plate Crossword Puzzles

Geology 2025-04-27

Geology crossword puzzle
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  1. The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance 1 to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur. 2
  2. The German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.
  3. The process by which one tectonic plate slides beneath another at a convergent boundary.
  4. The process that A large natural elevation of the earth's surface, with ranges that match across separated continents.
  5. A long, narrow elevation on the seafloor, marking a divergent plate boundary where new crust is formed.
  6. The single, enormous ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea.
  7. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  8. A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, containing all of Earth's landmasses.
  9. A long, narrow, and deep depression on the ocean floor, typically formed at a convergent boundary where subduction occurs.
  10. A type of plate boundary where tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.
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  1. A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock, allowing the blocks to move relative to each other, common at all plate boundaries.
  2. A type of plate boundary where tectonic plates move away from each other.
  3. A type of plate boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
  4. A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, often occurring at plate boundaries.
  5. The outermost solid shell of the Earth
  6. The transfer of heat by the movement of fluids (like the mantle), driving plate tectonics.
  7. The large, continuous masses of land on the Earth's surface.
  8. The southern supercontinent formed from the breakup of Pangaea.
  9. A rupture in the Earth's crust that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape, often found at convergent or divergent boundaries.
  10. Preserved remains or traces of ancient life, used as evidence for continental drift.
  11. A large, rigid slab of solid rock that makes up the Earth's lithosphere.
  12. The innermost layer of the Earth, divided into a liquid outer part and a solid inner part.

22 Clues: The outermost solid shell of the Earth • The large, continuous masses of land on the Earth's surface. • The southern supercontinent formed from the breakup of Pangaea. • The German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift. • The single, enormous ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea. • ...

Printmaking 2025-03-26

Printmaking crossword puzzle
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  1. A raised impression made by a metal plate
  2. Pressing an object into ink and then pressing it onto a paper, leaving a print
  3. A fabric that is stretched over a frame used to hold a stencil for printing
  4. A machine with a photosensitive device that translates images into digital code; images can then be stored into a computer
  5. Printing A print create from high and low areas on a printing plate
  6. A copy made using the printing process
  7. A one-time print made from a printing plate
  8. The flat surface onto which a design is etched or engraved on for printing
  9. A roller used to spread a layer of ink over printing plates
  10. The number of prints pulled from one plate
  11. An impression made from a printing plate in order to check the progress of the design being made, a test print.
  12. A sharp tool used to remove wood or linoleum from a block
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  1. A print made from a collage of materials glued together on a printing plate
  2. A material made of paper or fabric that has a cut-away parts with lettering or a design; ink or paint is forced through these parts onto the surface being printed
  3. A soft piece of felt used to apply ink to a surface
  4. a tool used for stamping, usually made of rubber
  5. A stencil of process using a mesh stretched over a frame; ink is forced through openings in the mesh and blocked from going through other areas
  6. A tool used for printing; it can be made from an eraser, a potato, a string, foam, metal, or wood
  7. Lines and shapes are gouged into a block, which is inked and then printed
  8. The process of making an image on a plate and reproducing it again and again using ink.
  9. Lines are scratched into a flat metal plate to hold the ink a make a print
  10. Cut Lines and shapes are gouged into a piece of linoleum to produce a surface that has positive and negative areas; the linoleum block is then coated in ink to make prints

22 Clues: A copy made using the printing process • A raised impression made by a metal plate • The number of prints pulled from one plate • A one-time print made from a printing plate • a tool used for stamping, usually made of rubber • A soft piece of felt used to apply ink to a surface • A sharp tool used to remove wood or linoleum from a block • ...

Nail disorders 2016-02-04

Nail disorders crossword puzzle
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  1. living skin splits around the nail from skin dryness or cutting living tissue
  2. Bitten nails ( nervous habit)
  3. dramatically increased nail curvature
  4. nail turns variety of colors; affecting entire system
  5. furrow, run lengthwise or across the nail, results from injury to matrix
  6. condition caused by injury, heredity or previous disease to the nail
  7. whitish discoloration of nails, caused by injury to base of nail or matrix
  8. several common BACTERIA that can cause nail infection
  9. Abnormal condition that occurs when skin is stretched by nail plate not the cuticle; eponychiujm or hyponychium
  10. lack of oxygen circulating in the red blood cells
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  1. noticeably thin, white nail plate, nail separates from nail bed
  2. vertical lines running down the length natural nail plate, uneven growth from normal aging
  3. Physical trauma to the nail that damages capillaries appearance of small brown or black splinters
  4. caused by injury; blood clot that forms under the nail plate leaving a dark purple spot
  5. Thickening of nails
  6. darkening (pigment) of nails; black band under nail plate; from base to free edge
  7. Highly curved nail plate often caused by injury to matrix but may be inherited; leads to ingrown nails
  8. Increased thickening and curvature; claw nails
  9. Split or brittle nails with lengthwise ridges
  10. concave shape that appears scooped out

20 Clues: Thickening of nails • Bitten nails ( nervous habit) • dramatically increased nail curvature • concave shape that appears scooped out • Split or brittle nails with lengthwise ridges • Increased thickening and curvature; claw nails • lack of oxygen circulating in the red blood cells • nail turns variety of colors; affecting entire system • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-11-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. Tectonic plates move
  2. Liquified hot rock
  3. Sediments being moved away by wind or water
  4. Super-continent from 250M years ago
  5. Plates moving apart
  6. Mountain range cause by Indian and Eurasian plate colliding
  7. Outermost layer of Earth
  8. A deep cavern formed next to oceanic subduction zones
  9. ______________ plates
  10. Rocks made in volcanoes
  11. An opening between two diverging oceanic plates
  12. State of matter of the inner core
  13. Ground shaking
  14. How heat moves through a fluid
  15. A large land mass
  16. Plates coming together
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  1. Rocks changed by heat and pressure
  2. Largest continental plate
  3. Person who first suggested tectonic plate theory
  4. Plate subducting under South America
  5. Giant wave caused by earthquakes
  6. Deepest part of the Pacific Ocean
  7. Biological specimen preserved in rock
  8. Plates sliding pat each other
  9. Molten rock escapes the Earth here
  10. Geographic location of an Earthquake
  11. Layer between the core and crust
  12. Continental _________
  13. Area around the pacific
  14. ________ valley. Occurs when two continental plates diverge.
  15. Rocks formed in layers
  16. Thinner, denser crust
  17. Process of one plate sinking under another
  18. Where two plates meet
  19. Rocks being broken down by natural forces
  20. Type of volcano on middle of a plate

36 Clues: Ground shaking • A large land mass • Liquified hot rock • Plates moving apart • Tectonic plates move • Continental _________ • ______________ plates • Thinner, denser crust • Where two plates meet • Rocks formed in layers • Plates coming together • Area around the pacific • Rocks made in volcanoes • Outermost layer of Earth • Largest continental plate • Plates sliding pat each other • ...

Volcanoes 2025-02-18

Volcanoes crossword puzzle
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  1. Volcanic mountains are a special class of mountains. A volcano is a vent or opening through which magma, ash, gases, and water vapour are ejected out. Volcanic mountains consist of – Magma chamber, Vent, Lava, Crater, and pyroclastic flow. Volcanic soil or the soil around a volcanic mountain is very fertile.
  2. the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins. It is geologically young compared with the continental crust and consists of basaltic rock overlain by sediments.
  3. a large volcano that has erupted on the seafloor and has emerged above sea level, occurring in ocean basins or on ocean ridges.
  4. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  5. Convergent boundaries form when two crustal plates are colliding. When a continental plate and an ocean plate converge the ocean plate is heavier and subducts beneath the continental plate. The plates form a subduction zone with one plate descending beneath the other plate.
  6. an area on Earth over a mantle plume or an area under the rocky outer layer of Earth, called the crust, where magma is hotter than surrounding magma.
  7. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  8. a three-dimensional surface or zone across which there is a significant change in the velocity (speed or direction) of motion of one lithospheric plate relative to the adjacent lithospheric plate.
  9. a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes
  10. the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
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  1. the largest crustal plate on our planet.
  2. Igneous rocks (from the Latin word for fire) form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies. The melt originates deep within the Earth near active plate boundaries or hot spots, then rises toward the surface.
  3. dense, fast-moving flow of solidified lava pieces, volcanic ash, and hot gases.
  4. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  5. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  6. the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
  7. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  8. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
  9. a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano.
  10. 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.

20 Clues: the largest crustal plate on our planet. • a destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano. • the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance. • the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. • dense, fast-moving flow of solidified lava pieces, volcanic ash, and hot gases. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-11-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. This is an example of a volcanic island.
  2. A type of plate boundary where oceanic crust is pushed into the mantle.
  3. The name of the deepest oceanic trench.
  4. A movement caused when a liquid or a gas is heated.
  5. An area of weakness found between two transform plates.
  6. The main part of the earth, where magma is found.
  7. These are found underwater at divergent plate boundaries.
  8. A type of mountain found at a collision plate boundary.
  9. Formed at destructive plate boundaries, they are the deepest parts of the ocean
  10. An example of a fold mountain in Asia.
  11. The centre of the earth, the heat source.
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  1. A plate boundary where plates are divergent.
  2. A type of movement where plates slide past each other.
  3. A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic rock.
  4. Type of crust where our continents are found.
  5. Solid rock, the outermost layer of the earth.
  6. A shaking of the ground caused by the movement of plates.
  7. The term for when oceanic crust is pushed under continental crust.
  8. A famous fault line in California
  9. A crater or vent through which lava, and gas have been erupted from the earth's crust.

20 Clues: A famous fault line in California • An example of a fold mountain in Asia. • The name of the deepest oceanic trench. • This is an example of a volcanic island. • The centre of the earth, the heat source. • A plate boundary where plates are divergent. • Type of crust where our continents are found. • Solid rock, the outermost layer of the earth. • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-01-23

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. when all the continents were once joined together
  2. the number of stations required to locate and earthquake.
  3. volcano with runny magma. Formed at hot spots and divergent boundaries
  4. when one plate goes under another plate
  5. Second type of wave to reach a seismic station.
  6. Fastest Earthquake wave. First to reach a seismic station
  7. when two plates go in the opposite direction
  8. heat transfer process that takes place in the asthenosphere. The reason plates move.
  9. Volcano found along the Ring of Fire
  10. Fault found at strike-slip boundaries Example: San Andreas Fault.
  11. Type of fault in a divergent plate boundary
  12. an opening in the crust where lava and hot gases can erupt
  13. second layer from the crust. Plastic-like
  14. convergent plate boundaries produce along the ocean floor
  15. the center of the Earth
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  1. Uppermost part of the mantle. Weaker region in the mantle
  2. rigid layer of the uppermost mantle and crust
  3. last name of person who developed continental drift theory
  4. when two plates collide
  5. the study of earthquakes
  6. a plate made of basalt. Most dense
  7. When two plates slide past each other
  8. Type of fault found in a convergent boundary
  9. a plate made of granite. Least dense
  10. Ocean where the ring of fire is located

25 Clues: when two plates collide • the center of the Earth • the study of earthquakes • a plate made of basalt. Most dense • Volcano found along the Ring of Fire • a plate made of granite. Least dense • When two plates slide past each other • when one plate goes under another plate • Ocean where the ring of fire is located • second layer from the crust. Plastic-like • ...

Tectonic Hazards 2025-05-09

Tectonic Hazards crossword puzzle
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  1. a type of explosive volcano found at destructive boundaries
  2. a type of crust found under landmasses that is thicker
  3. when one plate is forced under another
  4. hazards related to movements in the earth
  5. the tectonic plate that the UK is on
  6. hazards related to the atmosphere
  7. a type of gentle volcano found at constructive boundaries
  8. a natural event with social/economic impacts
  9. a natural hazard in the form of a large wave caused by an earthquake
  10. these move the plates via rising and falling heat
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  1. a natural hazard in the form of violent shaking of the ground
  2. a layer made of molten iron and nickel
  3. the type of hazard that kills the most people
  4. a plate boundary where two plates move alongside each other
  5. the outer layer of the earth made of plates
  6. the layer of the earth made of magma
  7. a type of crust that is denser and found under oceans
  8. a natural hazard that involves magma rising from the mantle
  9. the central layer of the earth
  10. the name of the supercontinent that existed long ago when all land was joined
  11. a plate boundary where one plate is forced under another
  12. a plate boundary where two plates separate
  13. the country with the most natural hazards

23 Clues: the central layer of the earth • hazards related to the atmosphere • the layer of the earth made of magma • the tectonic plate that the UK is on • a layer made of molten iron and nickel • when one plate is forced under another • hazards related to movements in the earth • the country with the most natural hazards • a plate boundary where two plates separate • ...

Plate motion 2023-10-25

Plate motion crossword puzzle
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  1. The Himalayan mountains formed where two Continental plates?
  2. Plates move at a rate about 2?
  3. Where did Alfred Wegener die?
  4. Crystals that point in the direction of the magnetic North Pole are made of
  5. The huge supercontinent Pangea was surrounded by one gigantic ocean.
  6. The Hawaiian Island chain is formed by the ————— spot
  7. The segments on the Earth’s outer space are —————————- plate.
  8. San Andreas fault in California occurs at which plate boundary?
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  1. What are the plate tectonics made of?
  2. When two plates come together they form a plate
  3. Which piece of evidence indicates that the South America and Africa?
  4. Deepest part of the sea.
  5. The driving force behind the plate tectonics is the?
  6. Flat topped mountains in the Pacific Ocean are known as?
  7. Pangea broke up to two new continents Laurasia and which is the other one?
  8. The edge of a plate sinks into the mantle at which zone?
  9. Which layer of the earth contains the asthenosphere?

17 Clues: Deepest part of the sea. • Where did Alfred Wegener die? • Plates move at a rate about 2? • What are the plate tectonics made of? • When two plates come together they form a plate • The driving force behind the plate tectonics is the? • Which layer of the earth contains the asthenosphere? • The Hawaiian Island chain is formed by the ————— spot • ...

welcome back 2025-10-05

welcome back crossword puzzle
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  1. protects our heads from here on
  2. what our ceiling gets attached to but also helps catch up falling .
  3. how we straighten bottom plates
  4. from one corner to another
  5. braces attach to these on our floor
  6. sits on top of top plate packer
  7. how we set out our trusses
  8. attaches studs to top plate
  9. mechanical fixing for fixing truss to top plate.
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  1. Sits on top of top plate
  2. attaching top plates together
  3. holding top plated sraight
  4. Plumb both ways
  5. catches us if we fall
  6. Mechanical fixing for attaching truss to top plate.

15 Clues: Plumb both ways • catches us if we fall • Sits on top of top plate • from one corner to another • how we set out our trusses • holding top plated sraight • attaches studs to top plate • attaching top plates together • protects our heads from here on • how we straighten bottom plates • sits on top of top plate packer • braces attach to these on our floor • ...

Spanish Contract 2017-03-30

Spanish Contract crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bill
  2. small spoon
  3. small plate
  4. table
  5. food
  6. cup
  7. to have fun
  8. tablecloth
  9. waiter
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  1. tip
  2. knife
  3. to follow
  4. to wear
  5. napkin
  6. plate
  7. restaurant
  8. spoon
  9. to die
  10. fork

19 Clues: tip • cup • bill • food • fork • knife • plate • table • spoon • napkin • to die • waiter • to wear • to follow • restaurant • tablecloth • small spoon • small plate • to have fun

Lesson 6 Review 2025-07-10

Lesson 6 Review crossword puzzle
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  1. music
  2. plate
  3. badminton
  4. draw
  5. read
  6. cook
  7. listen
  8. cake
  9. picture
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  1. make
  2. frying pan
  3. towel
  4. book
  5. brush
  6. robot
  7. dance
  8. clean
  9. play

18 Clues: make • book • draw • read • cook • cake • play • music • plate • towel • brush • robot • dance • clean • listen • picture • badminton • frying pan

Chapter 10: Nail Diseases and Disorders 2023-07-11

Chapter 10: Nail Diseases and Disorders crossword puzzle
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  1. Series of Lengthwise ridges
  2. White discolorations of the nail
  3. Skin in nail groove that splits or tears
  4. Athlete's Foot
  5. Furrows across width of the nail plate
  6. Folded Nail
  7. Thin, White, Flexible nail plates
  8. Green, yellow, or black discoloration due to a bacterial infection
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  1. Caused by lack of oxygen circulation
  2. Lifting of the nail plate without shedding
  3. Viertical lines caused by uneven nail growth
  4. Ingrown Nail
  5. Darkening of the nails
  6. nails that have a blood clot under the nail plate
  7. Nails turning various colors
  8. Free edge pinches sidewalls into a deep curve
  9. Bitten nails
  10. Nail plate sheds off

18 Clues: Folded Nail • Ingrown Nail • Bitten nails • Athlete's Foot • Nail plate sheds off • Darkening of the nails • Series of Lengthwise ridges • Nails turning various colors • White discolorations of the nail • Thin, White, Flexible nail plates • Caused by lack of oxygen circulation • Furrows across width of the nail plate • Skin in nail groove that splits or tears • ...

Plate Boundaries 2021-08-19

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
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  1. Forms when two oceanic crusts diverge
  2. The movement that results when heat is transferred in a fluid
  3. Forms when two continental crusts diverge
  4. The crust that underlies ocean basins
  5. Type of rock found in oceanic crust
  6. Plate boundaries sliding past each other
  7. German scientist Developed theory of Plate tectonics
  8. Hot, malleable semiliquid zone in the upper mantle
  9. The crust that underlies continents
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  1. Forms when two oceanic crusts collide
  2. Type of rock found in continental crust
  3. Plate boundaries moving apart
  4. Greek for "All the Earth"
  5. Made up of the crust and a bit of the upper mantle
  6. Plate boundaries colliding
  7. Forms when two continental crusts collide
  8. Plate ___, the process involved in the movement of large plates on the earth’s crust.

17 Clues: Greek for "All the Earth" • Plate boundaries colliding • Plate boundaries moving apart • Type of rock found in oceanic crust • The crust that underlies continents • Forms when two oceanic crusts collide • Forms when two oceanic crusts diverge • The crust that underlies ocean basins • Type of rock found in continental crust • Plate boundaries sliding past each other • ...

Plate motion 2023-10-25

Plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where did Alfred Wegener die?
  2. The edge of a plate sinks into the mantle at which zone?
  3. What are the plate tectonics made of?
  4. Pangea broke up to two new continents Laurasia and which is the other one?
  5. Crystals that point in the direction of the magnetic North Pole are made of
  6. Flat topped mountains in the Pacific Ocean are known as?
  7. Which piece of evidence indicates that the South America and Africa?
  8. When two plates come together they form a plate
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  1. The driving force behind the plate tectonics is the?
  2. The segments on the Earth’s outer space are —————————- plate.
  3. Plates move at a rate about 2?
  4. Which layer of the earth contains the asthenosphere?
  5. The Himalayan mountains formed where two Continental plates?
  6. San Andreas fault in California occurs at which plate boundary?
  7. Deepest part of the sea.
  8. The huge supercontinent Pangea was surrounded by one gigantic ocean.

16 Clues: Deepest part of the sea. • Where did Alfred Wegener die? • Plates move at a rate about 2? • What are the plate tectonics made of? • When two plates come together they form a plate • The driving force behind the plate tectonics is the? • Which layer of the earth contains the asthenosphere? • The edge of a plate sinks into the mantle at which zone? • ...

nail structure 2019-04-01

nail structure crossword puzzle
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  1. living skin at the base of the nail plate
  2. when the nail is abnormal in shape or form
  3. dead colorless tissue attached to the natural nail
  4. folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate
  5. portion of the living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge
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  1. visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin
  2. the tissue bordering the root and sides if the nail
  3. thin layer of tissue that attaches the nail plate to the bed
  4. tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place
  5. slightly thickened layer of skin under the nail that lies between the fingertip and free edge of the natural nail plate
  6. furrow on each side of the nail
  7. part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe
  8. hardened keratin plate that sits on and covers the natural nail bed
  9. area where the nail plate cells are formed

14 Clues: furrow on each side of the nail • living skin at the base of the nail plate • when the nail is abnormal in shape or form • area where the nail plate cells are formed • folds of normal skin that surround the nail plate • dead colorless tissue attached to the natural nail • the tissue bordering the root and sides if the nail • ...

Earth and Environmental Science Plate Tectonics 2022-08-18

Earth and Environmental Science Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. A FINE GRAINED VOLCANIC ROCK FORMED BY THE PARTIAL MELTING OF THE MANTLE.
  2. THE POINT AT WHICH MAGNETICALLY SUSCEPTIBLE CRYSTALS BECOME ORIENTATED TO THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE TIME.
  3. INTRA PLATE RISING MAGMA REACHING THE SURFACE.
  4. THE MAGNETIC FIELD IS ALIGNED OPPOSITE TO THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT.
  5. TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY WHERE THERE ARE LOTS OF VOLCANOES AND DEEP EARTHQUAKES.
  6. TYPE OF PLATE THAT PRODUCED VOLCANOES AND SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES.
  7. AN INCLINED ZONE OF EARTHQUAKE FOCI IN THE UPPER PART OF A SUBDUCTING OCEANIC PLATE.
  8. THE STUDY OF THE MAGNETIC ALIGNMENT OF MAGNETIC CRYSTALS OF THE PAST.
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  1. THE PART OF THE EARTH'S STRUCTURE THE TECTONIC PLATES MOVE ACROSS.
  2. A PLATE MARGIN WHERE TWO OCEANIC PLATES ARE MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
  3. TYPE OF PLATE WITH SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES AND SOME VOLCANIC ACTION.
  4. THE NAME OF A SUPERCONTINENT THAT PROCEEDED GONDWANALAND.
  5. DESCRIBING THE PATTERN OF REVERSALS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MID-ALANTIC RIDGE.
  6. DESCRIPTION OF THE PATTERN OF VOLCANOES ON THE NON-SUBDUCTING PLATE.
  7. DESCRIPTION OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE.
  8. OCCURS AT A SUBDUCTION ZONE

16 Clues: OCCURS AT A SUBDUCTION ZONE • INTRA PLATE RISING MAGMA REACHING THE SURFACE. • DESCRIPTION OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE. • THE NAME OF A SUPERCONTINENT THAT PROCEEDED GONDWANALAND. • TYPE OF PLATE THAT PRODUCED VOLCANOES AND SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES. • TYPE OF PLATE WITH SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES AND SOME VOLCANIC ACTION. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-08-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
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  1. The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus
  2. This occur when water mix with volcanic materials
  3. The smallest and finest fragments of lava or rock that are ejected by volcanic eruptions
  4. A scale that measures the damage caused by an earthquake
  5. The zone where plates meet is called plate ...
  6. The broken pieces of earth's crust
  7. Constant rising and sinking of magma results in convection current causing plates to move is called plate ...
  8. A lava that has high temperature, cools and solidifies slowly, has low viscosity and low silica content. So the lava flows quickly
  9. A lava that has low temperature, cools and solidifies quickly, has high viscosity and high silica content. So the lava flows slowly
  10. A plate boundary when two plates move away from each other
  11. A plate boundary when two plates slide past each other
  12. Plates move as a result of ... current generated in the mantle
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  1. A crack in the earth's crust where the rock stressed by plate movements breaks and moves
  2. A volcano that has a broad base with gentle slopes formed from basic lava
  3. This flow occurs when gases mix with volcanic materials
  4. A sudden vibration or tremor of the earth's surface
  5. A volcano that consists of alternating layers of lava, ash and cinder. It has gentle slopes at its base and steeper slopes near its top
  6. A machine used to detect and record earthquake
  7. The source of the earthquake
  8. A scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake
  9. A plate boundary when two plates move towards each other

21 Clues: The source of the earthquake • The broken pieces of earth's crust • The zone where plates meet is called plate ... • A machine used to detect and record earthquake • This occur when water mix with volcanic materials • A sudden vibration or tremor of the earth's surface • A scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake • ...

Earth and it's Features 2022-11-17

Earth and it's Features crossword puzzle
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  1. nucleus of an unstable atom loses energy by emitting radiation
  2. structures of the Earth's crust and results of the rigid plates that move over the mantels
  3. process by which rock is broken down such as erosion or weathering
  4. a tectonic boundary where two plates move toward each other
  5. study of earthquakes
  6. time taken for the isotope to decrease into half its original value
  7. study of the magnetism in rocks
  8. different forms of the same element that have a different number of neutrons
  9. tectonic plates meet and the edge of one plate descends below the edge of the other
  10. true age of a rock or fossil
  11. representation of a map of natural and artificial features of an area
  12. dating rocks using relative proportions of particular radioactive isotopes
Down
  1. where two plates slide against each other in a sideways motion
  2. movement in a fluid where hotter and less dense matter rises and cooler and less matter sinks
  3. forms the nuclear mass of a continent or the central basin of an ocean
  4. determining the relative order of events or objects (past)
  5. meteor that survives its passage through Earth's atmosphere and hits the ground
  6. a tectonic plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other
  7. massive irregularly shaped slab of solid rock; tectonic plate
  8. processes that help build Earth up
  9. waves of energy that travel through the earth's layers

21 Clues: study of earthquakes • true age of a rock or fossil • study of the magnetism in rocks • processes that help build Earth up • waves of energy that travel through the earth's layers • determining the relative order of events or objects (past) • a tectonic boundary where two plates move toward each other • massive irregularly shaped slab of solid rock; tectonic plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-08-01

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hawaii islands are formed.
  2. Centre of landmasses where there is a divergent plate boundary.
  3. Constructive plate boundary.
  4. New land is created.
  5. Plate boundaries where plates slide past each other.
  6. One plate moves below another one.
Down
  1. Stable zone in the centre of a plate.
  2. Plate boundaries that move apart.
  3. Land is destroyed.
  4. Destructive plate boundary.
  5. Plate boundaries that collide.

11 Clues: Land is destroyed. • New land is created. • Hawaii islands are formed. • Destructive plate boundary. • Constructive plate boundary. • Plate boundaries that collide. • Plate boundaries that move apart. • One plate moves below another one. • Stable zone in the centre of a plate. • Plate boundaries where plates slide past each other. • ...

cosmetology 2024-02-26

cosmetology crossword puzzle
Across
  1. living skin underneath the PNF found at the nail plate’s base covering the matrix area
  2. abbreviated PNF; entire flap of skin covering the matrix, extending from the edge of the visible nail plate to the first joint of the finger or toe
  3. technical term for nails of the fingers or toes
  4. slit or furrow on the sides of the nail
  5. collectively; the nail bed (or sterile matrix), nail fold, eponychium, paronychium, and hyponychium
  6. portion of living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge
  7. also known as the sidewall; folds of skin that line the sides of the nail plate
  8. nonliving colorless tissue attached to the nail plate
  9. folds of skin that surround the nail plate
  10. part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe
  11. area where the nail plate cells are formed; composed of matrix cells that produce the nail plate
Down
  1. visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin; whitish half-moon shape at the base of the nail
  2. all parts of the finger from the tip to the first knuckle; technically referred to as the onyx and is composed mainly of keratin
  3. tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place
  4. slightly thickened layer of skin that lies between the fingertip and free edge of the nail plate, forming a protective barrier that prevents microorganisms from invading and infecting the nail bed
  5. keratin plate on top of and slowly sliding across the nail bed as it grows; the most visible and functional part of the nail unit

16 Clues: slit or furrow on the sides of the nail • folds of skin that surround the nail plate • technical term for nails of the fingers or toes • nonliving colorless tissue attached to the nail plate • part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe • tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place • ...

Tectonic Plates 2017-05-21

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. zone, A __________ __________ is a convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is pushed beneath a continental plate forming a trench. The oceanic crust melts resulting in the formation of volcanoes.
  2. When oceanic crust melts it can result in the formation of a __________.
  3. When two continental plates collide large __________ will usually form.
  4. Divergent boundaries cause oceans to grow __________.
  5. Ridge, The __________-__________ __________ is an example of a divergent boundary.
  6. At a __________ plate boundary, new crust is created as two or more plates pull away from each other.
  7. plates, like pieces of a puzzle
  8. boundary, The plate boundary where two tectonic plates move away from one another.
  9. ridges, Underwater mountain ranges where the crust is spreading apart creating new ocean floor.
  10. The __________ mountain range was formed from the collision of the Indian plate colliding into the Eurasian plate.
  11. Earthquakes often occur at __________ lines.
  12. Currents, A circulation pattern in which material is heated and rises in one area then cools and sinks in another area, flowing in a continuous loop
  13. a place where two tectonic plates meet.
Down
  1. A region where oceanic plates sink down.
  2. Tectonic Theory, theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into.
  3. boundaries, The boundary where two tectonic plates meet and push into one another.
  4. Transform boundaries (faults) cause __________.
  5. When a divergent boundary occurs on land a __________, or separation, will arise and over time, that mass of land will break between them.
  6. There are __________ major tectonic plates.
  7. When oceanic plates collide with continental plates a __________ will form between the two plates.
  8. floor spreading, The process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created.

21 Clues: plates, like pieces of a puzzle • a place where two tectonic plates meet. • A region where oceanic plates sink down. • There are __________ major tectonic plates. • Earthquakes often occur at __________ lines. • Transform boundaries (faults) cause __________. • Divergent boundaries cause oceans to grow __________. • ...

Natural Hazards Crossword 2019-08-09

Natural Hazards Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A segment of the Earth that sits below the crust.
  2. A type of natural hazard caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
  3. A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall causing a shortage of water.
  4. The name for tropical storms in North American and the Caribbean.
  5. A type of plate boundary where the plates move apart.
  6. A cloud of this is emitted during a volcanic eruption.
  7. One of the Three Ps: P..., Protection and Planning.
  8. A extremely large wave from the ocean that floods coastal areas.
  9. The name for lava before it reaches the surface.
  10. The circular center of a tropical storm.
Down
  1. The dense oceanic plate that subducts beneath the South American plate creating the Andes Mountains.
  2. An area of volcanic activity far from plate margins. Hawaii is an example of this. (Two words)
  3. A type of natural hazard caused by the occurrence and distribution of water.
  4. The likelihood of a natural hazard occurring. (Two words)
  5. A type of plate boundary where the two plate rub past each other. An example is the San Andreas Fault.
  6. A period of strong, sustained surface wind.
  7. The point on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  8. The name of the force that causes the winds to bend and storms to spin. It is caused by the curvature of the Earth.
  9. A type of effect or response that happens immediately affect an event.
  10. A type of volcano that occurs at constructive plate margins. These volcanoes have non-viscous lava, so their sides are very shallow.

20 Clues: The circular center of a tropical storm. • A period of strong, sustained surface wind. • The name for lava before it reaches the surface. • A segment of the Earth that sits below the crust. • One of the Three Ps: P..., Protection and Planning. • A type of plate boundary where the plates move apart. • A cloud of this is emitted during a volcanic eruption. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-07-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hawaii islands are formed.
  2. Constructive plate boundary.
  3. New land is created.
  4. Plate boundaries where plates slide past each other.
  5. Centre of landmasses where there is a divergent plate boundary.
  6. One plate moves below another one.
Down
  1. Land is destroyed.
  2. Destructive plate boundary.
  3. Plate boundaries that collide.
  4. Stable zone in the centre of a plate.
  5. Plate boundaries that move apart.

11 Clues: Land is destroyed. • New land is created. • Hawaii islands are formed. • Destructive plate boundary. • Constructive plate boundary. • Plate boundaries that collide. • Plate boundaries that move apart. • One plate moves below another one. • Stable zone in the centre of a plate. • Plate boundaries where plates slide past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics - First Block 2014-09-29

Plate Tectonics - First Block crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one plate moves under the other
  2. how thick a liquid is
  3. crack in the plates
  4. elevated region with a central valley on the ocean floor
  5. depth of earthquake
  6. the inside of the earth
  7. a current in a fluid that results from convection
  8. size of an earthquake
  9. come apart
  10. upper layer of the mantle below the lithosphere
  11. upper mantle and the crust
Down
  1. the middle of the earth
  2. when 2 plates pass each other
  3. super continent
  4. when 2 plates collide the younger will rise over the other
  5. one plate slides past another
  6. linear shaped lowland between several mountians
  7. one plate slips down relative to the other
  8. one plate is moved upward to the other
  9. boundary pull apart
  10. ocean around the super continent

21 Clues: come apart • super continent • crack in the plates • depth of earthquake • boundary pull apart • how thick a liquid is • size of an earthquake • the middle of the earth • the inside of the earth • upper mantle and the crust • when 2 plates pass each other • one plate slides past another • one plate moves under the other • ocean around the super continent • ...

Science Board Block Three 2016-10-20

Science Board Block Three crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the study of the earth
  2. when two plates slide against each other
  3. the thickest layer of the earth
  4. on top of the asthenosphere
  5. formed by convergent boundaries
  6. Part of the upper mantle
  7. Caused by divergent plate boundaries
  8. where molten material rises at the mid-ocean ridge and pushes out the old rock
  9. Causes the movement of tectonic plates
  10. when two plates pull apart
  11. between the mantle and the inner core
  12. The thinnest layer of the earth
Down
  1. the first supercontinent
  2. scientist who theorized plate tectonics
  3. the theory of earth’s plates moving
  4. an underwater valley
  5. where one plate (more dense) dives under another plate
  6. When two plates push together
  7. Caused by transform boundaries
  8. the only solid layer of the earth

20 Clues: an underwater valley • the study of the earth • the first supercontinent • Part of the upper mantle • when two plates pull apart • on top of the asthenosphere • When two plates push together • Caused by transform boundaries • the thickest layer of the earth • formed by convergent boundaries • The thinnest layer of the earth • the only solid layer of the earth • ...

Geological Processes 2023-12-19

Geological Processes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary where two plates are moving towards each other.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other.
  3. Rock that has changed due to intense heat and/or pressure.
  4. Rocks made up of sediments that have been cemented together
  5. Where two plates meet is called a plate _______.
  6. Two plates sliding past each other is called a _____ boundary.
  7. The theory that the earth has plates and that they move is plate _______
  8. The theory of continental drift was put together by a scientist named Alfred ________.
Down
  1. Shaking on the earth's surface.
  2. Hot liquid rock under the earth's surface.
  3. The process that breaks rocks down into smaller pieces.
  4. When one plate is pulled underneath another plate.
  5. The part of the earth that the plates are moving around on.
  6. The top layer of the earth.
  7. The solid middle of the earth.
  8. Rocks made from cooling magma.

16 Clues: The top layer of the earth. • The solid middle of the earth. • Rocks made from cooling magma. • Shaking on the earth's surface. • Hot liquid rock under the earth's surface. • Where two plates meet is called a plate _______. • When one plate is pulled underneath another plate. • The process that breaks rocks down into smaller pieces. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-12-14

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A Divergent Boundary Occurs when plates...
  2. Deep-ocean features that form at subduction zones...
  3. When one plate slides under another plate...
  4. Example of a convergent boundary...
  5. When a divergent is in the middle of a continental plate it creates a...
  6. When two plates come together...
  7. Where most earthquakes occur...
  8. Example of a transform boundary...
  9. The ancient super-continent formed 28 million years ago?
  10. Rising magma that results from Subduction..
Down
  1. Solid, outer part of Earth...
  2. Scientists identify plate boundaries by studying ____.
  3. Convection currents occur in the ___.
  4. Alfred Wegners theory...
  5. The tectonic plates float on ____.
  6. Process that forms a new ocean floor...
  7. Scientists have discovered ___ major tectonic plates.
  8. Layer of Earth that creates the magnetosphere...
  9. South America and ___ fit together.
  10. A rift valley example...

20 Clues: Alfred Wegners theory... • A rift valley example... • Solid, outer part of Earth... • Where most earthquakes occur... • When two plates come together... • The tectonic plates float on ____. • Example of a transform boundary... • Example of a convergent boundary... • South America and ___ fit together. • Convection currents occur in the ___. • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2021-04-28

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. If magma reaches the surface without cooling and solidifying, it can break through in the form of _______________ eruptions.
  2. Where plates move apart,_______________ form.
  3. At _______________ boundaries, neighbouring plates are moving toward one another.
  4. A continental rift, often referred to as a rift valley, forms where continental plates_______________.
  5. Earthquakes send out _______________ waves when there is movement along transform boundaries.
  6. In a subduction zone, the subducted _______________ becomes molten and forms magma chambers.
  7. Oceanic plates are pulled _______________ continental plates.
  8. _______________ is when one plate is pulled under another.
  9. Where a continental plate converges with an oceanic plate, the thinner, denser _______________ plate subducts beneath the thicker, more rigid _______________ plate
  10. At_______________ boundaries, neighbouring plates are moving away from one another.
  11. The rifting of plates allows _______________ to move to the surface.
Down
  1. The edges of tectonic plates are called _______________.
  2. Plates move because of forces in the _______________.
  3. Subduction creates a _______________ between the plates and a subduction zone below.
  4. Movements of crust often result in _______________.
  5. When magma cools in a rift,it creates more _______________ in the gap between the plates.
  6. At _______________ boundaries, neighbouring plates are sliding past one another or locked in place as they are trying to slide past one another.
  7. Where plates _______________, earthquakes occur and volcanoes and mountains form.
  8. During subduction, magma that is less _______________ than the rest of the mantle rises to the surface.
  9. An _______________ rift, often referred to as a rift valley, forms where oceanic plates diverge.
  10. Where oceanic plates converge, the _______________, denser plate subducts under the less dense plate.
  11. At convergent boundaries, neighbouring plates are moving _______________ one another.
  12. Continental plates are _______________ in strength.

23 Clues: Where plates move apart,_______________ form. • Movements of crust often result in _______________. • Continental plates are _______________ in strength. • Plates move because of forces in the _______________. • The edges of tectonic plates are called _______________. • _______________ is when one plate is pulled under another. • ...

chapter 7 2021-10-22

chapter 7 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. all the continents were a part of one supper continent
  2. the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
  3. tectonics earth surface is made of rigid rock or plates that move with respect to each other
  4. plate boundaries where two plates collide
  5. polarity magnetized objects will orient themselves to point south
  6. polarity magnetized objects such as compass needles will orient themselves to point north
Down
  1. the cold rigid and outermost layer
  2. plate boundary forms when two plates separate
  3. drift continents are in constant motion
  4. spreading is the process by which new oceanic crusts form along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  5. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  6. reversal the magnetic field reverses direction
  7. ridges mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean
  8. push moves lithosphere in opposite directions away from the mid-ocean ridge
  9. plate boundary forms where two plates pass each other
  10. pull as a slab sinks it pulls the rest of the plate down

16 Clues: the cold rigid and outermost layer • drift continents are in constant motion • plate boundaries where two plates collide • plate boundary forms when two plates separate • reversal the magnetic field reverses direction • ridges mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean • the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate • ...

chapter 7 vocab 2021-11-01

chapter 7 vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates moving away from the ridge
  2. the cold and rigid outermost rock layer is called
  3. drift continents are in constant motion on earth
  4. where 2 plates slide past eachother
  5. is the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  6. occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction
  7. is a state in which magnetized objects point north
  8. 2 plates collide
Down
  1. denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
  2. earth surface is made of plates that move with respect to each other
  3. forms when 2 plates separate
  4. as a slab sinks it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force called
  5. the circulation of material caused by differences in tempatureand density
  6. ridges the mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean are called
  7. all the continents were once part of a supercontinent called
  8. is a state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and point south

16 Clues: 2 plates collide • forms when 2 plates separate • plates moving away from the ridge • where 2 plates slide past eachother • denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate • drift continents are in constant motion on earth • occurs and the magnetic field reverses direction • the cold and rigid outermost rock layer is called • ...

Breakfast 2023-02-13

Breakfast crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bread
  2. folk
  3. salt
  4. toast
  5. ham
  6. honey
  7. egg
  8. cornflakes
  9. plate
Down
  1. breakfast
  2. bowl
  3. roll
  4. spoon
  5. cheese
  6. milk
  7. knife
  8. plate
  9. jam

18 Clues: ham • egg • jam • bowl • folk • roll • salt • milk • bread • spoon • toast • honey • knife • plate • plate • cheese • breakfast • cornflakes

Restless Earth Crossword 2020-11-23

Restless Earth Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  2. The month when the Pakistan earthquake happened
  3. The point on the earth's surface directly above the source of an earthquake
  4. A dense plate that is forced below (subducts) continental plates when they meet
  5. The solid layer of the earth
  6. A plate boundary where new crust is formed
  7. A large wave caused by displaced water from a devastating earthquake
  8. A plate boundary where subduction happens
  9. The layer of the earth that we live on
Down
  1. Where convection currents happen
  2. The cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking
  3. Earthquakes are measured on this
  4. The month when the Boxing Day Tsunami happened
  5. The instrument used to record earthquakes
  6. The term used when one plate is forced underneath another plate

15 Clues: The solid layer of the earth • Where convection currents happen • Earthquakes are measured on this • The layer of the earth that we live on • The instrument used to record earthquakes • A plate boundary where subduction happens • A plate boundary where new crust is formed • The month when the Boxing Day Tsunami happened • The month when the Pakistan earthquake happened • ...

Restless Earth Crossword 2020-11-23

Restless Earth Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  2. The month when the Pakistan earthquake happened
  3. The point on the earth's surface directly above the source of an earthquake
  4. A dense plate that is forced below (subducts) continental plates when they meet
  5. The solid layer of the core
  6. A plate boundary where new crust is formed
  7. A large wave caused by displaced water from a devastating earthquake
  8. A plate boundary where subduction happens
  9. The layer of the earth that we live on
Down
  1. Where convection currents happen
  2. The cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking
  3. Earthquakes are measured on this
  4. The month when the Boxing Day Tsunami happened
  5. The instrument used to record earthquakes
  6. The term used when one plate is forced underneath another plate

15 Clues: The solid layer of the core • Where convection currents happen • Earthquakes are measured on this • The layer of the earth that we live on • The instrument used to record earthquakes • A plate boundary where subduction happens • A plate boundary where new crust is formed • The month when the Boxing Day Tsunami happened • The month when the Pakistan earthquake happened • ...

PREPARING FOOD 2020-03-17

PREPARING FOOD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. finally, jack ..... down the table
  2. jack ... down in the large wooden chair
  3. jack ...... while the eggs cooked
  4. jack ...... the oil into the skillet
  5. jack ....... the eggs into a bowl
  6. the eggs ...... pretty on the white plate
  7. then, jack ...... the pan
  8. jack ... out some eggs
  9. then, jack poured the eggs into the ... skillet
  10. jack ..... looking at his eggs
  11. jack was ...... he walked to the kitchen
  12. next, jack ... the eggs on a plate
Down
  1. jack placed the ..... on the dining room table
  2. next, jack ...... on the heat
  3. jack ...... a skillet on the stove
  4. the eggs ...... for two minutes
  5. jack got a ...... damp
  6. jack stirred the ....
  7. jack ....... about the day ahead
  8. jack washed the plate with dishwashing ....
  9. jack .... out some oils

21 Clues: jack stirred the .... • jack got a ...... damp • jack ... out some eggs • jack .... out some oils • then, jack ...... the pan • next, jack ...... on the heat • jack ..... looking at his eggs • the eggs ...... for two minutes • jack ....... about the day ahead • jack ...... while the eggs cooked • jack ....... the eggs into a bowl • finally, jack ..... down the table • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. magma that has reached the earth's surface
  2. plates separate
  3. two plates (oceanic and continental) collide and they form a...
  4. when one plate sinks beneath another plate
  5. when two continental plates collide they form a...
  6. located in the upper mantle, under the lithosphere
  7. hot material rises, cool/dense material sinks
  8. broken up parts of the lithosphere
  9. all the continents were formed together as one
  10. thickest layer of the Earth
Down
  1. where two tectonic plates meet
  2. plates slide past each other
  3. thicker, lighter plate
  4. Earth's outermost layer
  5. preserved remains of ancient organisms
  6. when two oceanic plates divide they form a...
  7. thinner, heavier plate
  8. plates collide
  9. when two continental plates divide they form a...
  10. hot rock located under Earth's surface

20 Clues: plates collide • plates separate • thicker, lighter plate • thinner, heavier plate • Earth's outermost layer • thickest layer of the Earth • plates slide past each other • where two tectonic plates meet • broken up parts of the lithosphere • preserved remains of ancient organisms • hot rock located under Earth's surface • magma that has reached the earth's surface • ...

Tectonic Plates And Earth Layers 2022-04-06

Tectonic Plates And Earth Layers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. also caused by a divergent boundary
  2. outer most layer of earth
  3. what causes the plates to move
  4. protects the inner core
  5. caused when plates collide
  6. the largest layer of earth (I think)
  7. a plate based off a continent in the middle of most maps
  8. away from each other
  9. has something to do with the word "tectonic"
  10. the layer under the crust
  11. where earthquakes occur most
Down
  1. caused by a convergent subduction
  2. protected by the outer core
  3. pass each other
  4. caused by a transform plate
  5. towards each other
  6. caused by a divergent boundary
  7. another way of saying ocean basin (I think)
  8. a type of plate with "continent" in it
  9. a type of plate that has "ocean" in it
  10. the layer below the lithosphere

21 Clues: pass each other • towards each other • away from each other • protects the inner core • outer most layer of earth • the layer under the crust • caused when plates collide • protected by the outer core • caused by a transform plate • where earthquakes occur most • caused by a divergent boundary • what causes the plates to move • the layer below the lithosphere • ...

Andrew Puzzle 2021-01-27

Andrew Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. sea mount keeps growing and become a island ex:Hawaii
  2. deepest part of the ocean
  3. biggest ocean
  4. smallest ocean
  5. one plate go north and they other goes south and they rube against each other
  6. oceanic and continental plate go into each other
  7. sub spent most time in the water than any other submarine
  8. plate in the water
Down
  1. largest squid
  2. second biggest squid
  3. land plate
  4. third biggest ocean
  5. continental and continental plates go into each other
  6. oceanic and oceanic go away from each other
  7. second biggest ocean
  8. deepest crab found
  9. Deepest diving mammal

17 Clues: land plate • largest squid • biggest ocean • smallest ocean • deepest crab found • plate in the water • third biggest ocean • second biggest squid • second biggest ocean • Deepest diving mammal • deepest part of the ocean • oceanic and oceanic go away from each other • oceanic and continental plate go into each other • sea mount keeps growing and become a island ex:Hawaii • ...

Chapter 9 Nail Growth/structure 2016-02-09

Chapter 9 Nail Growth/structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. ______ _____ is an appendage of the skin (2words)
  2. the whitish half moon shape underneath the base of the nail
  3. as long as it's nourished and healthy, the new nail plate cells will be created
  4. thicker than fingernails because the matrix is longer
  5. _____ _______ thin layer of tissue that attaches the nail plate and nail bed (2 words)
  6. _____ ______ dead colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate (2 words)
  7. ________ _______ ________ can reflect the general health of the body (3 words)
  8. the area where the nail plate cells are formed
  9. __________ of a natural fingernail takes about 4-6 months
  10. a tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place
  11. _______ ______do not shed periodically (2 words)
  12. tissue that adheres directly to the natural nail plate and can be removed with gentle scraping
Down
  1. slightly thickened layer of skin under the nail that lies between the fingertip and the free edge of the nail plate
  2. the living skin at the base of the natural nail plate covering the matrix area
  3. ______ _______ _______ on the thumb is typically the slowest (3 words)
  4. contains nerves, lympth and blood vessels
  5. designed for the eponychium, lateral sidewalks and hyponychium (2 words)
  6. take nine to twelve months to be fully replaced
  7. are allowed to gently push back the eponychium
  8. the part of the nail plate that extends over the tip of the finger or toe (2 words)
  9. the fold of skin overlapping the side of the nail
  10. relatively porous and will allow water to pass through it (2 words)
  11. the portion of the living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge (2 words)
  12. if the nail surface is shiny and smooth then it is ____________
  13. has a water content between 15 & 25%

25 Clues: has a water content between 15 & 25% • contains nerves, lympth and blood vessels • are allowed to gently push back the eponychium • the area where the nail plate cells are formed • take nine to twelve months to be fully replaced • _______ ______do not shed periodically (2 words) • ______ _____ is an appendage of the skin (2words) • ...

Tectonic plates 2024-01-15

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Areas where the plates meet
  2. a set of stress directed toward the center of a rock mass
  3. an area under the rocky outer layer of Earth, called the crust, where magma is hotter than surrounding magma
  4. the outer layer of the Earth.
  5. occurs when oceanic crust meets continental crust and when oceanic crust meets oceanic crust
  6. An ocean plate collides with another ocean plate which forms a trench.
  7. When plates move away from each other
  8. When heat from the Earth's core creates currents in the crust, the tectonic plates can scrape, bump, or drag along each other.
  9. cracks in the earth's crust along which there is movement.
  10. heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle.
  11. long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates where one plate is pushed, or subducts, beneath another.
  12. a solid layer made of the crust and the solid upper mantle
  13. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Down
  1. destroy the Earth's crust
  2. An oceanic plate collides with a less dense continental plate which forms a deep ocean
  3. A continental plate collides with another continental plate which forms mountains.
  4. a layer of the interior of the Earth.
  5. the outer layer of the core that is made of liquid iron and nickel.
  6. an opening in the Earth's surface
  7. the deepest and hottest layer of our planet.
  8. a semi-fluid layer located in the upper part of the Earth's mantle, situated beneath the lithosphere

21 Clues: destroy the Earth's crust • Areas where the plates meet • the outer layer of the Earth. • an opening in the Earth's surface • a layer of the interior of the Earth. • When plates move away from each other • the deepest and hottest layer of our planet. • a set of stress directed toward the center of a rock mass • cracks in the earth's crust along which there is movement. • ...

Plate tectonics puzzle! 2022-12-14

Plate tectonics puzzle! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. north
  2. tectonics
  3. Eurasian
  4. transform
  5. plate
  6. indo-Australian
  7. African
  8. plate
  9. fault
Down
  1. Antarctic
  2. convergent
  3. boundaries
  4. divergent
  5. pacific
  6. boundary
  7. zones
  8. America
  9. Wegener Alfred Wegener
  10. Pangea

19 Clues: north • zones • plate • plate • fault • Pangea • pacific • America • African • Eurasian • boundary • Antarctic • tectonics • divergent • transform • convergent • boundaries • indo-Australian • Wegener Alfred Wegener

Earthquake 2024-03-07

Earthquake crossword puzzle
Across
  1. movement of tectonic plates
  2. what do tectonic plates do
  3. contact force involved in a earthquake
  4. the big big crack between plates
  5. impact to government
  6. impact to nature
  7. what is the natural disaster called when tectonic plates ‘slip’
  8. turkey Syria earthquake type
  9. bottom left plate
  10. the bottom right plate
Down
  1. this type of earthquake is sometimes less destructive.
  2. the basic basic name for the plates under the earth’s crust
  3. friction always causes……
  4. The plate that is being shoved
  5. one normal quake isn’t enough. There will be……
  6. impact to daily life
  7. the exact location of earthquakes spot
  8. the technical word for strength of earthquakes
  9. another thing that a earthquake can cause (hint-water)
  10. the impact to money
  11. the plate that slides past Anatolian plate

21 Clues: impact to nature • bottom left plate • the impact to money • impact to daily life • impact to government • the bottom right plate • friction always causes…… • what do tectonic plates do • movement of tectonic plates • turkey Syria earthquake type • The plate that is being shoved • the big big crack between plates • contact force involved in a earthquake • ...

VOLCANIC VOCAB! 2025-02-14

VOLCANIC VOCAB! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter that flows along the ground away from the volcano that produced it.
  2. a path along the Pacific Ocean surrounded by active volcanoes, causing frequent earthquakes.
  3. the largest crustal plate on our planet. The plate is presently shrinking as the Atlantic Ocean increases in size.
  4. The place where two tectonic plates meet and interact.
  5. a volcano formed by Oceanic and Oceanic convergent plate boundaries.
  6. a rock formed from the cooling and solidification of molten rock.
  7. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
  8. the solid outer part of the Earth, above the asthenosphere that includes the upper mantle and the crust of the earth.
  9. a plate interaction where the plates hit each other, and both rise creating a triangular shape.
  10. Molten rock that has broken the earth's surface.
  11. the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
Down
  1. The denser of the two types of the earth's crust that is made of basalt.
  2. The less dense of the earths crusts that is made of Granite.
  3. a volcano formed by convergent oceanic and continental plate boundaries.
  4. a plate interaction where the less dense plate goes over top of the denser plate.
  5. a mountain that lets out lava, tephra, and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.
  6. the upper mantle, below the lithosphere in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  7. an area of the Earth's mantle where hot material rise upward, forming volcanoes on the overlying crust.
  8. Molten rock that is underground.
  9. a mixture of water, volcanic ash, tephra, rock fragments, and chunks of ice that can flow like wet concrete.

20 Clues: Molten rock that is underground. • Molten rock that has broken the earth's surface. • The place where two tectonic plates meet and interact. • the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance. • The less dense of the earths crusts that is made of Granite. • a rock formed from the cooling and solidification of molten rock. • ...

Unit 4: Geosphere 2024-11-08

Unit 4: Geosphere crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Zone in Earth's mantle made of hot, fluid rock
  2. Plate boundary type where plates come together
  3. The very deep ocean feature formed at a subduction zone
  4. A line of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean due to convergent plate boundaries
  5. The dark organic material formed in soil from the decayed remains of plants and animals
  6. Igneous rock formed on Earth's surface
  7. Location on Earth's surface above an earthquake's focus
  8. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy release during an earthquake
  9. Rock type formed from cooled magma or lava
  10. Rock changed by heat, pressure, or hot fluids
  11. Rock formed from layers of deposited sediments
  12. The layer of rock located below Earth's crust
  13. A seismic sea wave
  14. Plate boundary where plate move apart
  15. The rigid outer layer of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. An underwater "mountain range" along divergent plate boundaries.
  2. Point within the Earth where an earthquake originates
  3. The "Hardness Scale" used to determine resistance to scratching
  4. The volcano type found along convergent plate boundaries, AKA composite cone
  5. How lights reflects from a mineral; shininess
  6. rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption.
  7. The boundary type where two plate slide past each other
  8. The layers of soil that have identifiable characteristics
  9. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface
  10. Breaking a mineral in straight lines due to patterns in atomic bonding
  11. Breaking a mineral in jagged lines due to strong atomic bonding
  12. Any process that breaks down rock
  13. Process where ocean crust sink below continental crust at a convergent plate boundary
  14. Igneous rock formed inside the earth
  15. Moving sediments by wind, water, or ice
  16. Magma that reaches Earth's surface
  17. The volcano type with gentle sloping sides made from oozing lava
  18. A volcano made of rocks with steep sides
  19. the color of a mineral in powdered form

34 Clues: A seismic sea wave • Any process that breaks down rock • Magma that reaches Earth's surface • Molten rock beneath Earth's surface • Igneous rock formed inside the earth • Plate boundary where plate move apart • Igneous rock formed on Earth's surface • Moving sediments by wind, water, or ice • the color of a mineral in powdered form • A volcano made of rocks with steep sides • ...

Vocabulary summary 2016-02-04

Vocabulary summary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Bed
  2. Garage
  3. Bowl
  4. Livingroom
  5. House
  6. Cook
  7. Spoon
  8. Desk
Down
  1. Plate
  2. Egg
  3. Coatstand
  4. mirror
  5. Waiter
  6. Bookcase
  7. Chair
  8. Knife
  9. Fork

17 Clues: Bed • Egg • Bowl • Cook • Fork • Desk • Plate • Chair • House • Knife • Spoon • Garage • mirror • Waiter • Bookcase • Coatstand • Livingroom

Kitchen items 2023-12-07

Kitchen items crossword puzzle
Across
  1. pitcher
  2. pan
  3. fork
  4. bowl
  5. chopsticks
  6. cuttingboard
  7. silverware
  8. plate
  9. microwave
Down
  1. sharpknife
  2. spoon
  3. blender
  4. stove
  5. knife
  6. toaster
  7. napkin
  8. ladle

17 Clues: pan • fork • bowl • spoon • stove • knife • plate • ladle • napkin • pitcher • blender • toaster • microwave • sharpknife • chopsticks • silverware • cuttingboard

Earthquake Crossword 2023-10-08

Earthquake Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The printout from a seismograph that0020
  2. Plate boundary where plates slide side by side.
  3. Person who first proposed a theory on Plate Tectonics.
  4. Location of largest Earthquake of all time.
  5. Type of Curst that is light in color and is not as dense.
  6. The major mechanism for plate tectonics.
  7. Location of largest Earthquake in North America.
  8. An area around Pacific Ocean wherre most Earthquakes and Volcanoes occur.
  9. Another name for size.
  10. Instrument that records earthquakes.
  11. The height of a wave.
  12. Another name for a P-Wave.
  13. Plate boundary where plates collide or move together.
  14. Strongest evidence for plate tectonics.
  15. Type of Curst that is dark in color and is the most dense.
  16. Earthquake wave that cannot travel through liquids.
  17. Sudden movement in the earth’s crust that produces Earthquakes.
  18. Earthquake waves that occur in the Earth.
  19. Location on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus.
Down
  1. Earthquake waves that occur on the Earth’s Surface.
  2. Structural layer that plates float on.
  3. Another name for a S-Wave.
  4. Scientist who studies earthquakes.
  5. Earthquake scale based on calculations.
  6. Another name for a Tidal Wave or large wave.
  7. Movement along a fracture in the Earth where earthquakes are formed
  8. The name of Alfred Wegner’s Theory.
  9. Structural layer that plates are made of.
  10. Plate boundary where plates separate or move apart.
  11. When Earth’s Magnetic Field reverses.
  12. Earthquake’s Point of origin beneath the Earth’s surface where movement occurs along a fault.
  13. Earthquake scale based on visual observations.
  14. Divergent boundary on continents.
  15. Theory that decribes tectonic plate material, & mechanism/effects of plate movement.
  16. Fastest Earthquake wave and first to arrive.
  17. Vibration of the Earth produced by the rapid release of energy.
  18. Divergent boundary on ocean floors.
  19. The study of earthquakes.

38 Clues: The height of a wave. • Another name for size. • The study of earthquakes. • Another name for a S-Wave. • Another name for a P-Wave. • Divergent boundary on continents. • Scientist who studies earthquakes. • The name of Alfred Wegner’s Theory. • Divergent boundary on ocean floors. • Instrument that records earthquakes. • When Earth’s Magnetic Field reverses. • ...

Landforms 2022-11-23

Landforms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A process by which the weaker plate goes beneath
  2. San Andreas fault
  3. Volcanic plains
  4. tectonic plate activity
  5. formed as a result of lava
  6. Found in volcanoes
  7. formed by oceanic and continental plate
Down
  1. huge slab of rocks
  2. A fold mountain example
  3. direction of tectonic plate during tsunami
  4. Gap created during divergent boundary
  5. Between crust and core
  6. Mid oceanic ridge
  7. Surface of Earth
  8. Region between the mountains

15 Clues: Volcanic plains • Surface of Earth • San Andreas fault • Mid oceanic ridge • huge slab of rocks • Found in volcanoes • Between crust and core • A fold mountain example • tectonic plate activity • formed as a result of lava • Region between the mountains • Gap created during divergent boundary • formed by oceanic and continental plate • direction of tectonic plate during tsunami • ...

earth science vocabulary 2014-01-26

earth science vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. layers of earth that make up tectonic plates
  2. currents of heating and cooling magma that move plates around
  3. a plate boundary where two plates scrape past each other
  4. solid metal layer of earth
  5. movement of sediment from one place to another
  6. a tectonic event where one plate slips underneath another plate
Down
  1. mechanical or chemical wearing down of the earth's crust
  2. a plate boundary where two plates move apart
  3. super hot layer of earth that causes plate movement
  4. liquid metal layer of earth
  5. thin, hard layer of earth
  6. a plate boundary where two plates run into each other
  7. semi-liquid, hot rock layer of earth
  8. a tectonic event where two plates push each other upward on the crust
  9. sediment being left behind in a new location, often in layers

15 Clues: thin, hard layer of earth • solid metal layer of earth • liquid metal layer of earth • semi-liquid, hot rock layer of earth • a plate boundary where two plates move apart • layers of earth that make up tectonic plates • movement of sediment from one place to another • super hot layer of earth that causes plate movement • ...

Oof Oof Odd 2022-09-09

Oof Oof Odd crossword puzzle
Across
  1. lamp
  2. mirror
  3. train
  4. plate
  5. club
  6. fork
  7. stocking
  8. kettle
Down
  1. flytrap
  2. cup
  3. raven
  4. slippers
  5. coin
  6. matchbox
  7. track
  8. candle
  9. key

17 Clues: cup • key • coin • lamp • club • fork • raven • track • train • plate • mirror • candle • kettle • flytrap • slippers • matchbox • stocking

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two plates go away from each other
  2. a single supercontinent
  3. where two plates meet
  4. two or more of Earth's tectonic plates converge at the subduction point forming a big ditch
  5. shaking of the earth when energy is released from friction caused by plate movement
  6. places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  7. large slabs of rock that divide Earth's crust, move constantly to reshape the Earth's landscape.
  8. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity
  9. When something is cut in half in order to determine and gather information
Down
  1. a repetition
  2. a layer of the earth made of a soft solid
  3. how fast something moves, we measure plates cm/year
  4. hard solid rock also known as the crust
  5. a large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth.
  6. the process by which the earth's surface slowly rises either due to increasing upward force applied from below or decreasing downward force (weight) from above.
  7. when two plates come together
  8. occur along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is created as the Earth's tectonic plates spread apart.
  9. when an oceanic plate and continental plate converge and the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate we call it this

18 Clues: a repetition • where two plates meet • a single supercontinent • when two plates come together • when two plates go away from each other • hard solid rock also known as the crust • a layer of the earth made of a soft solid • how fast something moves, we measure plates cm/year • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-03-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lines present between 2 plates.
  2. According to the Theory of Continental Drift, the British Isles, Scandinavia and Caledonian Mountains were once connected to the ________ Mountains.
  3. Forms underwater when two plate tectonics converge.
  4. Hot semi-fluid material under the crust of the Earth.
  5. The thinnest layer of the Earth.
  6. Thickest layer of the Earth.
  7. The cool outermost layer of the Earth that consists the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.
  8. One result of Continental Drift.
  9. Process of creating a new oceanic crust.
  10. occurs when 2 plate tectonics grind against each other.
  11. When one Plate tectonics moves on top of another.
  12. One example of proof of Continental Drift.
Down
  1. Breaking/cracking of the Earth's crust.
  2. The original continent made up of all plate tectonics.
  3. The main divisions of land.
  4. One result of Continental Drift.
  5. The amount of major plate tectonics.
  6. Creator of the theory of Continental Drift.
  7. word to describe the state of the mantle.
  8. When continents drift apart, it is called Continental ______

20 Clues: The main divisions of land. • Thickest layer of the Earth. • Lines present between 2 plates. • One result of Continental Drift. • The thinnest layer of the Earth. • One result of Continental Drift. • The amount of major plate tectonics. • Breaking/cracking of the Earth's crust. • Process of creating a new oceanic crust. • word to describe the state of the mantle. • ...

Keywords from lessons 2.01 - 2.05 2024-04-04

Keywords from lessons 2.01 - 2.05 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plate interaction when two plates move closer to each other.
  2. Gaps on land created by divergence of two continental plates.
  3. The place at which two boundaries slide past each other.
  4. Name of rocks that are created from magma cooling. This also stores magnetic information.
  5. A deep hole in the ocean created by convergence of oceanic and continental crusts.
  6. Name of rocks that stores information on Earth’s magnetic field.
  7. An area where two plates meet.
  8. The thickest layer of Earth..
  9. Evidence that supports the Continental Drift Theory: “Continent fit like a __________.”
  10. Produces high heat in the outer core.
  11. Area where magma erupts to the surface of Earth.
  12. Anywhere on Earth where living things exist.
  13. Second evidence that strongly supports existence of Pangaea.
  14. Another word for an ocean mountain created by two oceanic plate divergence.
  15. Name of crusts that are on land.
  16. A thin semi-liquid layer under the Earth's crust that allows crust to move around.
  17. System of Earth that that accounts for all gases.
Down
  1. Shaking of Earth's crust due to plate interaction or movement.
  2. Name of crusts that are under the ocean.
  3. System of Earth that accounts for all water, in all forms of state.
  4. Land feature created when two continental plates converge.
  5. Last name of the German scientist who suggested the Continental Drift theory.
  6. Movement of liquid or gas due to heat. This drives tectonic plate movement.
  7. Melted rocks, found in the mantle.
  8. Plate interaction when two plates slide past each other, also called Transform.
  9. Layer of Earth that produces Earth's magnetic field.
  10. Name for Earth's crust that is broken in to big pieces that fit like a puzzle.
  11. Plate interaction when two plates move away from each other.
  12. System of Earth that accounts for all the rocks.
  13. The solid layer of Earth.
  14. A series of volcanos that surround Pacific Ocean, accounts for 75% of all volcanos on Earth.
  15. When one plate pushes down underneath the other plate in convergent boundaries.

32 Clues: The solid layer of Earth. • The thickest layer of Earth.. • An area where two plates meet. • Name of crusts that are on land. • Melted rocks, found in the mantle. • Produces high heat in the outer core. • Name of crusts that are under the ocean. • Anywhere on Earth where living things exist. • Area where magma erupts to the surface of Earth. • ...

221-2 Crossword 2025-10-06

221-2 Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Selecting the proper ________ and position is important for the proper conversion.
  2. Systems erase the plate by _______ it with light to remove any trapped electrons left after the initial plate reading.
  3. The assignment of a numeric value to each light photon
  4. Has a bar code or sticker that matches image information with ______ _______ & information.
  5. Thin, tough, clear plastic protects the phosphor layer.
  6. In PSP (photostimulable phosphor) imaging, the ________ X-ray beam interacts with barium fluorohalide crystals in the imaging plate.
  7. This is created when photons move in the same direction.
  8. was selected according to the number of photons required for the body part to be imaged.
  9. Laser scans across the imaging plate multiple times.
  10. Absorbs and reduces static electricity
  11. The relationship between the height of the lead strips and the space between the lead strips.
  12. Some newer plates have a color layer between the active and support layers that absorbs stimulating light and reflects emitted light..
Down
  1. Poor light production creates a grainy image.
  2. The ________ in the reader direct the beam to the imaging plate surface.
  3. Contains photostimulable phosphor that “traps” electrons during exposure
  4. Based on simultaneous stimulation of the imaging plate one line at a time.
  5. Use one laser point at a time to scan the plate and convert the image into a digital signal.
  6. directs light forward, may be black to limit light spread, and reduces resolution.
  7. The reader scans the plate with a red light in a _________ pattern (zig zag)
  8. Using __________ and a grid helps reduce scatter from larger tissue volumes, which improves image contrast.
  9. Backed by aluminum or lead to absorb ________ x-ray photons
  10. Digital image contrast is no longer dependent on kVp- __________ is determined by computer processing
  11. A postexposure image manipulation that adds a black background to the original collimation edges
  12. are important because they reduce scatter radiation
  13. Semi-rigid material that provides strenght
  14. Soft polymer that protects the back of the cassette

26 Clues: Absorbs and reduces static electricity • Semi-rigid material that provides strenght • Poor light production creates a grainy image. • are important because they reduce scatter radiation • Soft polymer that protects the back of the cassette • Laser scans across the imaging plate multiple times. • The assignment of a numeric value to each light photon • ...

U2 Earth, Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2025-10-22

U2 Earth, Earthquakes and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process where a denser oceanic plate is forced under a less dense continental plate and melts in the mantle.
  2. A chain of volcanoes formed above a subduction zone where magma rises to the surface.
  3. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake’s focus where the shaking is strongest.
  4. The hot, liquid layer surrounding the inner core made of iron, nickel, sulphur, and oxygen.
  5. A boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally, causing earthquakes but no new crust formation.
  6. A lowland region formed where continental plates diverge and the crust thins.
  7. Circular movements of molten rock in the mantle caused by heat from radioactive decay, driving plate movements.
  8. The thickest layer of the Earth made of semi-molten solid and liquid rock beneath the crust.
  9. The thin, solid outermost layer of the Earth where we live, consisting of continental and oceanic types.
  10. The semi-molten layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere that allows plates to move.
  11. The location beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake originates.
Down
  1. A boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other, creating new crust.
  2. An underwater mountain range formed at a divergent plate boundary where new ocean crust is created.
  3. The rigid outer layer of the Earth, including the crust and upper mantle, broken into tectonic plates.
  4. A boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other, often causing subduction or mountain formation.
  5. The energy waves produced by earthquakes that travel through the Earth.
  6. A type of fault where two plates slide past one another, often causing earthquakes.
  7. The hottest, solid center of the Earth composed mainly of iron and nickel.
  8. A logarithmic scale used to measure the magnitude or strength of an earthquake.
  9. The theory that explains the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates over the mantle.

20 Clues: The energy waves produced by earthquakes that travel through the Earth. • The location beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake originates. • The hottest, solid center of the Earth composed mainly of iron and nickel. • A lowland region formed where continental plates diverge and the crust thins. • ...

brody's plate tectonic crossword puzzle 2021-04-29

brody's plate tectonic crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is center of our planet that heats all of the magma and cause the plates to move.
  2. what do the plates lay on?
  3. what is the ridge in the middle of the ocean that lava come out of?
  4. The earths outer part that is the main part of plate tectonics?
  5. what causes the plates to move?
  6. What happens at the mid ocean ridge?
Down
  1. 1 continental and 1 oceanic plate have a convergent boundary and the oceanic plate goes under the other plate?
  2. what is the outer part of the Earth?
  3. what are 2 things that subduction zones cause?
  4. what plate boundary is it when 2 continental plates collide with each other?
  5. what do transform boundary's cause?
  6. how many tectonic plates are there?
  7. what plate boundary is it when 2 plates move away from each other?
  8. what plate boundary is it when 2 plates slide alongside each other?
  9. what is the part of the earth that has convection currents in it?

15 Clues: what do the plates lay on? • what causes the plates to move? • what do transform boundary's cause? • how many tectonic plates are there? • what is the outer part of the Earth? • What happens at the mid ocean ridge? • what are 2 things that subduction zones cause? • The earths outer part that is the main part of plate tectonics? • ...

Nail Structure 2013-04-17

Nail Structure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The tough protein that is the major constituent of the hard nail plate
  2. The phalanx that the nail plate covers
  3. Another name from the distal free edge
  4. The name given to the matrix where the majority of the nail plate is produced
  5. Pigment producing cells found in the nail bed
  6. The half-moon shaped white area at the base of the nail
  7. The age of an embryo in weeks when the nail first becomes apparent
Down
  1. The band of the epidermis extending over the proximal nail fold
  2. The pale translucent band and the distal edge of the nail bed
  3. The number of layers that make up the nail plate
  4. Alternate name for the lateral nail fold
  5. Angle between nail plate and proximal nail fold
  6. Layer of nail plate immediately superior to the nail bed
  7. Toenails grow at a _________ rate than fingernails
  8. The cutaneous grooves on the medial and lateral side of the hard nail plate

15 Clues: The phalanx that the nail plate covers • Another name from the distal free edge • Alternate name for the lateral nail fold • Pigment producing cells found in the nail bed • Angle between nail plate and proximal nail fold • The number of layers that make up the nail plate • Toenails grow at a _________ rate than fingernails • ...

Plate Tectonics Revision 2022-11-30

Plate Tectonics Revision crossword puzzle
Across
  1. another word for a divergent plate margin
  2. Era of the oldest rocks in Europe
  3. the theory that preceded plate tectonics
  4. another word for the Hercynian mountain building
  5. mountain building
  6. upland made at a collision zone
  7. moulten rock that is extruded through a volcano
Down
  1. another word for destructive plate margin
  2. ____ fault or conservative plate boundary
  3. the expansion of the sea floor along a plate boundary
  4. The remains of this form the Mediterranean
  5. large area of oldest rocks in Europe
  6. plate boundary where there are earthquakes but not volcanoes

13 Clues: mountain building • upland made at a collision zone • Era of the oldest rocks in Europe • large area of oldest rocks in Europe • the theory that preceded plate tectonics • another word for destructive plate margin • ____ fault or conservative plate boundary • another word for a divergent plate margin • The remains of this form the Mediterranean • ...

Tectonics Topic 1 2024-09-17

Tectonics Topic 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. _________ crust is denser than continental crust
  2. At transform plate boundary, plates _____past each other
  3. The ______ Ring of Fire is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes
  4. Mid-oceanic ridge is formed along oceanic-oceanic divergent plate boundary
  5. _______ spreading is the process where new ocean floor is formed
  6. Oceanic ______ can be formed at subduction zone
  7. At subduction zone, sinking oceanic plate _____ into magma due to friction
  8. Volcanoes can be formed when ________ rises through the crust
Down
  1. This current in the Earth drives plate movement
  2. plates collide or move towards each other
  3. At continental-continental convergent plate boundary, rocks are compressed, fold and buckle to form _____ mountains
  4. ______ valley can be formed along continental-continental divergent plate boundary
  5. This phenomenon can be found along all plate boundaries
  6. the middle layer of the internal part of Earth

14 Clues: plates collide or move towards each other • the middle layer of the internal part of Earth • This current in the Earth drives plate movement • Oceanic ______ can be formed at subduction zone • _________ crust is denser than continental crust • This phenomenon can be found along all plate boundaries • At transform plate boundary, plates _____past each other • ...

plate tectonics 2020-10-22

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. another type of plate
  2. number of major plates
  3. when plate rub up against each other
  4. the crust and mantle together
  5. the second layer of earth from the outside
  6. expanding
  7. piece of land
  8. the study of earths landmasses and
  9. San Andreas
  10. the moving pieces of the lithosphere
  11. shakers
  12. surface
Down
  1. erupting mountains
  2. molten rock
  3. landmasses
  4. related to earthquakes
  5. one of the types of plates
  6. the man who first proposed plate tectonics
  7. explode lava
  8. zone of mantle below lithosphere
  9. slow movement

21 Clues: shakers • surface • expanding • landmasses • molten rock • San Andreas • explode lava • piece of land • slow movement • erupting mountains • another type of plate • related to earthquakes • number of major plates • one of the types of plates • the crust and mantle together • zone of mantle below lithosphere • the study of earths landmasses and • when plate rub up against each other • ...

"Building" Features on Earth's Surface 2022-02-28

"Building" Features on Earth's Surface crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This mountain range in South America is an example of a continental volcanic arc
  2. This type of spot is a volcanic region not associated with a plate boundary
  3. This island chain is an example of a volcanic hot spot
  4. This type of rock is formed by volcanic activity
  5. a long crack in the lithospheric plate formed by hot mantle pushing up from below
  6. comes from the Greek word tekton, which means "builder"
  7. An elevation of the seafloor
  8. This type of plate boundary is also referred as a collision boundary
Down
  1. This plate is subducting under the South American Plate
  2. This type of plate boundary in which two plates slide parallel to each other
  3. what happens when one plate moves beneath another
  4. This type of plate boundary is also referred to as a spreading region
  5. The zone where two continents have met and become welded together
  6. The area that is formed above the subduction zone. These can be twice as deep as the average depth of the deep ocean

14 Clues: An elevation of the seafloor • This type of rock is formed by volcanic activity • what happens when one plate moves beneath another • This island chain is an example of a volcanic hot spot • This plate is subducting under the South American Plate • comes from the Greek word tekton, which means "builder" • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the middle layer and one of the thickest layers of the earth.
  2. solid rock that flows slowly.
  3. adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere.
  4. made mostly up of iron, very hot.
  5. two plates that are sliding past each other.
  6. outer layer.
  7. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate.
  8. two plates that move apart or rift.
  9. the gradual movement as the continents drift apart over time.
  10. when the material pushes upward after the collision of two plates.
  11. a scientific theory that explains the earth's continental movements.
Down
  1. the collision of two plates.
  2. rigid outer layer (crust).
  3. apart of the middle layer and has a higher temperature and pressure than the upper mantle.
  4. liquid layer.
  5. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where oceanic crust is formed where volcanic activity has occurred.
  6. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one.
  7. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate.
  8. solid very dense.
  9. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all of the continents together a few hundred years ago.

20 Clues: outer layer. • liquid layer. • solid very dense. • rigid outer layer (crust). • the collision of two plates. • solid rock that flows slowly. • made mostly up of iron, very hot. • two plates that move apart or rift. • adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere. • two plates that are sliding past each other. • when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one. • ...

Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes 2014-10-21

Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fault with horizontal motion
  2. 90% of the world's earthquakes are along the __________
  3. California's major fault
  4. A plate boundary where plates are moving towards one another
  5. Large wave created by an undersea earthquake
  6. Instrument for measuring earthquakes
  7. Process of one plate sinking beneath another
  8. A plate boundary where plates are sliding past each other
  9. Formed when continental plates spread apart
  10. Discovered continental drift
  11. Southern supercontinent
  12. New oceanic crust is formed during _____ spreading
  13. Northern supercontinent
  14. A more horizontal fault found at convergent boundaries
  15. Supercontinent
Down
  1. A plate boundary where plates are spreading apart
  2. Fault usually found at divergent boundaries
  3. Worldwide ocean
  4. Organism that provided fossil evidence for continental shift
  5. _____ magnitude scale
  6. Underwater mountain chain along plate boundary
  7. The point on the earth's surface above an earthquake's location
  8. Driving force of continental drift
  9. Formed when two oceanic plates converge
  10. The west coast of North America is made up of many _____ terranes
  11. Fault usually found at convergent boundaries
  12. Fault with vertical motion
  13. Break in the Earth's crust/lithosphere

28 Clues: Supercontinent • Worldwide ocean • _____ magnitude scale • Southern supercontinent • Northern supercontinent • California's major fault • Fault with vertical motion • Fault with horizontal motion • Discovered continental drift • Driving force of continental drift • Instrument for measuring earthquakes • Break in the Earth's crust/lithosphere • Formed when two oceanic plates converge • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. name for the crust and the upper mantle together, earth's tectonic plates.
  2. transverse seismic wave that travels through earth
  3. molten rock that has erupted onto earth's surface.
  4. plate boundary where lithosphere is destroyed.
  5. the centre of earth.
  6. a zone where earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart.
  7. section of earth's crust that moves
  8. where plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions.
  9. layer beneath earth's crust.
  10. the separating of continents by drifting across earth's surface.
  11. a layer of 'plastic' semi-solid rock in the lower mantle on which earth's tectonic plates move.
Down
  1. when one plate sinks below another plate during collision.
  2. a depression in the ocean floor.
  3. plate boundary where new crust is formed.
  4. a deep channel in the ocean floor where crust is sinking downwards.
  5. patterns of magnetism trapped in rocks on each side of plate boundaries.
  6. crust that forms the ocean floor.
  7. earth's outermost solid layer.
  8. on earth's surface.
  9. the process of continents breaking up, subsiding and allowing in water from the sea.
  10. molten rock below earth's surface.

21 Clues: on earth's surface. • the centre of earth. • layer beneath earth's crust. • earth's outermost solid layer. • a depression in the ocean floor. • crust that forms the ocean floor. • molten rock below earth's surface. • section of earth's crust that moves • plate boundary where new crust is formed. • plate boundary where lithosphere is destroyed. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2023-11-09

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Related to the study of earthquakes and seismic waves.
  2. A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust, causing seismic waves.
  3. The study of the Earth's structure and the movement of its lithospheric plates.
  4. A fracture in the Earth's crust along which movement has occurred.
  5. Type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other horizontally.
  6. Type of plate boundary where plates move toward each other.
  7. The semi-fluid layer beneath the Earth's lithosphere.
  8. The result of two tectonic plates moving toward each other and meeting.
  9. The layer of the Earth below the crust.
  10. Relating to the Earth's landmasses.
Down
  1. A mountain that erupts molten rock, ash, and gases.
  2. Type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
  3. A specific mid-ocean ridge that separates tectonic plates.
  4. A crack or fissure in the Earth's crust.
  5. Earth's outermost layer.
  6. A rigid segment of the Earth's lithosphere.
  7. Where two tectonic plates meet.
  8. The rigid outer layer of the Earth.
  9. Process where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another.
  10. Relating to the Earth's ocean basins.

20 Clues: Earth's outermost layer. • Where two tectonic plates meet. • The rigid outer layer of the Earth. • Relating to the Earth's landmasses. • Relating to the Earth's ocean basins. • The layer of the Earth below the crust. • A crack or fissure in the Earth's crust. • A rigid segment of the Earth's lithosphere. • A mountain that erupts molten rock, ash, and gases. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere.
  2. two plates that move apart or rift.
  3. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one.
  4. made mostly up of iron, very hot.
  5. two plates that are sliding past each other.
  6. the gradual movement as the continents drift apart over time.
  7. solid rock that flows slowly.
  8. liquid layer.
  9. when the material pushes upward after the collision of two plates.
Down
  1. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where oceanic crust is formed where volcanic activity has occurred.
  2. a scientific theory that explains the earth's continental movements.
  3. the middle layer and one of the thickest layers of the earth.
  4. the collision of two plates.
  5. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate.
  6. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate.
  7. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all of the continents together a few hundred years ago.
  8. apart of the middle layer and has a higher temperature and pressure than the upper mantle.
  9. rigid outer layer (crust).
  10. solid very dense.
  11. outer layer.

20 Clues: outer layer. • liquid layer. • solid very dense. • rigid outer layer (crust). • the collision of two plates. • solid rock that flows slowly. • made mostly up of iron, very hot. • two plates that move apart or rift. • adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere. • two plates that are sliding past each other. • when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the middle layer and one of the thickest layers of the earth.
  2. solid rock that flows slowly.
  3. adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere.
  4. made mostly up of iron, very hot.
  5. two plates that are sliding past each other.
  6. outer layer.
  7. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate.
  8. two plates that move apart or rift.
  9. the gradual movement as the continents drift apart over time.
  10. when the material pushes upward after the collision of two plates.
  11. a scientific theory that explains the earth's continental movements.
Down
  1. the collision of two plates.
  2. rigid outer layer (crust).
  3. apart of the middle layer and has a higher temperature and pressure than the upper mantle.
  4. liquid layer.
  5. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where oceanic crust is formed where volcanic activity has occurred.
  6. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one.
  7. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate.
  8. solid very dense.
  9. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all of the continents together a few hundred years ago.

20 Clues: outer layer. • liquid layer. • solid very dense. • rigid outer layer (crust). • the collision of two plates. • solid rock that flows slowly. • made mostly up of iron, very hot. • two plates that move apart or rift. • adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere. • two plates that are sliding past each other. • when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonic plates can move less than a ___________a day
  2. Name of the biggest tectonic plate
  3. The layer in which earthquakes are most likely to occur
  4. The country where the largest earthquake occurred
  5. This is caused when two tectonic plates collide with each other
  6. The movement of tectonic plates causes ____________ and volcanoes
  7. The plate tectonic theory was developed _________ years ago
  8. Name of the supercontinent, 300 million years ago
  9. The planet where the largest volcano is in the Solar System
  10. Scotland is located on this tectonic plate
  11. This action is when tectonic plates move into each other
  12. Layer of the Earth that is closest to the Earth's core
Down
  1. This action is when tectonic plates move apart
  2. Tectonic plate motion cause __________ to rise
  3. The number of major tectonic plates
  4. This action is when tectonic plates move against each other
  5. The state where the largest volcano is located
  6. The thickest layer of the Earth
  7. Name of the smallest tectonic plate
  8. Last name of the man who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift

20 Clues: The thickest layer of the Earth • Name of the biggest tectonic plate • The number of major tectonic plates • Name of the smallest tectonic plate • Scotland is located on this tectonic plate • This action is when tectonic plates move apart • Tectonic plate motion cause __________ to rise • The state where the largest volcano is located • ...

Reliefs & Plate Tectonics 2024-04-29

Reliefs & Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a shelf that begins at the coast and descends to a depth of 200 m below the ocean.
  2. where the land meets the sea
  3. an area of land surrounded by water on all sides
  4. a part of the sea that extends into the land
  5. the tectonic plate between the Afrucan, Indo-Australian, and Eurasian plates
  6. the area of land between mountains
  7. classified into 3 categories: Continental, Coastal, and Oceanic landforms
  8. can be grouped into sierras or mountain ranges
  9. the tectonic plate between the Caribbean, Pacific, and Nazca plates
  10. TRENCHES long, deep cracks in the abyssal plain
Down
  1. PLAINS where mid-ocean ridges are usually found
  2. a term referring to a group of islands close together
  3. the tectonic plate that hits north of Kyla’s country. (BONUS)
  4. flat areas of land at higher altitudes
  5. the tectonic plate where we can find the Atlas Mountains
  6. a strip of land that extends to the sea
  7. low flat areas of land
  8. connects a peninsula to the continent
  9. AMERICAN the tectonic plate north of the Caribbean
  10. the continental shelf descends at the continental ______.

20 Clues: low flat areas of land • where the land meets the sea • the area of land between mountains • connects a peninsula to the continent • flat areas of land at higher altitudes • a strip of land that extends to the sea • a part of the sea that extends into the land • can be grouped into sierras or mountain ranges • PLAINS where mid-ocean ridges are usually found • ...

Tectonic Plates 2022-03-11

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Supercontinent
  2. slides past each other
  3. The most dense layer
  4. Africa lies on it
  5. solid shell of the earth
  6. Antarctica lies on it
  7. formed from colliding of plate
  8. consists of the crust and upper mantle
  9. Convergent
  10. North America lies on it
  11. boundaries where tectonic plates interact
  12. South America lies on it
Down
  1. collides or comes together
  2. Europe lies on it
  3. Topic of this puzzle
  4. Australian lies on it
  5. Transform
  6. Asia lies on it
  7. separates or moves apart
  8. how many major plates are there

20 Clues: Transform • Convergent • Supercontinent • Asia lies on it • Europe lies on it • Africa lies on it • Topic of this puzzle • The most dense layer • Australian lies on it • Antarctica lies on it • slides past each other • solid shell of the earth • separates or moves apart • North America lies on it • South America lies on it • collides or comes together • formed from colliding of plate • ...

Pee-Lees Volcano Crossword Puzzle 2025-02-14

Pee-Lees Volcano Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A volcano made by a convergent continental-continental plate boundary.
  2. The crust under the earth's ocean.
  3. A volcano made by a convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary.
  4. A sudden and violent shaking of the earth; caused by the tectonic plates shifting.
  5. When two plates move toward each other.
  6. A small area which is very hot and has volcanic activity.
  7. Hot molten rock that erupts from a volcano.
  8. Where two plates meet.
  9. A group of tectonic plates surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
  10. The flaky remains of a volcano eruption.
Down
  1. An oceanic tectonic plate that moves Northwest.
  2. Rock made from magma cooling.
  3. A chaotic mix of lava pieces, gases and ash that spills from a volcano at a fast rate.
  4. When one tectonic plate is forced under the edge of another plate.
  5. The upper layer of the earth's mantle.
  6. The crust under the earth's land.
  7. The outer part of the earth; made up of the crust and upper mantle.
  8. Liquid rock.
  9. Destructive mudflow on a volcano.
  10. A mountain that has an opening in which lava, gas and ash erupt from it.

20 Clues: Liquid rock. • Where two plates meet. • Rock made from magma cooling. • The crust under the earth's land. • Destructive mudflow on a volcano. • The crust under the earth's ocean. • The upper layer of the earth's mantle. • When two plates move toward each other. • The flaky remains of a volcano eruption. • Hot molten rock that erupts from a volcano. • ...

Tectonic Hazards 2025-05-09

Tectonic Hazards crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of crust found under landmasses that is thicker
  2. a type of crust that is denser and found under oceans
  3. a natural hazard in the form of a large wave caused by an earthquake
  4. a natural event with social/economic impacts
  5. the central layer of the earth
  6. a type of gentle volcano found at constructive boundaries
  7. a natural hazard that involves magma rising from the mantle
  8. a type of explosive volcano found at destructive boundaries
  9. the outer layer of the earth made of plates
  10. a layer made of molten iron and nickel
Down
  1. these move the plates via rising and falling heat
  2. a plate boundary where two plates move alongside each other
  3. when one plate is forced under another
  4. hazards related to the atmosphere
  5. a natural hazard in the form of violent shaking of the ground
  6. hazards related to movements in the earth
  7. a plate boundary where one plate is forced under another
  8. a plate boundary where two plates separate
  9. the layer of the earth made of magma
  10. the type of hazard that kills the most people

20 Clues: the central layer of the earth • hazards related to the atmosphere • the layer of the earth made of magma • when one plate is forced under another • a layer made of molten iron and nickel • hazards related to movements in the earth • a plate boundary where two plates separate • the outer layer of the earth made of plates • a natural event with social/economic impacts • ...

Ch 6: Nail Diseases & Disorders PART 1 2023-04-27

Ch 6: Nail Diseases & Disorders PART 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bitten nails; chewing the nail or chewing the hardened skin surrounding the nail plate.
  2. Also known as folded nail; a type of highly curved nail plate
  3. irregular stretching of eponychium or hyponychium around nail plate. serious injury/allergic skin reaction
  4. Dark purplish spot. Usually due to small injuries to the nail bed
  5. living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears.
  6. Whitish discolored spots of the nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area (not related to the body's health or vitamin deficiencies)
  7. Visible depressions across the width of the natural nail plate caused by a major illness/injury
Down
  1. Also known as trumpet nail; dramatically increased nail curvature of free edge.
  2. damage to capillaries under nail; appearance of lengthwise splinter under nail plate.
  3. nail bed color, caused by lack of circulation/systemic disorder
  4. Condition caused by an injury or disease of the nail unit.
  5. Split or brittle nails appearing as nail plate roughness
  6. Noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over the free edge.
  7. lengthwise grooves in plate(mistaken for ridges)
  8. Significant nail darkening caused by increased pigment cells(melanocytes) - visible black band or dark color over entire nail

15 Clues: lengthwise grooves in plate(mistaken for ridges) • Split or brittle nails appearing as nail plate roughness • living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears. • Condition caused by an injury or disease of the nail unit. • Also known as folded nail; a type of highly curved nail plate • nail bed color, caused by lack of circulation/systemic disorder • ...

Xword_Tectonics 2024-01-12

Xword_Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formed by the collision of India end average depth of 4km
  2. Process by which andesite can be generated from the mantle at a convergent oceanic-oceanic plate margin
  3. Theory was first proposed by Alfred Wegener
  4. These values are high over mid-ocean ridges and low over ocean trenches
  5. Considered for many years to be the main driving force of plate tectonics, but recently called into question
  6. Rock-type formed at depth by the melting of the continental lithosphere at convergent continental-continental plate margins
Down
  1. German meteorologist who was right all along so to speak!
  2. Volcanic rock that is most commonly associated with divergent plate margins
  3. A low-angle fault associated with convergent plate margins
  4. Outer layer of the Earth comprises the crust and upper mantle which is solid and rigid
  5. Process now thought to be responsible for oceanic lithosphere being subducted back into the asthenosphere
  6. Type of fault associated with conservative and divergent plate margins
  7. Method used to establish the age of igneous and metamorphic rocks
  8. Type of plate margins where two plates are moving away from each older
  9. Type of plate margin where two plates are sliding past each other

15 Clues: Theory was first proposed by Alfred Wegener • German meteorologist who was right all along so to speak! • Formed by the collision of India end average depth of 4km • A low-angle fault associated with convergent plate margins • Method used to establish the age of igneous and metamorphic rocks • Type of plate margin where two plates are sliding past each other • ...

Unit 5 Vocabulary 2025-11-06

Unit 5 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundaries where the edges of two or more tectonic plates meet
  2. theory that states that Earth’s lithosphere is made up of huge plates that move over the surface of Earth
  3. plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  4. plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  5. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
  6. heat from a plume (heated rising rocks in asthenosphere) melts some of the rock in the tectonic plate above – can cause volcanoes to form
  7. pulls Earth’s crust
  8. Underwater mountain ranges that can form at a divergent boundary.
Down
  1. a gap at divergent boundaries where molten material rises to build new crust. This can be at oceanic (mid-ocean ridges) and continental (volcanoes, lakes, rivers)
  2. rock is being pushed in opposite directions
  3. a section of lithosphere that moves over the asthenosphere carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  4. a long narrow trench when one plate goes under another at a convergent boundary.
  5. force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume, there are three types
  6. A break in the earth's crust
  7. plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  8. squeezes Earth’s crust

16 Clues: pulls Earth’s crust • squeezes Earth’s crust • A break in the earth's crust • rock is being pushed in opposite directions • plate boundary where two plates slide past each other • plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. • plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. • boundaries where the edges of two or more tectonic plates meet • ...

Natural Hazards Bam Bam 8CS 2019-03-13

Natural Hazards Bam Bam 8CS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How does the San Andreas plate move?
  2. What is the super continent?
  3. boundary What plate moves apart from each other?
  4. plate What plate melt and turn into magma?
  5. How many layers are there in the erath’s surface?
  6. What gets pushed out of the volcano by force?
  7. What are the materials called that are melting underneath?
Down
  1. What type of substance can you get that is a force?
  2. ridge What type of crust is created in this ridge?
  3. What move the plates?
  4. What was formed 4600 million years ago?
  5. boundary What plate moves towards each other?
  6. boundary What movement of the plates causes earthquakes and volcanoes?
  7. What type of liquid is hot and burning?

14 Clues: What move the plates? • What is the super continent? • How does the San Andreas plate move? • What was formed 4600 million years ago? • What type of liquid is hot and burning? • plate What plate melt and turn into magma? • What gets pushed out of the volcano by force? • boundary What plate moves towards each other? • boundary What plate moves apart from each other? • ...

Germs and My plate 2023-08-30

Germs and My plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The green part of my plate is ___________.
  2. The purple part of my plate is ____________.
  3. The blue part of my plate is ___________.
  4. Tiny particles that can make you sick.
  5. There are four types of germs, fungi, protozoa, bacteria, and ____________.
  6. The red part of my plate is __________.
  7. How many food groups are there?
  8. You should try to avoid foods with added ___________.
Down
  1. What kind of grains should you use?
  2. What should you do to help prevent the spread of germs.
  3. Eating good, washing hands, and ____________ can help you fight germs.
  4. The orange part of my plate is ___________.
  5. How many seconds should you wash your hands?
  6. This plate teaches people about healthy eating.

14 Clues: How many food groups are there? • What kind of grains should you use? • Tiny particles that can make you sick. • The red part of my plate is __________. • The blue part of my plate is ___________. • The green part of my plate is ___________. • The orange part of my plate is ___________. • The purple part of my plate is ____________. • ...

Unit 2 Vocabulary 2023-11-11

Unit 2 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate boundary where one more dense plate goes under the other less dense plate
  2. upper layer of the Earth's mantle
  3. an underwater mountain range where new crust is formed
  4. the slow movement of the continents overtime
  5. a plate boundary where two plates come together
  6. the continents were once all joined together to form a super-continent called
  7. a crack in Earth's crust between two tectonic plates
  8. a plate boundary where two parallel plates slide past each other
Down
  1. a feature where the Earth's crust folds on itself, happens at a convergent boundary
  2. outer layer of the Earth, consists of the crust and the upper mantle
  3. forms when one oceanic plate goes under the other
  4. curved chain of volcanic islands over an oceanic trench
  5. a process where at a mid ocean ridge the seafloor spreads apart to create new oceanic crust
  6. a large valley with steep walls formed at a divergent boundary
  7. a plate boundary where two plates spread apart

15 Clues: upper layer of the Earth's mantle • the slow movement of the continents overtime • a plate boundary where two plates spread apart • a plate boundary where two plates come together • forms when one oceanic plate goes under the other • a crack in Earth's crust between two tectonic plates • an underwater mountain range where new crust is formed • ...

A Comida e Num Restaurante (no definite articles needed) 2021-10-07

A Comida e Num Restaurante (no definite articles needed) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fork
  2. napkin
  3. menu
  4. salt shaker
  5. outdoors
  6. ribs
  7. appetizer
  8. main course
  9. pepper shaker
  10. soup plate
Down
  1. I would like...
  2. knive
  3. scrambled eggs
  4. dinner plate
  5. pot
  6. spoon
  7. seafood
  8. bean-and-beef stew
  9. I'm starving
  10. clams

20 Clues: pot • fork • menu • ribs • knive • spoon • clams • napkin • seafood • outdoors • appetizer • soup plate • salt shaker • main course • dinner plate • I'm starving • pepper shaker • scrambled eggs • I would like... • bean-and-beef stew

Tectonic Plates 2014-12-02

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Dense center of the Earth
  2. Molten rock in the earth's crust
  3. Boundary between two colliding plates
  4. Result from the action of plate tectonic forces
  5. Vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults
  6. current this type of energy transfer is believed to drive plate movement
  7. Outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  8. Layer under the earths crust
  9. Boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  10. plate piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
Down
  1. Subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  2. A fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
  3. Proposed the continental drift theory in the 1900s (last name)
  4. Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  5. What magma is called when it reaches the surface
  6. A layer between the crust and the outer core
  7. Soft layer of the mantle
  8. spot Location in the mantle that is hotter than any other areas
  9. Earth's outermost layer
  10. A geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate

20 Clues: Earth's outermost layer • Soft layer of the mantle • Dense center of the Earth • Layer under the earths crust • Molten rock in the earth's crust • Outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • Boundary between two colliding plates • A layer between the crust and the outer core • Result from the action of plate tectonic forces • What magma is called when it reaches the surface • ...

E&E Unit 2 Review 2020-10-08

E&E Unit 2 Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. weathering breaks rocks apart without changing their chemical composition
  2. process of breaking down rocks
  3. currents are found in the mantle and cause the tectonic plates to move
  4. tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  5. rock formed by heat and pressure
  6. primary agent for erosion
  7. rocks formed under pressure but don't need heat
  8. these geological features form when one tectonic plate subducts under another plate
  9. evidence of dead plants and animals
  10. causes landslides and mudflows
Down
  1. layer of the earth which is believed to be responsible for plate movement
  2. the earth is made of these and they are constantly moving along above the mantle
  3. two tectonic plates sliding by each other
  4. when one tectonic plate goes underneath another plate
  5. weathering breaks rocks apart by changing their chemical composition
  6. rock formed by hardening and cooling
  7. molten rock beneath the surface of the earth
  8. tectonic plates that move towards each other
  9. super continent
  10. the process of moving sediment from one place to another
  11. molten rock above the surface of the earth

21 Clues: super continent • primary agent for erosion • process of breaking down rocks • causes landslides and mudflows • rock formed by heat and pressure • evidence of dead plants and animals • rock formed by hardening and cooling • two tectonic plates sliding by each other • molten rock above the surface of the earth • molten rock beneath the surface of the earth • ...

Reliefs & Plate Tectonics 2024-04-29

Reliefs & Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a part of the sea that extends into the land
  2. the tectonic plate that hits north of Kyla’s country. (BONUS)
  3. where the land meets the sea
  4. flat areas of land at higher altitudes
  5. an area of land surrounded by water on all sides
  6. PLAINS where mid-ocean ridges are usually found
  7. the tectonic plate between the Caribbean, Pacific, and Nazca plates
  8. AMERICAN the tectonic plate north of the Caribbean
  9. low flat areas of land
  10. the tectonic plate between the Afrucan, Indo-Australian, and Eurasian plates
  11. a strip of land that extends to the sea
Down
  1. a term referring to a group of islands close together
  2. a shelf that begins at the coast and descends to a depth of 200 m below the ocean.
  3. classified into 3 categories: Continental, Coastal, and Oceanic landforms
  4. can be grouped into sierras or mountain ranges
  5. the area of land between mountains
  6. connects a peninsula to the continent
  7. TRENCHES long, deep cracks in the abyssal plain
  8. the continental shelf descends at the continental ______.
  9. the tectonic plate where we can find the Atlas Mountains

20 Clues: low flat areas of land • where the land meets the sea • the area of land between mountains • connects a peninsula to the continent • flat areas of land at higher altitudes • a strip of land that extends to the sea • a part of the sea that extends into the land • can be grouped into sierras or mountain ranges • PLAINS where mid-ocean ridges are usually found • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates that move apart or rift.
  2. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate.
  3. a scientific theory that explains the earth's continental movements.
  4. outer layer.
  5. rigid outer layer (crust).
  6. adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere.
  7. the gradual movement as the continents drift apart over time.
  8. two plates that are sliding past each other.
  9. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all of the continents together a few hundred years ago.
  10. made mostly up of iron, very hot.
  11. liquid layer.
  12. solid very dense.
Down
  1. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate.
  2. the middle layer and one of the thickest layers of the earth.
  3. the collision of two plates.
  4. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one.
  5. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where oceanic crust is formed where volcanic activity has occurred.
  6. when the material pushes upward after the collision of two plates.
  7. solid rock that flows slowly.
  8. apart of the middle layer and has a higher temperature and pressure than the upper mantle.

20 Clues: outer layer. • liquid layer. • solid very dense. • rigid outer layer (crust). • the collision of two plates. • solid rock that flows slowly. • made mostly up of iron, very hot. • two plates that move apart or rift. • adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere. • two plates that are sliding past each other. • when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2025-02-04

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. famous transform boundary in California
  2. True or False,Alfred Wegener used evidence from land features, fossils, and climate to support his theory of continental drift
  3. what forms at a subduction zone
  4. two converging continental plates form this geological feature
  5. currents in what cause tectonic plates to move
  6. Most geologists of Wegener’s time accepted his idea of drifting continents
  7. tectonic plates that move towards each other
  8. tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
  9. 2 tectonic plates sliding by each other
Down
  1. who came up with the theory that the continents moved
  2. before the continents, moved what was the super continent called
  3. this feature is found on continents at a divergent boundary
  4. process that causes tectonic plates to move
  5. which type of crust is more dense
  6. when one tectonic plate goes underneath another plate
  7. divergent plates underneath the ocean cause this
  8. fossils of what plant provided evidence for Wegener’s hypothesis for continental drift
  9. these geological features form when one tectonic plate subducts under another plate
  10. who came up with the theory of plate tectonics
  11. which type of crust is older

20 Clues: which type of crust is older • what forms at a subduction zone • which type of crust is more dense • famous transform boundary in California • 2 tectonic plates sliding by each other • process that causes tectonic plates to move • tectonic plates that move towards each other • currents in what cause tectonic plates to move • who came up with the theory of plate tectonics • ...

8.9 vocab review 2022-03-02

8.9 vocab review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When one denser plate slides under a less dense plate
  2. Type of plate that is less dense and under the ocean floor
  3. Type of plate that is less dense and under land
  4. how do the plates move
  5. Under water mountain system created by a divergent boundary (no space or dash)
  6. Theorized continental drift (last name)
  7. Created when plates slide against each other on a fault line
  8. landform created by subduction (no space)
Down
  1. When plates pull apart
  2. Created by transform plate boundary (no space)
  3. landform created by continental to continental Convergence
  4. Discovered sea-floor spreading (last name)
  5. theory by Wegener that all the continents where once joined (no space, only 2 words)
  6. Is heat less or more dense
  7. supercontinent named by wegener
  8. When heat rises and cool sinks
  9. When plates slide against each other
  10. When plates push against each other

18 Clues: When plates pull apart • how do the plates move • Is heat less or more dense • When heat rises and cool sinks • supercontinent named by wegener • When plates push against each other • When plates slide against each other • Theorized continental drift (last name) • landform created by subduction (no space) • Discovered sea-floor spreading (last name) • ...

Unit 1 APES 2024-12-12

Unit 1 APES crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Result of earth spinning on its axis
  2. most impermeable soil type
  3. most intense air current/cell
  4. ability of water to move through soil
  5. plate boundary that spreads
  6. plate boundary that is destructive
  7. the highest area of volcanic activity
  8. four soil forming factors
  9. magma leaks through crust forming volcano
Down
  1. soil nutrient holding capacity
  2. plate boundary that slides against each other
  3. cells, least intense air current/cell
  4. magma sinks and rises creating plate movement
  5. how much water the soil will hold
  6. soil layers
  7. decomposed organic material

16 Clues: soil layers • four soil forming factors • most impermeable soil type • plate boundary that spreads • decomposed organic material • most intense air current/cell • soil nutrient holding capacity • how much water the soil will hold • plate boundary that is destructive • Result of earth spinning on its axis • cells, least intense air current/cell • ...

Geogrophy 2023-03-08

Geogrophy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The biggest plate
  2. Violent shaking of the ground
  3. Earth's fifth-largest tectonic plate
  4. Roughly rhomboid, extending between 50°S 70°W and 63°S 20°W
  5. Where two plates move away from each other
  6. Includes much of the continent of Africa, and adjacent oceanic
Down
  1. Mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America
  2. The third biggest plate
  3. lies beneath the Philippine Sea, to the east of the Philippines
  4. The earth's crust and the large-scale processes
  5. The oldest rocks of the plate are about 50 million years old
  6. Minor tectonic plate in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres
  7. Where two plates move toward from each other
  8. Vent through which lava, rock fragments

14 Clues: The biggest plate • The third biggest plate • Violent shaking of the ground • Earth's fifth-largest tectonic plate • Vent through which lava, rock fragments • Where two plates move away from each other • Where two plates move toward from each other • The earth's crust and the large-scale processes • Mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America • ...

SWERVVV 2024-05-21

SWERVVV crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A printing system component that holds the plate on the press.
  2. A group of rollers designed to carry ink to the image area of the printing plate.
  3. The vertical distance between the surface of the cylinder bearers and the cylinder body. This allows for the thickness of the plate or blanket and packing.
  4. Printing system that prints both sides of the substrate at once.
  5. A group of cylinders used to transfer images from the printing plate to the substrate. In a lithographic press, the printing system consists of a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, and an impression cylinder.
  6. A curved or triangular plane that serves as the folding surface on a web-fed press.
  7. A duplicate relief plate that is produced from a mold through an electrochemical process.
  8. A method of printing from cells or depressions that are engraved below the nonimage area of the printing cylinder.
  9. The distance across individual open areas between adjacent threads.
  10. A single thread.
  11. A relief printing process that uses flexible printing plates for printing long run jobs.
  12. A uniform stack of paper that accepts sheets from the delivery system of a sheet-fed press.
Down
  1. Solvents added to ink to change the viscosity of the ink. They do not affect drying time.
  2. A measuring scale used to determine the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. The pH scale is numbered from 0–14, with 7 designated as neutral. A pH value below 7 indicates an acidic solution; a value above 7 indicates an alkaline solution.
  3. Adjusting images to optimize values for highlight and shadow, neutral tones, skin tones, and sharpness, to compensate for impurities in the printing ink and color separation.
  4. The number of threads (or strands) per linear inch in a fabric.
  5. A relief press that prints by pressing a type form or plate against a platen, the surface that holds the paper to be printed.
  6. A resilient material that is attached to a cylinder and used as an image transfer material from the plate cylinder to the substrate.
  7. A splicer unit that bonds a new web to the existing web without stopping any operations on a web-fed press.
  8. A measurement that indicates the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, as measured on the pH scale.
  9. An instrument that measures screen fabric tension.

21 Clues: A single thread. • An instrument that measures screen fabric tension. • A printing system component that holds the plate on the press. • The number of threads (or strands) per linear inch in a fabric. • Printing system that prints both sides of the substrate at once. • The distance across individual open areas between adjacent threads. • ...

Tic tac toe assignment. 2023-11-02

Tic tac toe assignment. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. consists of the crust, upper mantle and where the plate tectonics are located.
  2. boundary: when 2 plate tectonics meet or collide with each other.
  3. found at the ocean floor where a boundary occurs creating a long, and slim opening in the seafloor.
  4. ridge: a divergent boundary occurs at the sea floor creating mountain ranges that which create new crust.
  5. the collection of the continental was all one, making a massive super continental.
  6. Tectonics: located in the lithosphere and moved by the asthenosphere creating geological features above and underground.
  7. Plate: denser but thinner than the continental plate.
  8. boundary: when 2 plates slide beside each other.
Down
  1. when an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate due to its thinness.
  2. plate: thicker but less dense than the oceanic plate.
  3. boundary: when 2 plates move or drift apart from each other.
  4. vents: on a divergent boundary which formation has the characteristics or elements of extreme pressure, extreme heat, nutrient black smoke and on the ocean floor.
  5. Drift: a hypothesis stating that the earth's continental or its surface was moving.
  6. spreading: the spreading of magma from a mid-ocean ridge and its cooling creating new crust.
  7. Wegner: the person who hypothesized continental drift theory.

15 Clues: boundary: when 2 plates slide beside each other. • plate: thicker but less dense than the oceanic plate. • Plate: denser but thinner than the continental plate. • boundary: when 2 plates move or drift apart from each other. • Wegner: the person who hypothesized continental drift theory. • boundary: when 2 plate tectonics meet or collide with each other. • ...

Review the vocabulary at the restaurant 2024-03-08

Review the vocabulary at the restaurant crossword puzzle
Across
  1. menu
  2. cheese
  3. waiter
  4. pizza
  5. fish
  6. the drink
  7. chair
  8. hamburger
  9. cake
  10. plato starter
  11. meat
Down
  1. fork
  2. olives
  3. appetizer
  4. spoon
  5. plate, dish
  6. napkin
  7. very small dish
  8. knife
  9. plato main course
  10. dessert
  11. table
  12. plate

23 Clues: fork • menu • fish • cake • meat • spoon • pizza • knife • chair • table • plate • olives • cheese • napkin • waiter • dessert • appetizer • the drink • hamburger • plate, dish • plato starter • very small dish • plato main course

La Mesa 2025-03-06

La Mesa crossword puzzle
Across
  1. with
  2. menu
  3. spoon
  4. table
  5. clean
  6. cup
  7. ready
  8. pepper
  9. plate
  10. I need more
  11. I want to drink
  12. salt
Down
  1. knife
  2. napkin
  3. sugar
  4. dirty
  5. can I have
  6. small plate
  7. fork
  8. without
  9. I can
  10. cream

22 Clues: cup • with • menu • fork • salt • knife • spoon • sugar • dirty • table • clean • ready • plate • I can • cream • napkin • pepper • without • can I have • small plate • I need more • I want to drink

Plate tectonics kessler 2024-11-14

Plate tectonics kessler crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Plates collide, forming mountains or trenches.
  2. Land based tectonic plate.
  3. Deep ocean dip at plate collision.
  4. Earth's solid outer layer.
  5. Plates moving toward each other.
  6. Theory of Earth's moving crustal plates.
  7. Plates slide past each other.
  8. Dense volcanic rock in oceanic crust.
  9. Plates move apart, creating new crust.
  10. Displacement along a fault.
Down
  1. Depressions from plates pulling apart.
  2. Circular mantle flow driving plate movement.
  3. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface.
  4. Light-colored rock in continental crust.
  5. sea-based, dense tectonic plate.
  6. Layer of hot rock under the crust.

16 Clues: Land based tectonic plate. • Earth's solid outer layer. • Displacement along a fault. • Plates slide past each other. • Plates moving toward each other. • sea-based, dense tectonic plate. • Deep ocean dip at plate collision. • Layer of hot rock under the crust. • Molten rock beneath Earth's surface. • Dense volcanic rock in oceanic crust. • ...

Alex Science Crossword 2017-12-10

Alex Science Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Vibrations that are caused by earthquakes.
  2. A long chain of undersea mountains.
  3. Theory if how the plates move.
  4. Transfer of heat through motion of liquids and gases.
  5. Idea that continents move around on Earth's surface.
  6. A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates slide by each other.
  7. Scientists who detect seismic waves.
  8. Process involving a lithospheric plate sinking into the mantle.
  9. A movement that begins in one location and sets things in motion far away.
  10. Center of the Earth.
  11. Mass of an object divided by its volume.
Down
  1. Huge landmass composed of earlier forms of todays continents.
  2. Valley in the ocean created when one lithospheric plate subducts under another.
  3. Waves that move with a forward and backwards morion.
  4. Thick lithospheric plates that form the continents.
  5. A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates come together.
  6. Outermost layer of Earth.
  7. A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates move apart.
  8. Plates that form ocean floor.
  9. Seismic waves that move side to side.
  10. Thick layer of Earth between crust and core.

21 Clues: Center of the Earth. • Outermost layer of Earth. • Plates that form ocean floor. • Theory if how the plates move. • A long chain of undersea mountains. • Scientists who detect seismic waves. • Seismic waves that move side to side. • Mass of an object divided by its volume. • Vibrations that are caused by earthquakes. • Thick layer of Earth between crust and core. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the middle layer and one of the thickest layers of the earth.
  2. solid rock that flows slowly.
  3. adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere.
  4. made mostly up of iron, very hot.
  5. two plates that are sliding past each other.
  6. outer layer.
  7. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate.
  8. two plates that move apart or rift.
  9. the gradual movement as the continents drift apart over time.
  10. when the material pushes upward after the collision of two plates.
  11. a scientific theory that explains the earth's continental movements.
Down
  1. the collision of two plates.
  2. rigid outer layer (crust).
  3. apart of the middle layer and has a higher temperature and pressure than the upper mantle.
  4. liquid layer.
  5. process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where oceanic crust is formed where volcanic activity has occurred.
  6. when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one.
  7. when a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate.
  8. solid very dense.
  9. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all of the continents together a few hundred years ago.

20 Clues: outer layer. • liquid layer. • solid very dense. • rigid outer layer (crust). • the collision of two plates. • solid rock that flows slowly. • made mostly up of iron, very hot. • two plates that move apart or rift. • adjoins the crust to form the lithosphere. • two plates that are sliding past each other. • when the denser oceanic plate subducts under the other one. • ...

Herch's Plate Tectonics 2021-12-16

Herch's Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Points north to magnetic south pole
  2. Hotspot on N. American plate
  3. Density of oceanic crust
  4. Continental Drift Dude
  5. Type of divergent boundary
  6. Circulation of heat in Asthenosphere
  7. Magnetic mineral in oceanic crust
  8. San Andreas Fault
  9. Hawaii, Iceland, or Easter Island
  10. Crashing into Eurasia forming Himalaya Mtns.
  11. Outer Core is
  12. Mountains near Peru-Chile Trench
  13. Large mass of flowing ice
  14. Created at subduction zones
  15. Deepest ocean trench
  16. Seafloor spreading guy
  17. sound waves used to measure depth
  18. Plate subducted under S. America
  19. Planet with no magnetic field
  20. Roth's other cat
  21. ESRT Earth's Interior Chart
Down
  1. 3.5 million atmospheres
  2. Used to study Earth's composition
  3. ESRT Tectonic Plate Map
  4. Continental crust
  5. Boundary between crust & Rigid Mantle
  6. Plastic Mantle
  7. As distance from M.O.R. increases, crust gets
  8. When 1 plate is drawn under another
  9. Oceanic crust
  10. EQ waves change their speed & direction
  11. Crust & Rigid Mantle
  12. Island where magnetic lava is tested
  13. Supercontinent
  14. Ring of fire plate

35 Clues: Oceanic crust • Outer Core is • Plastic Mantle • Supercontinent • Roth's other cat • Continental crust • San Andreas Fault • Ring of fire plate • Crust & Rigid Mantle • Deepest ocean trench • Continental Drift Dude • Seafloor spreading guy • 3.5 million atmospheres • ESRT Tectonic Plate Map • Density of oceanic crust • Large mass of flowing ice • Type of divergent boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Tectonic plates can move less than a ___________a day
  2. Name of the biggest tectonic plate
  3. The layer in which earthquakes are most likely to occur
  4. The country where the largest earthquake occurred
  5. This is caused when two tectonic plates collide with teach other
  6. The movement of tectonic plates causes ____________ and volcanoes
  7. The plate tectonic theory was developed _________ years ago
  8. Name of the super continent, 300 million years ago
  9. The planet where the largest volcano is in the Solar System
  10. Scotland is located on this tectonic plate
  11. This action is when tectonic plates move into each other
  12. Layer of the Earth that is closet to the Earth's core
Down
  1. This action is when tectonic plates move apart
  2. Tectonic plate motion cause __________ to rise
  3. The number of major tectonic plates
  4. This action is when tectonic plates move against each other
  5. The state where the largest volcano is located
  6. The thickest layer of the Earth
  7. Name of the smallest tectonic plate
  8. Last name of the man who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift

20 Clues: The thickest layer of the Earth • Name of the biggest tectonic plate • The number of major tectonic plates • Name of the smallest tectonic plate • Scotland is located on this tectonic plate • This action is when tectonic plates move apart • Tectonic plate motion cause __________ to rise • The state where the largest volcano is located • ...

SWERVVV 2024-05-21

SWERVVV crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A printing system component that holds the plate on the press.
  2. A group of rollers designed to carry ink to the image area of the printing plate.
  3. The vertical distance between the surface of the cylinder bearers and the cylinder body. This allows for the thickness of the plate or blanket and packing.
  4. Printing system that prints both sides of the substrate at once.
  5. A group of cylinders used to transfer images from the printing plate to the substrate. In a lithographic press, the printing system consists of a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, and an impression cylinder.
  6. A curved or triangular plane that serves as the folding surface on a web-fed press.
  7. A duplicate relief plate that is produced from a mold through an electrochemical process.
  8. A method of printing from cells or depressions that are engraved below the nonimage area of the printing cylinder.
  9. The distance across individual open areas between adjacent threads.
  10. A single thread.
  11. A relief printing process that uses flexible printing plates for printing long run jobs.
  12. A uniform stack of paper that accepts sheets from the delivery system of a sheet-fed press.
Down
  1. Solvents added to ink to change the viscosity of the ink. They do not affect drying time.
  2. A measuring scale used to determine the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. The pH scale is numbered from 0–14, with 7 designated as neutral. A pH value below 7 indicates an acidic solution; a value above 7 indicates an alkaline solution.
  3. Adjusting images to optimize values for highlight and shadow, neutral tones, skin tones, and sharpness, to compensate for impurities in the printing ink and color separation.
  4. The number of threads (or strands) per linear inch in a fabric.
  5. A relief press that prints by pressing a type form or plate against a platen, the surface that holds the paper to be printed.
  6. A resilient material that is attached to a cylinder and used as an image transfer material from the plate cylinder to the substrate.
  7. A splicer unit that bonds a new web to the existing web without stopping any operations on a web-fed press.
  8. A measurement that indicates the acidity or alkalinity of a solution, as measured on the pH scale.
  9. An instrument that measures screen fabric tension.

21 Clues: A single thread. • An instrument that measures screen fabric tension. • A printing system component that holds the plate on the press. • The number of threads (or strands) per linear inch in a fabric. • Printing system that prints both sides of the substrate at once. • The distance across individual open areas between adjacent threads. • ...

Tectonic Plates 2024-11-18

Tectonic Plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This root word means to move.
  2. This layer is weak where the crust melts.
  3. This plate boundary movement slide past each other.
  4. This root word means to turn or bend.
  5. This type of current causes tectonic plates to move.
  6. This layer is between the crust and the core.
  7. One plate slips under another in this plate boundary movement.
  8. Convection currents work because of this property.
  9. This layer is where all the rocks are.
Down
  1. This plate boundary movement moves toward each other.
  2. This root word means across.
  3. This plate boundary movement moves away from each other.
  4. This root word means weakness.
  5. This means all of Earth
  6. Maps outline tectonic plates with this (singular).
  7. This root word means rocks.

16 Clues: This means all of Earth • This root word means rocks. • This root word means across. • This root word means to move. • This root word means weakness. • This root word means to turn or bend. • This layer is where all the rocks are. • This layer is weak where the crust melts. • This layer is between the crust and the core. • Maps outline tectonic plates with this (singular). • ...

Unit 5 Terminology Review 2024-11-04

Unit 5 Terminology Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These landforms can form when two plates collide with one another
  2. One of the most famous supercontinents
  3. Last name of the scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
  4. Plate boundary where plates move towards one another
  5. Region where the oceanic plate slides below continental plate
  6. region where oceanic crust is being pulled down by gravity
  7. This theory states that magma pushes up from the mantle and causes the plates to move apart
  8. Plate boundary where the plates move past or against one another
  9. Theory that states our lithosphere is broken up into tectonic plates
  10. Mountain range that formed when the Eurasian and Indo-Aust. plates met
  11. region where magma is rising and pushing plates apart
Down
  1. The concept that warmer, less dense matter rises while cooler, more dense matter sinks
  2. The theory that the plates once moved and still move today
  3. This is a species whose fossils were found on multiple continents
  4. A plate boundary where the plates move away from one another
  5. Longest mountain chain in the world underwater
  6. Visible crack in Earth where two plates meet
  7. Last name of scientist who came up with seafloor spreading
  8. These occur at a subduction zone. The Mariana version is the most famous one.
  9. These occur at a plate boundary when the plates meet and cause shaking to occur.

20 Clues: One of the most famous supercontinents • Visible crack in Earth where two plates meet • Longest mountain chain in the world underwater • Plate boundary where plates move towards one another • region where magma is rising and pushing plates apart • The theory that the plates once moved and still move today • region where oceanic crust is being pulled down by gravity • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-04-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundaries/ Locations in which two tectonic plates move apart from one another
  2. Ancient Supercontinent
  3. Puzzle/ One of the first pieces of evidence supporting continental drift.
  4. A device uses to detect small changes in magnetic fields
  5. Push/ The weight of a plate forces the plate toward the trench formed by a subduction zone
  6. Evidence of Pangaea's existence
  7. The process of a dense oceanic plate descending beneath another
  8. Valley/ A long, narrow depression in Earth's crust
Down
  1. What is often found at Divergent, Convergent and Transform Boundaries
  2. Reversal/ A change in Earth's magnetic field
  3. The study of Earth's magnetic record
  4. Pull/ The weight of a plate pulls the plate down into the subduction zone
  5. Boundaries/ Locations in which two tectonic plates move toward each other
  6. Boundaries/ Where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another
  7. Wegener/ German scientist who developed the hypothesis of continental drift
  8. of Plate Tectonics/ Theory which states that Earth's crust is broken into massive slabs, called plates
  9. A line on a map that connects points with the same age
  10. Spreading/ A theory that states that new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and is destroyed at trenches
  11. A technological advance that uses sound waves to measure water depth

19 Clues: Ancient Supercontinent • Evidence of Pangaea's existence • The study of Earth's magnetic record • Reversal/ A change in Earth's magnetic field • Valley/ A long, narrow depression in Earth's crust • A line on a map that connects points with the same age • A device uses to detect small changes in magnetic fields • ...