floor overlaying the basins
  8. molten rock below the earths surface.

16 Clues: tectonics: • forms fissures or breaks • the centre of an earthquake • molten rock below the earths surface. • crust: the outer layer of the earths surface. • wave: an elastic wave caused by earth quakes. • a wave caused by subduction and earth quakes. • mountain that realises lava from the earths core. • an instrument that records earthquakes and there power • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2016-08-06

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth.
  2. This is where two continental plates move apart.
  3. The second layer of the Earth. It is the biggest and takes up 84 percent of the Earth.
  4. If two continental plates separate, it will form a _______ after millions of years.
  5. The layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere.
  6. The second to last layer of the Earth. It is a magma like liquid layer that surrounds the Inner Core and creates Earth's magnetic field.
  7. A geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced down into the mantle.
Down
  1. A continental transform fault that extends roughly 800 miles (1,300 km) through California and it is the deadliest translation.
  2. It is a collision of continental and oceanic plate.
  3. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity.
  5. A method used for locating the epicenter of an earthquake.
  6. Two plates slide by one another in opposite directions.
  7. The molten rock material under the Earth's crust.
  8. The outer layer of the Earth, between the surface and the mantle, which is up to 40 miles deep.

15 Clues: This is where two continental plates move apart. • The molten rock material under the Earth's crust. • It is a collision of continental and oceanic plate. • Two plates slide by one another in opposite directions. • The layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere. • A method used for locating the epicenter of an earthquake. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sits between the asthenosphere and outer core
  2. shell of hot liquid metal
  3. pieces that the lithosphere is divided into
  4. global system of underwater mountains
  5. grand unifying theory of Earth science
  6. name of scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  7. solid sphere of hot metal
Down
  1. warm liquid rock
  2. hypothesis that states that the continents move slowly over Earth's surface
  3. name of scientist who proposed the theory of seafloor spreading
  4. name of fossil found in both Africa and South Africa
  5. the sinking of the lithosphere into the mantle
  6. long, deep, steep troughs in the seafloor
  7. shell of cool and rigid rock
  8. lies under the lithosphere

15 Clues: warm liquid rock • shell of hot liquid metal • solid sphere of hot metal • lies under the lithosphere • shell of cool and rigid rock • global system of underwater mountains • grand unifying theory of Earth science • long, deep, steep troughs in the seafloor • pieces that the lithosphere is divided into • sits between the asthenosphere and outer core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A result of plates moving in the earth's crust
  2. The edge in which separates plates
  3. Plates that separate from each other
  4. The thinnest layers of the earth
  5. Plates that move toward each other
  6. How molten lava escapes the earth's mantle (as a result of tectonic shift)
Down
  1. The super continent
  2. The second innermost layer of the earth
  3. The layer of the earth that is directly under the plates
  4. What the core is made of
  5. The innermost layer of the earth
  6. What are formed by convergent plates
  7. What are formed by divergent plates
  8. When two convergent plates meet, one _____ into the soft, solid rock below.
  9. The number of continents there are on earth

15 Clues: The super continent • What the core is made of • The innermost layer of the earth • The thinnest layers of the earth • The edge in which separates plates • Plates that move toward each other • What are formed by divergent plates • What are formed by convergent plates • Plates that separate from each other • The second innermost layer of the earth • ...

Plate Motion 2023-02-22

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When 2 plates slide against each other
  2. Plates that move toward each other
  3. Where 2 plates meet
  4. The thicker layer of rock under the crust
  5. An opening in the Earth's crust where magma and ash come through
  6. Formed when the space between 2 divergent plates is filled
  7. Rocks and minerals on Earth
Down
  1. The thin outer layer of the Earth
  2. Plates that move away from each other
  3. Landform that is formed when 2 plates move toward each other
  4. Pieces of Earth's crust that move and shift
  5. The study of rocks/landforms or the Earth
  6. A fracture between 2 plates
  7. Large plume of hot material rising from the mantle
  8. Molten rock that comes from volcanoes

15 Clues: Where 2 plates meet • A fracture between 2 plates • Rocks and minerals on Earth • The thin outer layer of the Earth • Plates that move toward each other • Plates that move away from each other • Molten rock that comes from volcanoes • When 2 plates slide against each other • The study of rocks/landforms or the Earth • The thicker layer of rock under the crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-10-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the process by which the the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle.
  2. created the theory of continental drift.
  3. when pieces of Earth's crust diverge on land, a deep valley called a ______ ______ forms.
  4. two plates come together at a _______ boundary
  5. Scientists used this in the mid 1900's to map the mid-ocean ridges.
  6. The lithosphere is broken into________,which float on top of the asthenosphere.
Down
  1. Alfred Wegener created the theory of ______ drift.
  2. plates move away from each other at this boundary.
  3. The crust is ______dense the farther you get from the mid-ocean ridge.
  4. geologists think the movement of the Earths plates is caused by convection currents in the ______.
  5. if subduction happens faster than oceanic crust is formed, the ocean will_______
  6. the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years age.
  7. used evidence from _______, or ancient organisms preserved in rock to support his hypothesis.
  8. Molten material lines up in the direction of the poles to form_________ stripes.
  9. a boundry where plates slip past each other.

15 Clues: created the theory of continental drift. • a boundry where plates slip past each other. • two plates come together at a _______ boundary • Alfred Wegener created the theory of ______ drift. • plates move away from each other at this boundary. • the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years age. • ...

Plate Boundaries 2021-04-01

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate sinks below
  2. to plates move together
  3. sea flor spreading
  4. moving apart
  5. two continental crust collide
  6. earthquakes cause them
  7. new ocean floor created
Down
  1. two oceanic crust diverge
  2. coming together
  3. sliding past each other
  4. when two plates converge
  5. to continental plates collide
  6. two continental crust diverge
  7. crust a thin layer of crust that under lines the basins
  8. a long chain of volcanoes

15 Clues: moving apart • coming together • plate sinks below • sea flor spreading • earthquakes cause them • sliding past each other • to plates move together • new ocean floor created • when two plates converge • two oceanic crust diverge • a long chain of volcanoes • two continental crust diverge • two continental crust collide • to continental plates collide • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. divergent when two plates separate
  2. convergent when two plates come together
  3. floats on top of the mantle
  4. where there are rift valleys
  5. when two plates come together
  6. Divergent causes earthquakes
  7. the sideways and downward
  8. between two divergent plates
Down
  1. oceanic upwelling magma
  2. a thin layer of crust
  3. convergent
  4. when two plates slide past
  5. caused when two convergent plates come together
  6. when two plates separate
  7. transform

15 Clues: transform • convergent • a thin layer of crust • oceanic upwelling magma • when two plates separate • the sideways and downward • when two plates slide past • floats on top of the mantle • where there are rift valleys • Divergent causes earthquakes • between two divergent plates • when two plates come together • divergent when two plates separate • ...

Plate Motion 2022-11-22

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the place where two plates meet
  2. moving toward the same place
  3. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
  4. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
  5. a diagram that shows the inside of something
  6. to examine in detail for a purpose
  7. moving apart in different directions
Down
  1. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock
  2. an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
  3. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  4. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  5. how often or fast something happens
  6. an underwater mountain range
  7. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor
  8. a sudden shaking of the Earth’s surface

15 Clues: moving toward the same place • an underwater mountain range • the place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • a sudden shaking of the Earth’s surface • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor • ...

plate tectonic 2022-11-17

plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an area in which a plate is being bent under an other
  2. a dropped zone were to plates move apart
  3. the point of origin of an earthquake
  4. A ___ Boundary is where two plates move together
  5. a(n)____is when to plates collide causing the ground to shake
  6. the theory that continents shift positions over time
  7. small earthquakes that occur after a large one.
  8. Mountains that launch lava and other nasty things
  9. any instrument used for measuring earthquakes.
Down
  1. A ___ Boundary is where two plates move apart
  2. a(n)______ flow is a fast moving flow of lava and other nasty things
  3. a large wave created by an earthquake
  4. the point that is vertically above the focus of an earthquake
  5. A ___ Boundary is where two plates slide past each other
  6. large chunk of the lithosphere

15 Clues: large chunk of the lithosphere • the point of origin of an earthquake • a large wave created by an earthquake • a dropped zone were to plates move apart • A ___ Boundary is where two plates move apart • any instrument used for measuring earthquakes. • small earthquakes that occur after a large one. • A ___ Boundary is where two plates move together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener
  2. Found at transform boundaries
  3. The movement in the Earth's mantle that's responsible for plate boundaries
  4. How new ocean crust is formed
  5. A boundary where plates move apart from each other
  6. Formed when an oceanic plate subducts
  7. The boundary where plates slide against each other
  8. Formed when two continental crusts moves away from each other
  9. A theory first proposed by Alfred Wegener
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  1. Formed when two oceanic plates diverge
  2. Formed when two oceanic plates collide
  3. The boundary where plates collide
  4. Formed when a continental and oceanic plates collide
  5. The first scientist who proposed the idea of tectonic plates
  6. Formed when two continental crusts collide into each other

15 Clues: Found at transform boundaries • How new ocean crust is formed • The boundary where plates collide • Formed when an oceanic plate subducts • Formed when two oceanic plates diverge • Formed when two oceanic plates collide • A theory first proposed by Alfred Wegener • The supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener • A boundary where plates move apart from each other • ...

Plate things 2023-11-13

Plate things crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where two plates move parallel to each other
  2. Where two plates pull away from each other
  3. The theory that the sea is spreading outwards
  4. The middle mantle
  5. Transform boundaries cause this
  6. When the less-dense plate goes underneath another plate recycling the rock.
  7. What 2 Divergent continental plates cause
  8. The crust and upper mantle
  9. Happens in Convergent boundaries with one of them being an oceanic plate
Down
  1. Where two plates collide with each other
  2. The supercontinent 250 million years ago
  3. The theory that the plates used to be a big continent
  4. Where Sea floor spreading occurs
  5. A mountain made when convergent boundaries collide
  6. Land caused by Subduction in Ocean/Ocean convergent plates

15 Clues: The middle mantle • The crust and upper mantle • Transform boundaries cause this • Where Sea floor spreading occurs • Where two plates collide with each other • The supercontinent 250 million years ago • What 2 Divergent continental plates cause • Where two plates pull away from each other • Where two plates move parallel to each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Liquid magma that reaches Earths surface
  2. A dense sphere of solid iron and nickle
  3. A volcano that is no longer active
  4. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes focus
  5. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earths surface
  6. A device that records movements caused by seismic waves
  7. An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake
  8. An opening that magma leaves a volcano
Down
  1. A break or crack in Earths lithosphere along which the rock moves
  2. A layer of molten iron and nickle that surrounds the Earth
  3. The layer of hot, solid material between Earths crust and core
  4. The layer of rock that forms Earths outer surface
  5. A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
  6. A type of seismic wave that moves the ground up and down or side to side
  7. A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake

15 Clues: A volcano that is no longer active • An opening that magma leaves a volcano • A dense sphere of solid iron and nickle • Liquid magma that reaches Earths surface • A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake • The layer of rock that forms Earths outer surface • An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake • A device that records movements caused by seismic waves • ...

Plate Boundaries 2024-03-14

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary where two plates collide
  2. Landform found at oceanic divergent boundaries
  3. When dense oceanic crust sinks under continental crust
  4. Landform found at a convergent boundary when a continental plate meets an oceanic plate
  5. The name of the supercontinent when all continents were connected
Down
  1. Landform found at a continental divergent boundary (hint: __ valley)
  2. Landform found at convergent boundary where two oceanic plates meet (hint: volcano islands in a line)
  3. Boundary where plates slide past each other
  4. Which type of crust is more dense?
  5. When two plates separate it is called a ____ boundary
  6. All of the crust and the upper mantle
  7. Cracks in Earth's crust where earthquakes occur
  8. Landform found at convergent boundaries when continent collides into continent
  9. Molten rock below Earth's surface
  10. Molten rock above Earth's surface

15 Clues: Boundary where two plates collide • Molten rock below Earth's surface • Molten rock above Earth's surface • Which type of crust is more dense? • All of the crust and the upper mantle • Boundary where plates slide past each other • Landform found at oceanic divergent boundaries • Cracks in Earth's crust where earthquakes occur • ...

Vocab Practice Crossword 1 2023-05-30

Vocab Practice Crossword 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a divergent boundary within an ocean plate where new oceanic crust is created.
  2. volcanic regions created by a mantle plume coming from the mantle, then melting through the plate above. These are not near a plate boundary.
  3. When talking about caldera formation, the average timing of major, catastrophic events
  4. Tectonic region where two plates are moving away from each other.
  5. energy Energy that is stored in a system. The amount of stored energy can depend on the arrangement of objects within the system.
  6. An upward flow of hot material in the mantle. This material causes melting of the plate above.
  7. the constant, slow movement of oceanic and continental plates on Earth’s surface. Over millions of years, plate motion has changed the positions of continents on Earth’s surface.
Down
  1. Tectonic region where two plates are moving towards each other.
  2. The space around a magnet where certain objects experience a non-contact force.
  3. Areas on Earth’s surface closely associated with high thermal energy flow and/or linear patterns of volcanic and earthquake activity, like the Ring of Fire.
  4. Thin crust beneath Earth’s big oceans (Pacific Ocean; Atlantic Ocean)
  5. Areas on Earth’s surface with little evidence of thermal energy flow and far away from the linear patterns of volcanic and earthquake activity.
  6. A black volcanic rock that is made from melted oceanic crust.
  7. a light-colored volcanic rock that is made primarily of continental plate material. This type of rock is usually associated with continental caldera volcanoes
  8. Thick crust with expanses of land (North America; South America; Asia)

15 Clues: A black volcanic rock that is made from melted oceanic crust. • Tectonic region where two plates are moving towards each other. • Tectonic region where two plates are moving away from each other. • Thin crust beneath Earth’s big oceans (Pacific Ocean; Atlantic Ocean) • Thick crust with expanses of land (North America; South America; Asia) • ...

Geosphere Crossword 2023-10-12

Geosphere Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hanging wall sinks down below fault plane
  2. Hanging wall pushes up and over fault plane
  3. Solid Center
  4. putty-like semi-liquid layer
  5. Rock layers slide horizontal and parallel
  6. Plate boundary that separates apart
  7. flowing solid below crust
Down
  1. Plate boundary that slides past each other
  2. Plate boundary that collides together
  3. The crust and upper mantle
  4. Hanging wall pushes up above fault plane
  5. Liquid center

12 Clues: Solid Center • Liquid center • flowing solid below crust • The crust and upper mantle • putty-like semi-liquid layer • Plate boundary that separates apart • Plate boundary that collides together • Hanging wall pushes up above fault plane • Hanging wall sinks down below fault plane • Rock layers slide horizontal and parallel • Plate boundary that slides past each other • ...

Table Manners 2016-06-11

Table Manners crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Your ________ should never be on the table.
  2. We cut our meat with a knife and ________.
  3. Needed to eat soup.
  4. Utensils are held like holding a __________.
  5. We show adults and others _______ in the way we speak.
  6. Showing ________ is another way to be nice.
  7. We begin here which using utensils.
  8. The side of the plate where we place our knife and spoon.
Down
  1. Should always be passed with the pepper.
  2. Do not hold your utensils like a ________ .
  3. Where our napkin is placed.
  4. We chew with our mouths __________ .
  5. The side of the plate where we place our fork.
  6. Another word for using our manners with others.
  7. We pass food __________ clockwise.
  8. These utensils are above our plate.
  9. Used to cut food to proper size for bites.

17 Clues: Needed to eat soup. • Where our napkin is placed. • We pass food __________ clockwise. • These utensils are above our plate. • We begin here which using utensils. • We chew with our mouths __________ . • Should always be passed with the pepper. • We cut our meat with a knife and ________. • Used to cut food to proper size for bites. • ...

Earthquake Terminology 2025-10-13

Earthquake Terminology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a readout of an earthquake's seismic waves
  2. the type of fault in which tension is applied
  3. the word describing the power of an EQ
  4. the surface point above the focus
  5. the force of plate when colliding
  6. the line between rock formations
  7. a large type of plate not dinner or paper
Down
  1. an instrument that measures an EQs waves
  2. the first surface wave felt after an EQ
  3. the force of plate when sliding past another
  4. the point where tectonic plates hit
  5. an earthquake's favorite dessert
  6. the type of fault where compression is used
  7. the second surface wave after an EQ
  8. the scale the measures the magnitude
  9. the force of plates when separating
  10. a type of ocean wave caused by an EQ

17 Clues: an earthquake's favorite dessert • the line between rock formations • the surface point above the focus • the force of plate when colliding • the point where tectonic plates hit • the second surface wave after an EQ • the force of plates when separating • the scale the measures the magnitude • a type of ocean wave caused by an EQ • the word describing the power of an EQ • ...

Volcano 2025-02-14

Volcano crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Crust= the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  2. the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
  3. 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.
  4. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  5. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  6. Island= a large volcano that has erupted on the seafloor and has emerged above sea level, occurring in ocean basins or on ocean ridges.
  7. Rock= form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.
  8. a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano.
  9. Moutain= A volcano is a vent or opening through which magma, ash, gases, and water vapor are ejected out.
Down
  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  2. relating to, consisting of, or denoting fragments of rock erupted by a volcano.
  3. Boundary= The location where two plates meet
  4. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
  5. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, because of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  6. When two plates come together, it is known as a convergent bounder
  7. Crust= the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins. It is geologically young compared with the continental crust and consists of basaltic rock overlain by sediments.
  8. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
  9. spot=a small area or region with a relatively hot temperature in comparison to its surroundings
  10. Plate= The Pacific plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean
  11. of fire= a string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity, or earthquakes, around the edges of the Pacific Ocean.

20 Clues: Boundary= The location where two plates meet • a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano. • the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance. • Rock= form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies. • When two plates come together, it is known as a convergent bounder • ...

Earth's Structure 2013-09-18

Earth's Structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the plate that Japan rests on
  2. A large piece of crust
  3. when plates diverge and new crust is formed in the sea
  4. when one plate rides up on another
  5. the liquid metal layer
  6. a natural fountain
  7. the theory in which parts of the crust slowly move
  8. the place where two plates diverge
Down
  1. the place two plates slide against each other
  2. the physical remains or traces of a plant or animal that lived long ago
  3. A park known for geysers in the US
  4. the rock that comprises most of the ocean floor
  5. the thick layer under the crust
  6. what the crust plus the solid upper mantle are called
  7. the place where one plate goes under another
  8. the hot hard center of the Earth
  9. Earth's thin outermost layer

17 Clues: a natural fountain • A large piece of crust • the liquid metal layer • Earth's thin outermost layer • the plate that Japan rests on • the thick layer under the crust • the hot hard center of the Earth • A park known for geysers in the US • when one plate rides up on another • the place where two plates diverge • the place where one plate goes under another • ...

Becki Mattern's Crossword Puzzle 2015-04-30

Becki Mattern's Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field in rocks, sediment, or archeological materials.
  2. an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism.
  3. a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.
  4. sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics.
  5. a theory in geology: the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over the mantle and much of the earth's seismic activity occurs at the boundaries of these plates.
  6. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  7. a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
Down
  1. also known as a destructive plate boundary (because of subduction), is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  2. a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
  3. the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.
  4. a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  5. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
  6. the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago
  7. Changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field of the Earth that have occurred from time to time.
  8. the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other, thus appearing to "drift" across the ocean bed.

15 Clues: sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics. • an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism. • the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction. • a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times. • ...

Plant tissue 2023-01-25

Plant tissue crossword puzzle
Across
  1. เนื้อเยื่อที่อยู่บริเวณส่วนปลายของพืช
  2. เซลล์รูปร่างทรงกระบอกยาว ที่ปลายหัวท้ายเซลล์จะมีรูพรุนเรียกว่า Sieve plate
  3. เซลล์ที่ควบคุมการเปิดปิดของปากใบ
  4. เนื้อเยื่อที่แต่ละเซลล์มีผนังเซลล์หนาสม่ำเสมอ มีสาร Lignin สะสมอยู่ที่ secondary cell wall
  5. เนื้อเยื่อที่แต่ละเซลล์มีผนังเซลล์บาง ค่อนค้างกลมหรือรี เมื่ออยู่รวมกันจะเกิดช่องว่างระหว่างเซลล์
  6. บริเวณที่เคยมีไซโทพลาซึม แต่แห้งและกลายเป็นที่ว่างพบได้ใน Stone cell
  7. การเจริญเติบโตของพืชที่ขยายขนาดออกทางด้านข้าง
  8. เซลล์ที่มีผนังหนาและมีสารลิกนินสะสม เซลล์มีรูปร่างยาวขนาดด้านหัวและท้ายเซลล์มีลักษณะเป็นแผ่นที่มีช่องทะลุเรียกว่า Perforation plate
  9. เนื้อเยื่อที่ทำหน้าที่แบ่งเซลล์เพื่อสร้างเนื้อเยื่อลำเลียง
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  1. เนื้อเยื่อที่แต่ละเซลล์มีผนังเซลล์หนาไม่สม่ำเสมอ มักหนาตามมุมเซลล์ เพราะมีเพคตินมาสะสม
  2. เนื้อเยื่อที่อยู่ระหว่างข้อตรงบริเวณเหนือข้อล่าง หรือโคนของปล้องบนมัก มักพบในพืชใบเลี้ยงเดี่ยวทั่วไป
  3. เนื้อเยื่อที่อยู่ในแนวขนานกับเส้นรอบวง มีการแบ่งเซลล์ออกทางด้าน
  4. เนื้อเยื่อที่อยู่รอบนอกสุดของพืชที่เจริญเติบโตในขั้นปฐมภูมิ

13 Clues: เซลล์ที่ควบคุมการเปิดปิดของปากใบ • เนื้อเยื่อที่อยู่บริเวณส่วนปลายของพืช • การเจริญเติบโตของพืชที่ขยายขนาดออกทางด้านข้าง • เนื้อเยื่อที่ทำหน้าที่แบ่งเซลล์เพื่อสร้างเนื้อเยื่อลำเลียง • เนื้อเยื่อที่อยู่รอบนอกสุดของพืชที่เจริญเติบโตในขั้นปฐมภูมิ • เนื้อเยื่อที่อยู่ในแนวขนานกับเส้นรอบวง มีการแบ่งเซลล์ออกทางด้าน • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The scientist behind the tectonic plate theory
  2. when two plates spread
  3. The super continent that could have existed millions of years ago
  4. The boundry between 2 plates
  5. when two plates slide past eachother
  6. The largest tectonic plate
Down
  1. when two plates come together
  2. The less dense type of tectonic plate
  3. The theory that continents move slowly over time
  4. The more dense type of tectonic plate

10 Clues: when two plates spread • The largest tectonic plate • The boundry between 2 plates • when two plates come together • when two plates slide past eachother • The less dense type of tectonic plate • The more dense type of tectonic plate • The scientist behind the tectonic plate theory • The theory that continents move slowly over time • ...

My Healthy Plate 2021-10-27

My Healthy Plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Meat and others are the main source of proteins and ________.
  2. My Healthy Plate guides us to fill a ___________ of our plate with fruit and vegetables.
  3. Singaporeans can use ____________ from My Healthy Plate to eat healthily.
  4. We should fill a quarter of our plate with ______ rice and wholemeal bread according to My Healthy Plate guidelines.
Down
  1. Wholegrains are the main sources of carbohydrates, vitamins, _________ and dietary fibre.
  2. My Healthy Plate categorises commonly eaten food into _______ food groups.
  3. Besides eating healthily, being physically _______ is essential to maintaining good health.
  4. ________ should be consumed instead of sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce the risk of obesity.
  5. We need to consume healthier _______ in moderation.
  6. Fruit and vegetables should be consumed to reduce the risk of getting coronary heart diseases or _______.

10 Clues: We need to consume healthier _______ in moderation. • Meat and others are the main source of proteins and ________. • Singaporeans can use ____________ from My Healthy Plate to eat healthily. • My Healthy Plate categorises commonly eaten food into _______ food groups. • My Healthy Plate guides us to fill a ___________ of our plate with fruit and vegetables. • ...

Earth Space Honors Semester 1 Vocab Crossword Puzzle 2021-12-08

Earth Space Honors Semester 1 Vocab Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. One of the three mechanisms of plate motion; occurs at convergent boundaries
  2. Zone of rapid change in temperature with depth in the ocean
  3. Part of the Earth system that contains all of the ice
  4. Tool used to measure air pressure
  5. The study of the atmosphere and weather
  6. The variable that the scientist changes on purpose AKA independent or manipulated
  7. The largest reservoir (or sink) for both water and carbon dioxide
  8. Part of the Earth system that contains all of the living things
  9. Variable that is located on the y-axis of a bar or line graph
  10. Plate boundary that forms mountain ranges
Down
  1. Process in the water cycle that occurs when plants release excess water vapor into the air
  2. Part of the Earth system that is made up of liquid water
  3. Currents that are driven by wind
  4. Plate boundary where new seafloor forms
  5. Factor that can change in an experiment
  6. Part of the Earth system that contains all of the gases that surround Earth
  7. Plate boundary where MOST earthquakes occur
  8. Part of the Earth system that contains all of the rocks and Earth's interior
  9. Deep ocean currents are driven by changes in temperature and ___________
  10. The vertical movement of air caused by differences in air pressure
  11. Process in which cells convert sugars into usable energy

21 Clues: Currents that are driven by wind • Tool used to measure air pressure • Plate boundary where new seafloor forms • Factor that can change in an experiment • The study of the atmosphere and weather • Plate boundary that forms mountain ranges • Plate boundary where MOST earthquakes occur • Part of the Earth system that contains all of the ice • ...

Volcano crossword 2024-01-21

Volcano crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. these are large chunks of hardened lava.
  2. is a volcano that has not erupted recently but is expected to do so again.
  3. a type of volcano where it has steep slopes and is formed like a cone shape
  4. A ____ chain of islands may form when volcanism occurs at multiple spots along the edge of an oceanic plate.
  5. when magma reaches the surface of the earth it is called
  6. _____are openings of the Earth's surface.
  7. The word where a volcano constantly is erupting.
  8. The ring of ____ is a circle of volcanoes.
  9. The liquid inside the volcano is called
  10. are giant waves caused by volcanic eruptions under the sea.
  11. There are ____ types of volcanoes.
Down
  1. spot ______ is an area where lava frequently erupts at the surface
  2. a type of volcano where it is in the middle of the tectonic plate
  3. island subduction of an oceanic plate under an adjacent oceanic plate can result in a _____
  4. one of the things that burst out of the volcano that you can also find in a fireplace
  5. some volcanoes have side _____ too!
  6. below the volcano is a magma _______.
  7. these are underwater mountains that rise hundreds or thousands of feet from the seafloor.
  8. The word that means that the volcano is no longer going to erupt
  9. magma moves up from the chamber through a ____.

20 Clues: There are ____ types of volcanoes. • some volcanoes have side _____ too! • below the volcano is a magma _______. • The liquid inside the volcano is called • these are large chunks of hardened lava. • _____are openings of the Earth's surface. • The ring of ____ is a circle of volcanoes. • magma moves up from the chamber through a ____. • ...

Weather Vocabulary 2025-02-06

Weather Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the middle value after the data has been listed from smallest to largest
  2. adding all the values and dividing the sum by the total number of values
  3. transfer of thermal energy
  4. the height of land above sea level
  5. scientists who study the distribution and movement of Earth’s water
  6. any form of water that falls from Earth’s atmosphere to the ground
  7. used to describe the outdoor conditions at a specific time and place
  8. the distance north or south of the equator
  9. scientists who study weather
  10. plate boundaries that move together
  11. the value that appears most often
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  1. regular movements of large amounts of ocean water
  2. one plate pushed under another and destroyed
  3. the average weather in a place over a long period of time
  4. scientists who study Earth’s climates
  5. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass
  6. plate boundaries that move away from each other
  7. counterclockwise rotation of Earth affecting wind
  8. the amount of water vapor that is in the air
  9. factual information or data that support or refute a claim
  10. mixture of gases (air) that surrounds planet Earth
  11. Severe, widespread, & long-lived wind storm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving thunderstorms
  12. plate boundaries that move past each other

23 Clues: transfer of thermal energy • scientists who study weather • the value that appears most often • the height of land above sea level • plate boundaries that move together • scientists who study Earth’s climates • the distance north or south of the equator • plate boundaries that move past each other • one plate pushed under another and destroyed • ...

Earth Science Revision 2024-11-10

Earth Science Revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The point at which the rock breaks releasing the energy in an earthquake.
  2. The layer of the Earth that is 2900 km thick.
  3. A place that experiences no volcanic activity or major earthquakes because it is far from any plate boundaries is referred to as ___________ stable.
  4. A type of boundary where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
  5. A type of tectonic plate boundary where two plates are moving adjacent to each other.
  6. The type of wave in an earthquake that caused the most destruction.
  7. What the S stands for in S-waves.
  8. The point on Earth's surface at the centre of the earthquake.
  9. Another name for boundaries where subduction occurs.
Down
  1. Boundaries in which two tectonic plates move towards each other.
  2. Molten rock beneath the surface of the earth.
  3. The outer part of the mantle in which rock is malleable.
  4. The fastest type of seismic wave.
  5. The crust with the highest density.
  6. The layer of the Earth that is made of solid rock and forms the crust.
  7. A process in which an oceanic plate is pulled under another tectonic plate into the mantle.
  8. When two continental plates converge this type of mountain is formed.
  9. Molten rock that has reached the earth surface.
  10. A scale that measures the amplitude of seismic waves.
  11. During magnetic _________ a compass needle changes from 'magnetic north' to 'magnetic south'.

20 Clues: The fastest type of seismic wave. • What the S stands for in S-waves. • The crust with the highest density. • Molten rock beneath the surface of the earth. • The layer of the Earth that is 2900 km thick. • Molten rock that has reached the earth surface. • Another name for boundaries where subduction occurs. • A scale that measures the amplitude of seismic waves. • ...

SeaFloor Spreading & Plate Tectonics 2025-02-19

SeaFloor Spreading & Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An 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. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  4. Geologist that suggested continental drift.
  5. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
Down
  1. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  2. One of the huge broken pieces of the Earth's lithosphere.
  3. Geologist that discovered the processes of Seafloor Spreading and subduction.
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  5. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  7. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.

12 Clues: Geologist that suggested continental drift. • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • One of the huge broken pieces of the Earth's lithosphere. • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface. • ...

Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle 2021-02-24

Tectonic Plates Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a boundary where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions
  2. a type of crust that forms the continents
  3. a type of boundary where crust is formed
  4. the point below the ground where the earthquake starts
  5. a zone where earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart
  6. the rapid movement of the ground due to the movement of tectonic plates
  7. the centre of the earth
  8. a huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occuring in the seafloor
  9. a section of the earth's crust that moves about on the earth's surface
  10. molten rock that has erupted onto earth's surface
  11. a boundary where a section of earth's crust is sliding parallel to each other but in opposite directions
Down
  1. a place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts at the surface
  2. a type of crust that forms the ocean floor
  3. name for the crust and upper mantle together
  4. an isolated place away from plate boundaries where a lot of magma is collected
  5. a boundary where plate collide with each other
  6. a type of boundary where lithosphere is destroyed
  7. the very outer layer of the earth
  8. when one plate sinks below another plate during a collision
  9. molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  10. layer beneath earth's crust
  11. the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

22 Clues: the centre of the earth • layer beneath earth's crust • the very outer layer of the earth • molten rock beneath the earth's surface • a type of boundary where crust is formed • a type of crust that forms the continents • a type of crust that forms the ocean floor • name for the crust and upper mantle together • a boundary where plate collide with each other • ...

Volcano crossword 2024-01-21

Volcano crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. these are large chunks of hardened lava.
  2. is a volcano that has not erupted recently but is expected to do so again.
  3. a type of volcano where it has steep slopes and is formed like a cone shape
  4. A ____ chain of islands may form when volcanism occurs at multiple spots along the edge of an oceanic plate.
  5. when magma reaches the surface of the earth it is called
  6. _____are openings of the Earth's surface.
  7. The word where a volcano constantly is erupting.
  8. The ring of ____ is a circle of volcanoes.
  9. The liquid inside the volcano is called
  10. are giant waves caused by volcanic eruptions under the sea.
  11. There are ____ types of volcanoes.
Down
  1. spot ______ is an area where lava frequently erupts at the surface
  2. a type of volcano where it is in the middle of the tectonic plate
  3. island subduction of an oceanic plate under an adjacent oceanic plate can result in a _____
  4. one of the things that burst out of the volcano that you can also find in a fireplace
  5. some volcanoes have side _____ too!
  6. below the volcano is a magma _______.
  7. these are underwater mountains that rise hundreds or thousands of feet from the seafloor.
  8. The word that means that the volcano is no longer going to erupt
  9. magma moves up from the chamber through a ____.

20 Clues: There are ____ types of volcanoes. • some volcanoes have side _____ too! • below the volcano is a magma _______. • The liquid inside the volcano is called • these are large chunks of hardened lava. • _____are openings of the Earth's surface. • The ring of ____ is a circle of volcanoes. • magma moves up from the chamber through a ____. • ...

APES U4 1 2024-05-08

APES U4 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process of new oceanic crust from upward movement of magma
  2. Fast and often unexpected movement of Earth's crust from a release of energy
  3. Theory that lithosphere is divided into plates
  4. Where molten material from the mantle reaches the lithosphere
  5. Rock formed right from magma
  6. Crack that is in cooling rock
  7. Layer of Earth composed of semi-molten rock
  8. The outermost layer of the lithosphere
  9. Plate boundary where tectonic plates move towards each other
  10. Landform that ejects molten lava
  11. Type of rock that forms from cooled magma underground
  12. Outermost layer of Earth
  13. Activity the level of and amount of Earthquakes in a period of time
  14. The constant formation, change and destruction of rock material
  15. Process of one crustal plate passing under another
  16. Plate boundary where tectonic plates move away from each other
Down
  1. Layer of Earth that contains magma
  2. Type of rock that forms from cooled magma above ground
  3. Fracture in rock from movement of Earth's crust
  4. Molten rock
  5. Plate boundary where tectonic plates move sideways past each other
  6. Zone of Earth's interior composed mostly of iron and nickel
  7. Base-10 logarithmic scale measuring Earthquake intensity
  8. Processes that make and break down lithosphere
  9. Waves caused from seismic activity underseas
  10. Point on Earth's surface above the location where the rock ruptures in Earthquake

26 Clues: Molten rock • Outermost layer of Earth • Rock formed right from magma • Crack that is in cooling rock • Landform that ejects molten lava • Layer of Earth that contains magma • The outermost layer of the lithosphere • Layer of Earth composed of semi-molten rock • Waves caused from seismic activity underseas • Theory that lithosphere is divided into plates • ...

Judaism Crossword 2025-01-11

Judaism Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where is the Torah kept in the synagogue?
  2. What is the Jewish Holy Book called?
  3. Who is described as the 'father of Judaism'?
  4. What is the name of the plate traditionally used in the passover celebration?
  5. On the seder plate this is made up of chopped apples,walnuts, honey, cinnamon and grape wine
  6. How does God speak to Moses?
  7. What did Israelites mark their doorposts with?
  8. What is Karpas (parsley) dipped in?
  9. What is the Jewish name for God?
  10. This is a symbol of mourning and determination to keep faith on the seder plate
  11. A covenant is an ....... between God and his people
Down
  1. What was the 10th plague?
  2. What is the name for a Jewish teacher/leader?
  3. Where do people stand to read from the Torah in the synagogue?
  4. What is the pointer called that is used to read the Torah?
  5. What is the celebration called for boys taking on the responsibility of their religion?
  6. What is the unrisen bread on the seder plate called?
  7. This word is used to describe the day of rest in Judaism
  8. What is the Jewish place of worship called?
  9. What is the Torah written in?
  10. Who put Moses in the basket and sent him down the River?
  11. Where did Moses receive the 10 commandments?
  12. What did Moses part?

23 Clues: What did Moses part? • What was the 10th plague? • How does God speak to Moses? • What is the Torah written in? • What is the Jewish name for God? • What is Karpas (parsley) dipped in? • What is the Jewish Holy Book called? • Where is the Torah kept in the synagogue? • What is the Jewish place of worship called? • Who is described as the 'father of Judaism'? • ...

Tectonic Crossword 2025-10-03

Tectonic Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Number of major (Continental) plates.
  2. A crack in the Earth's crust where movement has occurred, mostly at plate boundaries.
  3. These plates slide horizontally past each other.
  4. Lines where two or more tectonic plates meet.
  5. These types of plates move together and collide, typically forcing one plate underneath the other.
  6. Number of minor plates.
  7. The process in which one plate slides underneath the other plate at Convergent boundaries.
  8. A large landform typically created when tectonic plates push together and force land upwards.
  9. (Partially) Molten rock found under the Earth's surface.
  10. Outermost layer of the planet.
  11. Large slabs of rock in the Earth's lithosphere are classified as Tectonic ________.
  12. These types of plates move away from each other creating a spreading center.
Down
  1. Hottest and most center most layer of the earth.
  2. Area on Earth that is above an abnormally hot region of the mantle.
  3. Outer part of Earth that consists of the crust and tectonic plates.
  4. Opening in the Earth, usually in the form of a mountain, where magma and gasses escape to the surface through eruptions and flows.
  5. The _____________ drift theory suggests Earth's continents were joined before they drifted apart.
  6. A mostly solid layer of rock located between the Earth's crust and it's core.
  7. A supercontinent that is said to have existed millions of years ago and was comprised of every continent.
  8. The earth has several _________ plates.

20 Clues: Number of minor plates. • Outermost layer of the planet. • Number of major (Continental) plates. • The earth has several _________ plates. • Lines where two or more tectonic plates meet. • Hottest and most center most layer of the earth. • These plates slide horizontally past each other. • (Partially) Molten rock found under the Earth's surface. • ...

Pathophysiology of epiphyseal fractures 2025-03-13

Pathophysiology of epiphyseal fractures crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Process whereby hard callus forms into mature bones restoring it's original shape and strength
  2. A fracture through the growth plate, metaphysis, and epiphysis.
  3. discs of hyaline cartilage between the metphysis and epiphysis
  4. Process whereby the cartilgionous models of bones in the developing lower limb are transformed into bone
Down
  1. One of the most widely used classifications for fractures
  2. after the injury, blood vessels rupture causing a hematoma providing a foundation for healing
  3. A compression fracture of the growth plate, resulting in a decrease in space between the epiphysis and metaphysis on imaging studies.
  4. most common site of fractures
  5. A fracture through the growth plate and metaphysis, sparing the epiphysis.
  6. complication where the bone heals incorrectly, leading to deformity.
  7. A fracture through the growth plate and epiphysis, sparing the metaphysis.
  8. A transverse fracture through the growth plate, separating the epiphysis from the metaphysis

12 Clues: most common site of fractures • One of the most widely used classifications for fractures • discs of hyaline cartilage between the metphysis and epiphysis • A fracture through the growth plate, metaphysis, and epiphysis. • complication where the bone heals incorrectly, leading to deformity. • ...

science vocab 2023-01-10

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

15 Clues: Dense ball of solid material at the center of he 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 • Cause the plates to move; between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere • ...

KITCHENWARE 2025-11-07

KITCHENWARE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a place to chop ingredients
  2. to simmer liquid food
  3. to peel fruit
  4. to flip pancake
  5. a place to eat
  6. to cut ingredients
  7. to cook sauce
Down
  1. to bake
  2. to heat food
  3. to grate cheese
  4. to scoop food from plate
  5. to mix ingredients
  6. to boil water
  7. to cook
  8. to fry food

15 Clues: to bake • to cook • to fry food • to heat food • to boil water • to peel fruit • to cook sauce • a place to eat • to grate cheese • to flip pancake • to mix ingredients • to cut ingredients • to simmer liquid food • to scoop food from plate • a place to chop ingredients