plate Crossword Puzzles
Emily santillan 2022-04-29
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- Denoting or relating to rock that has
- small and large land forms
- the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earths crust into the mantle beneath another plate
- tending too be different or develop
- different directions
- matter that
- transformation by heat, pressure,
- to the bottom of a liquid
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- Make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, Or character of.
- the gradual movement of the continents
- Relating to or involving volcanic processe
- when plates move towards eachother and collide
- other natural agencies
13 Clues: matter that • different directions • other natural agencies • to the bottom of a liquid • small and large land forms • transformation by heat, pressure, • tending too be different or develop • Denoting or relating to rock that has • the gradual movement of the continents • Relating to or involving volcanic processe • when plates move towards eachother and collide • ...
Volcano Article Crossword 2024-05-16
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- volcanoes are usually found along the edges of these
- bedrock usually found under the ocean
- mountain that is a constructive volcano
- more dense plate
- we found out this mountain is an active volcano
- heat from this causes bedrock to melt
- less dense plate
- bedrock usually found on continents
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- to build up
- to break down
- an opening in Earth's crust where melted rock can escape from
- mountain that is a destructive volcano
- the Lesson 7 Exit Ticket asked "what happens to oceanic plates when they move _____?"
13 Clues: to build up • to break down • more dense plate • less dense plate • bedrock usually found on continents • bedrock usually found under the ocean • heat from this causes bedrock to melt • mountain that is a destructive volcano • mountain that is a constructive volcano • we found out this mountain is an active volcano • volcanoes are usually found along the edges of these • ...
Chromatography 2025-09-16
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- Data produced by GC or HPLC
- Surface interaction
- Type of GC injection for less concentrated samples
- How fast the mobile phase moves
- A commonly used GC carrier gas
- An equation used to calculate theoretical plate height
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- HPLC run that varies the mobile phase composition over the run
- A measure of how well two peaks are separated
- The ______ phase carries the sample through the instrument.
- _____ column used to protect the analytical column in HPLC
- GC run where the temperature remains constant
- HPLC uses a _____ mobile phase
- Theoretical ________
13 Clues: Surface interaction • Theoretical ________ • Data produced by GC or HPLC • HPLC uses a _____ mobile phase • A commonly used GC carrier gas • How fast the mobile phase moves • A measure of how well two peaks are separated • GC run where the temperature remains constant • Type of GC injection for less concentrated samples • ...
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Spanish Utensils 2017-03-13
Plate CrossWord Puzzle 2022-11-22
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- Type of boundary where the plates collide.
- The innermost part of Earth is the core.
- The outer part of the Earth's core.
- the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
- the rising motion of warmer areas of a liquid or gas, and the sinking motion of cooler areas of liquid or gas, sometimes forming a complete cycle.
- Type of boundary where plates move away from each other.
- the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior.
- is a measure of the size of an earthquake based on observation of the effects of the shock at the earth's surface.
- the branch of science concerned with earthquakes and related phenomena.
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- the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- The point of the Earth's surface directly above the earthquake.
- the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet.
- an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration.
- One tectonic plate is pushed beneath another plate.
- is the strength of an earthquake.
- Type of boundary where plates slide against each other.
16 Clues: is the strength of an earthquake. • The outer part of the Earth's core. • The innermost part of Earth is the core. • Type of boundary where the plates collide. • the mostly-solid bulk of Earth's interior. • the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. • One tectonic plate is pushed beneath another plate. • Type of boundary where plates slide against each other. • ...
Gavens Plate techtonic 2022-09-30
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- Long deep dpreesions in ocean floor
- underwater mountaion system
- soft layer below lithospere
- movement of heat energy through space
- plates move together
- liquid and solid center
- breaks in the crust where earthquaqes occur
- solid outer
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- plates spread
- Sideways and downward movement
- plates slide past eachother
- movement of heat from one slid object tto another
- movemnt of heat in liquids and gasses warm rises cool sinks
- original supercontent
- crust and upper mantle
- divergent boundry on land
16 Clues: solid outer • plates spread • plates move together • original supercontent • crust and upper mantle • liquid and solid center • divergent boundry on land • plates slide past eachother • underwater mountaion system • soft layer below lithospere • Sideways and downward movement • Long deep dpreesions in ocean floor • movement of heat energy through space • ...
Paddock to Plate 2021-09-06
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- Gentle quality Food
- Other word to mean collect
- It belongs to a animal that oink oinks.
- It comes from a animal that goes "baah"
- Its the step in food production.
- To Make something.
- A place where people harvest crops or animals
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- The thing that makes bread.
- Something that is a sandwich type.
- Deer's meat
- To Cultivate a crop or live stock.
- The Word Means "Cow Meat"
- The Golden liquid from a bee
- A grain that grows in swamps
- A type of meat that belongs to a bird.
- A animal that has horns
16 Clues: Deer's meat • To Make something. • Gentle quality Food • A animal that has horns • The Word Means "Cow Meat" • Other word to mean collect • The thing that makes bread. • The Golden liquid from a bee • A grain that grows in swamps • Its the step in food production. • Something that is a sandwich type. • To Cultivate a crop or live stock. • A type of meat that belongs to a bird. • ...
Plate Tectonic Crossword 2023-05-11
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- Continental-continental Divergent boundaries cause this land form.
- This type of boundary causes earthquakes.
- A tectonic plate made up of mostly land
- A continuous expanse of water.
- A continuous expanse of land.
- A Mid ocean ridge in the Atlantic ocean..
- The Volcano that destroyed Pompeii.
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- The super-continent that existed 200-300 million years ago.
- A transform boundary near California.
- This type of boundary can cause mid-ocean ridges?
- A ridge in the ocean caused by plates spreading apart.
- A dense tectonic plate.
- The tallest mountain caused by convergent boundaries.
- Ocean-continental Convergent boundaries ocean-continental cause this land form.
- A land form caused by continental-continental convergent boundaries.
- This type of boundary moves plates together?
16 Clues: A dense tectonic plate. • A continuous expanse of land. • A continuous expanse of water. • The Volcano that destroyed Pompeii. • A transform boundary near California. • A tectonic plate made up of mostly land • This type of boundary causes earthquakes. • A Mid ocean ridge in the Atlantic ocean.. • This type of boundary moves plates together? • ...
Plate Tectonics Crossword 2021-12-09
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- where do two plates collide?
- what was the mountain range formed when the Indian plate ran into the Eurasian plate?
- what's the natural disaster that results in lots of shaking on the earth?
- what was the super continent formed 280 millions years ago
- where does more dense plates go under less dense plates?
- what type of rock forms from rock that undergoes lots of heat and pressure?
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- what is the largest mid-ocean ridge?
- what type of rock forms from cooled lava/magma?
- what type of rock forms from sediment that's cemented?
- what is the theory that Henry Hess created that helped prove continental drift?
- what is formed when volcanoes erupt underwater, and they tend to have more of a smooth shape?
- where do two plates pull away from each other?
- who was the scientist that is most famous for his theory on Pangea?
- what land structure is formed from a rupture in the earth's crust?
- what is it called when an area beneath the surface moves melted rock is moving upwards?
- what happens when rock gets broken by weathering/erosion
16 Clues: where do two plates collide? • what is the largest mid-ocean ridge? • where do two plates pull away from each other? • what type of rock forms from cooled lava/magma? • what type of rock forms from sediment that's cemented? • where does more dense plates go under less dense plates? • what happens when rock gets broken by weathering/erosion • ...
Tectonic Plate Vocab 2025-11-05
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- made of solid metals with very high temps and high pressure
- thicker crust made of granite
- the movement of warmer fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking
- layer made of solid rock and contains the lithosphere and asthenosphere
- thinner crust made of basalt rock
- layer of the mantle that "flows"
- boundary when two plates slide past one another
- the name of the supercontinent when all landmasses were connected
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- boundary when two plates collide with one another
- what scientists found in many landmasses proving they were once together
- huge pieces of earth's surface that move slowly
- boundary when two plates move away from one another
- outermost layer of the earth that we live on
- made of liquid metals and where earth magnetic field exists
- solid brittle layer of the mantle
- geologic event that occurs around tectonic plates
16 Clues: thicker crust made of granite • layer of the mantle that "flows" • thinner crust made of basalt rock • solid brittle layer of the mantle • outermost layer of the earth that we live on • huge pieces of earth's surface that move slowly • boundary when two plates slide past one another • boundary when two plates collide with one another • ...
kitchen set 2024-08-26
15 Clues: sapu • oven • garpu • panci • wajan • kompor • piring • sendok • mangkok • pengaduk • rack rak piring • bin tong sampah • stove kompor gas • table meja makan • cloth taplak meja
PLATE TECTONICS 2020-07-02
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- The crust of the Earth "floats" on this layer of the Earth
- Large sub-marine mountain ranges under oceans
- Huge parts of the Earth's crust which are moving as one
- The person who proposed the Theory of Continental Drift
- Molten rock coming to the Earth's surface.
- Instrument used to record earthquakes.
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- The Earth's continents moving apart
- Caused when tectonic plates suddenly move.
- The movement of the molten rock in the mantle
- Formed by lava coming from eruptions.
10 Clues: The Earth's continents moving apart • Formed by lava coming from eruptions. • Instrument used to record earthquakes. • Caused when tectonic plates suddenly move. • Molten rock coming to the Earth's surface. • The movement of the molten rock in the mantle • Large sub-marine mountain ranges under oceans • Huge parts of the Earth's crust which are moving as one • ...
Plate Tectonics 2020-10-14
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- Boundaries that slide past each other
- Boundaries that come together
- what causes trenches in the ocean
- Boundaries that move apart
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- What do you call the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust
- what causes tsunamis
- Charles Richter invented the ______ in 1935
- a volcano is _______ when it constructs a landform or a mountain
- a volcanoes is ________ when it erupts
- A graph that can detect vibrations during an earthquake
10 Clues: what causes tsunamis • Boundaries that move apart • Boundaries that come together • what causes trenches in the ocean • Boundaries that slide past each other • a volcanoes is ________ when it erupts • Charles Richter invented the ______ in 1935 • A graph that can detect vibrations during an earthquake • What do you call the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust • ...
Plate tectonics 2020-09-29
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- Transfers energy in the mantle
- pushes on plate down and forms volcanoes
- pulls apart and forms rift valleys
- a thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins
- slide past each other and form earthquakes and faults
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- the earth's upper mantle
- a thick layer of rock that form the continents
- a series of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean
- crashes together and forms mountains
- the earth's outer crust
10 Clues: the earth's outer crust • the earth's upper mantle • Transfers energy in the mantle • pulls apart and forms rift valleys • crashes together and forms mountains • pushes on plate down and forms volcanoes • a thick layer of rock that form the continents • a series of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean • a thin layer of crust that underlies the ocean basins • ...
Plate tectonics 2021-10-25
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- boundary, when two tectonic plates move away from eachother
- A rupture in the crust
- Wegner, The person who came up with the theory of continental drift.
- boundary, When two plates come together
- the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- liquid that comes out of a volcano
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- 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.
- The solid, bulky part of the Earth's core.
- a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
- drift, the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
10 Clues: A rupture in the crust • liquid that comes out of a volcano • boundary, When two plates come together • The solid, bulky part of the Earth's core. • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • boundary, when two tectonic plates move away from eachother • Wegner, The person who came up with the theory of continental drift. • ...
plate tectonics 2022-03-30
10 Clues: able to be bent • a planar fracture • earth outer layer • gradual caving or sinking • third layer of earths surface • to lift to a higher elevation • contains most of earth's volume • the upper layer of earths mantle • rigid most outermost part of earth • responsible for tectonic plate movement
Plate boundarys 2022-03-31
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- a long seismically active submarine ridge
- where two plates are moving apart
- where two plates are colliding
- a long narrow hilltop
- where plates slide past each other
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- the sideways and downwards movement of the edge of a plate
- a current in a fluid that results from convection.
- the supercontinent from over 280 million years ago
- a very deep long crack in the ocean
- when a transform boundaries run into each other and cause the ground to break apart
10 Clues: a long narrow hilltop • where two plates are colliding • where two plates are moving apart • where plates slide past each other • a very deep long crack in the ocean • a long seismically active submarine ridge • a current in a fluid that results from convection. • the supercontinent from over 280 million years ago • ...
Plate tectonics 2021-11-16
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- the process in which new oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges as the older crust moves away
- a depression in the ocean floor formed when a plate sinks through a subduction zone and bends
- the type of plate boundary where the two plates move TOWARD each other
- what Wegener named the ancient supercontinent
- movement of Earths lithosphere that occurs when rocks in earths
- the type of boundary where the plates slide past each other
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- the process where old oceanic plates sink into the mantle as seafloor spreading occurs
- the theroy that pieces of Earth's lithosphere, called plates, move around on top of the asthenosphere
- the type of plate boundary where the two plates move AWAY from each other
- the continents move slowly across Earth's surface in a process called
10 Clues: what Wegener named the ancient supercontinent • the type of boundary where the plates slide past each other • movement of Earths lithosphere that occurs when rocks in earths • the continents move slowly across Earth's surface in a process called • the type of plate boundary where the two plates move TOWARD each other • ...
Plate Tectonics 2021-11-19
10 Clues: plates that divide • plates that collide • a dip in oceanic crust • caused by plates colliding • the way earths crust moves • molten rock found in the mantle • where crust goes into the mantle • plates that slide past each other • the cause of tectonic plate movement • caused by plates sliding past each other
Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18
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- two plates crash into each other
- tectonic plates that divide apart
- causes plates to move
- causes earthquakes
- pieces of the crust that move around
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- plates collide and the denser one goes underneath
- tectonic plates collide and create mountains
- hardened magma
- houses convection currents
- occur at divergent boundaries
10 Clues: hardened magma • causes earthquakes • causes plates to move • houses convection currents • occur at divergent boundaries • two plates crash into each other • tectonic plates that divide apart • pieces of the crust that move around • tectonic plates collide and create mountains • plates collide and the denser one goes underneath
Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18
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- the man who discovered the theory of continental drift
- Two plates moving together
- Two plates sliding past each other
- caused by magma moving in the mantle
- Magma mountain
- caused by two plates moving apart
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- Two plates moving apart
- Molten rock in the mantle
- creates new oceanic crust at mid ocean ridges
- Created when two plates with the same density collide
10 Clues: Magma mountain • Two plates moving apart • Molten rock in the mantle • Two plates moving together • caused by two plates moving apart • Two plates sliding past each other • caused by magma moving in the mantle • creates new oceanic crust at mid ocean ridges • Created when two plates with the same density collide • the man who discovered the theory of continental drift
Plate boundries 2022-01-26
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- it is caused by the earth moving
- they collide
- they divide and can cause a rift valley
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- it is something in the ocean that is caused by a boundry
- they are tall and large
- it is something that is all around the world and it is blue.
- they go under eachother
- it is caused by divergent boundries
- it is under the crust and is accosiated with lava
- They slide past each other
10 Clues: they collide • they are tall and large • they go under eachother • They slide past each other • it is caused by the earth moving • it is caused by divergent boundries • they divide and can cause a rift valley • it is under the crust and is accosiated with lava • it is something in the ocean that is caused by a boundry • ...
Plate tectonics 2022-02-03
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- are made from transform are made
- one of most hot things inside the earth.
- 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
- 2 plates move away from each other
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- 2 plates move into each other
- are mode from two plates.
- the earth's second layer.
- are made from the crust of the earth.
- are made two plates spreading apart.
- are made from two plate pushing together.
10 Clues: are mode from two plates. • the earth's second layer. • 2 plates move into each other • are made from transform are made • 2 plates move away from each other • are made two plates spreading apart. • are made from the crust of the earth. • one of most hot things inside the earth. • are made from two plate pushing together. • 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
Plate tectonics 2022-02-03
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- are made from transform are made
- one of most hot things inside the earth.
- 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
- 2 plates move away from each other
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- 2 plates move into each other
- are mode from two plates.
- the earth's second layer.
- are made from the crust of the earth.
- are made two plates spreading apart.
- are made from two plate pushing together.
10 Clues: are mode from two plates. • the earth's second layer. • 2 plates move into each other • are made from transform are made • 2 plates move away from each other • are made two plates spreading apart. • are made from the crust of the earth. • one of most hot things inside the earth. • are made from two plate pushing together. • 2 plates slide horizontally past each other
Plate Tectonics 2022-02-03
10 Clues: Slide • Fault • Collide • Separate • Divergent • Super continent • formed by collision • formed by separation • formed with transformation. • also know as Mid-Ocean Ridge
Plate Tectonics 2022-02-03
10 Clues: pull away • come together • under the crust • what we live on • inside the earth • what we stand on • it is your fault • 2 plates come together • slide across each other • 2 plates spread away from each other
plate tectonics 2022-02-04
10 Clues: tear • slide • collide • divorce • break in plates • core, mantle, crust • transformation causes: • highest mountain in the world • when all the Continents were connected • introduced the theory of plate tectonics
Plate tectonics 2022-02-15
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- the result of a convergent boundary
- when two plates collide
- the result of a transform boundary when two plate slide past each other
- zone when one plate is more dense than the other
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- currents The heat which causes the plates to move
- when two plates come apart
- hot material underneath the mantle.
- the ground beneath the continents
- the reason behind convection currents
- when two plates slide past each other
10 Clues: when two plates collide • when two plates come apart • the ground beneath the continents • hot material underneath the mantle. • the result of a convergent boundary • the reason behind convection currents • when two plates slide past each other • zone when one plate is more dense than the other • currents The heat which causes the plates to move • ...
Plate tectonics 2022-02-17
10 Clues: Geohazard • Super continent • boundary Collide • boundary pull apart • Hazard caused by the earth • boundary slide past each other • Molten material above the surface • one plate lower density then other • Molten material underneath the surface • currents earth created by the heat in the core
PLATE TECTONICS 2021-06-29
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- the edges of tectonic plates. There are three types of them.
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- When plates move away from each other, the space between them gets filled with material, which rises to the surface, cools and forms mid-oceanic ridges.
- The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
- A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
- a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed
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- portion of Earth's crust that lies beneath ocean waters
- Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
- an opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected.
- the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
10 Clues: a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • portion of Earth's crust that lies beneath ocean waters • the edges of tectonic plates. There are three types of them. • The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle • ...
PLATE TECTONICS 2021-09-14
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- the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth
- found along divergent plate boundaries
- highest mount everest
- point of origin of earthquake
- above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
- the denser, weaker layer beneath the lithospheric mantle
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- shaking of ground
- two plates moving apart
- two plates colliding with each other
- outermost layer of earth
10 Clues: shaking of ground • highest mount everest • two plates moving apart • outermost layer of earth • point of origin of earthquake • two plates colliding with each other • found along divergent plate boundaries • the innermost geologic layer of the planet Earth • above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere • the denser, weaker layer beneath the lithospheric mantle
Plate Tectonics 2022-04-18
10 Clues: molten rock • a current in a fluid • produces earthquakes • where two plates meet • separating through faults • giant pieces of earth's crust • formed by transform boundaries • when one plate goes under another • when two plates move away from eachother • when two plates collide and forms mountains
PLATE TECTONICS 2018-01-04
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- THIS PLATE IS FOUND NEAR THE WESTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA
- THESE FOLLOW AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE
- OFF ITS COAST THE 2004 EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED
- THE OCEAN WHERE RING OF FIRE IS FOUND
- ALONG THIS VOLCANOES OCCUR
- THIS OCCURS WHEN EARTHQUAKES OCCUR UNDERWATER
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- A FORCE OF NATURE THAT LEADS TO DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
- THIS GAS LEAKS OUT PREDICTING AN EARTHQUAKE
- THIS BOUNDARY TYPE LEADS TO NO CHANGE IN LAND FEATURES
- EYJAFJALLAJOKULL VOLCANO IS FOUND HERE
10 Clues: ALONG THIS VOLCANOES OCCUR • THESE FOLLOW AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE • THE OCEAN WHERE RING OF FIRE IS FOUND • EYJAFJALLAJOKULL VOLCANO IS FOUND HERE • OFF ITS COAST THE 2004 EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED • THIS GAS LEAKS OUT PREDICTING AN EARTHQUAKE • THIS OCCURS WHEN EARTHQUAKES OCCUR UNDERWATER • A FORCE OF NATURE THAT LEADS TO DEATH AND DESTRUCTION • ...
Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17
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- when Earth’s crust diverge on land and a deep valley forms
- supercontinent
- come together
- continents slowly moving over the surface overtime
- breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks slip past each other
- the ocean floor sinking under a deep ocean trench & back into the mantle
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- trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock
- diverge; moving away
- earths plates & plate motions into a theory
- mid-ocean ridges add material to the ocean floor
10 Clues: come together • supercontinent • diverge; moving away • earths plates & plate motions into a theory • trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock • mid-ocean ridges add material to the ocean floor • continents slowly moving over the surface overtime • breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks slip past each other • when Earth’s crust diverge on land and a deep valley forms • ...
Plate Tectonics 2018-12-02
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- The process of a less dense plate sinking below a more dense plate.
- the outermost physical layer of the earth
- the hypothesis that today's continents were once apart of a single land mass.
- When 2 tectonic plates move away from one another
- process of new seafloor forming.
- a system of ideas that explains many related observations about the natural world.
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- states earth's surface is made up of giant, moving slabs called tectonic plates.
- when tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.
- The lithosphere is divided into large moving pieces
- the layer that is semi-solid and immediately below the lithosphere.
10 Clues: process of new seafloor forming. • the outermost physical layer of the earth • When 2 tectonic plates move away from one another • The lithosphere is divided into large moving pieces • when tectonic plates move toward each other and collide. • The process of a less dense plate sinking below a more dense plate. • ...
Plate tectonics 2013-11-05
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- When there is a sudden drop in a fold
- When plates are moving away from each other
- When plates collide/come together
- When plates slide against each other
- When a fold goes up
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- The surface along rocks break and slide past each other
- When you pull on something
- When you press something together
- When the fold goes down
- When a rock changes its shape due to stress
10 Clues: When a fold goes up • When the fold goes down • When you pull on something • When you press something together • When plates collide/come together • When plates slide against each other • When there is a sudden drop in a fold • When a rock changes its shape due to stress • When plates are moving away from each other • The surface along rocks break and slide past each other
Plate Tectonics 2014-05-19
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- The soft layer of the Earth
- The cause of tectonic plate movement
- When two tectonic plates push against each other
- The outer layer of the Earth
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- When two tectonic plates move further apart
- Where one tectonic plate meets another
- Molten rock
- Large masses of land
- The solid centre of the Earth
- When two plates slide past each other
10 Clues: Molten rock • Large masses of land • The soft layer of the Earth • The outer layer of the Earth • The solid centre of the Earth • The cause of tectonic plate movement • When two plates slide past each other • Where one tectonic plate meets another • When two tectonic plates move further apart • When two tectonic plates push against each other
Plate Motion 2023-10-20
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- Something observed to be similar over and over again
- most succesful considering the situation
- one of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make earths outer layer
- a natural disaster on Earth, such as an earthquake,tornado,or flood
- a feature that forms on the surface of a planet such as a channel
- a device that detects information in its enviroment and responds
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- A formal design that is supported by evidence, and submitted for discussion
- the place where to plates meet
- an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- the size or strength of something, such as and earthquake or tsunami
10 Clues: the place where to plates meet • most succesful considering the situation • Something observed to be similar over and over again • an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart • a device that detects information in its enviroment and responds • a feature that forms on the surface of a planet such as a channel • ...
Plate Motion 2023-10-24
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- evidence of life from the past
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
- a long deep indention in the ocean floor
- a natural spring the sends hot water into the air from a hole in the ground
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- moving towards the same place
- one of the very large sections of hard solid rock
- hot liquid rock on ht e Earth's surface
- the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth's plates
- something we observe to be similar over and over again
10 Clues: moving towards the same place • evidence of life from the past • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • hot liquid rock on ht e Earth's surface • a long deep indention in the ocean floor • one of the very large sections of hard solid rock • the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth's plates • ...
Plate Motion 2023-10-24
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- evidence of life from the past
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- a sudden shaking of Earth's surface
- a long deep indention in the ocean floor
- a natural spring the sends hot water into the air from a hole in the ground
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- moving towards the same place
- one of the very large sections of hard solid rock
- hot liquid rock on ht e Earth's surface
- the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth's plates
- something we observe to be similar over and over again
10 Clues: moving towards the same place • evidence of life from the past • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth's surface • hot liquid rock on ht e Earth's surface • a long deep indention in the ocean floor • one of the very large sections of hard solid rock • the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth's plates • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-11-02
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- moving apart in different directions
- evidence of life from the past
- an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
- a natural spring that sends hot water and steam into the air
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- one of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up the earth's outer layer
- hot liquid rock on the surface of the earth
- a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
- moving toward the same place
- the layer of soft, solid rock underneath the earth's plates
10 Clues: moving toward the same place • evidence of life from the past • moving apart in different directions • hot liquid rock on the surface of the earth • the layer of soft, solid rock underneath the earth's plates • a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like • a natural spring that sends hot water and steam into the air • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-01-10
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- Boundaries: Areas where tectonic plates move away from each other, often associated with seafloor spreading.
- Boundaries: Zones where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
- Mountains formed by the eruption of molten rock, ash, and gases.
- Boundary: The edge where two tectonic plates meet, influencing geological activity.
- Zones: Areas where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another.
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- Sudden shaking or trembling of the Earth's surface, often caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
- Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
- Boundaries: Locations where tectonic plates move toward each other, leading to collision or subduction.
- The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core, composed mainly of solid rock. Convection Currents: Circular currents in the Earth's mantle that drive the movement of tectonic plates.
- Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms.
10 Clues: Molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. • Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms. • Mountains formed by the eruption of molten rock, ash, and gases. • Zones: Areas where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another. • Boundaries: Zones where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-01-30
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- What type of landform do divergent boundaries create?
- What rises to the surface?
- What boundary creates rift valleys?
- What boundary creates mountains?
- What moves the plates around?
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- What are the things that move the continents?
- What boundary creates earthquakes?
- What type of landform do transform boundaries create?
- What type of landform do convergent boundaries make
- What is the thinnest layer of Earth?
10 Clues: What rises to the surface? • What moves the plates around? • What boundary creates mountains? • What boundary creates earthquakes? • What boundary creates rift valleys? • What is the thinnest layer of Earth? • What are the things that move the continents? • What type of landform do convergent boundaries make • What type of landform do divergent boundaries create? • ...
plate tectonics 2023-12-07
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- The boundary where two plates collide
- A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
- The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
- An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
- The boundary where two plates move apart
- The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
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- A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
- Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
- The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
- An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...
plate tectonics 2023-12-07
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- The boundary where two plates collide
- A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
- The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
- An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
- The boundary where two plates move apart
- The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
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- A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
- Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
- The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
- An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...
plate tectonics 2023-12-07
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- The boundary where two plates collide
- A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
- The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
- An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
- The boundary where two plates move apart
- The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
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- A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
- Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
- The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
- An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • ...
plate tectonics 2023-12-07
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- An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
- An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust
- Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
- The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
- The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
- A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
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- The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
- The boundary where two plates collide
- A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
- The boundary where two plates move apart
10 Clues: The boundary where two plates collide • The boundary where two plates move apart • The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher • Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart • The formation movement and subduction of earths plates. • A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor • A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface • ...
Plate Motion 2024-01-16
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- boundaries, where the plates touch (2 words)
- answer to a question
- when plates move side by side
- facts and proof
- when plates move away
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- NOT for eating- they move slow in the crust
- Earth layer under crust, made of soft rock
- when plates move together
- layer, Earth crust made of hard rock (2 words)
- quick shaking of the earth
10 Clues: facts and proof • answer to a question • when plates move away • when plates move together • quick shaking of the earth • when plates move side by side • Earth layer under crust, made of soft rock • NOT for eating- they move slow in the crust • boundaries, where the plates touch (2 words) • layer, Earth crust made of hard rock (2 words)
Plate Tectonics 2024-02-13
10 Clues: A large land mass • Made from transforming • Colliding into each other • Rubbing against each other • Going away from each other • Land masses that are moving • A crack or split in something • Hot liquid, soon turns to rock • Made from divergent plate boundaries • When one land mass goes under another
Plate boundaries 2024-02-15
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- layer of rock
- the place where two plates meet
- a boundary where two plates move apart
- dividing or moving apart
- a transform boundary
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- large pieces of earths crust
- a boundary where two plates collide
- layer of rock on the bottom of the ocean
- colliding, coming together
- a large chain of volcanos in the pacific
10 Clues: layer of rock • a transform boundary • dividing or moving apart • colliding, coming together • large pieces of earths crust • the place where two plates meet • a boundary where two plates collide • a boundary where two plates move apart • layer of rock on the bottom of the ocean • a large chain of volcanos in the pacific
plate vocab 2022-10-25
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- when a plate goes under another plate
- a region formed at convergent
- plates that rides on the mantle
- a regoin that froms at divergent
- what makes plates move
- what makes up most of the mantle
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- when plates move away from eachother
- when the plates move into each other
- when plates slide past eachother
- a long narrow ditch
10 Clues: a long narrow ditch • what makes plates move • a region formed at convergent • plates that rides on the mantle • when plates slide past eachother • a regoin that froms at divergent • what makes up most of the mantle • when plates move away from eachother • when the plates move into each other • when a plate goes under another plate
Plate tectonics. 2023-03-22
10 Clues: divergent. • convergent • earthquakes. • what makes seafloor • how do the plates move. • when the plates move away. • when the plates move together. • convergent,Divergent,tansform. • when one goes on top of another • when the plates move past each other.
Plate tectoincs 2023-02-10
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- plate slide past each other, creating fault lines
- Dividing or moving away
- map showing the shape and elevation of the land surface using contour lines
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- shape of the Earth’s surface and the way its physical features are arranged, especially in terms of their positions and elevations
- Underwater fault lines & earthquakes.
- map symbol showing shape and / or change in elevation on a topographic map
- underlines the ocean basins
- A long chain of volcanoes that surround the pacific ocean
- difference in elevation between any two contour lines on a topographic map
- – the outer most layer of the Earth (lithosphere) is divided into contiguous sections (plates) that move relative to each other causing continental drift, seafloor spreading, and the formation of major
10 Clues: Dividing or moving away • underlines the ocean basins • Underwater fault lines & earthquakes. • plate slide past each other, creating fault lines • A long chain of volcanoes that surround the pacific ocean • map symbol showing shape and / or change in elevation on a topographic map • difference in elevation between any two contour lines on a topographic map • ...
plate tectonics 2023-02-17
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- divergent boundary occurs beneath the oceanic lithosphere
- occurs at divergent boundaries
- one tectonic plate is pushed downward beneath another tectonic plate
- giant pieces of the earth's crust
- two plates pull away from each other
- housed in the mante
- two plates collide together
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- when hot molten rock rises
- two plates slide past each other
- when oceanic and continental plates collide
10 Clues: housed in the mante • when hot molten rock rises • two plates collide together • occurs at divergent boundaries • two plates slide past each other • giant pieces of the earth's crust • two plates pull away from each other • when oceanic and continental plates collide • divergent boundary occurs beneath the oceanic lithosphere • ...
plate tectonics 2023-03-01
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- what causes the plates to move
- when plates move away from each other
- when plates collide
- formed by convergent subduction
- caused by convergent collision
- a super continent that was here before the continents split
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- the earths crust
- when plats move alongside each other
- when plates move towards each other
- when one plate goes under the other
10 Clues: the earths crust • when plates collide • what causes the plates to move • caused by convergent collision • formed by convergent subduction • when plates move towards each other • when one plate goes under the other • when plats move alongside each other • when plates move away from each other • a super continent that was here before the continents split
plate tectonics 2023-02-28
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- plates that move towards each other
- convergent plates that colide
- when one plate moves up and one moves down
- the earths crust
- what makes the plates move
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- caused by convergent subduction
- the upper layer of the mantle
- convergent plates where one goes under the other
- plates that move away from each other
- location where the plates meet
10 Clues: the earths crust • what makes the plates move • the upper layer of the mantle • convergent plates that colide • location where the plates meet • caused by convergent subduction • plates that move towards each other • plates that move away from each other • when one plate moves up and one moves down • convergent plates where one goes under the other
Plate Tectonics 2023-03-02
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- is your stated opinion on something
- are the borders between two plates
- the direction plates move when going away from each other
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- is a very hot liquid that comes out of volcanoes
- the direction plates move when going toward each other
- is what you can give to someone to help support your claim
- are things that move on earth and cause earthquakes
- a big section of water that takes up most of earth
- is a long narrow excavation in the ground
- the center of earth inside the outer core
10 Clues: are the borders between two plates • is your stated opinion on something • is a long narrow excavation in the ground • the center of earth inside the outer core • is a very hot liquid that comes out of volcanoes • a big section of water that takes up most of earth • are things that move on earth and cause earthquakes • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-02-23
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- Upper part of the mantle, where the plates are located
- One effect of two tectonic plates converging
- The result of two Continental crusts converge
- Lower part of the mantle
- Earths crust located under water
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- The place where two tectonic plates converge and one plate slides under the other
- Result of two tectonic plates sliding past each other
- Helped create Hawaii/volcanic island
- When two tectonic plates slide past each other
- Part of Earths crust, not under water
10 Clues: Lower part of the mantle • Earths crust located under water • Helped create Hawaii/volcanic island • Part of Earths crust, not under water • One effect of two tectonic plates converging • The result of two Continental crusts converge • When two tectonic plates slide past each other • Result of two tectonic plates sliding past each other • ...
plate tectonics 2023-02-09
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- formed by transform boundaries
- makes all the boundaries occur
- formed by convergent boundaries
- occurs at divergent boundaries
- formed by divergent boundaries
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- when plates push away from each other
- when plates slide against each other
- when one plate rises over the other
- when plates come together
- Melted rock
10 Clues: Melted rock • when plates come together • formed by transform boundaries • makes all the boundaries occur • occurs at divergent boundaries • formed by divergent boundaries • formed by convergent boundaries • when one plate rises over the other • when plates slide against each other • when plates push away from each other
Plate tectonics 2023-02-15
Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15
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- when two plates split apart
- Oceanic slides under continental
- The rising and cooling of liquids
- Creates earthquakes
- Creates mountains
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- the layout of the Earth's crust
- A man who created the theory of plate tectonics
- The rigid outer layer of the Earth's crust
- Makes up 1% of Earth's mass
- A super continent that existed 230 million years ago
10 Clues: Creates mountains • Creates earthquakes • Makes up 1% of Earth's mass • when two plates split apart • the layout of the Earth's crust • Oceanic slides under continental • The rising and cooling of liquids • The rigid outer layer of the Earth's crust • A man who created the theory of plate tectonics • A super continent that existed 230 million years ago
Plate Tectonics 2023-03-08
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- North America and Eurasia when all continents were a single landmass
- layer of the upper mantle
- two plates come together
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- the outer part of the earth includes crust and mantle
- two plates pull apart
- hot melting rock in the mantle
- valley in the ocean
- one plate goes underneath the other
- created by two plates rubbing against each other
- two plates rub together
10 Clues: valley in the ocean • two plates pull apart • two plates rub together • two plates come together • layer of the upper mantle • hot melting rock in the mantle • one plate goes underneath the other • created by two plates rubbing against each other • the outer part of the earth includes crust and mantle • North America and Eurasia when all continents were a single landmass
PLATE TECTONICS 2024-08-09
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- the outermost layer of earth
- current that causes the plates to move
- location on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
- name of the supercontinent that existed about 200 million years ago
- composed of crust and upper mantle
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- vibration of Earth due to the rapid release of
- boundary where plates the move apart
- type of rock which made up the continental crust
- crust found in the ocean floor
- plates sliding past or slipping past each other
10 Clues: the outermost layer of earth • crust found in the ocean floor • composed of crust and upper mantle • boundary where plates the move apart • current that causes the plates to move • vibration of Earth due to the rapid release of • plates sliding past or slipping past each other • type of rock which made up the continental crust • ...
Plate Boundaries 2024-10-01
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- one convergent plate is more dense than the other
- Two tectonic plates suddenly shifting
- Slides past each other
- A crack or split in the earth because of tectonic plates
- A connected series of mountains
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- Tectonic plates moving away from each other
- Oceanic plates Subducting
- Outermost shell of earth
- Housed in the mantle
- Tectonic plates come together
10 Clues: Housed in the mantle • Slides past each other • Outermost shell of earth • Oceanic plates Subducting • Tectonic plates come together • A connected series of mountains • Two tectonic plates suddenly shifting • Tectonic plates moving away from each other • one convergent plate is more dense than the other • A crack or split in the earth because of tectonic plates
My Plate 2023-04-14
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- Vitamin D helps the body maintain proper levels of calcium and _________.
- About __ percent of Americans do not get enough dairy.
- Vitamin A keeps ____ and skin healthy and helps to protect against infections.
- ____ benefits your teeth so they become stronger.
- The Dairy Group includes _____, yogurt, cheese, lactose-free milk and fortified soy milk and yogurt.
- Low-fat food can reduce your risk of ____ disease.
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- ____ and Refined grains are the two types of grains.
- Diets rich in ________ may help to maintain healthy blood pressure.
- We need oils to survive because they have unsaturated fats.
- Fruits may be fresh, _____, canned, or dried, and may be eaten whole, cut up, pureed, or cooked.
10 Clues: ____ benefits your teeth so they become stronger. • Low-fat food can reduce your risk of ____ disease. • ____ and Refined grains are the two types of grains. • About __ percent of Americans do not get enough dairy. • We need oils to survive because they have unsaturated fats. • Diets rich in ________ may help to maintain healthy blood pressure. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-04-26
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- Melted or liquefied
- The middle of the Earth
- Just below the lithosphere is a shallow layer of mantle
- The layer on top of the Earth
- The broken pieces of the lithosphere that move on theasthenosphere
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- Places where the edges of two or more plates interact.
- The process by which hot material rises and cooler material sinks
- 250 million years ago, all the continents were connected in one giant supercontinent
- Over 450 volcanoes located around the edges of the Pacific Plate.
- Made up of Earth’s crust and the uppermost part of the mantle
10 Clues: Melted or liquefied • The middle of the Earth • The layer on top of the Earth • Places where the edges of two or more plates interact. • Just below the lithosphere is a shallow layer of mantle • Made up of Earth’s crust and the uppermost part of the mantle • The process by which hot material rises and cooler material sinks • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-12-20
10 Clues: seismic activity • moving away boundary • below the lithosphere • upper layer of mantle • shifting piece of earth • scorched piece of mantle • deep groove in the ocean • 1800 mile thick layer of earth • one mass of all the continents • conical hill that contains magma
Plate tectonics 2023-01-26
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- Created by sea-floor spreading.
- When to plates slide against each other.
- When two plates go away from each other
- Usually created by plates subducting.
- The area of Earth in between the crust and core
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- When two plates converge towards each other
- Usually occur near a fault line.
- When one plate slides underneath the other while converging.
- The outermost layer of the Earth.
- Form in divergent boundaries.
10 Clues: Form in divergent boundaries. • Created by sea-floor spreading. • Usually occur near a fault line. • The outermost layer of the Earth. • Usually created by plates subducting. • When two plates go away from each other • When to plates slide against each other. • When two plates converge towards each other • The area of Earth in between the crust and core • ...
plate boundaries 2023-01-22
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- depression in ocean floor.
- boundary that moves away from each other.
- what occurs at a divergent boundary?
- boundary that collides together.
- boundary that slides across from each other.
- when one plate is subducting under another.
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- magma rising and falling in earth's manlte.
- molten rock.
- outermost layer of earth.
- when tectonic plates cause earth to move.
10 Clues: molten rock. • outermost layer of earth. • depression in ocean floor. • boundary that collides together. • what occurs at a divergent boundary? • boundary that moves away from each other. • when tectonic plates cause earth to move. • magma rising and falling in earth's manlte. • when one plate is subducting under another. • boundary that slides across from each other.
plate tectonics 2022-12-20
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- Process that occur at Mid Ocean Ridge.
- Massive range of underwater volcanoes.
- Area where magma is hotter than surrounding magma.
- Layer that lies between Earth's core and crust.
- Region around the Pacific Ocean where volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.
- Type of volcano Hawaii has.
- Makes up crust, mantle, and core.
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- Upper layer of the Earth's mantle below the lithosphere.
- Type of volcano Japan has.
- Abnormally hot rock, causing hot spots.
10 Clues: Type of volcano Japan has. • Type of volcano Hawaii has. • Makes up crust, mantle, and core. • Process that occur at Mid Ocean Ridge. • Massive range of underwater volcanoes. • Abnormally hot rock, causing hot spots. • Layer that lies between Earth's core and crust. • Area where magma is hotter than surrounding magma. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-12-19
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- The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface.
- The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
- The theory that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
- A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations.
- The material that forms Earth’s hard surface.
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- A great landmass surrounded by oceans.
- A scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet Earth
- The layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core.
- A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of Earth.
- A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.
10 Clues: A great landmass surrounded by oceans. • The material that forms Earth’s hard surface. • The layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface. • A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of Earth. • The layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core. • A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations. • ...
plate tectonics 2023-01-28
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- supercontinent that existed a long time ago
- an explanation for why things happen supported by evidence
- when 2 plates converge and 1 of the plates sink under the other
- boundary moving towards
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- creator of plate tectonic theory
- boundary sliding past
- boundary moving away
- land mass rising
- a long narrow cut in the ground / ocean floor
- area of land that are low and in between mountains and hills
10 Clues: land mass rising • boundary moving away • boundary sliding past • boundary moving towards • creator of plate tectonic theory • supercontinent that existed a long time ago • a long narrow cut in the ground / ocean floor • an explanation for why things happen supported by evidence • area of land that are low and in between mountains and hills • ...
Plate tectonics 2022-05-02
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- the boundary that occurs when two plates are pushing on each other.
- made up of the crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle
- the earths outermost layer.
- the layer located directly under the crust
- the innermost layer of the earth.
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- is underneath the lithosphere and is what the lithosphere floats on.
- the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another.
- the boundary that occurs when two plate are moving away from each other.
- the boundary that occurs when two plates slide past each other.
- the layer of earth lies between the mantle and the inner core
10 Clues: the earths outermost layer. • the innermost layer of the earth. • the layer located directly under the crust • made up of the crust and a tiny bit of the upper mantle • the layer of earth lies between the mantle and the inner core • the boundary that occurs when two plates slide past each other. • the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another. • ...
plate tetonics 2022-09-20
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- geological feature from divergent
- boundaries rubbing against each other
- example of convergent
- result from transform or convergent
- example of divergent
- geological feature from convergent
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- boundaries dividing apart
- boundaries colliding
- result from transform
- geological feature from divergent or convergent
10 Clues: boundaries colliding • example of divergent • result from transform • example of convergent • boundaries dividing apart • geological feature from divergent • geological feature from convergent • result from transform or convergent • boundaries rubbing against each other • geological feature from divergent or convergent
Plate Boundries 2022-09-29
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- a place where two tectonic plates are moving apart.
- is the molten rock found above the earthś surface
- is the solid outermost layer of earth that consists of the crust and upper mantle.
- theory explains how large pieces of the lithosphere move and change shape.
- is the innermost layer of earth, composed of nickel and iron.
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- the middle layer of rock within the earth's
- the outermost layer of the earth.
- a narrow valley that forms where tectonic plates separate
- the hot fluid portion of the mantle.
- is the molten rock found below the earthś surface.
10 Clues: the outermost layer of the earth. • the hot fluid portion of the mantle. • the middle layer of rock within the earth's • is the molten rock found above the earthś surface • is the molten rock found below the earthś surface. • a place where two tectonic plates are moving apart. • a narrow valley that forms where tectonic plates separate • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-09-11
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- formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface
- supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
- southern half of pangea
- the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface
- the outermost shell of Earth
- lies between Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust.
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- arise from the transformation of existing rock
- North part of pangea
- rock forms when magma is trapped deep inside the Earth
- action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material
10 Clues: North part of pangea • southern half of pangea • the outermost shell of Earth • arise from the transformation of existing rock • rock forms when magma is trapped deep inside the Earth • the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface • supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth • ...
plate tectonics 2022-11-01
10 Clues: The slowest wave • The fastest wave • a wave of energy • The origin point • Travels through the earth • The study of energy waves • How to find the origin point • The point directly above the Focus • a large jolt of energy that shakes the ground • Rocks are sliding by one another causing earthquakes
Plate Boundaries 2022-05-18
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- The convergence of 2 oceanic trenches result in the formation of ___________.
- When two plates _________, a rift valley, block mountain, volcanoes and lake can be formed along the plates.
- Tensional forces causes plates to be stretched, causing ______ to form.
- Earthquakes happen when the rocks can no longer withstand the increasing _____, causing them to slip and release seismic energy.
- Transform boundaries happen when two plates ______ past one another.
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- An example of a fold mountain range found along the Eurasian and Indian plate boundaries.
- When magma in the mantle cools, it sinks and causes the denser oceanic plate to _____ beneath the less dense oceanic/continental plate.
- _________ currents are movements of heat within the mantle.
- _________ force causes fractures to form, causing plates to slide and form fold mountains.
- Magma rises at the zone of divergenformingming new ocean floor through sea-floor ________.
10 Clues: _________ currents are movements of heat within the mantle. • Transform boundaries happen when two plates ______ past one another. • Tensional forces causes plates to be stretched, causing ______ to form. • The convergence of 2 oceanic trenches result in the formation of ___________. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2022-05-18
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- What boundary has plates slip past one another?
- This type of stress stretches the rock to make it thinner.
- What supercontinent did Alfred Wegner proposed existed roughly 250 millions ago?
- In the ocean, convergent plates create these landforms.
- Convection currents can be found where?
- A wave that gets created when there is an earthquake in the oceanic crust.
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- What boundary has plates moving away from one another?
- Major earthquakes can be found in these boundaries.
- A break in the rock of earth's crust.
- In the ocean, divergent plates create these landforms.
- What boundary has plates coming together?
11 Clues: A break in the rock of earth's crust. • Convection currents can be found where? • What boundary has plates coming together? • What boundary has plates slip past one another? • Major earthquakes can be found in these boundaries. • What boundary has plates moving away from one another? • In the ocean, divergent plates create these landforms. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2023-05-18
10 Clues: Sliding Boundary • Collision Boundary • Seperateing Boundary • Made by a subduction zone • Makes tectonic plates flow • Made by a divergant boundary • Made by a convergant boundary • Lava that is made in the mantle • Two plates with diffrent densitys collide • Naturual disaster made by a transform boundary
Plate tectonics 2023-09-29
10 Clues: plates slide • Mantle currents • from the mantle • plates move apart • plates move together • what plates slide on • formed from two plates apart • one plate goes other another • formed from two plates sliding • formed from two plates together
Plate Tectonics 2023-09-29
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- It is a barrier that you can't get through
- Boundary When two sides pass each other
- Boundary Is where two tectonic plates come together
- Currents A current in fluid results from convention
- A large steep hill
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- Boundary Is where two tectonic plates move away from eachother
- A long narrow ditch
- Valley Rift valleys occurs at divergent boundaries
- It burst out of a mountain
- Is when convection currents in the molten rock
10 Clues: A large steep hill • A long narrow ditch • It burst out of a mountain • It is a barrier that you can't get through • Boundary When two sides pass each other • Is when convection currents in the molten rock • Valley Rift valleys occurs at divergent boundaries • Boundary Is where two tectonic plates come together • ...
Plate tectonics 2023-10-09
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- The part of the earth we live on
- The name of the tectonic hazard caused when lava erupts from a mountain
- The name of the hazard caused my the earth moving
- The semi-molten section of the earth
- The name of plates moving away from each other
- The name of plates moving past each other
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- The name of plates moving towards each other
- The movement in the mantle which moves the tectonic plates
- The center of the earth made of Nickle and Iron
- The name for the sections of the earths crust
10 Clues: The part of the earth we live on • The semi-molten section of the earth • The name of plates moving past each other • The name of plates moving towards each other • The name for the sections of the earths crust • The name of plates moving away from each other • The center of the earth made of Nickle and Iron • The name of the hazard caused my the earth moving • ...
Plate Boundaries 2025-03-13
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- continuous elevated zone on the floor of all major ocean basins
- a boundary in which two plates move apart
- a boundary in which two plates move together
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- a boundary in which two plates slide past one another
- two oceanic slabs converge
- divergent boundaries that may cause landmass to split into two or more segments
- hypothesis proposed by Harry Hess
- continental crust collides with oceanic crust
- elevated areas of sea floor characterized by high heat
- a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor
10 Clues: two oceanic slabs converge • hypothesis proposed by Harry Hess • a boundary in which two plates move apart • a boundary in which two plates move together • continental crust collides with oceanic crust • a narrow, elongated depression of the seafloor • a boundary in which two plates slide past one another • elevated areas of sea floor characterized by high heat • ...
plate vocba 2025-04-03
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- a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
- to examine in detail for a purpose
- the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
- Moving towards
- a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
- Moving away
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- something we observe to be similar over and over again
- earths crust
- the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
- the outside or top layer of something
10 Clues: Moving away • earths crust • Moving towards • to examine in detail for a purpose • the outside or top layer of something • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • something we observe to be similar over and over again • the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement • the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano • ...
tectonic plate 2025-04-07
10 Clues: Eruption • Molten rock • Spreading ridges • First layer of earth • Below the lithosphere • The middle layer of earth • Inner most point of the earth • If all continents were connected • 1 plate goes down, another goes up • 2 plates that slide past each other
Plate tectonics 2025-02-10
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- occurs when two tectonics plates slide past each other.
- Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere.
- the two different plates that have contact.
- occurs when two tectonics plates move toward each other and collide.
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- occurs when two tectonics plates move away from each other.
- A region within the earths mantle from heat rises through the process of convection. formed the hawaii islands.
- a geological process where one tectonic plate slides beneath another at a convergent plate boundary.
- the sudden release of strain energy in the Earth's crust, resulting in waves of shaking that radiate outwards from the earthquake source.
- The Supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break apart 200 million years ago.
- A vent or fissure in earths surface through which magma and gases are expelled.
10 Clues: the two different plates that have contact. • occurs when two tectonics plates slide past each other. • occurs when two tectonics plates move away from each other. • Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere. • occurs when two tectonics plates move toward each other and collide. • ...
Plate Tectonics 2024-09-11
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- when one plate is denser than another
- moves past each other
- moves apart
- underground lava
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- large masses of earth
- a geological structure made by convergent boundarys
- a geological structure that errupts lava (Hint: NOT magma)
- caused in the ocean by divergent boundarys
- cause of transform boundary
- moves together
10 Clues: moves apart • moves together • underground lava • large masses of earth • moves past each other • cause of transform boundary • when one plate is denser than another • caused in the ocean by divergent boundarys • a geological structure made by convergent boundarys • a geological structure that errupts lava (Hint: NOT magma)
Plate Motion 2024-10-02
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- he process of one plate being forced under another. (9 letters)
- A break in the Earth's crust where rocks move. (5 letters)
- A type of boundary where plates move apart. (15 letters)
- The outer layer of the Earth. (5 letters)
- The layer of the Earth beneath the crust. (6 letters)
- The process that creates new oceanic crust. (17 letters)
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- The boundary where two plates slide past each other. (15 letters)
- Drift The movement of continents over geological time. (17 letters)
- The geological feature created by an eruption. (7 letters)
- A type of boundary where plates collide. (15 letters)
10 Clues: The layer of the Earth beneath the crust. (6 letters) • A type of boundary where plates collide. (15 letters) • The outer layer of the Earth. (5 letters) • A break in the Earth's crust where rocks move. (5 letters) • The boundary where two plates slide past each other. (15 letters) • ...
Plate Boundaries 2025-04-02
10 Clues: Hot molten rock • Also known as the crust • Rigid slab of solid rock • When two plates slide apart • A sudden shake of the ground • A crack or break in something • When two plates come together • A moving layer under the crust • When one plate slides under another • When two plates slide past each other
Plate Motion 2024-11-21
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- evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints / evidencia de vida del pasado, como huesos, huellas o impresiones de hojas fosilizados
- hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth / roca líquida y caliente sobre la superficie de la Tierra
- the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates / la capa de roca sólida y blanda que se encuentra bajo las placas de la Tierra
- moving apart in different directions / que se mueven y se separan en diferentes direcciones
- moving toward the same place / que se mueven hacia el mismo lugar
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- an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart / una cadena montañosa submarina que se forma cuando se separan dos placas
- the place where two plates meet / el lugar donde se juntan dos placas
- one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer / una de las muy grandes secciones de roca dura y sólida que forman la capa externa de la Tierra
- hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth / roca líquida y caliente bajo la superficie de la Tierra
- a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together / una hendidura larga y profunda en el piso oceánico que se forma cuando dos placas se juntan
10 Clues: moving toward the same place / que se mueven hacia el mismo lugar • the place where two plates meet / el lugar donde se juntan dos placas • moving apart in different directions / que se mueven y se separan en diferentes direcciones • hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth / roca líquida y caliente sobre la superficie de la Tierra • ...
Plate Tectonics 2025-05-12
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- A geological feature where two tectonic plates move apart from each other
- The theory that the plate tectonics on Earth’s surface always have and always will be moving
- A piece of the lithosphere that moves around on the surface of the mantle
- vibrations that travel through the Earth, carrying energy generated by events like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or explosions
- When two plate boundaries converge and one moves underneath the other
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- In deep ocean trenches, the lithosphere is pulled down into the mantle and recycled
- A region around the Pacific Ocean where a majority of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes occur
- A region in the mantle where hot magma rises to the surface, creating volcanoes
- A geological feature where two or more lithospheric plates move towards each other and collide
- A type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally
10 Clues: When two plate boundaries converge and one moves underneath the other • A geological feature where two tectonic plates move apart from each other • A piece of the lithosphere that moves around on the surface of the mantle • A region in the mantle where hot magma rises to the surface, creating volcanoes • ...
Plate tectonics 2025-07-31
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- A type of seismic wave
- Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface
- The process of mountains forming
- The layer between the crust and core
- A boundary where plates collide
- The outermost solid shell of Earth
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- A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
- The study of earthquakes
- A break in the Earth's crust
- Earth's solid, innermost laye
10 Clues: A type of seismic wave • The study of earthquakes • A break in the Earth's crust • Earth's solid, innermost laye • A boundary where plates collide • The process of mountains forming • The outermost solid shell of Earth • The layer between the crust and core • Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface • A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
Plate boundaries 2024-12-08
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- separating at plate boundaries
- layer of magma under the crust
- the earths surface that is made of plates
- Shaking at a fault line
- the spot that two plates touch
- molten rock and magma that rises from the mantle at plate Boundaries
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- large parts of the earths crust
- the area that plates meet and separate as a rift.
- magma rising through the crust
- molten rock and lava stored in the mantle
10 Clues: Shaking at a fault line • separating at plate boundaries • magma rising through the crust • layer of magma under the crust • the spot that two plates touch • large parts of the earths crust • molten rock and lava stored in the mantle • the earths surface that is made of plates • the area that plates meet and separate as a rift. • ...
ch. 7 vocabulary part 2 2013-04-21
Vocabulary review_Group1 2023-10-09
15 Clues: lavabo • chariot • coussin • fauteuil • oreiller • assiette • couverture • table basse • tête de lit • pétillant(e) • des couteaux • du dentifrice • du shampooing • serviette de table • serviette (de toilette)
Term One 2019-04-02
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- A feature that might appear near plate boundaries
- An atom that has lost or gained electrons
- The name given to the plates that make up the crust
- Another word for a chemical that is added in a reaction
- The type of table used to show all the elements that exist
- Protons and neutrons combined
- The number of protons in an atom
- The center of the Earth
- Types of circular currents that occur when hot molten rises, cools, falls causing the crust to move
- Evidence of plant and animal matter preserved in rocks
- Negative subatomic particles that orbit the nucleus of atoms
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- A type of compound that forms when a positive ion and a negative ion combine in a reaction
- A metal that bonds with carbon and oxygen. Also known as marble
- A neutral subatomic particle found inside the nucleus of atoms
- A process where rocks are broken down by physical or chemical means
- Part of an experiment where you analyse what worked and what could be improved on
- Used when writing chemical equations
- A type of plate interaction where one plate moves under another
- The variable that is measured when carrying out an experiment
- Frozen carbon dioxide
- A positive subatomic particle found inside the nucleus of atoms
- Evidence of a gas produced during a chemical reaction
- Colour of light given off when magnesium reacts with oxygen
- One example of a state of matter
- The symbol for lithium
25 Clues: Frozen carbon dioxide • The symbol for lithium • The center of the Earth • Protons and neutrons combined • The number of protons in an atom • One example of a state of matter • Used when writing chemical equations • An atom that has lost or gained electrons • A feature that might appear near plate boundaries • The name given to the plates that make up the crust • ...
Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2020-01-29
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- The deformation of the crust
- ___ is made by sea floor spreading
- The layer of the mantle that allows the plates to slowly move on top of it
- Sea floor spreading often causes the ____ of oceanic crust when it hits continental crust
- When ocean crusts converge, they often form a ____ which can be very deep
- Plate boundary caused by plates moving away from each other
- The process of continents slowly breaking apart and moving away from each other
- Hot magma ____ and then falls as it cools, causing plates to move in the lithosphere
- Dense oceanic crust is often made of dense _____ which subducts under the continental crust made of mostly granite
- Layer of Earth composed of molten nickel and iron
- Hot material in the mantle
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- The movement of magma in the mantle that causes tectonic plates to move
- The plate boundary created when plates crunch into each other
- ___ are common on divergent boundaries because magma comes up from the mantle
- Supercontinent that was made up of all the other continents
- The thinnest layer of the Earth, made of silicon and aluminum
- Made up of the crust and upper part of the mantle
- Both density and pressure ____ as you go further toward the center of the Earth
- The thickest layer of the Earth, contains magma
- Solid Layer of the Earth that is solid due to pressure from the outer core
- Plate boundary created when the plates slide past each other
21 Clues: Hot material in the mantle • The deformation of the crust • ___ is made by sea floor spreading • The thickest layer of the Earth, contains magma • Made up of the crust and upper part of the mantle • Layer of Earth composed of molten nickel and iron • Supercontinent that was made up of all the other continents • ...
Restless Earth Vocab 2024-04-12
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- Extinction events that occur over a longer time period
- Large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
- Name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
- A group of the same species living in the same area]
- Sudden Events That Led To Mass Extinction
- Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within the earth changing a rock that already existed
- Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates
- Hot material rises, cooler materials sink. It drives plate tectonics
- Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
- An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock
- Where tectonic plates slide past each other. Causes Earthquakes
- Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
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- Tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
- Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
- The semi-liquid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
- New oceaninc crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
- Located between the mantle and the outer core
- Formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
- Deep, elongated depressions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones
- Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
- Tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
21 Clues: Sudden Events That Led To Mass Extinction • Located between the mantle and the outer core • Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens • Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust • Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves • A group of the same species living in the same area] • Extinction events that occur over a longer time period • ...
