plate Crossword Puzzles

Plate tectonics 2023-03-07

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where do most earthquakes occur?
  2. what feature does a divergent-boundary cause?
  3. 2 plates overlap or come together
  4. 2 plates slide past each other
Down
  1. what happens when 2 plates slide back and forth
  2. what causes tectonic plates to move?
  3. 2 plates moving in opposite directions, or away from each other
  4. melted rocks
  5. valleys that occur at divergent boundaries
  6. when the ocean floor folds under a tectonic plate

10 Clues: melted rocks • 2 plates slide past each other • where do most earthquakes occur? • 2 plates overlap or come together • what causes tectonic plates to move? • valleys that occur at divergent boundaries • what feature does a divergent-boundary cause? • what happens when 2 plates slide back and forth • when the ocean floor folds under a tectonic plate • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An edible, customizable food
  2. Continents colliding and pushing upward
  3. A very cute, giant rodent that bites Do Not Pet
  4. The density of an object affecting its place in society
  5. The inventor of Continental Drift
Down
  1. Objects spreading apart
  2. An object that has gone under another
  3. The mass of an object compared to it's size
  4. When a car suddenly turns into an evil-fighting robot
  5. An object you put over your eyes during a sauna

10 Clues: Objects spreading apart • An edible, customizable food • The inventor of Continental Drift • An object that has gone under another • Continents colliding and pushing upward • The mass of an object compared to it's size • A very cute, giant rodent that bites Do Not Pet • An object you put over your eyes during a sauna • When a car suddenly turns into an evil-fighting robot • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-02-24

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates converge and overlap
  2. mid ocean ridges and
  3. two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  4. convection currents in the molten rock or
  5. ______plates
Down
  1. tectonic plates descending under another
  2. result in different heating
  3. things that shift the ground
  4. ridge system located in the middle of an ocean basin .
  5. two plates slide past each other

10 Clues: ______plates • mid ocean ridges and • result in different heating • things that shift the ground • two plates converge and overlap • two plates slide past each other • tectonic plates descending under another • convection currents in the molten rock or • two tectonic plates moving away from each other • ridge system located in the middle of an ocean basin .

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is your stated opinion on something
  2. are the borders between two plates
  3. the direction plates move when going away from each other
Down
  1. is a very hot liquid that comes out of volcanoes
  2. the direction plates move when going toward each other
  3. is what you can give to someone to help
  4. are things that move on earth and cause earthquakes
  5. a big section of water that takes up most of earth
  6. is a long narrow excavation in the ground
  7. the center of earth inside the outer core

10 Clues: are the borders between two plates • is your stated opinion on something • is what you can give to someone to help • 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 2023-03-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Subduction
  2. Continental
  3. Earthquake
  4. Divergent
  5. Convergent
Down
  1. Transform
  2. Oceanic
  3. Convections
  4. Rift
  5. Plastic like material

10 Clues: Rift • Oceanic • Transform • Divergent • Subduction • Earthquake • Convergent • Convections • Continental • Plastic like material

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates come together
  2. Thinnest layer of the Earth
  3. What moves the plates
  4. Molten rock
Down
  1. When one plate goes into the upper mantle
  2. When to plates go apart
  3. When two plates slide past each other
  4. Spews lava
  5. Forms during a divergent boundary
  6. Second layer of the Earth

10 Clues: Spews lava • Molten rock • What moves the plates • When to plates go apart • Second layer of the Earth • Thinnest layer of the Earth • When two plates come together • Forms during a divergent boundary • When two plates slide past each other • When one plate goes into the upper mantle

Plate Tectonics 2023-03-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates come together
  2. Thinnest layer of the Earth
  3. What moves the plates
  4. Molten rock
Down
  1. When one plate goes into the upper mantle
  2. When to plates go apart
  3. When two plates slide past each other
  4. Spews lava
  5. Forms during a divergent boundary
  6. Second layer of the Earth

10 Clues: Spews lava • Molten rock • What moves the plates • When to plates go apart • Second layer of the Earth • Thinnest layer of the Earth • When two plates come together • Forms during a divergent boundary • When two plates slide past each other • When one plate goes into the upper mantle

Plate Boundaries 2023-04-27

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What creates new crust and igneous rock
  2. The boundary that occurs when two plates are coming towards each other
  3. One of the landforms a convergent boundary creates
  4. When two tectonic plates move away from each other
Down
  1. The scientist that invented the idea of continental drift, even though no one believed him.
  2. A convergent boundary, but the two plates have different densities so one goes under the other
  3. The layer of the earth below the crust that holds the lithosphere and asthenosphere
  4. A break in the earth's crust
  5. When two plates slide or scrape past each other
  6. The splitting apart of a tectonic plate

10 Clues: A break in the earth's crust • What creates new crust and igneous rock • The splitting apart of a tectonic plate • When two plates slide or scrape past each other • One of the landforms a convergent boundary creates • When two tectonic plates move away from each other • The boundary that occurs when two plates are coming towards each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-05-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a hole on earth where hot lava spews out
  2. a geological event where a part of the earth's surface is shaking
  3. where two plates collide or overlap
  4. where two plates slide past each other
  5. molten rock
  6. the 1st and thinnest layer of the earth
Down
  1. where two plates move away from each other in opposite directions
  2. where one plate with a different density goes under another plate
  3. pieces of earth's crust floating on top of the mantle
  4. a geological feature created from divergent boundaries

10 Clues: molten rock • where two plates collide or overlap • where two plates slide past each other • the 1st and thinnest layer of the earth • a hole on earth where hot lava spews out • pieces of earth's crust floating on top of the mantle • a geological feature created from divergent boundaries • where two plates move away from each other in opposite directions • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-01-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / a theory that states that all of the continents were one joined together in a sinle large landmass
  2. / a valley made of rifts
  3. / means slding past each other
  4. / a theory that continents sit and move on crust beneath the surface
  5. / found at the top of the upper mantle
Down
  1. / when two tectonic plates collide and one subducts
  2. / about 245 mya the continents were once joined together as one single landmass. what is the name of the landmass?
  3. / means moving apart
  4. / a plastic like layer found underneath the lithosphere
  5. / large cracks in the crust

10 Clues: / means moving apart • / a valley made of rifts • / means slding past each other • / large cracks in the crust • / found at the top of the upper mantle • / when two tectonic plates collide and one subducts • / a plastic like layer found underneath the lithosphere • / a theory that continents sit and move on crust beneath the surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory of the formation and movement of plates that cover the Earth's surface.
  2. forms when two lithospheric plates slide past each other.
  3. form when two lithospheric plates move apart.
  4. giant land mass when all the continents were all joined together over 300 million years ago.
  5. the partially melted layer of the mantle that underlies the lithosphere.
  6. the outer shell of Earth that extends to a depth of 100 km.
  7. states that youngest rocks of ocean floor are at diverging boundaries, moving outward.
Down
  1. forms when two lithospheric plates come together.
  2. a number of rigid, but moving, pieces of the Earth's surface.
  3. the theory that all continents are fragments of Pangaea now drifting apart.

10 Clues: form when two lithospheric plates move apart. • forms when two lithospheric plates come together. • forms when two lithospheric plates slide past each other. • the outer shell of Earth that extends to a depth of 100 km. • a number of rigid, but moving, pieces of the Earth's surface. • the partially melted layer of the mantle that underlies the lithosphere. • ...

Nate's Plate 2013-11-22

Nate's Plate crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Has pepperoni on it, usually
  2. We had it for breakfast on Friday
  3. We had it for dessert on Thursday night
  4. Nate's favorite fruit
  5. Can be yellow, green or red
Down
  1. You need it for a sandwich
  2. Nate's *favorite* food
  3. Nate likes them scrambled, not fried
  4. Has a yellow peel
  5. Comes in apple, pecan, cherry, pumpkin, and other kinds too

10 Clues: Has a yellow peel • Nate's favorite fruit • Nate's *favorite* food • You need it for a sandwich • Can be yellow, green or red • Has pepperoni on it, usually • We had it for breakfast on Friday • Nate likes them scrambled, not fried • We had it for dessert on Thursday night • Comes in apple, pecan, cherry, pumpkin, and other kinds too

plate tectonics 2014-03-27

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, and ashes are released
  2. the solid outer layer of the Earth above the asthenosphere
  3. violent shaking of the Earth's crust that may cause destruction
  4. boundary A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
  5. tectonics theory that earths lithospehre is divided into 12 plates
  6. tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other
  7. of Fire The large series of volcanoes (some active) encircling the Pacific Ocean
Down
  1. the study of the structure of the Earth or another planet, especially its rocks, soil, and minerals, and its history and origins
  2. a weak zone in the upper part of the Earth's mantle
  3. an idea of or belief about something arrived at through speculation

10 Clues: a weak zone in the upper part of the Earth's mantle • the solid outer layer of the Earth above the asthenosphere • violent shaking of the Earth's crust that may cause destruction • tectonics theory that earths lithospehre is divided into 12 plates • tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2015-10-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates: the name of the pieces that the lithosphere is divided into
  2. the place where tectonic plates meet
  3. two plates collide
  4. two plates move away
  5. layers: lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
  6. in between the crust and the core
Down
  1. spreading: the scientific theory about pangaea
  2. layers: crust, core and mantle
  3. two plates move past each other horizontally
  4. tectonics: large scale movements of Earth's lithosphere

10 Clues: two plates collide • two plates move away • layers: crust, core and mantle • in between the crust and the core • the place where tectonic plates meet • two plates move past each other horizontally • spreading: the scientific theory about pangaea • tectonics: large scale movements of Earth's lithosphere • plates: the name of the pieces that the lithosphere is divided into • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-10-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Core Only liquid layer inside earth, mainly composed of iron
  2. Hess The man who came up with sea floor spreading
  3. Zone where the ocean plate pushes under the continental plate
  4. The "plastic" mantle
  5. Wegener The scientist who introduced the Theory of Continental Drift
Down
  1. Trench This is an example of a convergent, oceanic-oceanic
  2. Core The hottest layer of the earth
  3. Fault Two plates sliding horizontally past each other
  4. Two plates coming together
  5. Age Rocks of the ocean basins are much younger than continental rocks

10 Clues: The "plastic" mantle • Two plates coming together • Core The hottest layer of the earth • Hess The man who came up with sea floor spreading • Fault Two plates sliding horizontally past each other • Trench This is an example of a convergent, oceanic-oceanic • Core Only liquid layer inside earth, mainly composed of iron • ...

Plate Tectonics! 2018-04-06

Plate Tectonics! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in the earths crust that moves
  2. Hess credited with the theory of Plate Tectonics
  3. Boundary when two plates pull apart
  4. Boundary when two plates come together
  5. of Continental Drift Theory that continents move due to a force
Down
  1. Wegener credited with the theory of Continental Drift
  2. large supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago
  3. large pieces of earths crust that move due to convection currents
  4. Boundary when two plates grind past each other
  5. depression formed at a subduction zone

10 Clues: Boundary when two plates pull apart • a break in the earths crust that moves • depression formed at a subduction zone • Boundary when two plates come together • Boundary when two plates grind past each other • Hess credited with the theory of Plate Tectonics • Wegener credited with the theory of Continental Drift • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-04-07

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when two plates slide past each other without causing damage to the mantle
  2. the area under the crust
  3. the magma that causes the plates to move
  4. the sections of the earth's crust
  5. appears underwater, is the by-product of a convergent boundary
  6. when two plates collide
Down
  1. what is left by a divergent boundary
  2. is the area on the surface of the planet where humans live
  3. is the bubbling molten rock that makes up the convection currents
  4. when two plates move away from each other in opposite directions

10 Clues: when two plates collide • the area under the crust • the sections of the earth's crust • what is left by a divergent boundary • the magma that causes the plates to move • is the area on the surface of the planet where humans live • appears underwater, is the by-product of a convergent boundary • when two plates move away from each other in opposite directions • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-04-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle.
  2. The boundary between two colliding plates, often associated with mountain building, ocean trenches and volcanic islands
  3. A deep crack in the Earth's surface associated with divergent boundary.
  4. The highest part of a chain of underwater mountains.
  5. A surface feature in the seafloor produced by the descending plate during subduction.
Down
  1. Where two plates are moving apart, magma comes up to create new crust.
  2. Proposed by Alfred Wegener, that the continents were once joined together and have since drifted apart.
  3. Formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards.
  4. Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core off the Earth.
  5. The region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, between continental and oceanic plates.

10 Clues: The highest part of a chain of underwater mountains. • The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle. • Where two plates are moving apart, magma comes up to create new crust. • A deep crack in the Earth's surface associated with divergent boundary. • Formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-13

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when plates move
  2. in crust due to shearing
  3. plates pull apart
  4. where the plates pull apart
  5. in crust due to tension built up at a divergent boundary
Down
  1. in crust due to compression at convergent boundaries
  2. where the plates slide past each other
  3. of the super continent
  4. where plates come together
  5. when lava cools in water

10 Clues: when plates move • plates pull apart • of the super continent • in crust due to shearing • when lava cools in water • where plates come together • where the plates pull apart • where the plates slide past each other • in crust due to compression at convergent boundaries • in crust due to tension built up at a divergent boundary

Plate tectonics 2021-12-02

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the force that proved wegener's theory
  2. the layer right under the crust of the earth
  3. when tectonic plates move towards each other
  4. when tectonic plates move against one another
  5. a large super continent that existed 250 million years ago
Down
  1. the inner most layer of the earth
  2. when tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. the 2nd most inner layer of the earth
  4. the thinnest layer of the earth
  5. the person who first proposed the theory of continental drift

10 Clues: the thinnest layer of the earth • the inner most layer of the earth • the 2nd most inner layer of the earth • the force that proved wegener's theory • the layer right under the crust of the earth • when tectonic plates move towards each other • when tectonic plates move against one another • when tectonic plates move away from each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary where 2 plates slide past each other.
  2. A sudden slip on a fault, violent ground shaking.
  3. Boundary where 2 plates are moving away from each other.
  4. "A conveyer belt for the plates".
Down
  1. The process where one plate is recycled under another.
  2. Hot liquid under the earth's crust.
  3. Boundary where 2 plates are moving towards each other.
  4. Geographic landform as a result of a transform boundary.
  5. Mid-Atlantic ____
  6. Crack/split/break in the earth

10 Clues: Mid-Atlantic ____ • Crack/split/break in the earth • "A conveyer belt for the plates". • Hot liquid under the earth's crust. • Boundary where 2 plates slide past each other. • A sudden slip on a fault, violent ground shaking. • The process where one plate is recycled under another. • Boundary where 2 plates are moving towards each other. • ...

plate tectonics 2021-12-18

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the outer part of the earth.
  2. where plates slide passed each other.
  3. where two plates are moving apart.
  4. heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.
  5. Earth's seven continents all grouped together
Down
  1. where two plates are colliding.
  2. found under the oceans and formed at spreading centres on oceanic ridges
  3. the layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere.
  4. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another
  5. the part of the earth's interior beneath the crust and above the central core.

10 Clues: the outer part of the earth. • where two plates are colliding. • where two plates are moving apart. • where plates slide passed each other. • Earth's seven continents all grouped together • the layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere. • heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water. • ...

Plate Boundaries 2022-02-03

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. formed by volcanic activity on the seabed
  2. move apart from each other
  3. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground
  4. a piece of land surrounded by water.
  5. a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level
Down
  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate
  2. plates collide
  3. a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface
  4. a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava
  5. Plates slip sideways past each other

10 Clues: plates collide • move apart from each other • Plates slip sideways past each other • a piece of land surrounded by water. • formed by volcanic activity on the seabed • a sudden and violent shaking of the ground • the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate • a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-03

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Transform
  2. Convergent Oceanic-Oceanic
  3. Convergent Oceanic-Continental
  4. Divergent Oceanic-Oceanic
  5. Convergent Continental-Continental
Down
  1. Divide
  2. Faults
  3. Divergent Continental-Continental
  4. Slide
  5. Collide

10 Clues: Slide • Divide • Faults • Collide • Transform • Divergent Oceanic-Oceanic • Convergent Oceanic-Oceanic • Convergent Oceanic-Continental • Divergent Continental-Continental • Convergent Continental-Continental

Plate Boundaries 2022-02-03

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outer part
  2. Sliding
  3. valley
  4. slide
  5. drift
Down
  1. collide
  2. Taking
  3. divorce
  4. downward movement
  5. Elevation

10 Clues: slide • drift • Taking • valley • collide • divorce • Sliding • Elevation • outer part • downward movement

Plate tectonics 2022-02-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot flowing fluid
  2. hot fluid with the earth's crust
  3. when two plates slide past each other
  4. solid bulk of the earth's interior
Down
  1. when to plates collide into each other
  2. caused by a transform boundary
  3. when two plates spread apart from each other
  4. compactness of a substance
  5. sideways and upwards movement of a plate
  6. occurs during a divergent boundary

10 Clues: hot flowing fluid • compactness of a substance • caused by a transform boundary • hot fluid with the earth's crust • occurs during a divergent boundary • solid bulk of the earth's interior • when two plates slide past each other • when to plates collide into each other • sideways and upwards movement of a plate • when two plates spread apart from each other

plate tectonics 2022-03-30

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a planar fracture
  2. responsible for tectonic plate movement
  3. rigid most outermost part of earth
  4. the upper layer of earths mantle
Down
  1. gradual caving or sinking
  2. third layer of earths surface
  3. to lift to a higher elevation
  4. contains most of earth's volume
  5. able to be bent
  6. earth outer layer

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 Tectonics 2022-03-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rays of energy
  2. thin outer most layer
  3. collide
Down
  1. one plate slides under the other
  2. slide past
  3. the mass of something
  4. push apart
  5. molten rock
  6. the speed of something
  7. the outer edge of something

10 Clues: collide • slide past • push apart • molten rock • rays of energy • the mass of something • thin outer most layer • the speed of something • the outer edge of something • one plate slides under the other

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outermost layer of earth
  2. The layer of earth in between core and crust
  3. uneven heating causes this
  4. Plates move away from each other
Down
  1. hot liquid inside earth
  2. big rocks on earths crust
  3. two plates crashing into each other
  4. the heat source of the earths crust
  5. The hottest layer of Earth
  6. When plates "rub" against each other

10 Clues: hot liquid inside earth • big rocks on earths crust • uneven heating causes this • The hottest layer of Earth • The outermost layer of earth • Plates move away from each other • two plates crashing into each other • the heat source of the earths crust • When plates "rub" against each other • The layer of earth in between core and crust

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two tectonic plates convergent and overlap lap.
  2. Two tectonic plates moving in opposite directions.
  3. A hole in the ocean, or a pit that is empty and deep in the ocean.
  4. The layer below the crust.
Down
  1. It creates different types of volcanoes
  2. Causes tectonic plates to move.
  3. When two plates slide past each other.
  4. The idea of plate tectonics.
  5. A cone shape that blows out magma.
  6. Dense rock that forms the ocean floor, or mid-ocean rides.

10 Clues: The layer below the crust. • The idea of plate tectonics. • Causes tectonic plates to move. • A cone shape that blows out magma. • When two plates slide past each other. • It creates different types of volcanoes • Two tectonic plates convergent and overlap lap. • Two tectonic plates moving in opposite directions. • ...

plate tectonics 2023-09-29

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. most outermost of earth
  2. plate movement is caused by
  3. where tectonic plates converge
  4. happens at transform boundary's
Down
  1. rocks break as the plates grind past eachother
  2. two tectonic plates move away from each other
  3. caused at transform boundary's
  4. occur at divergent boundary
  5. where the convection currents are located
  6. molten rock

10 Clues: molten rock • most outermost of earth • plate movement is caused by • occur at divergent boundary • caused at transform boundary's • where tectonic plates converge • happens at transform boundary's • where the convection currents are located • two tectonic plates move away from each other • rocks break as the plates grind past eachother

plate motion 2023-10-17

plate motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. alarm a warning that is generated for a specific area, even though no emergency or disaster occurs
  2. a formal design that is supported by evidence and submitted for discussion and review
  3. a large ocean wave caused by a sudden shift in the seafloor
  4. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  5. a natural disaster on earth such as an, earthquake, tornado, or a flood
Down
  1. the size or strength of something such as an earthquake or tsunami
  2. a devoice that detects information in its environment and responds
  3. one of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
  4. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  5. most successful, considering the situation

10 Clues: most successful, considering the situation • something we observe to be similar over and over again • a large ocean wave caused by a sudden shift in the seafloor • the size or strength of something such as an earthquake or tsunami • a devoice that detects information in its environment and responds • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first name of the proponent of Continental Drift Theory
  2. A system of ideas intended to explain a phenomena
  3. Super Continental Land Mass
  4. The smallest ocean in the world
  5. an extinct genus of reptile from the Early Permian of southern Africa and South America.
  6. It is the largest ocean in the world
Down
  1. The last name of the proponent of Continental Drift Theory
  2. an extinct genus of herbivorous dicynodont therapsids from the late Permian and Early Triassic epochs
  3. These are the available the facts or information
  4. The remains of prehistoric organisms

10 Clues: Super Continental Land Mass • The smallest ocean in the world • The remains of prehistoric organisms • It is the largest ocean in the world • These are the available the facts or information • A system of ideas intended to explain a phenomena • The last name of the proponent of Continental Drift Theory • The first name of the proponent of Continental Drift Theory • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-10-23

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sections of the lithosphere
  2. A theory that says earths outer layers are made of moving plates
  3. The molten layer at the center of the earth
  4. Hard outer layer of crust and hard upper mantle
  5. Fluid portion of the mantle
Down
  1. molten rock
  2. A tyoe of heat energy transfer
  3. Edge of a tectonic plate
  4. solid layer in the center of the earth
  5. Rigid outer layer of the Earth

10 Clues: molten rock • Edge of a tectonic plate • Sections of the lithosphere • Fluid portion of the mantle • A tyoe of heat energy transfer • Rigid outer layer of the Earth • solid layer in the center of the earth • The molten layer at the center of the earth • Hard outer layer of crust and hard upper mantle • A theory that says earths outer layers are made of moving plates

Plate Tectonics 2024-02-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Type of boundary where two plates go away
  2. Colliding or coming together
  3. Where the more dense of two converging plates goes under the less dense plate
  4. Type of boundary where two plates collide
Down
  1. the sudden release of strain energy in the earths crust
  2. A crustal feature formed by two converging plates
  3. a chain of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean
  4. Boundary where two plates meet
  5. Large piece of earth's crust
  6. Crustal feature formed by two converging tectonic plates

10 Clues: Colliding or coming together • Large piece of earth's crust • Boundary where two plates meet • Type of boundary where two plates go away • Type of boundary where two plates collide • A crustal feature formed by two converging plates • a chain of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean • the sudden release of strain energy in the earths crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mantle
  2. Fault
  3. Focus
  4. Collision Zone
Down
  1. Subduction zone
  2. MidoceanRidge
  3. Transect
  4. Rift
  5. Seafloor Spreading
  6. Asthenosphere

10 Clues: Rift • Fault • Focus • Mantle • Transect • MidoceanRidge • Asthenosphere • Collision Zone • Subduction zone • Seafloor Spreading

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Underwater feature created when oceanic and continental crust collide.
  2. Lava underground.
  3. A boundary where plates move apart.
  4. When one plate goes under another.
  5. The older and thicker crust.
  6. Broken up parts of earths crust.
Down
  1. A boundary where plates collide.
  2. A boundary where plates slide past each other.
  3. Occurs while two plates are transforming.
  4. The newer and thinner crust.

10 Clues: Lava underground. • The newer and thinner crust. • The older and thicker crust. • A boundary where plates collide. • Broken up parts of earths crust. • When one plate goes under another. • A boundary where plates move apart. • Occurs while two plates are transforming. • A boundary where plates slide past each other. • ...

plate tectonics 2023-12-07

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary where two plates collide
  2. A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
  3. The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
  4. An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
  5. The boundary where two plates move apart
  6. The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
Down
  1. A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
  2. Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
  3. The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
  4. 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 2023-12-14

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a plate boundry where 2 plates move toward eachother
  2. the theory thst pieces of the earths lithosphere are in constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
  3. the amount of force pushing on a surface
  4. the transfer of energy through empty space
  5. the study of planet earth
  6. a plate boundry where 2 plates move away from eachother
Down
  1. a break in earths crust where slabs of rock slip past eachother
  2. a dense sphere of iron and nickel in center of the earth
  3. type of crust found under earths oceans
  4. the transfer of heat by direct contact of particles of matter

10 Clues: the study of planet earth • type of crust found under earths oceans • the amount of force pushing on a surface • the transfer of energy through empty space • a plate boundry where 2 plates move toward eachother • a plate boundry where 2 plates move away from eachother • a dense sphere of iron and nickel in center of the earth • ...

plate tectonics 2023-12-14

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in earths crust where slabs of rock slip past eachother
  2. the transfer of energy through empty space
  3. a plate boundry where 2 plates move away from eachother
  4. a plate boundry where 2 plates move toward eachother
Down
  1. type of crust found under earths oceans
  2. the theory thst pieces of the earths lithosphere are in constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle
  3. the amount of force pushing on a surface
  4. a dense sphere of iron and nickel in center of the earth
  5. the study of planet earth
  6. the transfer of heat by direct contact of particles of matter

10 Clues: the study of planet earth • type of crust found under earths oceans • the amount of force pushing on a surface • the transfer of energy through empty space • a plate boundry where 2 plates move toward eachother • a plate boundry where 2 plates move away from eachother • a dense sphere of iron and nickel in center of the earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-09-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. melted rock
  2. theory that the rigid, cool outer layer of Earth is divided
  3. an idea we want to put forward
  4. name of Earth when it was one large continent
  5. when the crust shifts
Down
  1. plates moving away from each other
  2. old crust is destroyed
  3. large pieces of Earths outer layer
  4. formed at plate boundaries
  5. Earths outer layer

10 Clues: melted rock • Earths outer layer • when the crust shifts • old crust is destroyed • formed at plate boundaries • an idea we want to put forward • plates moving away from each other • large pieces of Earths outer layer • name of Earth when it was one large continent • theory that the rigid, cool outer layer of Earth is divided

Plate Boundaries 2023-09-19

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Q.The solid upper layer of the crust and location of the tectonic plates.
  2. Crust Q.Floats on top of the mantle
  3. of Fire Q.A long chain of volcanoes that surround the Pacific ocean.
  4. Q.Coming together.
  5. Q.Slides apart
Down
  1. Q.The putty-like second layer of the Earth where convection causes the movement of the tectonic plates.
  2. crust Q.consists mainly of basalt
  3. currents Q.Transfers energy form the mantle
  4. Q.any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
  5. Q.Dividing or moving apart

10 Clues: Q.Slides apart • Q.Coming together. • Q.Dividing or moving apart • crust Q.consists mainly of basalt • Crust Q.Floats on top of the mantle • currents Q.Transfers energy form the mantle • of Fire Q.A long chain of volcanoes that surround the Pacific ocean. • Q.The solid upper layer of the crust and location of the tectonic plates. • ...

Plate tectonics 2024-03-28

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. graphical crack or separation
  2. ground shaking
  3. mountain or hill with a vent at the top
  4. two or more lithospheric plates collide.
  5. a seafloor mountain
Down
  1. one of the plates moves under the other
  2. plates that move slide sideways past each other
  3. a long cut in the ground
  4. heat-driven cycles that occur in the air and ocean
  5. two tectonic plates move away from each other

10 Clues: ground shaking • a seafloor mountain • a long cut in the ground • graphical crack or separation • one of the plates moves under the other • mountain or hill with a vent at the top • two or more lithospheric plates collide. • two tectonic plates move away from each other • plates that move slide sideways past each other • heat-driven cycles that occur in the air and ocean

Plate Boundaries 2024-03-21

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one plate moves under the other plate
  2. the layer below the crust
  3. two tectonic plates come together
  4. molton rock
  5. two plates sliding past eachother
  6. two plates moving away from eachother
Down
  1. a geological feature of divergent boundarys
  2. a geological feature created at a convergent boundary
  3. a geological feature created from a transform boundary
  4. a rock that forms continental plates

10 Clues: molton rock • the layer below the crust • two tectonic plates come together • two plates sliding past eachother • a rock that forms continental plates • one plate moves under the other plate • two plates moving away from eachother • a geological feature of divergent boundarys • a geological feature created at a convergent boundary • ...

plate tectonics 2024-02-12

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Alfred Wegnerthis theory
  2. liquid part of the earth
  3. to plates come together
  4. if it shifts it can cause an earthquake
  5. the action of compressing
Down
  1. they move past each other
  2. the thickest part of the earth
  3. what we live on
  4. the inside of the earth
  5. hardness,toughness,brittleness,ext.

10 Clues: what we live on • the inside of the earth • to plates come together • Alfred Wegnerthis theory • liquid part of the earth • they move past each other • the action of compressing • the thickest part of the earth • hardness,toughness,brittleness,ext. • if it shifts it can cause an earthquake

Plate Motion 2024-04-25

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  2. to examine in detail for a purpose
  3. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  4. moving toward the same place
  5. hot liquid rock on the surface of the Earth
  6. how often or fast something happens
Down
  1. the place where two plates meet
  2. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  3. a sudden shaking of the Earth's surface
  4. hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

10 Clues: moving toward the same place • the place where two plates meet • to examine in detail for a purpose • how often or fast something happens • a sudden shaking of the Earth's surface • hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth • hot liquid rock on the surface of the Earth • a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole • ...

PLATE TECTONICS 2025-01-20

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. theory proposed by Alfred Wegener
  2. where convection currents occur
  3. the name given to the large supercontinent
  4. plates that are moving sliding past one another
  5. a boundary where plate move away from each other
  6. plate that subducts in subduction zones
  7. plates that move away from each other
  8. the border between two plates
  9. forms mountains, trenches, volcanoes and volcanic islands
Down
  1. forms rift valleys, and mid ocean ridges
  2. forms faults or fracture zones
  3. process where two plates divide causing new lithosphere
  4. the theory that states that the lithosphere is broken down into moving plates

13 Clues: the border between two plates • forms faults or fracture zones • where convection currents occur • theory proposed by Alfred Wegener • plates that move away from each other • plate that subducts in subduction zones • forms rift valleys, and mid ocean ridges • the name given to the large supercontinent • plates that are moving sliding past one another • ...

Plate Boundaries 2024-10-01

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one convergent plate is more dense than the other
  2. Two tectonic plates suddenly shifting
  3. Slides past each other
  4. A crack or split in the earth because of tectonic plates
  5. A connected series of mountains
Down
  1. Tectonic plates moving away from each other
  2. Oceanic plates Subducting
  3. Outermost shell of earth
  4. Housed in the mantle
  5. 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

Plate Motion 2024-09-06

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An opening made by splitting or separation
  2. An early aquatic relative of reptiles
  3. Second layer of the Earth
  4. A spring that dramatically spews hot water and steam
  5. Molten erupted from a volcano
  6. A long, narrow ditch
Down
  1. Intense shaking of the Earth’s surface
  2. Preserved remains from plants or animals in stone
  3. Molten rock under the Earth’s surface
  4. Large slab of solid rock

10 Clues: A long, narrow ditch • Large slab of solid rock • Second layer of the Earth • Molten erupted from a volcano • An early aquatic relative of reptiles • Molten rock under the Earth’s surface • Intense shaking of the Earth’s surface • An opening made by splitting or separation • Preserved remains from plants or animals in stone • ...

Plate Motion 2024-09-07

Plate Motion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
  2. any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  3. moving toward the same place
  4. a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
  5. to examine in detail for a purpose
  6. moving apart in different directions
Down
  1. the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
  2. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
  3. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
  4. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

10 Clues: moving toward the same place • to examine in detail for a purpose • a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface • moving apart in different directions • a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like • the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano • evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-12-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when plates slide past one another
  2. the amount of big plates on Earth
  3. when one plate moves underneath the other
  4. when plates move apart from one another
  5. the type of crust that we live on
Down
  1. when plates move towards each other
  2. structure that forms and becomes a range
  3. structure that forms that may explode or ooze
  4. the outermost layer of earth
  5. thin and dense crust

10 Clues: thin and dense crust • the outermost layer of earth • the amount of big plates on Earth • the type of crust that we live on • when plates slide past one another • when plates move towards each other • when plates move apart from one another • structure that forms and becomes a range • when one plate moves underneath the other • structure that forms that may explode or ooze

plate tectonics 2025-11-14

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the boundaries
  2. what Pangaea is made out of
  3. one of the plates
  4. the man who couldn't find out why the continent moved
  5. includes convergent
  6. the subject where you learn Pangaea
Down
  1. the super continent
  2. found to connect the continents
  3. another name of a plate
  4. the layer Pangaea is on

10 Clues: one of the plates • the super continent • includes convergent • one of the boundaries • another name of a plate • the layer Pangaea is on • what Pangaea is made out of • found to connect the continents • the subject where you learn Pangaea • the man who couldn't find out why the continent moved

Plate tectonics 2025-11-19

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A valley formed at a divergent boundary where land splits apart.
  2. When one plate sinks under another plate into the mantle.
  3. Large pieces of Earth's crust that move on the mantle.
  4. A place where two plates move toward each other.
  5. The theory the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
Down
  1. A place where two plates slide past each other.
  2. A crack in Earth's crust where movement occurs.
  3. An underwater mountain range where new crust forms at a divergent boundary.
  4. A place where two plates move apart.
  5. Hot molten rock inside Earth.

10 Clues: Hot molten rock inside Earth. • A place where two plates move apart. • A place where two plates slide past each other. • A crack in Earth's crust where movement occurs. • A place where two plates move toward each other. • Large pieces of Earth's crust that move on the mantle. • When one plate sinks under another plate into the mantle. • ...

Science 2021-05-24

Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plate boundary that occurs when two plates slide past each other
  2. an educated guess
  3. force that acts between two surfaces that are touching/ moving past each other
  4. plate boundary where two plates collide
  5. d=m/v
  6. powerhouse of the cell
  7. all water on earth
  8. anything that has mass and takes up space
  9. a diamond is an example of this
Down
  1. the measure of the average kinetic energy in an object
  2. rock type that forms due to high heat and pressure
  3. attractive force that acts between all objects that have mass
  4. rock type that forms when molten material cools
  5. these can be found on the periodic table
  6. a push or pull on an object
  7. anything that has all characteristics of life

16 Clues: d=m/v • an educated guess • all water on earth • powerhouse of the cell • a push or pull on an object • a diamond is an example of this • plate boundary where two plates collide • these can be found on the periodic table • anything that has mass and takes up space • anything that has all characteristics of life • rock type that forms when molten material cools • ...

news crossword 2021-12-08

news crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. recent liberal politician quits.
  2. which world wide event did australia come sixth in
  3. person who is blamed for the recent accident in the filming of "rust"
  4. the most recent death of english royalty
  5. 2021 women's singles winner
  6. caused by techtonic plates mainly the pacific and indo-australia
Down
  1. which tectonic plate is australia on
  2. complained about being very slow paced
  3. one of the most well searched searches recently
  4. which tectonic plate did australias knock into
  5. 11th day of search for little boy
  6. found almost 2 weeks after disappearance
  7. which country won in the match between india and australia
  8. longest in the entire world of which many happened
  9. famous news reporter passesaway
  10. 2021 men's singles winner

16 Clues: 2021 men's singles winner • 2021 women's singles winner • famous news reporter passesaway • recent liberal politician quits. • 11th day of search for little boy • which tectonic plate is australia on • complained about being very slow paced • found almost 2 weeks after disappearance • the most recent death of english royalty • which tectonic plate did australias knock into • ...

Earth Science Final 2024-05-15

Earth Science Final crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an area away from a plate boundary
  2. A large volcanic crater
  3. A mild tremor before the big shock of an Earthquake
  4. another name for a composite volcano
  5. A synoptic scale low pressure system that has cyclonic flow
  6. Directly above the earthquake's focus
Down
  1. The way atmospheric pressure measured
  2. A storm with violent wind, typically over the tropics
  3. The fastest body waves
  4. Volcanic ash, dust, and lapilli are...
  5. A geologic process in which one edge of one lithospheric plate is forced below the edge of another
  6. The upper layer of the earth's mantle
  7. Precipitation in the form of lumps of ice
  8. Where the first motion of an earthquake occurs
  9. A mobile destructive vortex
  10. The Ridged outer part of the earth

16 Clues: The fastest body waves • A large volcanic crater • A mobile destructive vortex • an area away from a plate boundary • The Ridged outer part of the earth • another name for a composite volcano • The way atmospheric pressure measured • The upper layer of the earth's mantle • Directly above the earthquake's focus • Volcanic ash, dust, and lapilli are... • ...

spanish 5 b 2023-05-02

spanish 5 b crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the chairs
  2. the salt
  3. the bill
  4. the cup
  5. the napkin
  6. the drinking glass
  7. the plate
  8. the restauraunte
  9. the pepper
Down
  1. the table
  2. the sugar
  3. the knife
  4. the fork
  5. the spoon
  6. the bowl
  7. the waitress
  8. the waiter
  9. the menu

18 Clues: the cup • the salt • the bill • the fork • the bowl • the menu • the table • the sugar • the knife • the spoon • the plate • the chairs • the napkin • the waiter • the pepper • the waitress • the restauraunte • the drinking glass

spanish 5 b 2023-05-02

spanish 5 b crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the chairs
  2. the salt
  3. the bill
  4. the cup
  5. the napkin
  6. the drinking glass
  7. the plate
  8. the restauraunte
  9. the pepper
Down
  1. the table
  2. the sugar
  3. the knife
  4. the fork
  5. the spoon
  6. the bowl
  7. the waitress
  8. the waiter
  9. the menu

18 Clues: the cup • the salt • the bill • the fork • the bowl • the menu • the table • the sugar • the knife • the spoon • the plate • the chairs • the napkin • the waiter • the pepper • the waitress • the restauraunte • the drinking glass

8b/c Englisch New Vocabulary for Unit 3: On the road in California 2020-12-13

8b/c Englisch New Vocabulary for Unit 3: On the road in California crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cousin, Cousine
  2. Kalifonier/in, aus Kalifornien
  3. Bild, Abbild, eine gedankliche Vorstellung
  4. anderes Wort für 'shop' (Geschäft)
  5. on the road
  6. mexikanisch
  7. Halb-, halbe/-r/-s
  8. Löwe
  9. Küste
Down
  1. Herausforderung, Aufgabe
  2. Teller
  3. leider, unglücklicherweise
  4. Grenze
  5. Industrie
  6. Gefängnis
  7. Zaun
  8. verdienen
  9. Ozean

18 Clues: Zaun • Löwe • Ozean • Küste • Teller • Grenze • Industrie • Gefängnis • verdienen • on the road • mexikanisch • Cousin, Cousine • Halb-, halbe/-r/-s • Herausforderung, Aufgabe • leider, unglücklicherweise • Kalifonier/in, aus Kalifornien • anderes Wort für 'shop' (Geschäft) • Bild, Abbild, eine gedankliche Vorstellung

4.2 Vocab 2023-10-20

4.2 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. las botas
  2. la cerámica
  3. el plato
  4. el radio
  5. la cartera
  6. el cinturón
  7. el videojuego
  8. el anillo
  9. el collar
  10. las joyas
Down
  1. la película
  2. la plata
  3. el programa
  4. la bolsa
  5. la jarra
  6. el arete
  7. la pulsera
  8. el oro

18 Clues: el oro • la plata • la bolsa • el plato • la jarra • el radio • el arete • las botas • el anillo • el collar • las joyas • la cartera • la pulsera • la película • el programa • la cerámica • el cinturón • el videojuego

Consumption 2022-02-02

Consumption crossword puzzle
Across
  1. teeth brush
  2. souvenir
  3. cartoon figure
  4. sticker
  5. box
  6. paste,stick
  7. need
Down
  1. attractive
  2. free
  3. plate
  4. ruler
  5. poster

12 Clues: box • free • need • plate • ruler • poster • sticker • souvenir • attractive • teeth brush • paste,stick • cartoon figure

Tectonic plates, rock cycle 2023-11-04

Tectonic plates, rock cycle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fool's gold
  2. main mnineral of granite
  3. important component of rocks
  4. divergent plate boundary
Down
  1. constructive plate boundary
  2. an example of igneous rock
  3. the hardest mineral
  4. profile vertical section of soil

8 Clues: fool's gold • the hardest mineral • main mnineral of granite • divergent plate boundary • an example of igneous rock • constructive plate boundary • important component of rocks • profile vertical section of soil

Plate Tectonics 2017-11-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large tidal wave caused by a large displacement of water.
  2. The supercontinent.
  3. A type of boundary where two plates move apart.
  4. The strong upper 100km of the Earth or the tectonic plates.
  5. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
Down
  1. When two plates move parallel to each other.
  2. Movement of the continents relative to each other.
  3. A type of boundary where two plates come together.
  4. Violent shaking of the Earth.
  5. A vent or crack where magma can burst out to the surface.

10 Clues: The supercontinent. • Violent shaking of the Earth. • When two plates move parallel to each other. • A type of boundary where two plates move apart. • Movement of the continents relative to each other. • A type of boundary where two plates come together. • A vent or crack where magma can burst out to the surface. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The place where faults form
  2. A large break in Earth’s crust
  3. Broken pieces of Earth’s crust
  4. The place where a rift valley forms
  5. When the ocean floor sinks into the mantle
  6. The place where mountains form
Down
  1. An underwater canyon
  2. The adding of new material to the ocean floor
  3. valley A deep valley in Earth’s crust
  4. The theory that the plates are moving

10 Clues: An underwater canyon • The place where faults form • A large break in Earth’s crust • Broken pieces of Earth’s crust • The place where mountains form • The place where a rift valley forms • valley A deep valley in Earth’s crust • The theory that the plates are moving • When the ocean floor sinks into the mantle • The adding of new material to the ocean floor

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mid-ocean ridges add material to the ocean floor
  2. earths plates & plate motions into a theory
  3. diverge; moving away
  4. supercontinent
  5. when Earth’s crust diverge on land and a deep valley forms
Down
  1. continents slowly moving over the surface overtime
  2. come together
  3. trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock
  4. the ocean floor sinking under a deep ocean trench & back into the mantle
  5. breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks slip past each other

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 2018-10-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The only planet that we know of with plate tectonics.
  2. The crust and the top parts of the mantle form this part of the tectonics.
  3. Parts of New England and Canada used to be part of _____________.
  4. Earth's land and oceans are constantly ______________.
  5. This ocean is still opening.
Down
  1. South America broke away from Africa when ___________ rock changed the direction of plate movement.
  2. The early Earth was much _______________ than it is today.
  3. The Earth is made up of many _______________.
  4. The scientist who determined that earth's landmasses fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
  5. No ocean is more than two hundred ______________ years old.

10 Clues: This ocean is still opening. • The Earth is made up of many _______________. • The only planet that we know of with plate tectonics. • Earth's land and oceans are constantly ______________. • The early Earth was much _______________ than it is today. • No ocean is more than two hundred ______________ years old. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-04-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Created at the convergent boundaires
  2. Bands and has reversals
  3. Created at subduction zones
  4. Large Plates
  5. ______ or so plates
  6. Henry ____ was the man behind the theory of seafloor spreading
Down
  1. _________ Zones
  2. _____ Tectonics
  3. Too dense for subduction
  4. where the movement occurs

10 Clues: Large Plates • _________ Zones • _____ Tectonics • ______ or so plates • Bands and has reversals • Too dense for subduction • where the movement occurs • Created at subduction zones • Created at the convergent boundaires • Henry ____ was the man behind the theory of seafloor spreading

Plate Tectonics 2012-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an area created when cooler, denser fluid material sinks and the warmer, less dense fluid material rises to the surface
  2. the idea that Earth's lithosphere is broken into several large pieces of land that move around Earth's convecting asthenosphere
  3. occur when plates slide and grind past one another along a fracture in the lithosphere
  4. the amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface
  5. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
Down
  1. a boundary where one denser plate collides and sinks under less dense crust
  2. enormous moving pieces of the Earth's lithosphere
  3. a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
  4. theory that new seafloor is formed at a divergent plate boundary, when magma is forced upward toward the surface at a mid-ocean ridge
  5. molten rock beneath Earth's surface

10 Clues: molten rock beneath Earth's surface • enormous moving pieces of the Earth's lithosphere • the amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface • an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced • a boundary where one denser plate collides and sinks under less dense crust • ...

plate tectonics 2013-02-06

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. arch shape fold in rock layers
  2. hanging wall moves up in relation to footwalls
  3. hanging wall moves down in relation to the footwall
  4. walls move side by side
  5. downward fold in a rock layer
Down
  1. top layer of the earth
  2. outer shell of earth
  3. one side of fold is higher than the other
  4. melted layer of the mantle that underlines the lithosphere
  5. theory the continents were all one

10 Clues: outer shell of earth • top layer of the earth • walls move side by side • downward fold in a rock layer • arch shape fold in rock layers • theory the continents were all one • one side of fold is higher than the other • hanging wall moves up in relation to footwalls • hanging wall moves down in relation to the footwall • ...

plate tectonics 2013-09-04

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The weight of a subducting plate helps pull the trailing lithosphere into the subduction zone
  2. It is a hypothesis which proposed that earth's continents had once been joined in one big landmass
  3. A greek word that means "all the earth"
  4. This is a change in earth's magnetic field.
  5. A device that can detect small changes in magnetic fields.
  6. A line on a map that connects points that have the same age
  7. states that new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches
Down
  1. one of the two plates is descending beneath the other
  2. states that earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates
  3. The study of this magnetic record

10 Clues: The study of this magnetic record • A greek word that means "all the earth" • This is a change in earth's magnetic field. • one of the two plates is descending beneath the other • A device that can detect small changes in magnetic fields. • A line on a map that connects points that have the same age • ...

Plate Tectonics 2013-09-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. currents / Formed when magma rises and flows under the plates.
  2. / There are 7 of these of plates.
  3. / The upper mantle.
  4. / What pulls the crust away from he ridge as it cools.
  5. / The hot semi-solid rock in the asthenosphere.
Down
  1. Eruption / An effect of continental drift.
  2. Drift / The name for the process of continents changing their configuration.
  3. / The heat produced from this process in the earth's core is the driving force for continental drift.
  4. / The centre of the earth contains this and heavy atoms.
  5. plates / Plates larger than continents that float on the asthenosphere.

10 Clues: / The upper mantle. • / There are 7 of these of plates. • Eruption / An effect of continental drift. • / The hot semi-solid rock in the asthenosphere. • / What pulls the crust away from he ridge as it cools. • / The centre of the earth contains this and heavy atoms. • currents / Formed when magma rises and flows under the plates. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2014-04-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Large sections of Earth's crust and upper mantle, lithosphere.
  2. Ocean created when the super continent broke apart.
  3. Theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle.
  4. Solid core composed of dense iron and nickel.
  5. The largest layer inside Earth.
Down
  1. Crust and upper mantle.
  2. Outer most layer of Earth.
  3. Reptile fossil found in South America and in Africa.
  4. Liquid core composed of iron and nickel.
  5. Super continent that existed 200 million years ago.

10 Clues: Crust and upper mantle. • Outer most layer of Earth. • The largest layer inside Earth. • Liquid core composed of iron and nickel. • Theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle. • Solid core composed of dense iron and nickel. • Ocean created when the super continent broke apart. • Super continent that existed 200 million years ago. • ...

Plate Tectonic 2015-01-19

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rigid layer
  2. pulling force
  3. bending rocks
  4. squeezing force
  5. soft mantle
Down
  1. core crust
  2. crack in crust
  3. pieces moves
  4. solid dense of earth
  5. outermost layer

10 Clues: core crust • rigid layer • soft mantle • pieces moves • pulling force • bending rocks • crack in crust • squeezing force • outermost layer • solid dense of earth

Plate Tectonics 2021-09-29

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rock formed from magma
  2. Only plate that does not involve magma
  3. made from the lighter piece of basalt
  4. Edge of a plate
  5. Formed by a Convergent Boundary
Down
  1. Caused by plates sliding against one another...common at the San Andreas fault
  2. Moving away from one another
  3. No magma fills the gap
  4. Plates go towards each other
  5. formed by the collision of 2 plates with different density

10 Clues: Edge of a plate • Rock formed from magma • No magma fills the gap • Moving away from one another • Plates go towards each other • Formed by a Convergent Boundary • made from the lighter piece of basalt • Only plate that does not involve magma • formed by the collision of 2 plates with different density • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-02-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. feature formed when 2 tectonic plates collide
  2. this event occurs at all plate boundaries
  3. 2 plates that come together or collide
  4. the ridge created on the seafloor
  5. a type of crust
Down
  1. rock type that makes up the crust
  2. feature that is created at a subduction zone
  3. 2 plates that are separating
  4. 2 plates that slide past each other
  5. the type of crust that is the seafloor

10 Clues: a type of crust • 2 plates that are separating • rock type that makes up the crust • the ridge created on the seafloor • 2 plates that slide past each other • 2 plates that come together or collide • the type of crust that is the seafloor • this event occurs at all plate boundaries • feature that is created at a subduction zone • feature formed when 2 tectonic plates collide

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. valley Linear shaped lowland
  2. boundary When two tectonic plates slide past each other
  3. Lava that is beneath the earth's surface
  4. currents Hot currents that move Hawaiian islands
Down
  1. boundary When two tectonic plates move in opposite directions and magma flows through
  2. An edge where two plates meet
  3. boundary When two tectonic plates come together
  4. plates Places in the crust that cause earthquakes
  5. Landform that you can climb
  6. Where convection currents come from

10 Clues: Landform that you can climb • valley Linear shaped lowland • An edge where two plates meet • Where convection currents come from • Lava that is beneath the earth's surface • boundary When two tectonic plates come together • currents Hot currents that move Hawaiian islands • plates Places in the crust that cause earthquakes • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-05-18

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth
  2. New oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust move away from the ridge
  3. magnetic field reverses directions
  4. the cold and ridge outermost rock layers are called
  5. continents were once part of a supercontinent called
  6. The mountain range in the middle of the ocean are called
Down
  1. Forms where two plates seperate
  2. polarity, magnetic objects such as compass needles , will orient themselves to point north
  3. earths surface is made of ridge slabs of rocks or plates , that move with respect to each other
  4. polarity, reverse direction and orient themselves and point south

10 Clues: Forms where two plates seperate • magnetic field reverses directions • the cold and ridge outermost rock layers are called • continents were once part of a supercontinent called • The mountain range in the middle of the ocean are called • continents are in constant motion on the surface of earth • polarity, reverse direction and orient themselves and point south • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-03-19

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Instrument used to measure earthquakes.
  2. A type of boundary that is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal.
  3. Floats out in the deep sea and is used to detect pressure changed caused by tsunamis.
  4. a type of boundary where an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide.
  5. one plate will bend and slide under the other. This process is called__________
  6. A layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
Down
  1. A plate boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  2. What this crossword puzzle is about.
  3. A series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water.
  4. The molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed.

10 Clues: What this crossword puzzle is about. • Instrument used to measure earthquakes. • A layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust. • one plate will bend and slide under the other. This process is called__________ • The molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a plate slides under another, ___ happens
  2. When plates separate, they ___.
  3. When plates collide, they ___.
  4. Underwater valley made by plates spreading apart
  5. The last name of the scientist who proved continental drift
  6. When plates slide past each other, they ___.
Down
  1. Movement in the biggest layer
  2. The last name of the scientist who theorized continental drift
  3. The thin, least dense layer of the earth
  4. The biggest layer of the earth

10 Clues: Movement in the biggest layer • When plates collide, they ___. • The biggest layer of the earth • When plates separate, they ___. • The thin, least dense layer of the earth • When plates slide past each other, they ___. • When a plate slides under another, ___ happens • Underwater valley made by plates spreading apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the thin, least dense layer of the earth
  2. When plates separate, they ___.
  3. When plates collide, they ___.
  4. The last name of the scientist who proved continental drift
  5. When plates slide past each other, they ___.
Down
  1. The biggest layer of the earth
  2. When a plate slides under another, ___happens
  3. The last name of the scientist who theorized continental drift
  4. Movement in the biggest layer
  5. Underwater valley made by plates spreading apart

10 Clues: Movement in the biggest layer • The biggest layer of the earth • When plates collide, they ___. • When plates separate, they ___. • the thin, least dense layer of the earth • When plates slide past each other, they ___. • When a plate slides under another, ___happens • Underwater valley made by plates spreading apart • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. supercontinent named by Wegener
  2. two plates that slide past
  3. theory of tectonic plates
  4. came up with the theory of seafloor spreading
  5. originated the theory of continental drift
  6. theory of Alfred Wegener
Down
  1. two plates that collide
  2. Harry Hess’ hypothesis
  3. two plates that separate
  4. individually sites of upwelling material

10 Clues: Harry Hess’ hypothesis • two plates that collide • two plates that separate • theory of Alfred Wegener • theory of tectonic plates • two plates that slide past • supercontinent named by Wegener • individually sites of upwelling material • originated the theory of continental drift • came up with the theory of seafloor spreading

plate tectonics 2022-03-30

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earths rocky outer layer
  2. pull apart
  3. hot liquid under earths crust
  4. forms when tectonic plate move apart
  5. slide past
  6. low dense rock that forms plates
Down
  1. rock that forms on ocean floor
  2. super continent theory
  3. push together
  4. made of rock or ices

10 Clues: pull apart • slide past • push together • made of rock or ices • super continent theory • earths rocky outer layer • hot liquid under earths crust • rock that forms on ocean floor • low dense rock that forms plates • forms when tectonic plate move apart

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outer most layer of the Earth. This is the layer we walk on.
  2. When two tectonic plates slowly crash into each other and mountains are formed.
  3. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other.
  4. Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust.
  5. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other.
  6. scientist who studies earthquakes.
Down
  1. A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other.
  2. The name given to the super continent from the well-supported theory that all the continents used to be connected as one.
  3. Movement caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking.
  4. When one tectonic plate converges under another due to density differences.

10 Clues: scientist who studies earthquakes. • Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust. • The outer most layer of the Earth. This is the layer we walk on. • Movement caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking. • A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other. • A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonic plates cause them to form
  2. where two lithospheric plates join
  3. when two plates slide past eachother
  4. when oceanic crust is destroyed
  5. molten rock
Down
  1. tectonic plates can cause them to happen
  2. When two tectonic plates divide
  3. there are three different types
  4. ocean ridges that occur at divergent boundaries
  5. two tectonic plates come together

10 Clues: molten rock • When two tectonic plates divide • there are three different types • when oceanic crust is destroyed • two tectonic plates come together • tectonic plates cause them to form • where two lithospheric plates join • when two plates slide past eachother • tectonic plates can cause them to happen • ocean ridges that occur at divergent boundaries

Plate tectonics 2022-02-03

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break of plates
  2. valley when two continental plates separate
  3. two plate move towards each other
  4. two plates move a way from each other
  5. oceanic and continental plates convert
Down
  1. happens when a divergent happens
  2. two plates slide pass each other
  3. happens when two plates transform
  4. two continental plates move towards each other
  5. island form when convergent happens

10 Clues: a break of plates • happens when a divergent happens • two plates slide pass each other • happens when two plates transform • two plate move towards each other • island form when convergent happens • two plates move a way from each other • oceanic and continental plates convert • valley when two continental plates separate • two continental plates move towards each other

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Small, planet like objects found mainly between Mars and Jupiter
  2. made up of icy dust particles and frozen gases, they look like bright balls, with long tails
  3. Largest of the inner planets in the solar system
  4. continent where both the highest point on earth and lowest land point can be found
  5. number of planets known to orbit our sun in our solar system
  6. made up of the hydrosphere, lithosphere, and the atmosphere- where all life exists
Down
  1. number of continents on Earth
  2. Small, round bodies that orbit the sun but are too small to be considered planets
  3. ocean with the deepest known depression on Earth
  4. Gas that composes 78% of the Earth's atmosphere

10 Clues: number of continents on Earth • Gas that composes 78% of the Earth's atmosphere • ocean with the deepest known depression on Earth • Largest of the inner planets in the solar system • number of planets known to orbit our sun in our solar system • Small, planet like objects found mainly between Mars and Jupiter • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-02

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. created by convergent boundaries
  2. this is a hot liquid that is molten and in the earth's core
  3. this fault causes earthquakes
  4. this boundary goes into each other creating mountains
  5. the plates slide past each other to create this boundary
  6. this boundary makes the ground split apart
  7. theses create tsunamis and are common around the ring of fire
Down
  1. it is a ring around the pacfic ocean
  2. what is the supercontinent
  3. This type of fault gets made by compression.

10 Clues: what is the supercontinent • this fault causes earthquakes • created by convergent boundaries • it is a ring around the pacfic ocean • this boundary makes the ground split apart • This type of fault gets made by compression. • this boundary goes into each other creating mountains • the plates slide past each other to create this boundary • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-01-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a boundary where the plates slide past each other
  2. a boundary where the plates move toward from each other
  3. where one plates slides under another
Down
  1. result of oceanic-continental convergent boundary
  2. a boundary where the plates move away from each other
  3. result of transform boundary
  4. result of continental-continental boundary
  5. oceanic-oceanic boundary result
  6. name of all the continents together
  7. result of a divergent boundary

10 Clues: result of transform boundary • result of a divergent boundary • oceanic-oceanic boundary result • name of all the continents together • where one plates slides under another • result of continental-continental boundary • result of oceanic-continental convergent boundary • a boundary where the plates slide past each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates diverge, this substance fills the space between them.
  2. The place where two plates meet.
  3. The place where two oceanic plates diverge.
  4. When two plates come together
  5. When two plates move away
  6. This forms when two plates converge.
  7. When a plate slides under another plate in a convergent boundary.
Down
  1. When this occurs, it creates earthquakes.
  2. In the mantle, this occurs due to heat being created.
  3. This landform occurs when two plates diverge.

10 Clues: When two plates move away • When two plates come together • The place where two plates meet. • This forms when two plates converge. • When this occurs, it creates earthquakes. • The place where two oceanic plates diverge. • This landform occurs when two plates diverge. • In the mantle, this occurs due to heat being created. • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-02-15

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A underwater mountain formation
  2. A break in a plate
  3. When the core heats up magma and it cools down again
  4. Molten rock
  5. When two plates slide past each other
Down
  1. When two plates collide
  2. When one plate goes under another
  3. When two plates move away from each other
  4. The hot center of the earth
  5. Between the core and crust of the earth

10 Clues: Molten rock • A break in a plate • When two plates collide • The hot center of the earth • A underwater mountain formation • When one plate goes under another • When two plates slide past each other • Between the core and crust of the earth • When two plates move away from each other • When the core heats up magma and it cools down again

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-15

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A Fluid that results for convection
  2. a long, narrow ditch.
  3. A crack or split in something.
  4. when plates shake because of convection boundary or divergent boundary.
  5. 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.
  6. When two plates divide and reveal new magma.
Down
  1. When two plates collide and create mountains and subduction zones.
  2. When a heavy plate sinks to the mantle because of a lighter plater
  3. hot rock that is under the mantle
  4. When two or more plates slide past each other.

10 Clues: a long, narrow ditch. • A crack or split in something. • hot rock that is under the mantle • A Fluid that results for convection • When two plates divide and reveal new magma. • When two or more plates slide past each other. • When two plates collide and create mountains and subduction zones. • When a heavy plate sinks to the mantle because of a lighter plater • ...

plate tectonics 2022-11-07

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. boundary between two or more plates
  2. forms where tectonic plates move apart/rift
  3. two tectonic plates moving away from each other
  4. plates slide past each other
Down
  1. two plates moving toward each other
  2. a large block that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit
  3. broad zone
  4. large body of water
  5. large hills
  6. where new oceanic crust is formed by upwelling mantle

10 Clues: broad zone • large hills • large body of water • plates slide past each other • two plates moving toward each other • boundary between two or more plates • forms where tectonic plates move apart/rift • two tectonic plates moving away from each other • where new oceanic crust is formed by upwelling mantle • a large block that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit

Plate Tectonics 2021-04-09

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. make a dramatic change in the form or appearance
  2. the very hot, very dense center of our planet
  3. the outermost shell of our planet
  4. moving in different directions from a common point
  5. hot fluid below or within the earth's crust
  6. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
Down
  1. a mountain or hill, with a crater or vent through which lava can be erupted from the earth's crust
  2. to move toward one point or to approach each other
  3. the final transfer of energy to the surface
  4. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground that sometimes causes great destruction

10 Clues: the outermost shell of our planet • the final transfer of energy to the surface • hot fluid below or within the earth's crust • the very hot, very dense center of our planet • make a dramatic change in the form or appearance • to move toward one point or to approach each other • moving in different directions from a common point • ...

Plate Boundaries 2021-04-22

Plate Boundaries crossword puzzle
Across
  1. occur at the divergent boundaries
  2. Hot lava
  3. boundaries they slide past each other
  4. boundaries They collide into each other
  5. It shakes the whole place
Down
  1. Boundaries They pull apart
  2. Hot substance
  3. A hot substance near the outer and inter core
  4. crust The outer crust of earth
  5. A big ball in side earth

10 Clues: Hot lava • Hot substance • A big ball in side earth • It shakes the whole place • Boundaries They pull apart • crust The outer crust of earth • occur at the divergent boundaries • boundaries they slide past each other • boundaries They collide into each other • A hot substance near the outer and inter core

PLATE TECTONICS 2021-06-29

PLATE TECTONICS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. portion of Earth's crust that lies beneath ocean waters
  2. the edges of tectonic plates. There are three types of them.
  3. 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.
  4. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
  5. a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed
Down
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  2. an opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected.
  3. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
  4. A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
  5. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

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 2021-04-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tending to move toward one point or to approach each other
  2. Liquid layer of the Earth that is the second largest
  3. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth’s crust
  4. the outer layer of the Earth
  5. a vent in the Earth’s crust through lava, steam, ashes, etc, are expelled
Down
  1. moving or extending in different directions from a common point
  2. a solid ball of metal and the densest layer of the Earth
  3. Largest layer of the Earth
  4. a natural elevation of the Earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill
  5. to push on each other in different directions

10 Clues: Largest layer of the Earth • the outer layer of the Earth • to push on each other in different directions • Liquid layer of the Earth that is the second largest • a solid ball of metal and the densest layer of the Earth • tending to move toward one point or to approach each other • moving or extending in different directions from a common point • ...

Plate tectonics 2023-12-10

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when tectonic plates collide and push one plate beneath the other
  2. when plates slide past each other
  3. when tectonic plates move apart in between faults
  4. when plates separate
  5. when plates collide or comes together
Down
  1. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  2. the rigid outer part of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  3. the part of the Earth's crust that makes up the seafloor
  4. Movement in the earth’s crust
  5. An opening in the earth’s crust

10 Clues: when plates separate • Movement in the earth’s crust • An opening in the earth’s crust • when plates slide past each other • when plates collide or comes together • when tectonic plates move apart in between faults • the part of the Earth's crust that makes up the seafloor • the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-12-14

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Two plates that have collided into each other are called what?
  2. A theory that plates move due to convection currents.
  3. A large super continent that existed over 250 million years ago.
  4. When two plates slide by each other in opposite directions.
  5. Its the longest mountain range in the world.
  6. Earths lithosphere is broken into how many major plates?
Down
  1. Two plates pulled apart are called what?
  2. A more dense plate is forced under a less dense plate is called what?
  3. Who named the continental drift?
  4. What are Giant pieces of earths crust that move due to convection currents.

10 Clues: Who named the continental drift? • Two plates pulled apart are called what? • Its the longest mountain range in the world. • A theory that plates move due to convection currents. • Earths lithosphere is broken into how many major plates? • When two plates slide by each other in opposite directions. • Two plates that have collided into each other are called what? • ...

plate tectonics 2023-12-07

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary where two plates collide
  2. A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
  3. The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
  4. An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
  5. The boundary where two plates move apart
  6. The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
Down
  1. A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
  2. Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
  3. The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
  4. 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

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary where two plates collide
  2. A large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor
  3. The formation movement and subduction of earths plates.
  4. An American biologist whos one of the scientists who studied mid-ocean ridge systems
  5. The boundary where two plates move apart
  6. The shaking and trembling that comes from beneath the earth's surface
Down
  1. A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface
  2. Forms when two pieces of continental and come apart
  3. The boundary where two plates pass eachtoher
  4. 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 • ...