plate Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2022-11-05

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Consists of Earth's crust and upper mantle and is where plate tectonics occur
  2. The study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals
  3. One plate sinks beneath the other
  4. The study of life on earth reflected in the fossil record
  5. Tectonic plate boundary where crust is destroyed as plates move toward each other
  6. Thinnest layer of the Earth, often described as rigid and fragile, while containing a majority of the elements found on Earth (>90% silicon and oxygen)
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  1. The study of earthquakes
  2. Tectonic plate boundary where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as plates slide past each other
  3. Tectonic plate boundary where new crust is formed as plates move apart from each other
  4. Thickest layer of the Earth made of molten rock, described as plasticity, and comprises of mainly the following elements: silicon, oxygen, and magnesium
  5. Within the upper mantle and is the weak, easily deformed layer of the Earth that the tectonic plates slide over
  6. Solid, dense ball made up of iron and nickel
  7. The study of the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere (a.k.a. space, the final frontier)
  8. The study of the history of Earth and its life recorded in rocks
  9. Liquid molten rock, containing mostly iron and nickel

15 Clues: The study of earthquakes • One plate sinks beneath the other • Solid, dense ball made up of iron and nickel • Liquid molten rock, containing mostly iron and nickel • The study of life on earth reflected in the fossil record • The study of the history of Earth and its life recorded in rocks • ...

plate tectonics 2022-03-28

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. floor spreading A multi-word term used to describe the movement of oceanic crust at a divergent boundary.
  2. The branch of geology that deals with the movement that shapes the earth’s crust.
  3. the uppermost solid part of earth's crust.
  4. the process in which the crust pushes downward into the mantle at a fault line.
  5. A large segment of earth's crust that slowly moves.
  6. Ocean Ridges ocean bottom mountain ranges split down the middle by a deep crack.
  7. the preserved remains of ancient once-living organisms .
  8. V-shaped valleys that are the deepest parts of the oceans where subduction occurs.
  9. valley Another name for the deep crack splits fault-block mid-ocean ridge mountains.
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  1. currents circulatory patterns of heat in the magma believed to be the driving force behind plate movement.
  2. Wegener A German scientist who was the first person to build a scientific case to support the theory of continental drift.
  3. a type of fault where the crust moves sideway past each other.
  4. A type of plate boundary where the plates slowly collide into each other.
  5. a type of plate boundary where the plates slowly move apart from each other.
  6. slip A type of plate boundary where the plates move horizontally past each other.

15 Clues: the uppermost solid part of earth's crust. • A large segment of earth's crust that slowly moves. • the preserved remains of ancient once-living organisms . • a type of fault where the crust moves sideway past each other. • A type of plate boundary where the plates slowly collide into each other. • ...

Coye Eden's Crossword 2015-05-01

Coye Eden's Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
  2. sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate
  3. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
  4. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  5. a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.
  6. the branch of geophysics concerned with the magnetism in rocks that was induced by the earth's magnetic field at the time of their formation.
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  1. a singal laned mass made up of all the continets
  2. Changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field
  3. the outer rigid layer of the earth (the lithosphere) is divided into a couple of dozen "plates" that move around across the earth's surface
  4. is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  5. 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.
  6. a line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
  7. is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction
  8. is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed
  9. an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism.

15 Clues: a singal laned mass made up of all the continets • Changes in direction or orientation of the magnetic field • sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate • is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed • an instrument used for measuring magnetic forces, especially the earth's magnetism. • ...

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics 2025-05-05

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. (sound navigation and ranging) is a technology that uses sound waves to detect and navigate in water.
  2. is a force that drives plate tectonics, specifically at mid-ocean ridges.
  3. the pulling force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight.
  4. is the theory that the Earth's surface is made of tectonic plates that move over the mantle.
  5. the slow, circular movement of material within Earth's mantle, driven by heat from the core and radioactive decay.
  6. is a tectonic plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  7. a change in the Earth's magnetic field where the magnetic north and south poles switch places.
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  1. are huge pieces of Earth's crust and upper mantle that move slowly over time.
  2. are localized zones of intense heat in Earth's mantle, beneath the crust, that cause volcanic activity.
  3. a deep, elongated depression in the Earth's crust that forms when tectonic plates pull apart.
  4. proposed the theory of seafloor spreading
  5. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, approximately 300 to 200 million years ago
  6. the theory that Earth's continents move over time.
  7. proposed the Continental Drift theory
  8. the downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.

15 Clues: proposed the Continental Drift theory • proposed the theory of seafloor spreading • the theory that Earth's continents move over time. • is a force that drives plate tectonics, specifically at mid-ocean ridges. • are huge pieces of Earth's crust and upper mantle that move slowly over time. • ...

SCIENCE WORDS 2013-04-04

SCIENCE WORDS crossword puzzle
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  1. plate movment that creats an earthquake.
  2. plate movement that creats new crust, when two plates move away from eachother.
  3. plate thectonic in the ocean.
  4. an earthlayer that is the center of the earth.
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  1. an earthlayer that we live on.
  2. an earthlayer under the crust.
  3. there 3 main one of this.
  4. plate movement that creats valcanos,mountains, and treches.
  5. plate thectonic under the ground/land.

9 Clues: there 3 main one of this. • plate thectonic in the ocean. • an earthlayer that we live on. • an earthlayer under the crust. • plate thectonic under the ground/land. • plate movment that creats an earthquake. • an earthlayer that is the center of the earth. • plate movement that creats valcanos,mountains, and treches. • ...

Plate boundaries 2021-01-06

Plate boundaries crossword puzzle
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  1. created b subduction
  2. under the oceon
  3. when a dense plate collides with a reletivaly light,thick one
  4. the process a new lithosphere is made
  5. when two plates move towards eachother
  6. what contenents are on
  7. when two plates meet head on
  8. when a plate goes underneath another plate
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  1. when two plates move away from eachother
  2. when two plates collide
  3. was created by subducting
  4. in earths mantal

12 Clues: under the oceon • in earths mantal • created b subduction • what contenents are on • when two plates collide • was created by subducting • when two plates meet head on • the process a new lithosphere is made • when two plates move towards eachother • when two plates move away from eachother • when a plate goes underneath another plate • ...

Earth Science 2012-11-14

Earth Science crossword puzzle
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  1. by magma pushing through the the crust
  2. current of which hot air rises and cool air falls
  3. giant wave of which is caused by movement of the Earth underwater
  4. of North America, Europe and Asia
  5. scientist who had the theory of continental drift Alfred *******
  6. name of the single continent
  7. layer of which is approximatley 100km thick that convers the Earth
  8. type of movement where tectonic plates collide
  9. denser of the two crusts
  10. LINESCracks in the Earth's crust caused by plates sliding together
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  1. process of which the forces of gravity pull the oceanic plate under the continential plate
  2. TECTONICS/The theory of the formation and movement of the plates that cover the Earth's surface
  3. by rapid movement of the ground and a rpaid release of energy as plates move
  4. type of movement where tectonic plates move away from each other
  5. instrument capable of of detecting plate movement not perciptible to humans
  6. layer of hot semi-solid rock material that the crust of the Earth floats on
  7. light crust made from aluminium and silicon
  8. continent of which South America, Australia, Antarctica and Africa once consisted of
  9. ******* magnitude scale was developed by Charles F *******
  10. DRIFT/The theory that the continents are all part of the single continent Pangeae

20 Clues: denser of the two crusts • name of the single continent • of North America, Europe and Asia • by magma pushing through the the crust • light crust made from aluminium and silicon • type of movement where tectonic plates collide • current of which hot air rises and cool air falls • ******* magnitude scale was developed by Charles F ******* • ...

Geography Revision 2013-10-13

Geography Revision crossword puzzle
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  1. A _____ boundary is where two plates of similar density collide
  2. core The layer of the earth that creates the magnetosphere
  3. The plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  4. The type of plate made of basalt
  5. Molten rock
  6. A _____ boundary is where two plates of different density collide
  7. _______ soils are created after a volcanic eruption, ideal for farmers
  8. The type of plate which is made of granite
  9. The point in where the energy is released causing an earthquake
  10. A substance released in a volcanic eruption
  11. Cross ______ are a method of reducing the damage of earthquakes
  12. The layer of the earth, where convection currents occur
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  1. Mauna Loa is an example of a _______ volcano
  2. The instrument used to measure the magnitude
  3. The process that occurs when two plates of different density collide
  4. ________ could be strengthened to reduce the impact of earthquakes
  5. The plate boundary where two plates slide against each other
  6. The point above the region where the ennergy was released causing an earthquake
  7. The San Andreas ____ are an example of a conservative boundary
  8. A ____ volcano has steep sides
  9. _________ plans could be created so less deaths are made when an earthquake strikes
  10. An explosive type of magma
  11. A type of magma which is not very viscous
  12. The layer which is split into plates

24 Clues: Molten rock • An explosive type of magma • A ____ volcano has steep sides • The type of plate made of basalt • The layer which is split into plates • A type of magma which is not very viscous • The type of plate which is made of granite • A substance released in a volcanic eruption • Mauna Loa is an example of a _______ volcano • The instrument used to measure the magnitude • ...

Year 7 Geography 2024-05-13

Year 7 Geography crossword puzzle
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  1. The name of Africa's biggest desert
  2. The plate margin where two plates come together
  3. The name of a section of the earth's crust
  4. The name of the dam built by Ethiopia
  5. A country that experienced a volcano in 2010
  6. The thicker plate
  7. When the soil is full of water this happens
  8. the name of all the continents when they were together millions of years ago
  9. The plate margin where plates move apart
  10. When a country governs itself
  11. These are factors to do with the natural environment
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  1. Another desert in Africa
  2. A country that experienced a large earthquake in 2016
  3. The name of a mountain range in Africa
  4. When people shoot animals for their tusks
  5. The name of the longest river in the UK
  6. The top of the settlement hierarchy
  7. to take the resources of another country and use them for your own
  8. This means the average number of people living in a place per square kilometre
  9. These are factors to do with people
  10. When the Europeans took over lots of African Countries
  11. These are factors to do with money
  12. The name of the dam built by Egypt
  13. The continent where we studied hazards and water
  14. A River that flows through 10 countries
  15. The name of the movement of magma in the mantle the

26 Clues: The thicker plate • Another desert in Africa • When a country governs itself • These are factors to do with money • The name of the dam built by Egypt • The name of Africa's biggest desert • The top of the settlement hierarchy • These are factors to do with people • The name of the dam built by Ethiopia • The name of a mountain range in Africa • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-12-14

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
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  1. helps us identify the age of rocks
  2. the US state that the river that carves the Grand Canyon is named after
  3. Earth's interior
  4. zone where one plate goes under the other
  5. flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side
  6. lithosphere is a layer of rigid rock that consists of the crust and the upper part of Earth’s mantle
  7. A _____ slope erodes faster
  8. we used this to model erosion
  9. When met with a continental plate, this plate sinks under
  10. a boundary that forms trenches
  11. an ancient oceanic plate that subducted under North America
  12. relatively thick part of the earth that forms large landmasses
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  1. a supercontinent before Pangaea
  2. the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals
  3. an accurate way to measure ocean depths
  4. a geologic feature that can be created by a convergent boundary
  5. one of the plates that is responsible for the Mariana Trench
  6. maps out the sequence of events
  7. a boundary that forms ridges
  8. plates that are ______ sink under other plates
  9. they used this to first "discover" the depth of the Mariana Trench
  10. process where earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water
  11. the mountains where the Colorado River starts
  12. enormous, slowly-moving sections of Earth’s crust

24 Clues: Earth's interior • A _____ slope erodes faster • a boundary that forms ridges • we used this to model erosion • a boundary that forms trenches • a supercontinent before Pangaea • maps out the sequence of events • helps us identify the age of rocks • an accurate way to measure ocean depths • zone where one plate goes under the other • ...

Volcano crossword 2024-01-21

Volcano crossword crossword puzzle
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  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.
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  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 ____. • ...

Plate tectonics Assignment 2024-10-15

Plate tectonics Assignment crossword puzzle
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  1. when two plates slide against each others
  2. The point of origin of an earthquake
  3. when two plates move apart
  4. A collisional boundary occurs where two land masses on plates are pushed together
  5. melted rock beneath Earth's surface
  6. the melted rock on Earth's surface
  7. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart.
  8. the outermost layer of earth
  9. is formed when very hot rock rises through mantle and erupt through Earth's crust
  10. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  11. The point on earth’s surface that is vertically above the focus of an earthquake
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  1. A huge ocean wave caused by a sudden, powerful shift on the ocean floor
  2. The name given to the supercontinent that existed more than 225 million years ago
  3. A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  4. Any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes
  5. when one plate slides under another plate
  6. The upper part of the Earth including the crust and upper mantle
  7. the layer of Earth between the core and the crust
  8. A deep valley that forms at the edge of a continent when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a continental plate.
  9. a trembling or shaking of the earth surface results in sudden surge of energies from Earth's crust

20 Clues: when two plates move apart • the outermost layer of earth • the melted rock on Earth's surface • melted rock beneath Earth's surface • The point of origin of an earthquake • when two plates slide against each others • when one plate slides under another plate • the layer of Earth between the core and the crust • A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2025-01-16

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary that makes the plates slide against each other
  2. Causes the movement of the Earth's plates
  3. A theory proposed by Alfred Wegener that proposed that all the continents were together at some point in time (2 words)
  4. A plate boundary that makes the plates move away from each other
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  1. A layer of rock which forms the continents (2 words)
  2. A theory that states that the Earth's outer crust is divided into several plates (2 words)
  3. A thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins
  4. A chain of volcanos that surround the pacific ocean (3 words)
  5. A plate boundary that makes a less dense plate go over a denser plate
  6. A plate boundary that makes the plates collide into each other

10 Clues: Causes the movement of the Earth's plates • A layer of rock which forms the continents (2 words) • A thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins • A chain of volcanos that surround the pacific ocean (3 words) • A plate boundary that makes the plates collide into each other • A plate boundary that makes the plates slide against each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Movement of the edge of a plate into the mantle beneath another plate
  2. Runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge
  3. Pangaea becomes the 7 continents
  4. 2 tectonic plates colliding
  5. Transfer of heat from one place to another
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  1. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  2. A... boundary is also known as a conservation plate boundary
  3. Explanation of the movement of Earth's plates
  4. Huge plates
  5. ... are made of rock and drift from around the world
  6. Violent shaking of Earth
  7. Massive waves caused by earthquakes
  8. Plates moving away from each other
  9. The deepest feature below the seafloor

14 Clues: Huge plates • Violent shaking of Earth • 2 tectonic plates colliding • Pangaea becomes the 7 continents • Runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge • Plates moving away from each other • Massive waves caused by earthquakes • The deepest feature below the seafloor • Transfer of heat from one place to another • The formation of new areas of oceanic crust • ...

Choice 1 vocab words 2014-10-16

Choice 1 vocab words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earths outer layer made of plate structure
  2. sudden violent shaking of the ground
  3. excavation in the ground
  4. two plates collide
  5. lithospheric plate
  6. seismic sea wave caused by earthquake
  7. takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another
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  1. running along the Mid Atlantic Ridge
  2. plates slide past each other
  3. parts of Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core
  4. heat energy is gained and lost by a substance
  5. oceanic crust is created as large slabs of the Earth's crust split apart
  6. constructive boundary or an extensional boundary
  7. two plates away from eachother

14 Clues: two plates collide • lithospheric plate • excavation in the ground • plates slide past each other • two plates away from eachother • running along the Mid Atlantic Ridge • sudden violent shaking of the ground • seismic sea wave caused by earthquake • Earths outer layer made of plate structure • heat energy is gained and lost by a substance • ...

Volcano 2025-03-13

Volcano crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The plate margin that creates the most dangerous volcanoes.
  2. Forms a “pillar” into the sky from the crater.
  3. Super volcano in Italy.
  4. Hazard that can reach 200mph.
  5. The strongest volcano type.
  6. Where the magma is stored.
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  1. Forms on constructive plate margins.
  2. Volcanoes that will never erupt again.
  3. The volcano that destroyed Pompeii.
  4. Volcanoes that haven’t erupted in a long time.
  5. When it erupts all life on Earth will die.
  6. Volcanoes that have just erupted or are erupting.
  7. Forms on destructive plate margins.
  8. This is where most of the lava comes out.

14 Clues: Super volcano in Italy. • Where the magma is stored. • The strongest volcano type. • Hazard that can reach 200mph. • The volcano that destroyed Pompeii. • Forms on destructive plate margins. • Forms on constructive plate margins. • Volcanoes that will never erupt again. • This is where most of the lava comes out. • When it erupts all life on Earth will die. • ...

Choice 1 vocab words 2014-10-16

Choice 1 vocab words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lithospheric plate
  2. two plates collide
  3. two plates away from eachother
  4. Earths outer layer made of plate structure
  5. plates slide past each other
  6. running along the Mid Atlantic Ridge
  7. seismic sea wave caused by earthquake
  8. heat energy is gained and lost by a substance
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  1. parts of Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core
  2. excavation in the ground
  3. sudden violent shaking of the ground
  4. oceanic crust is created as large slabs of the Earth's crust split apart
  5. constructive boundary or an extensional boundary
  6. takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another

14 Clues: lithospheric plate • two plates collide • excavation in the ground • plates slide past each other • two plates away from eachother • sudden violent shaking of the ground • running along the Mid Atlantic Ridge • seismic sea wave caused by earthquake • Earths outer layer made of plate structure • heat energy is gained and lost by a substance • ...

Choice 1 vocab words 2014-10-16

Choice 1 vocab words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates collide
  2. sudden violent shaking of the ground
  3. takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another
  4. heat energy is gained and lost by a substance
  5. Earths outer layer made of plate structure
  6. lithospheric plate
  7. seismic sea wave caused by earthquake
  8. excavation in the ground
  9. oceanic crust is created as large slabs of the Earth's crust split apart
  10. running along the Mid Atlantic Ridge
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  1. constructive boundary or an extensional boundary
  2. parts of Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core
  3. two plates away from eachother
  4. plates slide past each other

14 Clues: two plates collide • lithospheric plate • excavation in the ground • plates slide past each other • two plates away from eachother • sudden violent shaking of the ground • running along the Mid Atlantic Ridge • seismic sea wave caused by earthquake • Earths outer layer made of plate structure • heat energy is gained and lost by a substance • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The deepest feature below the seafloor
  2. Plates moving away from each other
  3. Runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge
  4. Transfer of heat from one place to another
  5. Pangaea becomes the 7 continents
  6. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust
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  1. ... are made of rock and drift from around the world
  2. Huge plates
  3. Explanation of the movement of Earth's plates
  4. A... boundary is also known as a conservation plate boundary
  5. 2 tectonic plates colliding
  6. Massive waves caused by earthquakes
  7. Violent shaking of Earth
  8. Movement of the edge of a plate into the mantle beneath another plate

14 Clues: Huge plates • Violent shaking of Earth • 2 tectonic plates colliding • Pangaea becomes the 7 continents • Runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge • Plates moving away from each other • Massive waves caused by earthquakes • The deepest feature below the seafloor • Transfer of heat from one place to another • The formation of new areas of oceanic crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Explanation of the movement of Earth's plates
  2. A... boundary is also known as a conservation plate boundary
  3. Transfer of heat from one place to another
  4. Movement of the edge of a plate into the mantle beneath another plate
  5. Violent shaking of Earth
  6. 2 tectonic plates colliding
  7. Runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge
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  1. ... are made of rock and drift from around the world
  2. Pangaea becomes the 7 continents
  3. Huge plates
  4. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  5. Massive waves caused by earthquakes
  6. Plates moving away from each other
  7. The deepest feature below the seafloor

14 Clues: Huge plates • Violent shaking of Earth • 2 tectonic plates colliding • Pangaea becomes the 7 continents • Runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge • Plates moving away from each other • Massive waves caused by earthquakes • The deepest feature below the seafloor • Transfer of heat from one place to another • The formation of new areas of oceanic crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-10-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Violent shaking of Earth
  2. Transfer of heat from one place to another
  3. Pangaea becomes the 7 continents
  4. Movement of the edge of a plate into the mantle beneath another plate
  5. The deepest feature below the seafloor
  6. Massive waves caused by earthquakes
Down
  1. The formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  2. Explanation of the movement of Earth's plates
  3. Runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge
  4. A... boundary is also known as a conservation plate boundary
  5. Plates moving away from each other
  6. ... are made of rock and drift from around the world
  7. Huge plates
  8. 2 tectonic plates colliding

14 Clues: Huge plates • Violent shaking of Earth • 2 tectonic plates colliding • Pangaea becomes the 7 continents • Runs along the Mid Atlantic Ridge • Plates moving away from each other • Massive waves caused by earthquakes • The deepest feature below the seafloor • Transfer of heat from one place to another • The formation of new areas of oceanic crust • ...

The equipment kitchen 2020-01-08

The equipment kitchen crossword puzzle
Across
  1. somesthing use for to place a rice
  2. something use for to cook
  3. somesthing use for to a slice
  4. somesthing use for to raise a fried
  5. something use for to make a keep vegetable fresh
  6. something use for to meat
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  1. rack something use for to save a plate
  2. somesthing use for to a sublimate
  3. sometjinh usw doe to save a water
  4. somesthing use for to sublimate
  5. somesthing use for to wash plate
  6. bottle something use for to make a keep hot water
  7. something use for to a fry
  8. somesthing use for to cook
  9. somesthing use for to a rice

15 Clues: something use for to cook • something use for to meat • something use for to a fry • somesthing use for to cook • somesthing use for to a rice • somesthing use for to a slice • somesthing use for to sublimate • somesthing use for to wash plate • somesthing use for to a sublimate • sometjinh usw doe to save a water • somesthing use for to place a rice • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. current inside Earth that moves the plates
  2. boundary where a plate slides against a plate
  3. likely to occur at a transform boundary
  4. type of boundary where new crust is formed
  5. crust that is the most dense
  6. volcanoes and earthquakes form along plate ___
  7. type of boundary between N.Am. and Eurasia
  8. formed from a continent-continent collision
  9. type of boundary where mountains occur
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  1. motion of plates over time
  2. layer of Earth that makes up the plates
  3. zone that occurs at a convergent boundary
  4. form from a ocean-ocean collision
  5. can flow in a different path at a transform boundary
  6. large supercontinent that once existed

15 Clues: motion of plates over time • crust that is the most dense • form from a ocean-ocean collision • large supercontinent that once existed • type of boundary where mountains occur • layer of Earth that makes up the plates • likely to occur at a transform boundary • zone that occurs at a convergent boundary • current inside Earth that moves the plates • ...

Plate Boundaries 2020-11-30

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Famous transform boundary in California
  2. these geological features form when one tectonic plate subducts under another plate
  3. Divergent plates under the ocean cause this
  4. Tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
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  1. two converging continental plates form this geological feature
  2. This feature is found on continents at a divergent boundary
  3. 2 tectonics plates sliding by each other
  4. When one tectonic plate goes underneath another plate
  5. Process that causes tectonic plates to move
  6. Tectonic plates that move towards each other
  7. Currents in the ______ cause the tectonic plates to move

11 Clues: Famous transform boundary in California • 2 tectonics plates sliding by each other • Process that causes tectonic plates to move • Divergent plates under the ocean cause this • Tectonic plates that move towards each other • Tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • When one tectonic plate goes underneath another plate • ...

Earthquakes 2024-06-24

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is the outer layer of the earth called?
  2. what is the name of the plate boundary that the oceanic curst subducts under the continental crust.
  3. the centre of the earthquake underground
  4. the point on the surface directly above the focus
  5. what is the name of the plate boundary that move apart from each other
  6. hottest layer of the earth
  7. how do you measure an earthquake?
Down
  1. measures the strength of an earthquake
  2. which plate boundary slides past each other
  3. an example of a conservative plate boundary
  4. layer surrounding the inner core

11 Clues: hottest layer of the earth • layer surrounding the inner core • how do you measure an earthquake? • measures the strength of an earthquake • the centre of the earthquake underground • which plate boundary slides past each other • an example of a conservative plate boundary • what is the outer layer of the earth called? • the point on the surface directly above the focus • ...

Chapter 9 - Nail Growth & Structure 2022-03-01

Chapter 9 - Nail Growth & Structure crossword puzzle
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  1. living skin bordering the root and sides of nail
  2. whitish, half-moon shape under the base of nail
  3. part of the nail that extends past the fingetip
  4. hardened kertain plate that sits on nail bed
  5. also known as onyx
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  1. the living skin at the base of the nail plate
  2. aka the lateral nail fold
  3. area where nail plate cells are formed
  4. tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones
  5. helps guide the nail plate along the nail bed as it grows
  6. dead, colorless tissue attached to the nail

11 Clues: also known as onyx • aka the lateral nail fold • area where nail plate cells are formed • dead, colorless tissue attached to the nail • hardened kertain plate that sits on nail bed • the living skin at the base of the nail plate • whitish, half-moon shape under the base of nail • part of the nail that extends past the fingetip • ...

Science Review 2013-04-25

Science Review crossword puzzle
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  1. the solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core
  2. matter that does not have characteristics of living matter
  3. caused by subduction, magma shoots from below Earth's surface
  4. is created when continental plates of equal density collide
  5. melted rock beneath Earth's surface
  6. surrounds inner core, made of liquid nickel and iron
  7. type of rock formed from layers of sediments
  8. the sphere of solid nickel and iron at Earth's center
  9. the color of a mineral in powdered form
  10. thin outermost layer of Earth
  11. a measure of scratch resistance of various minerals
  12. in the solid state of matter yet having the ability to flow like a liquid
  13. huge pieces of lithosphere that move inches per year
  14. a major geological event that occurs along a transform boundary
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  1. a naturally formed inorganic solid
  2. magma that cools on Earth's surface
  3. type of rock formed under extreme heat and pressure
  4. occurs when one plate falls below another more dense plate
  5. tectonic plate including landmass of India and Australia
  6. process wherein sediments stick together to form rock
  7. process that crushes and packs sediments into layers
  8. the way a mineral reflects light
  9. type of rock formed when magma or lava cools and hardens
  10. tectonic plate including the landmass of Europe and Asia
  11. solid layer of Earth located below the lithosphere

25 Clues: thin outermost layer of Earth • the way a mineral reflects light • a naturally formed inorganic solid • magma that cools on Earth's surface • melted rock beneath Earth's surface • the color of a mineral in powdered form • type of rock formed from layers of sediments • solid layer of Earth located below the lithosphere • type of rock formed under extreme heat and pressure • ...

crossword 2021-03-03

crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. plate section of the earth’s crust that moves about on earth’s surface Down
  2. layer of “plastic” semi solid rock in the lower mantle on which earths tectonic plates move Across
  3. wave longitudinal seismic wave that travels fats through earth Down
  4. wave: seismic wave that travels along the surface of the earth in the crust Across
  5. a place where extremely hot material from inside earth erupts at the surface Down
  6. earths outermost solid layer Down
  7. arc chain of islands formed at the edges of colliding tectonic plates where one plate subducts Down
  8. a depression in the earths floor Across
  9. molten rock that has erupted onto earth’s surface Across
  10. the earths centre Across
Down
  1. point on earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake Down
  2. name for the crust and upper mantle together earths tectonic plates Down
  3. huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake occurring on the sea floor Across
  4. pull: plates are pulled apart at the mid ocean ridges Across
  5. molten rock below earth’s surface Across
  6. when one plate sinks below another plate during a collision Down
  7. the place below ground where an earthquake Across
  8. layer beneath earth’s crust Across
  9. the process of the continents breaking up allowing in water from the sea Down
  10. crust the crust that forms the ocean floor Down

20 Clues: the earths centre Across • earths outermost solid layer Down • layer beneath earth’s crust Across • a depression in the earths floor Across • molten rock below earth’s surface Across • crust the crust that forms the ocean floor Down • the place below ground where an earthquake Across • molten rock that has erupted onto earth’s surface Across • ...

Pressroom Speak 2022-05-28

Pressroom Speak crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A clear liquid coating applied for protect/shine
  2. arranging layout artwork and text for printin
  3. series of cuts to ease tearing/folding
  4. printing across gutter or page to facing page
  5. Red
  6. Glossy liquid applied to paper and cured with UV light
  7. drying inks/coatings thru chemical process>adhesion
  8. rubber coated pad that transfers ink from plate to paper
  9. printing beyond the edge of the final trim size
  10. image from pressure of press plate to paper
  11. production of larger quantities than ordered
  12. spot/defect on printed page from dust,dry ink etc
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  1. flat sheet of metal used to reproduce image
  2. A mixture of a hue with white
  3. dull non-glossy finish
  4. metal plate cut for impressing design/image on paper
  5. preprinted postal info in place of a stamp
  6. direction in which the fibers of paper lie
  7. the container on press that holds the ink
  8. A mark or crease pressed on paper to fold easier
  9. individual element of a halftones; or pixel
  10. back edge of a bound book that connects the covers
  11. original copy including text/graphics/photos/illustrations
  12. planned paper waste
  13. The roll of printing paper used in rotary printing
  14. thickness of paper relative to its weight
  15. the degree of darkness of an image
  16. to cover a page completely with ink or varnish
  17. press layout
  18. Blue

30 Clues: Red • Blue • press layout • planned paper waste • dull non-glossy finish • A mixture of a hue with white • the degree of darkness of an image • series of cuts to ease tearing/folding • the container on press that holds the ink • thickness of paper relative to its weight • preprinted postal info in place of a stamp • direction in which the fibers of paper lie • ...

Nail Care & Services 2020-12-03

Nail Care & Services crossword puzzle
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  1. The amount of colored pigment concentration in a gel
  2. Split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges
  3. A colorless inflammable liquid. Used as a solvent.
  4. Area where the nail plate cells are formed
  5. Hardened keratin plate (2 words no space)
  6. Inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shedding of the natural nail.
  7. Tools used to perform nail services. Can be multiuser or single-use
  8. Vertical lines running through the length of the natural nail plate.
  9. A cosmetic treatment of the hands
  10. Short chain of monomer liquids that is often thick sticky and gel-like and that is not long enough to be considered a polymer
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  1. Specialized acrylic monomer that polymerizes in seconds
  2. This type of wrap is made from a very thin synthetic mesh with a loose weave.
  3. The measurement of the thickness or thinness of a liquid
  4. Also know as curing or hardening, chemical reaction that creates polymers.
  5. A metal file
  6. Dead colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate
  7. Chemical liquid mixed with polymer powder to form the sculptured nail enhancement
  8. Also known as bitten nails. Result of a habit of chewing the nail
  9. Noticeably thin white nail plates that are more flexible
  10. Living skin at the base of the natural
  11. A small scoop-shaped implement used for more efficient remove or debris.

21 Clues: A metal file • A cosmetic treatment of the hands • Living skin at the base of the natural • Hardened keratin plate (2 words no space) • Area where the nail plate cells are formed • A colorless inflammable liquid. Used as a solvent. • The amount of colored pigment concentration in a gel • Specialized acrylic monomer that polymerizes in seconds • ...

My Healthy Plate 2021-11-24

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

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. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword 2025-01-16

Plate Tectonics Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. A plate boundary that makes the plates slide against each other
  2. Causes the movement of the Earth's plates
  3. A theory proposed by Alfred Wegener that proposed that all the continents were together at some point in time (2 words)
  4. A plate boundary that makes the plates move away from each other
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  1. A layer of rock which forms the continents (2 words)
  2. A theory that states that the Earth's outer crust is divided into several plates (2 words)
  3. A thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins
  4. A chain of volcanos that surround the pacific ocean (3 words)
  5. A plate boundary that makes a less dense plate go over a denser plate
  6. A plate boundary that makes the plates collide into each other

10 Clues: Causes the movement of the Earth's plates • A layer of rock which forms the continents (2 words) • A thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins • A chain of volcanos that surround the pacific ocean (3 words) • A plate boundary that makes the plates collide into each other • A plate boundary that makes the plates slide against each other • ...

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle 2023-10-17

Plate Motion CrossWordPuzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
  2. The place where two plates meet.
  3. A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
  4. A sudden shake on earths surface.
  5. The sudden pushing out of something. Such as lava from a volcano.
  6. Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.
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  1. Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) which gas and lava are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
  2. This plate boundary happens when One plate sinks under the other.
  3. The outside or top layer of something.
  4. A long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
  5. This is the Hard solid/Soft solid rock underneath a plate boundary.
  6. This Plate boundary happens when rock gets added on the edges of two plate.

12 Clues: The place where two plates meet. • A sudden shake on earths surface. • The outside or top layer of something. • Something we observe to be similar over and over again. • A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like. • This plate boundary happens when One plate sinks under the other. • The sudden pushing out of something. Such as lava from a volcano. • ...

Tectonic crossword 2022-10-12

Tectonic crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. branch of geology studying earths the crust
  2. A big chunk of earths crust
  3. molten rocks under the crust if earth
  4. drift the movement of continents
  5. action of splitting apart two plates
  6. layer of rock between earths crust and outer core
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  1. border of a tectonic plate
  2. spot An Area where magma rises into earths crust
  3. science of earth’s structure
  4. the moving of on plate under another
  5. crash with violent impact
  6. crake in earths crust where two plates meet
  7. the scientist who made the theory of continental drift
  8. idea intended to explain something

14 Clues: crash with violent impact • border of a tectonic plate • A big chunk of earths crust • science of earth’s structure • drift the movement of continents • idea intended to explain something • the moving of on plate under another • action of splitting apart two plates • molten rocks under the crust if earth • branch of geology studying earths the crust • ...

TECTONIC FORCES 2013-09-11

TECTONIC FORCES crossword puzzle
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  1. Atlantic island which is cut in half by two plates
  2. Instrument that measures earthquakes
  3. Caused when two plates rub together
  4. Thin layer of the earth's surface
  5. Edge of the huge slabs of rock on the earth's surface
  6. Molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  7. When molten rock spews from the earth's surface
  8. Molten rock above the earth's surface
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  1. Mountain formed by molten rock that erupts
  2. When the earth shakes
  3. Plate on which the British Isles is located
  4. Number of plates on which Japan is located
  5. Giant waves caused by vibrations under the sea
  6. Extremely hot centre of the earth
  7. Plate on the west coast of South America
  8. Large pieces of rock that move on the earth's surface

16 Clues: When the earth shakes • Thin layer of the earth's surface • Extremely hot centre of the earth • Caused when two plates rub together • Instrument that measures earthquakes • Molten rock above the earth's surface • Molten rock beneath the earth's surface • Plate on the west coast of South America • Mountain formed by molten rock that erupts • ...

Natural Hazards Knowledge Crossword 1 2019-08-23

Natural Hazards Knowledge Crossword 1 crossword puzzle
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  1. Scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes.
  2. Where trees are planted to absorb CO2.
  3. UK extreme weather case study.
  4. LIC where a huge earthquake struck in 2015.
  5. Charity that replaced 30,000 fishing boats after Haiyan.
  6. Type of plate margin where one plate gets subducted.
  7. LIC where Typhoon Haiyan happened.
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  1. Action taken to prevent further climate change.
  2. A human cause of climate change.
  3. A tropical storm that originates from the Indian Ocean.
  4. Atmospheric convection cell found at the equator.
  5. Type of plate margin where no volcanoes occur.
  6. 90% of this city was destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan.
  7. An alternative form of energy, that uses the sun.
  8. The centre of a tropical storm.
  9. Type of rock oceanic crust is made of.

16 Clues: UK extreme weather case study. • The centre of a tropical storm. • A human cause of climate change. • LIC where Typhoon Haiyan happened. • Where trees are planted to absorb CO2. • Type of rock oceanic crust is made of. • LIC where a huge earthquake struck in 2015. • Type of plate margin where no volcanoes occur. • Action taken to prevent further climate change. • ...

TECTONIC FORCES 2013-09-11

TECTONIC FORCES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Number of plates on which Japan is located
  2. Large pieces of rock that move on the earth's surface
  3. When the earth shakes
  4. Thin layer of the earth's surface
  5. When molten rock spews from the earth's surface
  6. Molten rock beneath the earth's surface
  7. Mountain formed by molten rock that erupts
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  1. Plate on the west coast of South America
  2. Extremely hot centre of the earth
  3. Caused when two plates rub together
  4. Giant waves caused by vibrations under the sea
  5. Atlantic island which is cut in half by two plates
  6. Edge of the huge slabs of rock on the earth's surface
  7. Instrument that measures earthquakes
  8. Plate on which the British Isles is located
  9. Molten rock above the earth's surface

16 Clues: When the earth shakes • Extremely hot centre of the earth • Thin layer of the earth's surface • Caused when two plates rub together • Instrument that measures earthquakes • Molten rock above the earth's surface • Molten rock beneath the earth's surface • Plate on the west coast of South America • Number of plates on which Japan is located • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What plate boundary causes the most earthquakes?
  2. What type of plate boundary is it if the plates are pulling apart?
  3. what in the mantle causes the plates to move?
  4. What happens to the plates the subduct at subduction zones?
Down
  1. What layer of the earth do the plates lay onto?
  2. What is formed when a plate goes under another plate?
  3. What forms from subduction zones in the ocean?
  4. What type of plate boundary is it if the plates push together?
  5. What type of plate boundary is it if the plates slide pas each other?

9 Clues: what in the mantle causes the plates to move? • What forms from subduction zones in the ocean? • What layer of the earth do the plates lay onto? • What plate boundary causes the most earthquakes? • What is formed when a plate goes under another plate? • What happens to the plates the subduct at subduction zones? • ...

Plate Tectonics Test Review 2023-03-10

Plate Tectonics Test Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The place where two lithospheric plates interact
  2. These volcanic islands formed due to a hot spot
  3. These occur at every plate boundary
  4. plate boundary where lithospheric plates slide against one another
  5. Province with rolling hills underlain by mostly ancient igneous and metamorphic rocks
  6. Province with coarse igneous and metamorphic rocks which are the oldest in the state
  7. Oceanic crust sinks below continental crust because it is more ______
  8. Pacific coastlines where the majority of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes are
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  1. Province that provides the majority of the state's coal resources
  2. In addition to the Crust, this layer of Earth is composed of solid material
  3. Currents in the mantle that are responsible for the movement of lithospheric plates
  4. Zone where one plate sinks below another due to relative density, returning to the mantle
  5. Ocean crust the same distance on either side of the Mid-Ocean Ride is ________
  6. plate boundary where new ocean crust is formed

14 Clues: These occur at every plate boundary • plate boundary where new ocean crust is formed • These volcanic islands formed due to a hot spot • The place where two lithospheric plates interact • Province that provides the majority of the state's coal resources • plate boundary where lithospheric plates slide against one another • ...

Chapter 10 vocab words 2025-02-12

Chapter 10 vocab words crossword puzzle
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  1. Landform with low relief and low elevation.
  2. A deep, underwater trough created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent plate boundary.
  3. Parallel ridge that forms where blocks of crust move up or down along faults.
  4. Parallel forces acting in opposite directions at a transform boundary.
  5. Area of subsidence; region with low elevation.
  6. Mountain made of layers of rocks that are folded.
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  1. The downward vertical motion of Earth’s surface.
  2. The pulling force at a divergent boundary.
  3. A change in the shape of a rock caused by stress.
  4. The squeezing force at a convergent boundary.
  5. An area of fractured pieces of crust along a large fault.
  6. A curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary.
  7. The equilibrium between continental crust and the denser mantle below it.
  8. The process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations.

14 Clues: The pulling force at a divergent boundary. • Landform with low relief and low elevation. • The squeezing force at a convergent boundary. • Area of subsidence; region with low elevation. • The downward vertical motion of Earth’s surface. • A change in the shape of a rock caused by stress. • Mountain made of layers of rocks that are folded. • ...

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary 2022-05-04

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. usually formed when an oceanic plate slips underneath a continental plate
  2. The theory of plates forming the Earth's crust that form its various landmasses (2 word phrase)
  3. The molten layer of rock in Earth
  4. deep valley formed by tectonic plate movement
  5. ancient supercontinent
  6. The surface layer of rock in earth
  7. tectonic boundary that forms mountains
  8. Break or crack in the Earth's crust
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  1. The theory in which continents move around on the Earth's surface (2 word phrase)
  2. tectonic boundary that makes earthquakes
  3. tectonic boundary that forms valleys

11 Clues: ancient supercontinent • The molten layer of rock in Earth • The surface layer of rock in earth • Break or crack in the Earth's crust • tectonic boundary that forms valleys • tectonic boundary that forms mountains • tectonic boundary that makes earthquakes • deep valley formed by tectonic plate movement • ...

Ring Of Fire 2018-05-09

Ring Of Fire crossword puzzle
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  1. (blank) out of 25 of the worlds biggest volcanoes have been in the Ring Of Fire
  2. New Zealand is on the Pacific plate and the (blank) plate
  3. 452 of these are located along the Ring Of Fire
  4. The Pacific plate and the NAZCA Plate are (blank)?
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  1. The shape of the Ring Of Fire
  2. New Zealand is on the Ring Of Fire and its most famous volcano was lake (blank)
  3. The deepest parts of the ocean
  4. The Pacific Plate is connected to this plate
  5. The ring of fire is 40,000(blank) long

9 Clues: The shape of the Ring Of Fire • The deepest parts of the ocean • The ring of fire is 40,000(blank) long • The Pacific Plate is connected to this plate • 452 of these are located along the Ring Of Fire • The Pacific plate and the NAZCA Plate are (blank)? • New Zealand is on the Pacific plate and the (blank) plate • ...

Passover 2025-11-21

Passover crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A glass of wine left for elijah, he "comes and drinks it" during the seder
  2. The middle piece of Matzah that is broken and hidden for children to find later in the seder
  3. A sweet mixture, typically with apples and nuts, used to represent cement between bricks
  4. The final plague
  5. Where the jews were enslaved
  6. Order; The dinner shared at the beginning of passover
  7. The Hebrew transliteration of passover
  8. reminds us of our ancestors suffering; on the seder plate
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  1. Represents G-d using his mighty hand to save the jews from Egypt; on the seder plate
  2. Unleavened bread eaten during passover
  3. Dipped in salt water to remind us of our ancestors tears; symbolize spring; on the seder plate
  4. The four statements, read by the youngest, that answer how "this night" is different from all other nights
  5. Represents spring/new beginnings; on the seder plate
  6. The number of plagues

14 Clues: The final plague • The number of plagues • Where the jews were enslaved • Unleavened bread eaten during passover • The Hebrew transliteration of passover • Represents spring/new beginnings; on the seder plate • Order; The dinner shared at the beginning of passover • reminds us of our ancestors suffering; on the seder plate • ...

Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features 2021-10-31

Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When plates split apart from each other.
  2. Two plates moving past each other in opposite directions creating friction.
  3. Formed primarily by convergent plate boundaries.
  4. Outermost layer of the Earth's crust.
  5. The process where large plates of the Earth's crust constantly move over the mantle's fluid.
  6. Where cold sea water seeps into the Earth's crust and gets heated by the magma.
  7. A mountain range with a central valley on an ocean floor. (Divergent)
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  1. Process where one lithospheric plate slides below another at a convergent plate boundary.
  2. Formed by divergent plate boundaries.
  3. Two plates that move away from each other.
  4. Two plates or more come together.
  5. A long, narrow and deep depression on the ocean floor with relatively steep sides. (Convergent)
  6. A theory supporting the possibility that continents are able to move over Earth's surface.
  7. A single landmass of all of Earth's continents.
  8. Wegener, A German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist who proposed the theory of continental drift.

15 Clues: Two plates or more come together. • Formed by divergent plate boundaries. • Outermost layer of the Earth's crust. • When plates split apart from each other. • Two plates that move away from each other. • A single landmass of all of Earth's continents. • Formed primarily by convergent plate boundaries. • ...

volcano 2024-07-07

volcano crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Partially molten layer of Earth's mantle beneath the lithosphere.
  2. Earth's outermost layer, divided into oceanic and continental types.
  3. Process where one tectonic plate moves beneath another at a convergent boundary.
  4. Relating to earthquakes or vibrations caused by Earth's movements.
  5. Outermost rigid layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
  6. Fixed mantle plume creating volcanic activity, often forming island chains.
  7. Core: Solid, dense center of Earth, composed mainly of iron and nickel.
  8. Tectonics: Theory explaining the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates.
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  1. Crust: Thinner, denser part of Earth's crust found under oceans.
  2. Transfer of heat through fluid motion, driving plate tectonics in the mantle.
  3. Layer of Earth beneath the crust, composed of silicate rocks.
  4. Large ocean wave typically caused by undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
  5. Crack or opening in Earth's crust, often found at divergent plate boundaries.
  6. Core: Liquid layer of Earth between the mantle and inner core, composed mainly of iron and nickel.
  7. Crust: Thicker, less dense part of Earth's crust that makes up continents.

15 Clues: Layer of Earth beneath the crust, composed of silicate rocks. • Crust: Thinner, denser part of Earth's crust found under oceans. • Partially molten layer of Earth's mantle beneath the lithosphere. • Relating to earthquakes or vibrations caused by Earth's movements. • Earth's outermost layer, divided into oceanic and continental types. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-06-18

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the layer of gases known as air
  2. the core of the earth
  3. occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  4. first layer of the earth
  5. comes from a Japanese word
  6. Another word for gravity waves
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  1. movement of the tectonic plates in the crust
  2. the most rigid layer of the earth
  3. earthquake scale
  4. forms in the water when subduction occurs
  5. occurs when something is squeezed
  6. the first wave
  7. happen when tectonic plates collide
  8. is the bones found in the earth
  9. a break in the earth's crust

15 Clues: the first wave • earthquake scale • the core of the earth • first layer of the earth • comes from a Japanese word • a break in the earth's crust • Another word for gravity waves • is the bones found in the earth • the most rigid layer of the earth • occurs when something is squeezed • is the layer of gases known as air • happen when tectonic plates collide • ...

plate tectonics 2021-06-18

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the layer of gases known as air
  2. the core of the earth
  3. occurs when forces act to stretch an object
  4. first layer of the earth
  5. comes from a Japanese word
  6. Another word for gravity waves
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  1. movement of the tectonic plates in the crust
  2. the most rigid layer of the earth
  3. earthquake scale
  4. forms in the water when subduction occurs
  5. occurs when something is squeezed
  6. the first wave
  7. happen when tectonic plates collide
  8. is the bones found in the earth
  9. a break in the earth's crust

15 Clues: the first wave • earthquake scale • the core of the earth • first layer of the earth • comes from a Japanese word • a break in the earth's crust • Another word for gravity waves • is the bones found in the earth • the most rigid layer of the earth • occurs when something is squeezed • is the layer of gases known as air • happen when tectonic plates collide • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-01-13

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

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 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 • ...

plate tectonics 2021-04-01

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 plates move away from each other
  2. the elevation decreases,a hole
  3. 2 plates collide one moves under another
  4. the lines indicating the elevation
  5. the change in elevation between lines
  6. what used to be a supercontinent
  7. a very vertical slope
  8. theory of earth structures movement
Down
  1. lines indicating the elevation increase or decrease
  2. slope at normal sea level
  3. level past or under sea level
  4. past life
  5. a map showing the elevation of the land
  6. 2 plates slide past each other
  7. the top of a mountain(highest point)

15 Clues: past life • a very vertical slope • slope at normal sea level • level past or under sea level • the elevation decreases,a hole • 2 plates slide past each other • what used to be a supercontinent • 2 plates move away from each other • the lines indicating the elevation • theory of earth structures movement • the top of a mountain(highest point) • ...

Plate Motion 2021-03-31

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A Person who studies the earth
  2. Something that is obtained by drilling showing what is beneath the earth's crust
  3. The pieces of the earth that cause continental drift
  4. How fast or often something occurs
  5. The layer of silicate rock between the crust and outer core
  6. A specimen that was preserved from a long time ago
  7. What is used to track the movement of the earth
  8. The section of the earth that is solid rock
  9. A violent shake caused by movements in the earth's crust
Down
  1. Someone who studies fossils and the earth's history
  2. Tectonic plates that move away from each other
  3. Tectonic plates that move into each other
  4. The three types of tectonic boundaries
  5. A diagram of the earth core
  6. Solid Part of the Earth

15 Clues: Solid Part of the Earth • A diagram of the earth core • A Person who studies the earth • How fast or often something occurs • The three types of tectonic boundaries • Tectonic plates that move into each other • The section of the earth that is solid rock • Tectonic plates that move away from each other • What is used to track the movement of the earth • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-13

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Break in a body of rock when one block moves relative to another
  2. Zone Location where two plates collide and the denser ocean plate descends below the other.
  3. type of plate boundary - two plates move slide past each other
  4. Boundary The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  5. _______Drift- the idea that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
  6. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  7. Name for the super continent which contained all the plates together.
  8. ______- Ridge Underwater mountain ranges where new seafloor is created at a divergent boundary.
Down
  1. Openings in Earth's crust from which molten rock, dust, ash, and hot gases flow or erupt
  2. tectonics The theory that the Earth is broken into plates and are in motion due to convection currents in the asthenosphere (upper mantle).
  3. The boundary formed by the collision of two tectonic plates.
  4. sudden, violent movements of the tectonic plates along a boundary
  5. The thin and solid outermost compositional layer of the Earth above the mantle.
  6. Arc Formed by two oceanic plates colliding volcanoes to form new land
  7. type of crust in land, made of granite, less dense
  8. Extremely deep areas in the ocean that are created by a subducting plate.
  9. type of crust, ocean floor, made of basalt, more dense

17 Clues: type of crust in land, made of granite, less dense • type of crust, ocean floor, made of basalt, more dense • The boundary formed by the collision of two tectonic plates. • type of plate boundary - two plates move slide past each other • sudden, violent movements of the tectonic plates along a boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-05

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. super continent All continents were one large landmass.
  2. a solid sphere of nickel and iron at the center of the earth.
  3. the portion of the earth's mantle just below the lithosphere, it flows like molten plastic.
  4. a circulation of air in which material is heated and rises then cools and sinks.
  5. large moving pieces of earths crust.
Down
  1. the theory that earth's continents move as pieces.
  2. created in the ocean at a divergent boundary.
  3. when one plate sinks below another into the mantle.
  4. the solid, outer part of the earth. Includes the brittle upper portion of the mantle and the crust.
  5. when 2 plates push or collide together.
  6. when 2 plates move away from each other.
  7. the layer of rock between the outer core and the crust. It is the thickest layer.
  8. a boundary in which 2 plates scrape past each other.
  9. a layer of molten metal that surrounds earth's inner core.
  10. the thinnest layer of the earth's core above the mantle.

15 Clues: large moving pieces of earths crust. • when 2 plates push or collide together. • when 2 plates move away from each other. • created in the ocean at a divergent boundary. • the theory that earth's continents move as pieces. • when one plate sinks below another into the mantle. • a boundary in which 2 plates scrape past each other. • ...

Plate Motion 2023-03-01

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large area of land on Earth's outer layer that sticks up above the ocean, such as Africa and North America
  2. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  3. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in gas,lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of the Earth
  5. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface caused by plate movement
  6. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  7. how often or fast something happens
  8. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  9. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
Down
  1. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  2. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  3. earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock
  4. moving apart in different directions
  5. moving toward the same place
  6. the plate where two plates meet

15 Clues: moving toward the same place • the plate where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock • something we observe to be similar over and over again • the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates • ...

Plate Motion 2023-03-01

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large area of land on Earth's outer layer that sticks up above the ocean, such as Africa and North America
  2. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
  3. to examine in detail for a purpose
  4. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in gas,lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of the Earth
  5. a sudden shaking of Earth's surface caused by plate movement
  6. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
  7. how often or fast something happens
  8. a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
  9. one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
Down
  1. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  2. the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
  3. earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock
  4. moving apart in different directions
  5. moving toward the same place
  6. the place where two plates meet

15 Clues: moving toward the same place • the place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • moving apart in different directions • earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock • something we observe to be similar over and over again • the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2012-12-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Melting magma making its way to the surface creating a _______
  2. The theory that the Earth’s surface is made of plates.
  3. The edge of the Pacific Ocean prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
  4. Molten rock
  5. A deep crack where new earth surface is continuously being formed
  6. 225 million years ago all the major continents formed a giant super continent called ______________
  7. These are formed when two plates push against each other.
Down
  1. When two plates move away from each other, it is called a _________ boundary.
  2. When two plates collide and one plate slides under the other, it is called a ________ boundary.
  3. ________ float on the mantle.
  4. The violent jerk when the tension between two plates is released.
  5. When two plates push against each other, it is called a _______ boundary.
  6. The highest mountains in the world (and still growing)
  7. When two plates move against each other and neither create or consume crust, ________ boundaries are created.
  8. The line on which two different plates move against each other.

15 Clues: Molten rock • ________ float on the mantle. • The theory that the Earth’s surface is made of plates. • The highest mountains in the world (and still growing) • These are formed when two plates push against each other. • Melting magma making its way to the surface creating a _______ • The line on which two different plates move against each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock, specifically as it relates to the reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles; also the magnetic properties that rock acquires during formation
  2. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  3. The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  4. The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years
  5. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  6. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms when magma rises to Earth’s surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing sea floor moves away from the ridge
  7. The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape
Down
  1. A piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history and that may be part of a larger piece of lithosphere, such as a continent.
  2. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 200 million years ago
  3. The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  4. The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations; the movement of continents
  5. A long, undersea mountain chain that has a steep, narrow valley at its center, that forms as magma rises from the asthenosphere, and that creates new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) as tectonic plates move apart
  6. The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere; made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move on top of it
  7. The process by which Earth’s crust breaks apart; can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust.
  8. the single, large ocean that covered Earth’s surface during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed

15 Clues: The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years • The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms when magma rises to Earth’s surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing sea floor moves away from the ridge
  2. The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape
  3. The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  4. The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  5. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  6. The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere; made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move on top of it
  7. A piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history and that may be part of a larger piece of lithosphere, such as a continent.
  8. A long, undersea mountain chain that has a steep, narrow valley at its center, that forms as magma rises from the asthenosphere, and that creates new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) as tectonic plates move apart
Down
  1. The process by which Earth’s crust breaks apart; can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust.
  2. The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years
  3. the single, large ocean that covered Earth’s surface during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed
  4. The study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock, specifically as it relates to the reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles; also the magnetic properties that rock acquires during formation
  5. The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations; the movement of continents
  6. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  7. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 200 million years ago

15 Clues: The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years • The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally. • ...

Plate Techtonics 2014-11-27

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. wave a seismic wave that travels along the surface of the earth in the crust
  2. molten that has erupted onto the earths surface
  3. the point on the Earth surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  4. : the rapid movement of the ground, usually back and fourth and up and down in a wave motion due to the movement of tectonic plates
  5. trench: a deep trench in the ocean floor that us much deeper then the rest of the ocean floor
  6. drift :the separating of continents by drifting across oceans
  7. crust: the crust that forms the continents
Down
  1. a molten rock below the earths surface
  2. the process of continent's breaking up, subsiding and allowing the sea in
  3. spreading : the process of new crust forming at the ocean ridges and spreading outwards
  4. crust : the crust that forms the ocean floor
  5. an instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake
  6. when oceanic crust collides with continental crust, and the oceanic plates then sink below the continental plate
  7. tectonics: the theory that the earths crust is cracked into large pieces that move on the atmosphere
  8. a huge wave in ocean cause by an earthquake occurring on the seafloor
  9. a place were extremely hot material from inside the Earth erupts at the surface

16 Clues: a molten rock below the earths surface • crust: the crust that forms the continents • crust : the crust that forms the ocean floor • molten that has erupted onto the earths surface • drift :the separating of continents by drifting across oceans • an instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. material that is below or within the earth's crust
  2. the gradual movement of the continents
  3. formation of new areas of oceanic crust
  4. plates that lie under surface landmass
  5. the study of the record of earth's magnetic field in rocks
  6. the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism
  7. a crack in the earth's crust
Down
  1. the outer part of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  2. mountains that form mainly by the effects of folding
  3. a measure of mass per volume
  4. the layer that has so much pressure and heat that the rocks can flow like liquid
  5. the central portion of the earth
  6. a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal
  7. an active submarine ridge system that marks the site of the up welling of magma associated with seafloor spreading
  8. violent shaking of the ground that cause destruction

15 Clues: a measure of mass per volume • a crack in the earth's crust • the central portion of the earth • the gradual movement of the continents • plates that lie under surface landmass • formation of new areas of oceanic crust • material that is below or within the earth's crust • the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that rub next to each other?
  2. what is in Antarctica and proves continental drift?
  3. what shakes the ground?
  4. what produces rock?
  5. what occurs in the mantle as hot material rises?
  6. plates that move away?
  7. oceanic + continental = what?
Down
  1. what is the supercontinent?
  2. what layer is a hot, softer rock layer that can move and flow?
  3. continental + continental = what?
  4. who discovered continental drift?
  5. that moves under our earth?
  6. what is the movement of large land?
  7. what exsploeds?
  8. what is found in igneous rock and proves continental drift?

15 Clues: what exsploeds? • what produces rock? • plates that move away? • what shakes the ground? • what is the supercontinent? • that moves under our earth? • oceanic + continental = what? • continental + continental = what? • who discovered continental drift? • plates that rub next to each other? • what is the movement of large land? • what occurs in the mantle as hot material rises? • ...

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 Tectonic 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the most common type of volcano?
  2. What forms on divergent boundaries in the middle on the ocean?
  3. What can be caused by divergent boundaries letting magma flow through?
  4. What forms on transform boundaries?
  5. What is created on transform boundaries to make sedimentary rock?
  6. What is the layer under the crust made up of mostly the upper mantle?
  7. What is the layer or magma under the crust?
Down
  1. What is the shaking of the ground caused by transform boundaries?
  2. What is the process in which old rock is recycled into new rock?
  3. What forms when two continental plates move together?
  4. What plates move towards each other?
  5. What happens when one plate goes under another?
  6. What is the largest volcano that is a fountain of thin lava?
  7. What plates move away from each other?
  8. What plates move alongside each other?

15 Clues: What forms on transform boundaries? • What plates move towards each other? • What plates move away from each other? • What plates move alongside each other? • What is the most common type of volcano? • What is the layer or magma under the crust? • What happens when one plate goes under another? • What forms when two continental plates move together? • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2021-12-10

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. melted rock within a chamber
  2. boundary where two plates come together
  3. boundary where two plates split apart
  4. Man that Came up with Plate Tectonics
  5. Place where plates Slide past each other
  6. rock exposed to high heat and pressure
  7. collapsed volcano
Down
  1. eroded and weathered pieces of rock
  2. Sudden shaking in the ground
  3. Shield, Cyder Cone, and Composite _______
  4. rock that is cooled from magma/lava
  5. The Yellowstone ______ makes volcanoes
  6. rock that is comprised of sediment
  7. Subduction Zone has these
  8. melted rock out of a volcano

15 Clues: collapsed volcano • Subduction Zone has these • Sudden shaking in the ground • melted rock within a chamber • melted rock out of a volcano • rock that is comprised of sediment • eroded and weathered pieces of rock • rock that is cooled from magma/lava • boundary where two plates split apart • Man that Came up with Plate Tectonics • The Yellowstone ______ makes volcanoes • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heat and pressure forms what rock?
  2. when two plates move alongside each other what is that called?
  3. when magma cools and the crystal size is big what rock is it?
  4. compaction and cemention form what rock?
  5. what crust is under the ocean?
  6. what does a transform boundry cause?
  7. when two plates move towards each other and form a mountain what is that called?
  8. cooled magma/lava forms what rock?
Down
  1. when lava cools and the crystal size is small what rock is it?
  2. what crust is under the continents?
  3. when two plates move away from each other what is that called?
  4. what causes a lot of earthquakes before it erupts?
  5. where in the mantle do the tectonic plates move?
  6. when a continental and oceanic plate hit what forms?
  7. a super continent?

15 Clues: a super continent? • what crust is under the ocean? • heat and pressure forms what rock? • cooled magma/lava forms what rock? • what crust is under the continents? • what does a transform boundry cause? • compaction and cemention form what rock? • where in the mantle do the tectonic plates move? • what causes a lot of earthquakes before it erupts? • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-10

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

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 is melted rock in the groud? • what rock is made from sediments? • what boundary make mid-ocean ridges? • what is a underwater mountain range? • what is a violent shaking in the ground? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Very very hot liquid.
  2. When the plates move apart from each other.
  3. It is the middle layer of the earth and it is made out of hot rocks.
  4. When the plates move very close together.
  5. Releasing gas that has been dissolved.
  6. This is a solid nickel layer of the earth.
Down
  1. Partly melted rock under the surface
  2. A person that studies the earth.
  3. It is the movement of the earth. Also the name of the of this puzzle.
  4. There are seven land masses on earth.
  5. The person who confirmed Alfred Wigener’s theory.
  6. It is a solid part of the earth. It is also called the geosphere.
  7. It is in between the lithosphere and the upper mantle.
  8. These make up the earth’s
  9. A type of gas.

15 Clues: A type of gas. • Very very hot liquid. • These make up the earth’s • A person that studies the earth. • Partly melted rock under the surface • There are seven land masses on earth. • Releasing gas that has been dissolved. • When the plates move very close together. • This is a solid nickel layer of the earth. • When the plates move apart from each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. change in the original shape of a material
  2. the circum pacific belt
  3. The crust closest to the core
  4. Thinnest layer on Earth
  5. the layer below the crust
  6. someone who study's rocks
  7. the center of the earth
  8. Plate tectonics causing something
  9. pains in rapid change of pressure
Down
  1. plates that cause all earthquakes
  2. The study of rocks
  3. waves of motion in something
  4. something used to measure earthquakes
  5. A zone of fractured plates
  6. a zone that is dangerous

15 Clues: The study of rocks • the circum pacific belt • Thinnest layer on Earth • the center of the earth • a zone that is dangerous • the layer below the crust • someone who study's rocks • A zone of fractured plates • waves of motion in something • The crust closest to the core • plates that cause all earthquakes • Plate tectonics causing something • pains in rapid change of pressure • ...

plate boundrys 2023-10-13

plate boundrys crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is a hot substanced
  2. ridge -
  3. flow dense, destructive mass of very hot ash, lava
  4. where two plate move closer to each other
  5. any of several vast submarine regions thatthe sideways, downward movement of the edge ofplate
  6. is a hot substance
  7. move away from each other
Down
  1. upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and
  2. system formed by plate tectonics.
  3. is a underwater canyon
  4. the process of forming something by forcing
  5. - an overview | ScienceDirect
  6. Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other
  7. massive slab of solid rock
  8. is the upper part of earths mantle

15 Clues: ridge - • is a hot substance • is a hot substanced • is a underwater canyon • move away from each other • massive slab of solid rock • - an overview | ScienceDirect • system formed by plate tectonics. • is the upper part of earths mantle • upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and • where two plate move closer to each other • the process of forming something by forcing • ...

Plate Techtonics 2024-02-14

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Wegener's idea that all the continents were joined in a super continent
  2. a large landmass
  3. theory that states earth's plates are in slow constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
  4. plates move together
  5. The edges of the Earth's plates meet at __________
  6. Where pieces of Earth's crust diverge on land, a deep valley called a __________________ forms
  7. any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
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  1. plates move apart
  2. Wegener's idea that all the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface
  3. part of the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle at ________
  4. plates slip past each other
  5. is the outer layer of the Earth
  6. adds more crust to the ocean floor. at the same time older strips of rock move outward from either side of the ridge
  7. form long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor
  8. a point or line where one region ends and another begins

15 Clues: a large landmass • plates move apart • plates move together • plates slip past each other • is the outer layer of the Earth • The edges of the Earth's plates meet at __________ • a point or line where one region ends and another begins • part of the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle at ________ • form long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  5. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  6. The German meteorologist who developed the theory of Continental drift.
  7. Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
  8. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock first breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  9. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
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  1. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
  2. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  3. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
  4. Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  6. Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

15 Clues: Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-01-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The relatively thick part of the Earth’s crust that forms the large landmasses, typically less dense and older than oceanic crust.
  2. A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.
  3. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
  4. The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface.
  5. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  6. A layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core.
  7. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
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  1. A dense sphere to solid iron and nickel in the center of the Earth.
  2. A weak spot in the crust where magma had come to the surface.
  3. A thin layer of crust that under lies the ocean basins and is usually younger and denser than the continental crust.
  4. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of a fluid to another.
  5. A giant wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor.
  6. A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move.
  7. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  8. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust. One of four spheres into which scientists divide Earth.

15 Clues: The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface. • A giant wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor. • A weak spot in the crust where magma had come to the surface. • The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats. • A layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-01-06

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was the name of the supercontinent? Starts with P.
  2. What technology tracks plate movement? Starts with G.
  3. What are areas where tectonic plates meet called? Starts with B.
  4. What boundary type forms mid-ocean ridges? Starts with D.
  5. What causes the Earth’s surface to move? Starts with T.
  6. What feature does convergent boundaries create? Starts with M.
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  1. What heats the asthenosphere? Starts with C.
  2. What layer lies beneath the lithosphere? Starts with A.
  3. What fault is an example of a transform boundary? Starts with S.
  4. What is it called when one plate slides under another? Starts with S.
  5. What material are oceanic plates made of? Give one, starts with S.
  6. What material are continental plates made of? Give one, starts with A.
  7. What layer of the Earth moves? Starts with L.
  8. What is the maximum thickness of tectonic plates? Starts with S.
  9. What is the lithosphere made of? Starts with C.

15 Clues: What heats the asthenosphere? Starts with C. • What layer of the Earth moves? Starts with L. • What is the lithosphere made of? Starts with C. • What technology tracks plate movement? Starts with G. • What layer lies beneath the lithosphere? Starts with A. • What was the name of the supercontinent? Starts with P. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-01-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid.
  2. The transfer of energy that is carried in rays.
  3. An area where material from deep within Earth's mantle rises through the crust and melts to form magma.
  4. A single landmass that was around about 300 million years ago.
  5. When the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons.
  6. Heat transfer between materials that are touching.
  7. A mountain that forms on Earth's crust when magma, reaches the surface.
  8. One major of volcanoes.
  9. Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
Down
  1. The idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface.
  2. Parts of Earth's crust separate on land.
  3. long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor.
  4. The process of which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle again.
  5. The outer pieces of earth broken into pieces.
  6. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.

15 Clues: One major of volcanoes. • Parts of Earth's crust separate on land. • Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid. • The outer pieces of earth broken into pieces. • The transfer of energy that is carried in rays. • Heat transfer between materials that are touching. • When the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons. • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-05-31

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. was formed as a result of two plates moving apart
  2. these are often found along a subduction zone
  3. the hottest part of the Earth's interior
  4. we get these when two plate boundaries rub alongside each other
  5. the name for a boundary where plates are moving towards each other
  6. the ring of fire encircles this plate
  7. the name of the zone underneath the lithosphere where hit, molten rock occurs
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  1. this occurs when an oceanic plate moves beneath a continental plate
  2. the name of a famous fault line in North America
  3. this mountain range was formed as a result of two plates pushing against each other
  4. the name for a boundary where plates are moving apart
  5. these currents drive the plates on the lithosphere
  6. the name for a boundary where plates are moving alongside each other
  7. the name of the zone after the outer core

14 Clues: the ring of fire encircles this plate • the hottest part of the Earth's interior • the name of the zone after the outer core • these are often found along a subduction zone • the name of a famous fault line in North America • was formed as a result of two plates moving apart • these currents drive the plates on the lithosphere • ...

Muhammad Haziq Bin Zulkifli 2021-08-03

Muhammad Haziq Bin Zulkifli crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A nutrient that gives us energy and keeps our body warm
  2. A group that consist of Vitamin A,D,E and K
  3. A nutrient that prevents diseases and keeps us healthy
  4. A food group thatś located at the top left of My Healthy Plate
  5. A mineral that helps our body growth and development
  6. A method that can help us in our balanced diet
  7. A food group that´s located at the right side of My Healthy Plate
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  1. A nutrient that also prevents diseases and keeps us healthy
  2. A nutrient that helps us grow and fix muscles
  3. A food group that´s also located at the right side of My Healthy Plate
  4. A nutrient that´s a main source of energy
  5. a known word that carries nutrients around our body
  6. A food group thatś located at the bottom left of My Healthy Plate
  7. A group that consist of Vitamin B and C

14 Clues: A group that consist of Vitamin B and C • A nutrient that´s a main source of energy • A group that consist of Vitamin A,D,E and K • A nutrient that helps us grow and fix muscles • A method that can help us in our balanced diet • a known word that carries nutrients around our body • A mineral that helps our body growth and development • ...

GEOLOGY VOCAB QUIZ 2025-05-07

GEOLOGY VOCAB QUIZ crossword puzzle
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  1. Breaking down of rocks through chemical changes.
  2. The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move apart.
  4. MOUNTAINS a natural landform that rises significantly above its surrounding area, formed by tectonic plate movement, volcanism, and erosion
  5. ROCK Rock formed from layers of sediment that are compacted and cemented.
  6. TIME SCALE A timeline of Earth’s history based on rock and fossil records.
  7. The movement of weathered rock and soil by water, wind, or ice.
  8. a supercontinent that existed before continents broke apart
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  1. Physical breaking of rocks without changing their composition.
  2. The process of laying down sediment in a new location.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  4. The preserved remains or traces of once-living organisms.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  6. A mountain that forms when magma reaches Earth's surface.
  7. A major area in the Pacific Ocean basin where many volcanoes are located.

15 Clues: A plate boundary where two plates move apart. • The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces. • Breaking down of rocks through chemical changes. • The process of laying down sediment in a new location. • A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other. • The preserved remains or traces of once-living organisms. • ...

Blaine Smith 2021-02-02

Blaine Smith crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What does a continental, and continental divergent plate boundary make?
  2. What is the theory that our world’s crust split into continental plates?
  3. What does a continental, and continental convergent boundary make?.
  4. What was the supercontinent that existed 240 million years ago called?.
  5. What is it called when an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate?
  6. What does a continental, and continental transform plate boundary make?
  7. A person that came up with the theory called sea floor spreading?
  8. What is the layer of the earth that is completely liquid?
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  1. Which is most is the inner layer of the earth’s layers?
  2. What is the theory called that the continents slowly move over time?
  3. Which layer of the earth that takes up the most area?
  4. What is the ridge in the middle of the bottom of the ocean?
  5. Which layer of the earth contains the earth’s crust?
  6. Which layer of the earth is plastic like?
  7. Which is the outer layer of the earth?

15 Clues: Which is the outer layer of the earth? • Which layer of the earth is plastic like? • Which layer of the earth contains the earth’s crust? • Which layer of the earth that takes up the most area? • Which is most is the inner layer of the earth’s layers? • What is the layer of the earth that is completely liquid? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-04-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the transfer of heat
  2. the movement of the Earth's continents
  3. the act of conveying or transmitting
  4. between the crust and the core
  5. a long, narrow depression in the ocean floor
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  1. process of collision of the earth's crust plates
  2. tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided
  3. the central part of the earth
  4. to change in form
  5. something that indicates bounds
  6. the crust and upper mantle of the earth
  7. diverging; differing
  8. to come together
  9. to undergo faulting
  10. the solid outer shell of the earth

15 Clues: to come together • to change in form • to undergo faulting • the transfer of heat • diverging; differing • the central part of the earth • between the crust and the core • something that indicates bounds • the solid outer shell of the earth • the act of conveying or transmitting • the movement of the Earth's continents • the crust and upper mantle of the earth • ...

PLATE TECTINIC 2013-05-21

PLATE TECTINIC crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's thickest layer, lying just below the crust and making up 70 percent of Earth's volume.
  2. Earth’s outermost layer formed by lighter materials, such as silicon and oxygen, floating to the top during Earth’s early cooling period.
  3. A steep-sided valley formed on land when magma rises to Earth's surface at a spreading centre.
  4. a partly molten layer in Earth's upper mantle just below the lithosphere.
  5. Tectonic plates that are colliding.
  6. The region where magma breaks through Earth’s surface, continually forcing apart old rock and forming new sea floor.
  7. A number that rates the strength (energy) of an earthquake.
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  1. An area of subduction, which typically experience large earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
  2. A sudden, ground-shaking release of built-up energy at or under Earth’s surface.
  3. A pattern of alternating stripes of different directions of magnetic polarity in rock on the sea floor.
  4. Earth’s solid centre.
  5. An area where molten rock rises to earth’s surface.
  6. The region where two tectonic plates are in contact.
  7. The study of earthquakes and seismic waves.
  8. In geology, the location inside Earth where an earhquake starts.

15 Clues: Earth’s solid centre. • Tectonic plates that are colliding. • The study of earthquakes and seismic waves. • An area where molten rock rises to earth’s surface. • The region where two tectonic plates are in contact. • A number that rates the strength (energy) of an earthquake. • In geology, the location inside Earth where an earhquake starts. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
  2. A long, undersea mountain chain that has a steep, narrow valley at its center, that forms as magma rises from the asthenosphere, and that creates new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) as tectonic plates move apart
  3. The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years
  4. the single, large ocean that covered Earth’s surface during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed
  5. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms when magma rises to Earth’s surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing sea floor moves away from the ridge
  6. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  7. The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations; the movement of continents
  8. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
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  1. The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere; made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move on top of it
  2. The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape
  3. the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 200 million years ago
  4. The study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock, specifically as it relates to the reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles; also the magnetic properties that rock acquires during formation
  5. The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
  6. A piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history and that may be part of a larger piece of lithosphere, such as a continent.
  7. The process by which Earth’s crust breaks apart; can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust.

15 Clues: The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding • The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other • The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years • The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally. • ...

Plate tectonic 2014-04-19

Plate tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / Anything to do with earthquakes
  2. volcano / Not erupted for many years but could still erupt
  3. / Molten rock on the Earth's surface
  4. / shaking caused by an earthquake
  5. / The name of the margin when two plates are spreading from each other
  6. / The name of the name of the instrument which record the shaking of the Earth
  7. / molten rock inside the Earth
  8. movement / What kind of motion does the transform margin has?
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  1. volcano / Not expected to erupt again in the future
  2. crust / 20-60 km thick
  3. boundary / plates meting each other
  4. / a layer of molten rock (magma) underneath the crust
  5. / Synonym for subduction
  6. plate / plate, usually between 8 and 25 km thick
  7. volcano / Erupted recently and is expected to erupt again

15 Clues: crust / 20-60 km thick • / Synonym for subduction • / molten rock inside the Earth • / Anything to do with earthquakes • / shaking caused by an earthquake • boundary / plates meting each other • / Molten rock on the Earth's surface • plate / plate, usually between 8 and 25 km thick • volcano / Not expected to erupt again in the future • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-25

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. crust The outer layer of the earth
  2. A number of crustal plates
  3. The shaking wave like movement of the ground in an earthquake
  4. A place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts at the surface
  5. A long narrow trench in the ocean.
  6. An opening made by a splitting, cleaving etc
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  1. Two plates colliding and making one plate
  2. crust The crust that forms the ocean floor
  3. drift The continents on earth moving around
  4. molten rock that has erupted onto earths surface
  5. An underwater earthquake that makes the wave so powerful it smashes through buildings
  6. molten rock below earths surface
  7. The rapid movement of the ground usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion due to the movement of tectonic plates
  8. An instrument that detects the seismic waves from an earthquake.
  9. spreading A process in which a new ocean floor is created
  10. The point on the earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

16 Clues: A number of crustal plates • molten rock below earths surface • A long narrow trench in the ocean. • crust The outer layer of the earth • Two plates colliding and making one plate • crust The crust that forms the ocean floor • drift The continents on earth moving around • An opening made by a splitting, cleaving etc • molten rock that has erupted onto earths surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-11-27

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process of continents breaking up, subsiding and allowing in the sea
  2. a place where extremely hot material from inside the earth erupts to the surface
  3. Crust- Crust that forms the continents
  4. Wave- the shaking, eave like movement of the ground in an earthquake
  5. where plates are sliding parallel to each other but in opposite directions
  6. molten rock that has erupted onto the earth's surface
  7. The process of crust spreading apart.
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  1. Crust- Crust that is found on the ocean floor
  2. an instrument that detects seismic waves from an earthquake
  3. The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus
  4. Tectonics- the theory that the earth's crust is cracked into many large pieces that move across the asthenosphere
  5. Trench- A deep trench in the ocean floor that is much deeper than the rest of the ocean floor
  6. Spreading- The process of new crust being formed at ocean ridges, and spreading out
  7. a huge wave in the ocean caused by an earthquake on the seafloor
  8. molten rock below the earths surface

15 Clues: molten rock below the earths surface • The process of crust spreading apart. • Crust- Crust that forms the continents • Crust- Crust that is found on the ocean floor • molten rock that has erupted onto the earth's surface • The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus • an instrument that detects seismic waves from an earthquake • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-03-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a tectonic boundary where plates crash into each other.
  2. fault that blocks move in opposite directions
  3. measure of the energy released by an earthquake
  4. in an earthquake, the point beneath Earth's surface where energy release occurs
  5. point of Earth's surface directely above an earthquake's focus
  6. a tectonic plate boundary where plates move past each other.
  7. single large landmass made up of all the continents connected together that broke apart 200 million years ago
  8. a break in the earths crust
  9. A theory that explains the global distribution of geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates.
  10. theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that move around on a plastic-like layer of the mantle
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  1. fault that cuts through rock at an angle so one block of sits over the rock
  2. stress force that pulls the crust and thins rock in the middle.
  3. A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface between the two plates.
  4. large area of flat land elevated high above sea level.
  5. fault that slips each other sideways with little up or down motion.

15 Clues: a break in the earths crust • fault that blocks move in opposite directions • measure of the energy released by an earthquake • large area of flat land elevated high above sea level. • a tectonic boundary where plates crash into each other. • a tectonic plate boundary where plates move past each other. • point of Earth's surface directely above an earthquake's focus • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-09-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate
  2. Area where earth's lithospheric plates move apart in opposite directions.
  3. A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
  4. 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. line along which a large body of water meets the land.
  6. Area where the Earth's lithospheric plates are pushed together
  7. Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  8. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
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  1. The partially melted layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere floats and move
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  3. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  4. A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another
  5. A supercontinent containing all of earth's continents that existed about 225 million years ago
  6. forms where two plates slide past each other
  7. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

15 Clues: forms where two plates slide past each other • when a denser plate sinks below a less dense plate • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • line along which a large body of water meets the land. • Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus • Area where the Earth's lithospheric plates are pushed together • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-06-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Theory that explains why geological features of the Earth are where they are, and the processes that shaped the crust.
  2. Produced when two continental plates collide
  3. Type of boundary where old ocean floor is destroyed
  4. Produced when oceanic and continental plates collide
  5. Boundary where crust is neither created or destroyed.
  6. Type of crust that is too light to subduct.
  7. Can result from any type of plate collision
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  1. Boundary where new ocean floor is produced
  2. Nick name for divergent boundaries
  3. Created by subducting crust. Can occur beneath oceanic or continental crust.
  4. Geological feature where new ocean floor is created
  5. Side by side or back and forth stress
  6. Separate sections of the Earth's lithospehre
  7. Results when two oceanic plates collide
  8. Geological feature where oceanic crust is destroyed.

15 Clues: Nick name for divergent boundaries • Side by side or back and forth stress • Results when two oceanic plates collide • Boundary where new ocean floor is produced • Type of crust that is too light to subduct. • Can result from any type of plate collision • Produced when two continental plates collide • Separate sections of the Earth's lithospehre • ...

Tension Plate 2021-10-19

Tension Plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rocks that are push towards each other, the stress that compresses something
  2. An angle of dip that is less than 45 degrees
  3. Without having a record of having generated earthquakes in the last 10 000 years, but may cause in the future
  4. The force applied to rocks
  5. Are rocks stretched away from each other, the stress that tends to pull something apart
  6. When rocks are compressed, the hanging wall moves upward direction for the footwall
  7. A block that sits on a fault plane
  8. May be known as a normal fault or reverse fault
  9. The block of rock below the fault line
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  1. A fault on which the two blocks slide past one another
  2. A break in the Earth's crust. This movement may occur rapidly in the form of an earthquake
  3. It is a series of associated faults spread over an area
  4. It is Forced to move in parallel but in the opposite direction
  5. A fault that is likely to have another earthquake sometime in the future
  6. It is when a hanging wall has moved downward concerning the footwall

15 Clues: The force applied to rocks • A block that sits on a fault plane • The block of rock below the fault line • An angle of dip that is less than 45 degrees • May be known as a normal fault or reverse fault • A fault on which the two blocks slide past one another • It is a series of associated faults spread over an area • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2021-12-10

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. melted rock within a chamber
  2. boundary where two plates come together
  3. boundary where two plates split apart
  4. Man that Came up with Plate Tectonics
  5. Place where plates Slide past each other
  6. rock exposed to high heat and pressure
  7. collapsed volcano
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  1. eroded and weathered pieces of rock
  2. Sudden shaking in the ground
  3. Shield, Cyder Cone, and Composite _______
  4. rock that is cooled from magma/lava
  5. The Yellowstone ______ makes volcanoes
  6. rock that is comprised of sediment
  7. Subduction Zone has these
  8. melted rock out of a volcano

15 Clues: collapsed volcano • Subduction Zone has these • Sudden shaking in the ground • melted rock within a chamber • melted rock out of a volcano • rock that is comprised of sediment • eroded and weathered pieces of rock • rock that is cooled from magma/lava • boundary where two plates split apart • Man that Came up with Plate Tectonics • The Yellowstone ______ makes volcanoes • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-13

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two oceanic plates collide
  2. more thick crust
  3. the whole earth
  4. plates sliding past eachother
  5. made by divergent boundaries
Down
  1. what the plates move on
  2. earths outtermost layer
  3. plates pushing apart
  4. something that erupts
  5. comes from convergent boundaries
  6. more thin crust
  7. plates pushing together
  8. semi liquid layer of the earth
  9. edges of plates get caught on eachother
  10. shakes ground

15 Clues: shakes ground • more thin crust • the whole earth • more thick crust • plates pushing apart • something that erupts • what the plates move on • earths outtermost layer • plates pushing together • made by divergent boundaries • plates sliding past eachother • semi liquid layer of the earth • when two oceanic plates collide • comes from convergent boundaries • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the molten rock that flows above the Earth's surface?
  2. What is the rock type formed when sediments are eroded and then compacted and cemented together?
  3. What is molten rock that flows below the Earth called?
  4. Who was the scientist who came up with the theory of contiental drift?
  5. What is the circular motion in which hot gases and liquids drop and cold gasses and liquids rise called?
  6. What is the process which rocks go through as they change in different ways?
  7. What is the type of rock made by the cooling of magma or lava?
  8. What is the name of supercontinent made 200 million years ago?
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  1. What is the plate boundary where two plates are colliding?
  2. Who was the scientist who discovered seafloor spreading?
  3. What is the type of rocks that are formed when they exposed to large amounts of heat and pressure?
  4. What is thelandform which is formed when two continental plates come together and push upwards?
  5. What is the plate boundary where two plates move away from each other?
  6. What is the process where two plates collide and the denser plate goes below it?
  7. What caused massive destruction as it shakes the ground violently?

15 Clues: What is molten rock that flows below the Earth called? • Who was the scientist who discovered seafloor spreading? • What is the plate boundary where two plates are colliding? • What is the molten rock that flows above the Earth's surface? • What is the type of rock made by the cooling of magma or lava? • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates that rub next to each other?
  2. what is in Antarctica and proves continental drift?
  3. what shakes the ground?
  4. what produces rock?
  5. what occurs in the mantle as hot material rises?
  6. plates that move away?
  7. oceanic + continental = what?
Down
  1. what is the supercontinent?
  2. what layer is a hot, softer rock layer that can move and flow?
  3. continental + continental = what?
  4. who discovered continental drift?
  5. that moves under our earth?
  6. what is the movement of large land?
  7. what exsploeds?
  8. what is found in igneous rock and proves continental drift?

15 Clues: what exsploeds? • what produces rock? • plates that move away? • what shakes the ground? • what is the supercontinent? • that moves under our earth? • oceanic + continental = what? • continental + continental = what? • who discovered continental drift? • plates that rub next to each other? • what is the movement of large land? • what occurs in the mantle as hot material rises? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what happens if a rock is outside?
  2. what is a rock formed outside the volcano?
  3. what forms when to plates converge?
  4. what is at the center of the earth
  5. what rock is formed heat/pressure?
  6. what is a rock formed inside the volcano?
  7. what grows on rocks (large in intrusive)?
  8. when a oceanic goes under a continental?
Down
  1. what kind of mountain spews lava/magma?
  2. what is a rock after it breaks?
  3. what forms after lava cools?
  4. what covers the earth?
  5. what plates are under the ocean
  6. what is a compact sediments called?
  7. currents what is in the lithosphere?

15 Clues: what covers the earth? • what forms after lava cools? • what is a rock after it breaks? • what plates are under the ocean • what happens if a rock is outside? • what is at the center of the earth • what rock is formed heat/pressure? • what forms when to plates converge? • what is a compact sediments called? • currents what is in the lithosphere? • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries where plates slide past each other
  2. upper layer of the earth's mantle
  3. type of volcano rock that makes up the mid-ocean ridges, plates, and the oceans basins
  4. zone Where seafloor is forced underneath continental plates
  5. Deepest part of the ocean
  6. When two plates move toward each other
  7. plate Two plates that pull away from one another
Down
  1. Where new seafloor is created
  2. The outer part of the earth's crust
  3. Hot molten rock deep below the earth's surface
  4. plates The structure of the earth's surface
  5. Crack in the earths surface between two divergent plates
  6. The outer solid portion of the planet earth
  7. The scientist who first proposed the theory of the continental drift
  8. The section below Earth's crust

15 Clues: Deepest part of the ocean • Where new seafloor is created • The section below Earth's crust • upper layer of the earth's mantle • The outer part of the earth's crust • When two plates move toward each other • The outer solid portion of the planet earth • plates The structure of the earth's surface • boundaries where plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a super continent formed 300 million years ago
  2. step-like fold that are horizontal
  3. movement of fluid (magma), caused by temperature variations
  4. arch-shaped fold that bends downward
  5. solid, plastic layer, of mantle, beneath the lithosphere
  6. boundary between tectonic plates that collide
  7. arch-shaped fold that bends upward
Down
  1. boundary between tectonic plates that slide past each other (horizontally)
  2. boundary between tectonic plates that move away from each other
  3. new ocean floor that rises to the surface & solidifies as a mid ocean ridge
  4. long mountain range that has a narrow steep at the center
  5. solid, outer layer, consists of the crust & rigid upper part of the mantle
  6. a region with plate boundaries around the pacific ocean
  7. region along a convergent plate boundary where a platonic plate goes under another
  8. volcanically active area on earths surface

15 Clues: step-like fold that are horizontal • arch-shaped fold that bends upward • arch-shaped fold that bends downward • volcanically active area on earths surface • boundary between tectonic plates that collide • a super continent formed 300 million years ago • a region with plate boundaries around the pacific ocean • solid, plastic layer, of mantle, beneath the lithosphere • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-10

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the part of the earth that holds the athenosphere
  2. made from igneous rock being weathered and eroded
  3. rock made from heat and pressure.
  4. where the plates are held
  5. a mountain that erupts magma/lava
  6. when 2 plates slide past each
  7. when 2 plates collide
  8. melted rock outside of the volcano
Down
  1. made from melted rock.
  2. magma that cools outside of the volcano
  3. magma that cools inside of the volcano.
  4. a large slap of rock in the athenosphere.
  5. made from compaction of sediments
  6. when 2 plates pull apart
  7. form from plates coliding

15 Clues: when 2 plates collide • made from melted rock. • when 2 plates pull apart • where the plates are held • form from plates coliding • when 2 plates slide past each • rock made from heat and pressure. • made from compaction of sediments • a mountain that erupts magma/lava • melted rock outside of the volcano • magma that cools outside of the volcano • ...

Plate Tectnoics 2021-12-10

Plate Tectnoics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A type of igneous rock that is formed from lava cooling above the surface
  2. A boundary where two plates move away from each other
  3. A boundary where two plates move alongside each other
  4. A volcano that has a very dangerous and explosive eruption
  5. A land form made from subduction zones that erupts
  6. A boundary where two plates move towards each other
  7. A volcano that has an eruption that does not explode
  8. A volcano that is very short and is formed from ash and lava that has cooled
Down
  1. A chamber in the ground underneath a volcano
  2. A violent shake in the ground caused by plate movement
  3. A rock that is formed by sediments being compacted
  4. A rock that is formed from the cooling of magma
  5. A volcano that is very large and is formed from basalt
  6. A type of igneous rocked that is formed from magma cooling below the surface
  7. A volcano that is formed from many different eruptions depositing material on it.

15 Clues: A chamber in the ground underneath a volcano • A rock that is formed from the cooling of magma • A rock that is formed by sediments being compacted • A land form made from subduction zones that erupts • A boundary where two plates move towards each other • A volcano that has an eruption that does not explode • A boundary where two plates move away from each other • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the name of the boundary where two plates slide past each other?
  2. What is the name of the plate that is thick, older, and more dense?
  3. What is the name of the super continent Alfred Wegener discovered?
  4. What is the name of the rock that is created when sediments get compacted and cemented?
  5. What is the name of the rock that is created when heat and pressure increase?
  6. What is the name for the item that is created when a rock goes through weathering and erosion?
  7. What forms when one oceanic plate and one continental plate collide?
  8. What is happens when two plates slide past each other?
Down
  1. What is the name of the boundary where two plates collide?
  2. What is formed when two continental plates collide?
  3. What is formed when two oceanic plates pull apart?
  4. What is the name of the plate that is thin, younger, and less dense?
  5. What is the name of the rock that is created when magma cools?
  6. What is the name of the land form that erupts out lava?
  7. What is the name of the boundary where two plates pull apart?

15 Clues: What is formed when two oceanic plates pull apart? • What is formed when two continental plates collide? • What is happens when two plates slide past each other? • What is the name of the land form that erupts out lava? • What is the name of the boundary where two plates collide? • What is the name of the boundary where two plates pull apart? • ...

My Plate 2021-04-13

My Plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. this type of meat has less fat
  2. many sodas and candy have a lot of this
  3. a sugar in milk that some people cannot digest
  4. choose 100% fruit _______ to avoid added sugar
  5. these foods come mostly from animals
  6. apples, oranges, bananas
  7. the only drink to quench your thirst
  8. this is a smooth snack in the dairy group
  9. choose fat free or _____ fat milk
Down
  1. these are about 90% water
  2. this should be on your plate twice a week
  3. adding this to salads can make them unhealthy
  4. this is the most healthy grain to eat
  5. a nutrient in the grain group that helps with digestion
  6. you should avoid this when choosing a drink
  7. _________ proteins are not made of meat

16 Clues: apples, oranges, bananas • these are about 90% water • this type of meat has less fat • choose fat free or _____ fat milk • these foods come mostly from animals • the only drink to quench your thirst • this is the most healthy grain to eat • many sodas and candy have a lot of this • _________ proteins are not made of meat • this should be on your plate twice a week • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  3. Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
  4. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  5. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  6. The German meteorologist who developed the theory of Continental drift.
  7. Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
  8. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock first breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  9. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
Down
  1. The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
  2. The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
  3. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
  4. Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement.
  5. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  6. Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

15 Clues: Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks • A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock • A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-01-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. divergent boundary under the ocean, where new crust forms
  2. below the lithosphere
  3. part of the crust where below, magma is present
  4. hot air rises cools down, sinks heats up etc.
  5. the scienttist who proposed the theory of plate tectonics
  6. where oneplate goes under the other
  7. result of a hotspot with magma flowing to the surface
  8. caused by an earthquake, large wave
Down
  1. when plates move, they cause siesmic activity
  2. Middle layer of the earth;containes convection currents
  3. where both plates ram each other and go upwards (subduction, collision.)
  4. outermost part of the earth
  5. Crust on the bottom of the ocean
  6. crust on land
  7. where plates move away from each other

15 Clues: crust on land • below the lithosphere • outermost part of the earth • Crust on the bottom of the ocean • where oneplate goes under the other • caused by an earthquake, large wave • where plates move away from each other • when plates move, they cause siesmic activity • hot air rises cools down, sinks heats up etc. • part of the crust where below, magma is present • ...