plate Crossword Puzzles

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock on the Earth's crust
  2. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  3. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  4. A section created by a plane cutting through a solid perpendicular to it.
  5. The study of the Earth
  6. A crack in Earth's crust
  7. One plate goes under the other
  8. The rocks and minerals on Earth
Down
  1. Something formed from divergent plate boundaries
  2. Plates that form a mid ocean ridge
  3. A long ditch in the ground sometimes formed by convergent plate boundaries
  4. The layer of the Earth under the crust
  5. The outer layer of the Earth
  6. The movement of an edge of one plate moving under another
  7. In the center of the Earth

15 Clues: The study of the Earth • A crack in Earth's crust • In the center of the Earth • The outer layer of the Earth • One plate goes under the other • The rocks and minerals on Earth • Molten rock on the Earth's crust • Plates that form a mid ocean ridge • The layer of the Earth under the crust • Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock on the Earth's crust
  2. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  3. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  4. A section created by a plane cutting through a solid perpendicular to it.
  5. The study of the Earth
  6. A crack in Earth's crust
  7. One plate goes under the other
  8. The rocks and minerals on Earth
Down
  1. Something formed from divergent plate boundaries
  2. Plates that form a mid ocean ridge
  3. A long ditch in the ground sometimes formed by convergent plate boundaries
  4. The layer of the Earth under the crust
  5. The outer layer of the Earth
  6. The movement of an edge of one plate moving under another
  7. In the center of the Earth

15 Clues: The study of the Earth • A crack in Earth's crust • In the center of the Earth • The outer layer of the Earth • One plate goes under the other • The rocks and minerals on Earth • Molten rock on the Earth's crust • Plates that form a mid ocean ridge • The layer of the Earth under the crust • Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries • ...

Nail Disorders 2024-02-07

Nail Disorders crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Blot clot forms under the nail plate
  2. Highly curved nail plate often leads to ingrown nails
  3. Darkening of nails
  4. blood stains bed epithelium. giving appearance of small black or brown splinters
  5. split or brittle nails
  6. Condition caused by injury , is hereditary, or a previous desease of nail unit
Down
  1. also known as furrows. runs either lengthwise or across the nail
  2. Dramatically increased nail curvature
  3. Nail turns a variety of colors, systemic disorder
  4. Living skin splits around nail
  5. Bitten nails
  6. Abnormal condition that occurs when skin is stretched by the nail plate
  7. Whitish discoloration or spots on the nails
  8. Thin white nail plate. More flexible than normal
  9. Vertical lines running down the length of the nail plate

15 Clues: Bitten nails • Darkening of nails • split or brittle nails • Living skin splits around nail • Blot clot forms under the nail plate • Dramatically increased nail curvature • Whitish discoloration or spots on the nails • Thin white nail plate. More flexible than normal • Nail turns a variety of colors, systemic disorder • Highly curved nail plate often leads to ingrown nails • ...

Kitchen Words 2012-10-16

Kitchen Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cup
  2. Milo
  3. Tea
  4. Knife
  5. Fork
  6. Toaster
  7. Coffee
  8. Stove
Down
  1. Plate
  2. Oven
  3. Sink
  4. Kitchen
  5. Fridge
  6. Spoon
  7. Tongs

15 Clues: Cup • Tea • Milo • Oven • Sink • Fork • Plate • Knife • Spoon • Tongs • Stove • Fridge • Coffee • Kitchen • Toaster

Kitchen Words 2012-10-16

Kitchen Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sink
  2. Oven
  3. Cup
  4. Fridge
  5. Tea
  6. Coffee
  7. Toaster
  8. Stove
Down
  1. Milo
  2. Knife
  3. Plate
  4. Kitchen
  5. Fork
  6. Tongs
  7. Spoon

15 Clues: Cup • Tea • Milo • Sink • Oven • Fork • Knife • Plate • Tongs • Spoon • Stove • Fridge • Coffee • Kitchen • Toaster

Parts and objects of the house 2015-05-02

Parts and objects of the house crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Sofa
  2. Chair
  3. Pillow
  4. Kitchen
  5. Garage
  6. Bathroom
  7. Plate
  8. Mirror
Down
  1. Refrigerator
  2. Napkin
  3. Stove
  4. Bed
  5. Lamp
  6. Bedroom
  7. Table

15 Clues: Bed • Sofa • Lamp • Stove • Chair • Table • Plate • Napkin • Pillow • Garage • Mirror • Kitchen • Bedroom • Bathroom • Refrigerator

Earthquakes, and Volcanoes 2024-10-16

Earthquakes, and Volcanoes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Location of hot-spot volcano
  2. Form at megathrust faults
  3. Hottest layer of the Earth
  4. Lines run from north to south pole
  5. Deepest part of the ocean
  6. Zero degree of latitude
  7. One plate pushed under another plate
Down
  1. Lines run from east to west
  2. Place not on plate boundary where volcanoes happen
  3. Mixes with melted rock to form explosive volcanoes
  4. Middle layer of the Earth
  5. Located near megathrust fault
  6. Invented earthquake scale
  7. Movement of heat in liquids and gases
  8. Type of plate boundary with sideways motion

15 Clues: Zero degree of latitude • Middle layer of the Earth • Invented earthquake scale • Form at megathrust faults • Deepest part of the ocean • Hottest layer of the Earth • Lines run from east to west • Location of hot-spot volcano • Located near megathrust fault • Lines run from north to south pole • One plate pushed under another plate • Movement of heat in liquids and gases • ...

Chapter 12 Roof Framing Version B 2025-11-03

Chapter 12 Roof Framing Version B crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A rafter that runs from the wall plate to the ridge, always at a 45° angle.
  2. A structural unit consisting of such members as beams, bars, and ties arranged to form triangles.
  3. The ratio of the rise to the span.
  4. The total of all moving and variable loads that may be placed on a building.
  5. A rafter that forms the intersection of an internal roof angle.
  6. A rafter connected to both the ridge and the wall plate.
  7. A gable overhang.
  8. A plywood or steel plate fastened to the outside of a joint to give the joint strength.
  9. A tie beam connecting rafters. It is located considerably above the wall plate. Also called rafter tie.
Down
  1. The side of a right triangle opposite of the right angle. In roof framing, the length of the rafter is the hypotenuse.
  2. Horizontal roof members used to support rafters between the plate and ridge board.
  3. A wood member nailed to the ends of the rafters and lookouts and used for the outer face of a box cornice.
  4. One of a series of structural members of a roof designed to support roof loads.
  5. The horizontal line at the junction of the top edges of two roof surfaces.
  6. Boards or prefabricated panels that are attached to the exterior studding or rafters of a structure.
  7. The distance a rafter extends upward above the wall plate.
  8. A framed structure extending from and fastened to a roof slope and having a roof of its own. It provides a wall surface for installing a window.
  9. Structural member that supports the soffit and runs between the lower end of a rafter and the outside wall.
  10. The horizontal distance of rafters from the outer edge of the wall plate to the center of the ridge.

19 Clues: A gable overhang. • The ratio of the rise to the span. • A rafter connected to both the ridge and the wall plate. • The distance a rafter extends upward above the wall plate. • A rafter that forms the intersection of an internal roof angle. • The horizontal line at the junction of the top edges of two roof surfaces. • ...

Chapter 12 Roof Framing Version C 2025-11-03

Chapter 12 Roof Framing Version C crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The ratio of the rise to the span.
  2. The distance a rafter extends upward above the wall plate.
  3. A rafter that forms the intersection of an internal roof angle.
  4. A structural unit consisting of such members as beams, bars, and ties arranged to form triangles.
  5. The total of all moving and variable loads that may be placed on a building.
  6. A framed structure extending from and fastened to a roof slope and having a roof of its own. It provides a wall surface for installing a window.
  7. A rafter connected to both the ridge and the wall plate.
  8. The horizontal distance of rafters from the outer edge of the wall plate to the center of the ridge.
Down
  1. A plywood or steel plate fastened to the outside of a joint to give the joint strength.
  2. The side of a right triangle opposite of the right angle. In roof framing, the length of the rafter is the hypotenuse.
  3. The horizontal line at the junction of the top edges of two roof surfaces.
  4. A tie beam connecting rafters. It is located considerably above the wall plate. Also called rafter tie.
  5. One of a series of structural members of a roof designed to support roof loads.
  6. A gable overhang.
  7. A rafter that runs from the wall plate to the ridge, always at a 45° angle.
  8. A wood member nailed to the ends of the rafters and lookouts and used for the outer face of a box cornice.
  9. Boards or prefabricated panels that are attached to the exterior studding or rafters of a structure.
  10. Horizontal roof members used to support rafters between the plate and ridge board.
  11. Structural member that supports the soffit and runs between the lower end of a rafter and the outside wall.

19 Clues: A gable overhang. • The ratio of the rise to the span. • A rafter connected to both the ridge and the wall plate. • The distance a rafter extends upward above the wall plate. • A rafter that forms the intersection of an internal roof angle. • The horizontal line at the junction of the top edges of two roof surfaces. • ...

Tectonic plates crossword 2022-10-27

Tectonic plates crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates moving away from each other
  2. past forms of life that is kept in place within rock
  3. two plates moving towards each other
  4. one of the large sections of rock that make up the earths crust
  5. how often or fast something happens such as the pace of plate movement
  6. a large continuous area of land on earths surface
  7. hot liquid rock underneath the surface of the earth
Down
  1. section a diagram or model that shows what something looks like from the middle
  2. magma,gas,and ash pushed out of a landform formed near plate boundaries
  3. a sudden shaking of the earth caused by plate movement
  4. a long,deep indentation in the ocean floor formed at a convergent plate boundary
  5. the layer of soft solid rock underneath earths outer layer
  6. the earths outer most and thinnest layer
  7. hot liquid rock once it reaches the surface
  8. a feature formed on the surface of the earth due to a geologic process
  9. an under-water mountain range formed at divergent plate boundaries

16 Clues: two plates moving towards each other • two plates moving away from each other • the earths outer most and thinnest layer • hot liquid rock once it reaches the surface • a large continuous area of land on earths surface • hot liquid rock underneath the surface of the earth • past forms of life that is kept in place within rock • ...

AISouth Milady Chapter 10 2015-12-23

AISouth Milady Chapter 10 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Split or brittle nails that have a series or lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate.
  2. The separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed; affects fingernails and toenails.
  3. Fungal infection of the natural nail plate.
  4. Also known as ram's horn or claw nails; an enlargement of the fingernails or toenails accompanied by increased thickening and curvature.
  5. Soft spoon nails with a concave shape that appears scooped out.
  6. Inflammation of the nail matrix, followed by shedding of the natural nail.
  7. Also known as agnail; a condition in which the living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears.
  8. Any deformity or disease of the natural nails.
Down
  1. Bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail causing pus, swelling, and redness, usually in the skin fold adjacent to the nail plate.
  2. Also known as ingrown nails; nail grows into the sides of the tissue around the nail.
  3. Also known as bitten nails; result of a habit of chewing the nail or chewing the hardened skin surrounding the nail plate.
  4. Darkening of the fingernails or toenails; may be seen as a black band within the nail plate, extending from the base to the free edge.
  5. Lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed without shedding, usually beginning at the free edge and continuing toward the lunula area.
  6. Thickening of nails.
  7. Vertical lines running through the length of the natural nail plate that are caused by uneven growth of the nails, usually the result of normal aging.

15 Clues: Thickening of nails. • Fungal infection of the natural nail plate. • Any deformity or disease of the natural nails. • Soft spoon nails with a concave shape that appears scooped out. • Inflammation of the nail matrix, followed by shedding of the natural nail. • Also known as ingrown nails; nail grows into the sides of the tissue around the nail. • ...

Kitchen Words 2012-10-16

Kitchen Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Cup
  2. Sink
  3. Fork
  4. Toaster
  5. Coffee
  6. Knife
  7. Stove
Down
  1. Milo
  2. Plate
  3. Kitchen
  4. Fridge
  5. Spoon
  6. Tongs
  7. Tea
  8. Oven

15 Clues: Cup • Tea • Milo • Sink • Fork • Oven • Plate • Spoon • Tongs • Knife • Stove • Fridge • Coffee • Kitchen • Toaster

kitchen 2022-05-27

kitchen crossword puzzle
Across
  1. chair
  2. pot
  3. toaster
  4. jar
  5. kettle
  6. mixer
  7. bottle
  8. cutlery
Down
  1. microwave
  2. freezer
  3. stove
  4. plate
  5. table
  6. mug
  7. bowl

15 Clues: pot • jar • mug • bowl • stove • chair • plate • table • mixer • kettle • bottle • freezer • toaster • cutlery • microwave

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-06-22

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor)
  2. (instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake)
  3. (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus)
  4. Pull (The force exerted by the weight of the subducted slab on the plate it is attached to)
  5. (an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt)
  6. (the location on the surface of the Earth directly above where the earthquake starts)
  7. (a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements)
  8. (a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.)
  9. Plate Boundary (when two plates come together)
Down
  1. Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other)
  2. Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another)
  3. floor spreading (process in which tectonic plates split apart from each other)
  4. Convection (Mantle convection describes the movement of the mantle as it transfers heat from the white-hot core to the brittle lithosphere)
  5. (the great size or extent of something)
  6. ridges (a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics)
  7. Push (The newly-formed plates slide sideways off these high areas, pushing the plate in front of them resulting in a _____-____ mechanism)
  8. Waves (an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means)
  9. of Plate Tectonic (Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the Earth's rocky inner layer above the soft core)

18 Clues: (the great size or extent of something) • (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor) • Plate Boundary (when two plates come together) • (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus) • ridges (a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics) • Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another) • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock on the Earth's crust
  2. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  3. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  4. A section created by a plane cutting through a solid perpendicular to it.
  5. The study of the Earth
  6. A crack in Earth's crust
  7. One plate goes under the other
  8. The rocks and minerals on Earth
Down
  1. Something formed from divergent plate boundaries
  2. Plates that form a mid ocean ridge
  3. A long ditch in the ground sometimes formed by convergent plate boundaries
  4. The layer of the Earth under the crust
  5. The outer layer of the Earth
  6. The movement of an edge of one plate moving under another
  7. In the center of the Earth

15 Clues: The study of the Earth • A crack in Earth's crust • In the center of the Earth • The outer layer of the Earth • One plate goes under the other • The rocks and minerals on Earth • Molten rock on the Earth's crust • Plates that form a mid ocean ridge • The layer of the Earth under the crust • Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock on the Earth's crust
  2. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  3. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  4. A section created by a plane cutting through a solid perpendicular to it.
  5. The study of the Earth
  6. A crack in Earth's crust
  7. One plate goes under the other
  8. The rocks and minerals on Earth
Down
  1. Something formed from divergent plate boundaries
  2. Plates that form a mid ocean ridge
  3. A long ditch in the ground sometimes formed by convergent plate boundaries
  4. The layer of the Earth under the crust
  5. The outer layer of the Earth
  6. The movement of an edge of one plate moving under another
  7. In the center of the Earth

15 Clues: The study of the Earth • A crack in Earth's crust • In the center of the Earth • The outer layer of the Earth • One plate goes under the other • The rocks and minerals on Earth • Molten rock on the Earth's crust • Plates that form a mid ocean ridge • The layer of the Earth under the crust • Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries • ...

Geology Review 2022-10-24

Geology Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The release of energy when plates move
  2. Solid ball of iron and nickel; hottest layer
  3. The dropping of sediment in a new location
  4. The best way to prevent soil erosion
  5. Plate boundaries that are coming together
  6. Thickest layer of the Earth; made of magma
  7. Thinnest layer of the Earth; made of solid rock
  8. Rocks that are made from pressure
  9. Plate boundaries that are pulling apart
  10. One plate sliding under another
Down
  1. Rocks made from great heat & pressure
  2. The never ending series of changes to a rock
  3. Plate boundaries that are sliding past
  4. The breaking of rock into sediment
  5. Made of molten iron and nickel
  6. Remains of living things; tell us about the past
  7. Rocks that are made from magma cooling
  8. The moving of sediment

18 Clues: The moving of sediment • Made of molten iron and nickel • One plate sliding under another • Rocks that are made from pressure • The breaking of rock into sediment • The best way to prevent soil erosion • Rocks made from great heat & pressure • The release of energy when plates move • Plate boundaries that are sliding past • Rocks that are made from magma cooling • ...

Plate Tectonics 2023-02-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock on the Earth's crust
  2. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  3. Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries
  4. A section created by a plane cutting through a solid perpendicular to it.
  5. The study of the Earth
  6. A crack in Earth's crust
  7. One plate goes under the other
  8. The rocks and minerals on Earth
Down
  1. Something formed from divergent plate boundaries
  2. Plates that form a mid ocean ridge
  3. A long ditch in the ground sometimes formed by convergent plate boundaries
  4. The layer of the Earth under the crust
  5. The outer layer of the Earth
  6. The movement of an edge of one plate moving under another
  7. In the center of the Earth

15 Clues: The study of the Earth • A crack in Earth's crust • In the center of the Earth • The outer layer of the Earth • One plate goes under the other • The rocks and minerals on Earth • Molten rock on the Earth's crust • Plates that form a mid ocean ridge • The layer of the Earth under the crust • Often occurs at convergent plate boundaries • ...

Plate tectonics 2022-03-23

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what can make plate move away from eachother
  2. the study of Earth
  3. plate boundaries moving towards each other
  4. what causes to form volcanoes
  5. plate boundaries moving apart
  6. A supercontinent made up of all continents
  7. what was the earliest eon in history
  8. what can create mass destruction by erupting
Down
  1. where most earth quakes and volcanoes occur
  2. what is found in zicronium minerals
  3. what is the largest landmasses of the earth
  4. What is the thinnest layer of the earth
  5. What is the thickest layer of the earth
  6. what floods cities
  7. Causes earthquakes and tsunamis
  8. plate boundaries slide past each other

16 Clues: the study of Earth • what floods cities • what causes to form volcanoes • plate boundaries moving apart • Causes earthquakes and tsunamis • what is found in zicronium minerals • what was the earliest eon in history • plate boundaries slide past each other • What is the thinnest layer of the earth • What is the thickest layer of the earth • ...

Jace Knox - 3 2023-12-11

Jace Knox - 3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. point within the earth where an earthquake took place
  2. Hot flowing liquid
  3. causes severe damage and is most powerful near the epicenter
  4. The vent of a volcano where molten lava is stored
  5. point directly above the focus
  6. center of the earth
  7. plate boundary that pulls apart
  8. between the crust and outermost layer
  9. A volcano exploding
Down
  1. plate boundary where oceanic goes under continental
  2. Lakes of molten in volcanic craters
  3. tool that measures the size of earthquakes
  4. the only liquid layer of the earth
  5. plate boundary that comes together
  6. plate boundary that slides past
  7. outermost layer of the earth

16 Clues: Hot flowing liquid • center of the earth • A volcano exploding • outermost layer of the earth • point directly above the focus • plate boundary that pulls apart • plate boundary that slides past • the only liquid layer of the earth • plate boundary that comes together • Lakes of molten in volcanic craters • between the crust and outermost layer • ...

Living with Tectonic Hazards: Lessons 1 & 2 2013-04-15

Living with Tectonic Hazards: Lessons 1 & 2 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A mountain range that's formed by the convergence of the Indian and the Eurasian plates
  2. Naturally occurring event that threatens human lives and causes damage to property
  3. A destructive zone where plates collide
  4. The descent of the edge of an oceanic plate under the edge of an adjoining plate
  5. A type of crust that is located beneath the Earth's land masses and under shallow seas close to the continents
  6. A constructive zone where oceanic-oceanic plates move apart to form new seafloor
  7. A plate which collides with the Philippine plate to form the Marianna Trench
  8. A deep depression that's perpendicular to the point of subduction
Down
  1. Consists of the crust and the uppermost mantle
  2. A ridge that's formed when the North American plate moves away from the Eurasian plate
  3. A chain of volcanic islands that's associated with an oceanic-oceanic plate subduction
  4. A type of crust that is located beneath deep oceans and is made up of heavy rocks such as basalt
  5. A force that is generated by the subduction proceess
  6. Current created by the movement of heat within the mantle
  7. A boundary where plates slide past each other, creating a zone of horizontal displacement

15 Clues: A destructive zone where plates collide • Consists of the crust and the uppermost mantle • A force that is generated by the subduction proceess • Current created by the movement of heat within the mantle • A deep depression that's perpendicular to the point of subduction • A plate which collides with the Philippine plate to form the Marianna Trench • ...

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle 2023-06-22

Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convection (Mantle convection describes the movement of the mantle as it transfers heat from the white-hot core to the brittle lithosphere)
  2. (the location on the surface of the Earth directly above where the earthquake starts)
  3. floor spreading (process in which tectonic plates split apart from each other)
  4. Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another)
  5. Waves (an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means)
  6. of Plate Tectonic (Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the Earth's rocky inner layer above the soft core)
  7. (a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.)
  8. (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor)
Down
  1. (a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements)
  2. Plate Boundary (when two plates come together)
  3. Push (The newly-formed plates slide sideways off these high areas, pushing the plate in front of them resulting in a _____-____ mechanism)
  4. (the great size or extent of something)
  5. (an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt)
  6. ridges (a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics)
  7. (instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake)
  8. Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other)
  9. Pull (The force exerted by the weight of the subducted slab on the plate it is attached to)
  10. (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus)

18 Clues: (the great size or extent of something) • (long, narrow depressions on the seafloor) • Plate Boundary (when two plates come together) • (a concentration or centring of attention on a stimulus) • ridges (a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics) • Plate Boundary (occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another) • ...

Plate Tectonics UNIT test REVIEW 2023-03-03

Plate Tectonics UNIT test REVIEW crossword puzzle
Across
  1. zone formed where a continental plate and oceanic plate converge, forms volcanoes
  2. bottom layer of crust that is plastic like
  3. deep underwater formation at a convergent boundary
  4. formed when 2 continental crust converge
  5. top layer of earth's crust, rigid and rocky
  6. formed at a midocean ridge
  7. type of plate boundary where plates move toward each other
Down
  1. least dense of Earth's layers, the top
  2. when hot magma rises and cooler magma sinks, this causes plate movement
  3. formed when 2 oceanic plates diverge
  4. formed when 2 continental plate diverge
  5. The oceanic crust is _______ dense that the continental crust, so it will sink
  6. type of plate boundary where plates move away from each other

13 Clues: formed at a midocean ridge • formed when 2 oceanic plates diverge • least dense of Earth's layers, the top • formed when 2 continental plate diverge • formed when 2 continental crust converge • bottom layer of crust that is plastic like • top layer of earth's crust, rigid and rocky • deep underwater formation at a convergent boundary • ...

Plate Tectonics - Ruhi 3-23 2017-06-13

Plate Tectonics - Ruhi 3-23 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate or when an oceanic plate slides under an oceanic plate
  2. layer of the earth composed of liquid iron and nickel
  3. shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from the release of accumulated energy
  4. location on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of an earthquake
  5. plate boundaries that move away from each other as magma rises
  6. crust and the upper portion of the upper mantle
  7. layer of the earth, mostly solid iron at tremendous temperature and pressure.
  8. the location in the Earth where the earthquake originate
  9. thickest layer of the earth, mostly solid like "thick toothpaste"
Down
  1. outermost layer of the earth, granite on land and basalt in oceans
  2. molten layer of the upper mantle
  3. plate boundaries that come together
  4. the study of seismic waves
  5. supercontinent believed to have been before they broke apart
  6. area where molten rock rises to the surface

15 Clues: the study of seismic waves • molten layer of the upper mantle • plate boundaries that come together • area where molten rock rises to the surface • crust and the upper portion of the upper mantle • layer of the earth composed of liquid iron and nickel • the location in the Earth where the earthquake originate • ...

Tectonic Plates - Ruhi 3-23 2017-06-13

Tectonic Plates - Ruhi 3-23 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the thickest layer of the earth, mostly solid like "thick toothpaste"
  2. the study of seismic waves
  3. the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from the release of accumulated energy
  4. the plate boundaries that move away from each other as magma rises
  5. when an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate or when an oceanic plate slides under an oceanic plate
  6. the crust and the upper portion of the upper mantle
  7. the layer of the earth composed of liquid iron and nickel
Down
  1. the supercontinent believed to have been before they broke apart
  2. an area where molten rock rises to the surface
  3. the plate boundaries that come together
  4. the molten layer of the upper mantle
  5. the location on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of an earthquake
  6. the outermost layer of the earth, granite on land and basalt in oceans
  7. the layer of the earth, mostly solid iron at tremendous temperature and pressure.
  8. the location in the Earth where the earthquake originate

15 Clues: the study of seismic waves • the molten layer of the upper mantle • the plate boundaries that come together • an area where molten rock rises to the surface • the crust and the upper portion of the upper mantle • the location in the Earth where the earthquake originate • the layer of the earth composed of liquid iron and nickel • ...

Tectonic plates crossword 2022-10-27

Tectonic plates crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hot liquid rock once it reaches the surface
  2. a feature formed on the surface of the earth due to a geologic process
  3. section a diagram or model that shows what something looks like from the middle
  4. one of the large sections of rock that make up the earths crust
  5. magma,gas,and ash pushed out of a landform formed near plate boundaries
  6. a large continuous area of land on earths surface
  7. how often or fast something happens such as the pace of plate movement
  8. two plates moving away from each other
Down
  1. hot liquid rock underneath the surface of the earth
  2. past forms of life that is kept in place within rock
  3. an under-water mountain range formed at divergent plate boundaries
  4. two plates moving towards each other
  5. a sudden shaking of the earth caused by plate movement
  6. the layer of soft solid rock underneath earths outer layer
  7. a long,deep indentation in the ocean floor formed at a convergent plate boundary

15 Clues: two plates moving towards each other • two plates moving away from each other • hot liquid rock once it reaches the surface • a large continuous area of land on earths surface • hot liquid rock underneath the surface of the earth • past forms of life that is kept in place within rock • a sudden shaking of the earth caused by plate movement • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What forms from subduction zones at convergent boundaries?
  2. What is a sea floor mountain called?
  3. The super continent that was on earth 280 million years ago, what is it called?
  4. What rock type is the cooling of magma?
  5. What is the destruction of the earth with shaking of the ground?
  6. What rock type has all the rock layers cemented together?
Down
  1. What is a mountain like formation that has lava and gases spewing out?
  2. What is the place where two plates meet?
  3. What plate boundary moves towards each other?
  4. What is it called the more dense plate goes under the less dense plate?
  5. What plate boundary moves away from each other?
  6. What is formed from convergent boundary's where two continental plates collide?
  7. What causes widespread of volcanic activity?
  8. What plate boundary has two plates sliding past each other.
  9. What is the whole process called when one type of rock turns into another?

15 Clues: What is a sea floor mountain called? • What rock type is the cooling of magma? • What is the place where two plates meet? • What causes widespread of volcanic activity? • What plate boundary moves towards each other? • What plate boundary moves away from each other? • What rock type has all the rock layers cemented together? • ...

Anatomy of the Nail 2024-07-31

Anatomy of the Nail crossword puzzle
Across
  1. whitish, half-moon shape at the base of the nail
  2. pocket-like fold of skin that holds the nail root and matrix
  3. small portion of non-living skin extending around the base of the nail
  4. part of the nail hidden under the mantle
  5. living skin at the base of the nail plate; partially overlaps the lunula
  6. fold of normal skin that surrounds the natural nail plate
  7. thin layer of skin between the nail bed and the nail plate
Down
  1. additional skin that overlaps onto the sides of the nail plate
  2. translucent portion of the nail; nail body
  3. also known as the lateral fold
  4. part of the nail bed that extends below the nail root
  5. slits or grooves on the sides of the nail that allow for growth
  6. skin located between the free edge and the fingertip
  7. portion of the skin that the nail plate rests upon as it grows
  8. part of the nail plate that extends past the fingertip

15 Clues: also known as the lateral fold • part of the nail hidden under the mantle • translucent portion of the nail; nail body • whitish, half-moon shape at the base of the nail • skin located between the free edge and the fingertip • part of the nail bed that extends below the nail root • part of the nail plate that extends past the fingertip • ...

lithospheric plates 2025-06-24

lithospheric plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. extends 75,900,000 km2 from the North Pole to Siberia
  2. the pieces of the Earth's crust
  3. a young oceanic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean
  4. covers some parts of Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean sea
  5. the largest tectonic plate
  6. an oceanic tectonic plate underlying in Central America and the Caribbean Sea
  7. a tectonic plate on the edge of the South Atlantic and the Southern Ocean
  8. a tectonic plate in the eastern and northern hemisphere and one of the continental plates that have been moving northward
  9. an oceanic tectonic plate located in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean
  10. the rigid outermost shell of the earth that is broken into tectonic plates
Down
  1. it comprise the bulk of continents and the pacific ocean
  2. covers most area of Europe and Russia
  3. contains huge part of the Australian continent and Indian subcontinent
  4. covers some regions of the Atlantic Ocean and the entire South American continent
  5. covers the continents in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

15 Clues: the largest tectonic plate • the pieces of the Earth's crust • covers most area of Europe and Russia • a young oceanic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean • extends 75,900,000 km2 from the North Pole to Siberia • it comprise the bulk of continents and the pacific ocean • covers some parts of Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean sea • ...

Name: __________________________________________ Period: __________ Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle (answers found in the plate tectonics reading packet or in your notes) 2025-03-18

Name: __________________________________________ Period: __________ Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle (answers found in the plate tectonics reading packet or in your notes) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This chain of volcanoes is a common result when two oceanic plates collide together at a convergent boundary.
  2. This very familiar structure forms when magma pushes its way up from the mantle, occasionally erupting and causing lava to spill out onto the land.
  3. The deepest parts of the ocean floor, these occur in the subduction zone when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate or when two oceanic plates collide.
  4. This is heat moving through a fluid, also driven by density.
  5. The name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago when all of the Earth’s landmasses were one.
  6. The Navy Officer who discovered Seafloor Spreading.
  7. The lithosphere is broke into chunks called _____________ that slowly move around on top of the asthenosphere.
  8. The type of plate boundary that involves two tectonic plates grinding past each other, not hitting head on or moving apart.
  9. This landform is a common result of two continental plates colliding together at a convergent boundary.
  10. Alfred Wegener had a _______________ of how continents moved. The reason that it was not a theory is because he could not provide a mechanism.
  11. ___________________ is the process of the ocean getting wider at the mid-ocean ridges as magma rises up and cools to form new crust, pushing the older crust further away.
  12. This meteorologist and arctic explorer developed the hypothesis of continental drift and spent his life looking for the mechanisms that drove it.
  13. The name of the theory that describes the movements and collisions of the lithosphere’s plates as they float around.
  14. The name of the layer of the mantle that is fluid enough for the solid lithosphere (the layer just above it) to float around on it.
Down
  1. The type of plate boundary that involves two tectonic plates moving apart from each other.
  2. The type of plate boundary that involves two tectonic plates colliding together.
  3. Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis which states that the continents used to all be joined together but that they have drifted apart over time to where they are today.
  4. An underwater mountain range commonly found at divergent plate boundaries. These are the locations where seafloor spreading takes place.
  5. The name of the area where one tectonic plate gets pulled down underneath another in convergent plate boundaries.
  6. The type of crust that is lighter and less dense when compared to its oceanic counterpart
  7. The layer of Earth that the “plates” are made of. It includes the crust and the solid top portion of the mantle.
  8. This technology uses sound waves to map out an underwater surface or to detect underwater objects and was very important in the discovery of mid-ocean ridges.
  9. A force that holds objects together and keeps us from floating away. One of the driving forces of plate tectonics.
  10. This event is a common occurrence at all types of plate boundaries, caused by the sudden release of a buildup of energy in the rocks at plate boundaries.

24 Clues: The Navy Officer who discovered Seafloor Spreading. • This is heat moving through a fluid, also driven by density. • The type of plate boundary that involves two tectonic plates colliding together. • The type of crust that is lighter and less dense when compared to its oceanic counterpart • ...

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 2023-11-03

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. alternating lava
  2. hole
  3. edge of Pacific Plate
  4. magma chamber hardens
  5. when lava pours out
  6. thick lava
  7. up and down
  8. water heated by magma
  9. caved in volcano
  10. violent with cinders
  11. makes magma thicker
  12. earth's heat
  13. never again
  14. magma hardens in the pipe
Down
  1. hot gas,ash,cinder,and bombs
  2. connects chamber to a vent
  3. middle of a plate
  4. subduction of a plate
  5. runny lava
  6. currency erupting
  7. calm,lava flows
  8. stores magma
  9. thickness of a liquid
  10. opening
  11. eruption of heated water
  12. sleeping
  13. sits sideways

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • runny lava • thick lava • up and down • never again • stores magma • earth's heat • sits sideways • calm,lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currency erupting • when lava pours out • makes magma thicker • violent with cinders • edge of Pacific Plate • magma chamber hardens • subduction of a plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • ...

Plate Teconics 2023-11-06

Plate Teconics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. meaning all together
  2. first layer of earth
  3. mountain where lava oozes out
  4. theory explaining structure of earths crust
  5. line in middle of earth
  6. hot fluid in or under earths crust
  7. able to float
  8. large body of land
  9. plate tectonics moving to side
Down
  1. plate tectonics moving together
  2. earth vibrations
  3. part of land near sea
  4. act of lava or magma leaving volcano
  5. to come in contact
  6. plate tectonics moving away
  7. small amount of land
  8. relating to earthquakes or vibrations
  9. easy to break
  10. a line that seperates
  11. long narrow ditch
  12. part of earth between crust and core

21 Clues: easy to break • able to float • earth vibrations • long narrow ditch • to come in contact • large body of land • meaning all together • first layer of earth • small amount of land • part of land near sea • a line that seperates • line in middle of earth • plate tectonics moving away • mountain where lava oozes out • plate tectonics moving to side • plate tectonics moving together • ...

waves/forces crossword 2017-01-30

waves/forces crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. vibrations caused by rubture in earth surface.
  2. a vent in earth's crust through which molten rock flows.
  3. the particle melted portion of the mantle below lithosphere.
  4. the circulation of particles within a material caused by difference energy and density.
  5. the boundary between two plates that move toward each other.
  6. a location where volcanoes form far from plate bounderies.
Down
  1. small steep sided volcano.
  2. the boundary between two plates that move away from each other.
  3. the rigid outermost layer of earth that includes the uppermost mantle and crust.
  4. molten rock stored below earth surface.
  5. a large steep sided volcano.
  6. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate.
  7. a large volcano with gentle slopes of basaltic lavas,common around divergent plate bounderies.
  8. magma that erupts onto earth's surface.
  9. tiny particles of pulverized volcanic rock and glass.
  10. the boundary between two plate were they slide past each other.

16 Clues: small steep sided volcano. • a large steep sided volcano. • molten rock stored below earth surface. • magma that erupts onto earth's surface. • vibrations caused by rubture in earth surface. • tiny particles of pulverized volcanic rock and glass. • a vent in earth's crust through which molten rock flows. • a location where volcanoes form far from plate bounderies. • ...

Basic Printmaking Vocabulary 2024-01-08

Basic Printmaking Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. three colors that are next to one another on the color wheel; these colors harmonize with each other.
  2. lines and shapes are gouged into a piece of linoleum to produce a surface that has positive and negative areas; the linoleum block is then coated in ink to make prints.
  3. a print created from high and low areas on a printing plate.
  4. pigments plus oils, binders, and driers.
  5. a raised impression made by a metal plate.
  6. the number of prints pulled from one plate.
  7. pressing an object into ink and then pressing it onto a paper, leaving a print.
  8. the flat surface onto which a design is etched or engraved for printing.
  9. two opposite colors on the color wheel.
  10. a machine with a photosensitive device that translates images into digital code; images can then be stored in a computer.
  11. an impression made from a printing plate in order to check the progress of the design being made; it is a test print.
  12. a roller used to spread a layer of ink over printing plates.
  13. a tool used for printing; it can be made from an eraser, a potato, a string, foam, metal, or wood.
Down
  1. tints, tones, and shades of the same color.
  2. a tool used to remove wood or linoleum from a block.
  3. a liquid that dissolves ink.
  4. the process of making an image on a plate and reproducing it again and again using ink.
  5. a soft piece of felt used to apply ink to a surface.
  6. a one-time print made from a printing plate.
  7. a stencil process using a mesh stretched over a frame; ink is forced through openings in the mesh and blocked from going through other areas.
  8. a material made of paper or fabric that has cut-away parts with lettering or a design; ink or paint is forced through these parts onto the surface being printed.
  9. a print made from a collage of materials glued together on a printing plate.
  10. a copy made using the printing process.
  11. lines are scratched into a flat metal plate to hold the ink and make a print.
  12. a fabric that is stretched over a frame used to hold a stencil for printing.
  13. a tool used for stamping, usually made of rubber.
  14. lines and shapes are cut into a wood block, which is inked and then printed.

27 Clues: a liquid that dissolves ink. • a copy made using the printing process. • two opposite colors on the color wheel. • pigments plus oils, binders, and driers. • a raised impression made by a metal plate. • tints, tones, and shades of the same color. • the number of prints pulled from one plate. • a one-time print made from a printing plate. • ...

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 2023-11-03

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. alternating lava
  2. hole
  3. edge of Pacific Plate
  4. magma chamber hardens
  5. when lava pours out
  6. thick lava
  7. up and down
  8. water heated by magma
  9. caved in volcano
  10. violent with cinders
  11. makes magma thicker
  12. earth's heat
  13. never again
  14. magma hardens in the pipe
Down
  1. hot gas,ash,cinder,and bombs
  2. connects chamber to a vent
  3. middle of a plate
  4. subduction of a plate
  5. runny lava
  6. currency erupting
  7. calm,lava flows
  8. stores magma
  9. thickness of a liquid
  10. opening
  11. eruption of heated water
  12. sleeping
  13. sits sideways

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • runny lava • thick lava • up and down • never again • stores magma • earth's heat • sits sideways • calm,lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currency erupting • when lava pours out • makes magma thicker • violent with cinders • edge of Pacific Plate • magma chamber hardens • subduction of a plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • ...

Sawyer1 2023-11-03

Sawyer1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. middle of a plate
  2. water heated by magma
  3. thickness of a liquid
  4. opening
  5. up and down
  6. stores magma
  7. edge of Pacific plate
  8. violent with cinders
  9. subduction of oceanic plate
  10. magma chamber hardens
  11. when lava pours out
  12. eruption of heated water
Down
  1. never again
  2. hot gas, ash, cinders, and bombs
  3. magma hardens in the pipe
  4. currently erupting
  5. makes magma thicker
  6. carved in volcano
  7. type of volcano with calm lave flow
  8. hole
  9. thick lava
  10. connects chambers to a vent
  11. earths heat
  12. sits sideways
  13. alternating lava
  14. sleeping
  15. runny lava

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • thick lava • runny lava • never again • up and down • earths heat • stores magma • sits sideways • alternating lava • middle of a plate • carved in volcano • currently erupting • makes magma thicker • when lava pours out • violent with cinders • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • edge of Pacific plate • magma chamber hardens • eruption of heated water • ...

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 2023-11-03

Mariah K. Moss Mend hr3 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. alternating lava
  2. hole
  3. edge of Pacific Plate
  4. magma chamber hardens
  5. when lava pours out
  6. thick lava
  7. up and down
  8. water heated by magma
  9. caved in volcano
  10. violent with cinders
  11. makes magma thicker
  12. earth's heat
  13. never again
  14. magma hardens in the pipe
Down
  1. hot gas,ash,cinder,and bombs
  2. connects chamber to a vent
  3. middle of a plate
  4. subduction of a plate
  5. runny lava
  6. currency erupting
  7. calm,lava flows
  8. stores magma
  9. thickness of a liquid
  10. opening
  11. eruption of heated water
  12. sleeping
  13. sits sideways

27 Clues: hole • opening • sleeping • runny lava • thick lava • up and down • never again • stores magma • earth's heat • sits sideways • calm,lava flows • alternating lava • caved in volcano • middle of a plate • currency erupting • when lava pours out • makes magma thicker • violent with cinders • edge of Pacific Plate • magma chamber hardens • subduction of a plate • water heated by magma • thickness of a liquid • ...

Home Maintenance 2022-05-19

Home Maintenance crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stains
  2. plug in
  3. Plate that is the bottom of a wall
  4. used to cover drywall patch
  5. plate on top of a wall
  6. roughs up pipe for sweating
  7. drywall patch
  8. most common accident on table saw
  9. not a twobyfour
  10. color seen when copper is ready for solder
  11. always worn in a shop environment
  12. Supports a door or window
  13. you look out of this
Down
  1. overlaps existing wall when patching
  2. lead free plumbing glue
  3. to brass
  4. stains
  5. stains
  6. used to cut bulding lumber
  7. knife used when mudding
  8. doubled up top plate
  9. to ground
  10. stud that lifts a window or door system

23 Clues: stains • stains • stains • plug in • to brass • to ground • drywall patch • not a twobyfour • doubled up top plate • you look out of this • plate on top of a wall • lead free plumbing glue • knife used when mudding • Supports a door or window • used to cut bulding lumber • used to cover drywall patch • roughs up pipe for sweating • most common accident on table saw • always worn in a shop environment • ...

logan ray lackeys crosswerd puzzle 2020-02-12

logan ray lackeys crosswerd puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. you can find one in san andreas
  2. a plate boundry in the ocean
  3. when 2 plates collide with each other
  4. the number of plate boundrys
  5. lest solid layer
  6. can be caused by transform
  7. made by convergent
  8. the name of the reason of how did the contenets move
  9. cases earthqakes
  10. when you go under
Down
  1. earths hotest layer
  2. earths thickest layer
  3. made By divergent
  4. when 2 plates go away from each other
  5. the coldest layer
  6. caused by subduction
  7. the plate boundry that is nearest to us
  8. made by divergent
  9. nown as boundreys
  10. thinnest layer

20 Clues: thinnest layer • lest solid layer • cases earthqakes • made By divergent • the coldest layer • made by divergent • nown as boundreys • when you go under • made by convergent • earths hotest layer • caused by subduction • earths thickest layer • can be caused by transform • a plate boundry in the ocean • the number of plate boundrys • you can find one in san andreas • ...

Earthquakes 2021-05-22

Earthquakes crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process of an oceanic plate colliding with and descending underneath a continental plate.
  2. Large ocean wave created by undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
  3. Fault that makes California an area of high risk for earthquakes.
  4. Other name for the crust.
  5. The area of the earth's surface that is directly above the origin of an earthquake.
  6. Layer above the outer core.
  7. Force that drives plate tectonics.
  8. An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes.
  9. Older, lighter plate.
Down
  1. Used to measure the strength of earthquakes.
  2. Waves from an earthquake are known as these.
  3. A crack in the earth's surface along which movement takes place.
  4. The large, thin, plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of the Earth.
  5. Younger, heavier plate.
  6. The point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts.
  7. Thinnest layer of the Earth.

16 Clues: Older, lighter plate. • Younger, heavier plate. • Other name for the crust. • Layer above the outer core. • Thinnest layer of the Earth. • Force that drives plate tectonics. • Used to measure the strength of earthquakes. • Waves from an earthquake are known as these. • An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2024-01-16

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rigid layer that consists of crust and upper mantle
  2. the type of plate movement where the plates slide horizontally past each other
  3. the type of plate movement where the plates move away from one another
  4. large, ancient landmass where all continents were connected
  5. the act of one plate pushing beneath another
  6. the innermost layer of Earth
  7. can occur at plate boundaries, the earth shakes
Down
  1. is formed at divergent boundaries, a low area of land
  2. pieces of crust that are broken up and move
  3. below the lithosphere, where convection occurs
  4. large, ancient superocean when all continents were connected
  5. the type of plate movement where the plates move toward each other
  6. the thick layer that the crust moves on
  7. the outermost layer of Earth that we live on
  8. is formed at convergent boundaries, contains magma
  9. is formed at convergent boundaries, a tall portion of Earth's crust

16 Clues: the innermost layer of Earth • the thick layer that the crust moves on • pieces of crust that are broken up and move • the outermost layer of Earth that we live on • the act of one plate pushing beneath another • below the lithosphere, where convection occurs • can occur at plate boundaries, the earth shakes • is formed at convergent boundaries, contains magma • ...

logan ray lackeys crosswerd puzzle 2020-02-12

logan ray lackeys crosswerd puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. you can find one in san andreas
  2. a plate boundry in the ocean
  3. when 2 plates collide with each other
  4. the number of plate boundrys
  5. lest solid layer
  6. can be caused by transform
  7. made by convergent
  8. the name of the reason of how did the contenets move
  9. cases earthqakes
  10. when you go under
Down
  1. earths hotest layer
  2. earths thickest layer
  3. made By divergent
  4. when 2 plates go away from each other
  5. the coldest layer
  6. caused by subduction
  7. the plate boundry that is nearest to us
  8. made by divergent
  9. nown as boundreys
  10. thinnest layer

20 Clues: thinnest layer • lest solid layer • cases earthqakes • made By divergent • the coldest layer • made by divergent • nown as boundreys • when you go under • made by convergent • earths hotest layer • caused by subduction • earths thickest layer • can be caused by transform • a plate boundry in the ocean • the number of plate boundrys • you can find one in san andreas • ...

Tectonic plates 2021-12-13

Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The name of the ancient supercontinent that Earth was 28 million years ago.
  2. The theory that Earth was a supercontinent that slowly drifted apart
  3. at ridges and spreads apart
  4. What kind of events happen at transform plate boundaries?
  5. A hotspring where boiling water is launced into the air
Down
  1. The theory that new
  2. Divergent oceanic plates can cause what?
  3. How can you tell the difference between intrusive and extrusive igneous rock?
  4. What causes Earth's plates to move?
  5. The process of older rock becoming newer rock
  6. What type of plate boundaries go towards each other?
  7. What type of plate boundaies move side by side?
  8. What area of the Earth has plates?
  9. What type of plate boundaries move away from each other?
  10. Convergent plate boundaries can create what?

15 Clues: The theory that new • at ridges and spreads apart • What area of the Earth has plates? • What causes Earth's plates to move? • Divergent oceanic plates can cause what? • Convergent plate boundaries can create what? • The process of older rock becoming newer rock • What type of plate boundaies move side by side? • What type of plate boundaries go towards each other? • ...

Baseball Terms HARD 2023-09-10

Baseball Terms HARD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Makes sure the ball doesn’t go past the plate
  2. This “person” cheers for their team and high fives fans
  3. According to Nolan, a ball that is hit very hard
  4. If the ball is to one side of this, it’s a home run. the other side is a foul
  5. The current name of the first MLB team
  6. When the ball bounces over the fence
  7. Starts play by throwing a ball
  8. Yelich bats on this side of the plate
Down
  1. Home plate to pitchers plate is this far
  2. A home run goes where
  3. Player located in the sand part of the field
  4. A ball hit that doesn’t go in the air
  5. Farthest position from home plate
  6. Plates are made out of this
  7. Replaces the pitcher in lineup

15 Clues: A home run goes where • Plates are made out of this • Replaces the pitcher in lineup • Starts play by throwing a ball • Farthest position from home plate • When the ball bounces over the fence • A ball hit that doesn’t go in the air • Yelich bats on this side of the plate • The current name of the first MLB team • Home plate to pitchers plate is this far • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-01-25

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a layer of molten iron and nickle that surrounds the inner core of earth
  2. the transfer of heat within a material or between materials that are touching
  3. a break in the earth's crust where masses of rock slip past each other
  4. the layer of hot, solid material between earths crust and core
  5. a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
  6. a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
  7. the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid
  8. a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite direction
  9. a rigid layer made up of the upper most part of the mantle and the crust
  10. the name of the single land mass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
Down
  1. the movement of a fluid caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another
  2. the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
  3. the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
  4. the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across earth's surface
  5. a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of earth
  6. a undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary
  7. the region between the inonosphere and the exosphere
  8. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
  9. a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
  10. the soft layer of mantle on which the lithosphere floats

20 Clues: the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid • the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface • the region between the inonosphere and the exosphere • a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other • the soft layer of mantle on which the lithosphere floats • a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other • ...

plate tectonics 2021-01-13

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. san Andres fault boundary
  2. core solid iron and nicle
  3. seafloor
  4. , middle layer
  5. What type of stress would you find at a subduction zone
  6. fastest wave
  7. land
  8. Which boundary type would you find a ridge on the ocean floor surrounded by rocks of different ages
  9. total amount of energy released at the focus of an earthquake
  10. the biggest layer of earth
Down
  1. a huge earthquake
  2. second wave
  3. earthquake recorder
  4. the center taller of earth
  5. Wegeners proof
  6. the ring of fire
  7. earthquake energy point
  8. core second hottest layer
  9. what forms islands
  10. they layer we live on
  11. move meant on earths plates

21 Clues: land • seafloor • second wave • fastest wave • Wegeners proof • , middle layer • the ring of fire • a huge earthquake • what forms islands • earthquake recorder • they layer we live on • earthquake energy point • san Andres fault boundary • core solid iron and nicle • core second hottest layer • the center taller of earth • the biggest layer of earth • move meant on earths plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-12-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The outer part of the earth.
  2. Upper layer of the earths mantle, below the lithosphere.
  3. The solid, outermost layer of the earth, lying above the mantle.
  4. Liquid mix of elements, mostly iron and metal.
  5. drift Gradual movement of the continents.
  6. A large scale that processes affecting the earths crust.
  7. The asthenosphere is also__________________.
  8. Made up of iron and nickle.
  9. Usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault.
  10. A large chunk of crust.
  11. crust The relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins.
  12. boundaries Where plates slide past each other.
Down
  1. This acts like a hard and rigid shell compared to earths mantle.
  2. The movement of the edge of the plate of the earth's crust.
  3. Where two plates are moving apart.
  4. currents A fluid that results from convection.
  5. A super-continent that moved throughout the years.
  6. A major fault separating blocks of the earth's surface.
  7. Where two plates are colliding.
  8. Mountain or hill that explodes.

20 Clues: A large chunk of crust. • Made up of iron and nickle. • The outer part of the earth. • Where two plates are colliding. • Mountain or hill that explodes. • Where two plates are moving apart. • drift Gradual movement of the continents. • The asthenosphere is also__________________. • currents A fluid that results from convection. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-01-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the boundary when tectonic plates spread apart.
  2. proposed the continental drift theory.
  3. a weak spot in the crust where magma comes through the surface.
  4. the fault when the plates are divergent.
  5. the soft part of the mantle which the tectonic plates move.
  6. based on the energy from earthquakes.
  7. the location on the surface directly above the focus.
  8. when two plates collide with each other and the denser one slides under the other.
  9. the solid, rocky, rigid upper part of the mantle.
  10. a massive wave created from earthquakes from the ocean floor.
Down
  1. measures and records earthquake
  2. shaking and sliding of the earths ground caused by masses of rock along a fault.
  3. what can occur at convergent boundaries like the alps.
  4. the hot, thick, bright red stuff that comes out of a volcano.
  5. What boundary forms when two plates collide with each other.
  6. the falut when the plates are convergent.
  7. the boundary when tectonic plates slides against each other.
  8. the thin and most outer layer of the Earth.
  9. deep areas in the ocean created by a subducting plate.
  10. the super continent which contained all the plates together.

20 Clues: measures and records earthquake • based on the energy from earthquakes. • proposed the continental drift theory. • the fault when the plates are divergent. • the falut when the plates are convergent. • the thin and most outer layer of the Earth. • the boundary when tectonic plates spread apart. • the solid, rocky, rigid upper part of the mantle. • ...

Plate Tectoics 2020-12-10

Plate Tectoics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
  2. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
  3. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
  4. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies.
  5. Vibrations created by an earthquake.
  6. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.
  7. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
  8. The rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations.
  9. The sinking of regions of the Earth's crust to lower elevations.
Down
  1. Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object.
  2. The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates.
  3. The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core.
  4. Stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object.
  5. The central part of the Earth below the mantle.
  6. The bending of rock layers due to stress.
  7. The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move.
  8. The theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape.
  9. Machines that measure the times at which seismic waves arrive at different distances from an earthquake.
  10. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle.
  11. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another.

20 Clues: Vibrations created by an earthquake. • The bending of rock layers due to stress. • The central part of the Earth below the mantle. • The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core. • Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object. • Stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-03-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A layer of plastic in the lower mantle
  2. A place where extremely hot material from inside Earth erupts at the surface
  3. Name for the crust and the upper mantle together; Earth's tectonic plates
  4. Where plates are sliding parallel to each other, but in opposite directions
  5. A longitudinal seismic wave that that travels fast through earth
  6. A zone where Earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart
  7. Mountains formed by crust crumpling upwards as plates collide
  8. The focus or middle point of an earthquake
  9. When one plate sinks below another during a collision
  10. The rapid movement of the ground,usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion, due to the movement of tectonic plates
Down
  1. Process of new crust forming at the ocean ridge and spreading
  2. The separating of continents
  3. An instrument that detects the seismic waves form an earthquake
  4. Section of Earth's crust that moves about on earth's surface
  5. The centre of Earth
  6. A deep channel in the ocean floor where crust is sinking down
  7. Layer beneath Earth's crust
  8. Earth's outermost solid layer
  9. Older crust is pushed below new ocean crust and squeezes the plates sideways
  10. A huge wave caused by an earthquake on the sea floor

20 Clues: The centre of Earth • Layer beneath Earth's crust • The separating of continents • Earth's outermost solid layer • A layer of plastic in the lower mantle • The focus or middle point of an earthquake • A huge wave caused by an earthquake on the sea floor • When one plate sinks below another during a collision • Section of Earth's crust that moves about on earth's surface • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-03-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary Where plates are sliding parallel to each other, but in opposite directions
  2. Trench A deep channel in the ocean floor where crust is sinking down
  3. A zone where Earth's crust and mantle are being pulled apart
  4. mountain Mountains formed by crust crumpling upwards as plates collide
  5. A layer of plastic in the lower mantle
  6. An instrument that detects the seismic waves form an earthquake
  7. Wave A longitudinal seismic wave that that travels fast through earth
  8. Name for the crust and the upper mantle together; Earth's tectonic plates
  9. When one plate sinks below another during a collision
  10. Drift The separating of continents
Down
  1. A huge wave caused by an earthquake on the sea floor
  2. The centre of Earth
  3. The rapid movement of the ground,usually back and forth and up and down in a wave motion, due to the movement of tectonic plates
  4. Layer beneath Earth's crust
  5. The focus or middle point of an earthquake
  6. Earth's outermost solid layer
  7. Push Older crust is pushed below new ocean crust and squeezes the plates sideways
  8. A place where extremely hot material from inside Earth erupts at the surface
  9. Spreading Process of new crust forming at the ocean ridge and spreading
  10. Plate Section of Earth's crust that moves about on earth's surface

20 Clues: The centre of Earth • Layer beneath Earth's crust • Earth's outermost solid layer • Drift The separating of continents • A layer of plastic in the lower mantle • The focus or middle point of an earthquake • A huge wave caused by an earthquake on the sea floor • When one plate sinks below another during a collision • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-02-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two plates collide at a convergent boundary, and one plate is driven beneath the other back into the Earth’s interior
  2. This forms at the place when the plates collide
  3. Which state is the San Andreas fault located in
  4. Close to the mantle
  5. Split apart
  6. Continental Drift ______
  7. Plates slip sideways past each other creating...
  8. Oceanic is mainly made out of this rock
  9. Hard rock that makes up the Continental crust
  10. The _____ is the second layer of the Earth
Down
  1. This crust is very young
  2. Oceanic and Continental and two types of
  3. The top of the mantle
  4. Mountains are created at this type of boundary
  5. Two continental crusts diverge and create a ____ Valley
  6. This crust is very old
  7. The Rift Valley is located in the continent of ______
  8. This mountain range is located in Asia and was created by convergence
  9. Moving sideways causing earthquakes
  10. The most famous transform boundary is the San _______ fault in California

20 Clues: Split apart • Close to the mantle • The top of the mantle • This crust is very old • This crust is very young • Continental Drift ______ • Moving sideways causing earthquakes • Oceanic is mainly made out of this rock • Oceanic and Continental and two types of • The _____ is the second layer of the Earth • Hard rock that makes up the Continental crust • ...

Plate Tectonics 2020-05-21

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Formed by subduction when a continental plate and oceanic plate converge
  2. Layer of the Earth that is makes Earth a magnet
  3. A large area of the land on Earth, such as Africa and Europe
  4. Seismic waves that shake the ground back and forth, also known as compressional waves
  5. Where two continental plates converge is called the _________
  6. Seismic waves that occur on the Earth’s surface
  7. The science that deals with nature and earth history
  8. A massive continent, Pangaea is one
  9. Something that records details of earthquakes including force and duration
  10. Place within the Mantle where rocks melt to generate magma under volcanoes
  11. The centre of Earth, the inner most layer
  12. The founder of the continental drift theory Alfred ______
  13. Hot fluid withing and below the Earth’s crust.
  14. Basaltic lava forming very rough and jagged masses
  15. The northern continent after Pangaea split
  16. A process by which water-saturated sediment temporarily loses strength and acts as a fluid
  17. A ______ volcano is composed of one layer of hardened lava, tephra and volcanic ash
  18. The planet we live on
  19. A fracture between two blocks of hard rock
  20. The point directly above the focus.
  21. When two tectonic plates slide against eachother
  22. If a volcano is inactive but may erupt again it is considered _______
  23. A violent shaking of the ground as a result of movements within the Earth’s crust
  24. Seismic waves that occur in the Earth’s crust and move up and down
  25. Where the seismic waves originate
Down
  1. There are 12 of these that make up the Earth’s surface
  2. Upper layer of the Earth’s mantle, below the lithosphere
  3. A ________ is composed of one layer of hardened lava, tephra and volcanic ash
  4. A mountain having a vent where lava, rock fragmens, hot vapour and gas will erupt from
  5. A small earthquake that occurs after the main earthquake
  6. If a volcano has no record of every erupting it is considered ________
  7. When two tectonic plates collide together
  8. A numerical scale for measuring the magnitude of an earthquake
  9. The edges were two tectonic plates meet is called _____
  10. Layer of the Earth where convection currents occur
  11. A layer of the Earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  12. The thinnest and outer most layer of the Earth
  13. When two oceanic plates diverge and the sea floor spreads it creates a ______
  14. The southern continent after Pangaea split
  15. A _______ volcano is steep and has volcanic materials built up around the volcanic vent
  16. When one tectonic plate slides under the other when converging
  17. Tectonic plate that sits underwater and is the thinner plate type
  18. A series of large waves caused by underwater earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
  19. A theory that ecplained how continents shift positions on the Earth’s surface
  20. Hot molten rock erupted from a volcano.
  21. Basaltic lava forming smooth undulating or ropy masses
  22. If a volcano erupts frequently it is considered ______
  23. The size of the volcanoes is measured in this unit
  24. Tectonic plate that sits under land and is the thicker plate
  25. Flowing fluid that is moving because there is a temperature or density difference
  26. When two continental plates diverge and the surface spreads apart they create a _______
  27. When two tectonic plates move away from eachother
  28. A small earthquakes that occurs before the major earthquake
  29. A _______ volcano has shallowly sloping sides, built up over time by flows of lava
  30. The supercontinent believed to have once existed

55 Clues: The planet we live on • Where the seismic waves originate • A massive continent, Pangaea is one • The point directly above the focus. • Hot molten rock erupted from a volcano. • When two tectonic plates collide together • The centre of Earth, the inner most layer • The southern continent after Pangaea split • The northern continent after Pangaea split • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. outermost layer of the earth
  2. a break in the Earth's crust
  3. boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  4. layer between the crust and the core
  5. theory that continents drift apart
  6. the bending of rock layers
  7. a pulling force
  8. a region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  9. a squeezing force
  10. the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlines the ocean basins
  11. new lithosphere is created here
Down
  1. boundary between two colliding plates
  2. as a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force
  3. the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  4. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  5. capable of being molded or changing shape without breaking
  6. soft layer of the mantle
  7. outer most, rigid layer of the Earth
  8. rising mantle material at mid-ocean ridges creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge with a force
  9. piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  10. the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil or oceans

21 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • outermost layer of the earth • a break in the Earth's crust • new lithosphere is created here • theory that continents drift apart • layer between the crust and the core • outer most, rigid layer of the Earth • boundary between two colliding plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-05-11

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. places where plates slide sideways past each other.
  2. rupture in the crust that allows hot lava volcanic ash and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface
  3. the rigid outer part of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  4. a region of the Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet and one plate moves underneath the other
  5. the upper layer of the earth's mantle below the lithosphere in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
  6. a supercontinent that assembled approximately 335 million years ago
  7. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  8. the movement of fluid that results from convection.
  9. the outermost layer of rock of which a planet consists especially the part of the earth above the mantle.
  10. an extended break in a body of rock marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular surface.
Down
  1. located at the juncture of crustal plates that form the floor of the Atlantic Ocean; it is considered a "slow-spreading" ridge
  2. method of dating rocks by determining the proportions of radioactive isotopes
  3. long narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates where one plate is pushed or subducts beneath another.
  4. an intensely hot area in the mantle below Earth's crust.
  5. a theory explaining the movement of Earth’s plates over time
  6. where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity, gradually moves away from the ridge
  7. one of the sections of the Earth's lithosphere that is in constant motion
  8. observed that the continents of South America and Africa looked like they would fit together remarkably well—take away the Atlantic Ocean and these two massive landforms would lock neatly together.
  9. sudden and violent shaking of the ground.
  10. an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide

20 Clues: sudden and violent shaking of the ground. • places where plates slide sideways past each other. • the movement of fluid that results from convection. • an intensely hot area in the mantle below Earth's crust. • occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other • a theory explaining the movement of Earth’s plates over time • ...

Plate Tectonic 2021-04-06

Plate Tectonic crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Vast, water-filled areas (such as the Atlantic Ocean) that formed at divergent boundaries between two slabs of oceanic crust.
  2. The study of the origin, history, and structure of Earth.
  3. A boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other.
  4. One of the large slabs of solid rock that make up Earth's lithosphere. It is also called a lithospheric plate.
  5. The movements and interactions of the large slabs of solid rock that make up Earth's lithosphere.
  6. The type of crust that makes up Earth's ocean floor.
  7. A shaking of the ground, usually produced by the sudden breaking or shifting of a large slab of rock. Earthquakes usually result in seismic waves.
  8. The transfer of energy via the movement of particles within a liquid or gas.
  9. A very long, narrow, and deep valley on the ocean floor.
  10. A range of undersea volcanoes that forms at a divergent boundary.
  11. The change in the location of Earth's continents over time.
  12. The layer of Earth that lies between the crust and the core.
  13. The outer layer of Earth that lies between the mantle and the surface and makes up the continents and the ocean floor.
  14. The type of crust that makes up Earth's continents and the continental shelves.
  15. The transfer of energy from one object to another by direct contact. Thermal energy transfers between colliding particles that make up matter at different temperatures.
Down
  1. The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the geologic past.
  2. Lines where two tectonic plates touch and interact.
  3. The process that occurs between plates at a convergent boundary. The edge of the denser plate moves under the edge of the less dense plate and sinks into the mantle.
  4. Strings or groups of mountains that are connected and formed by the same process.
  5. The process that occurs along a mid-ocean ridge and causes an ocean basin to grow wider. It occurs as new oceanic crust made of lava from volcanoes hardens and becomes part of two diverging plates.
  6. A hot, dense, mixture of melted rock and gases found beneath Earth's surface.
  7. The theory that explains how major features of Earth's surface form and change due to the movements of the plates that make up the lithosphere.
  8. A boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving toward each other.
  9. A boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.

24 Clues: Lines where two tectonic plates touch and interact. • The type of crust that makes up Earth's ocean floor. • A very long, narrow, and deep valley on the ocean floor. • The study of the origin, history, and structure of Earth. • The change in the location of Earth's continents over time. • The layer of Earth that lies between the crust and the core. • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-09-11

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When a tectonic plate slides underneath another one
  2. Theory about earth's crust, in most clues
  3. water,The thin part of the earth’s crust
  4. A process that transfers energy from one place to another.
  5. Proposed more evidence that fully proved a theory about earth’s plates
  6. When two tectonic plates move away from each other
  7. The most extensive chain of mountains on earth
  8. When two tectonic plates come together and collide, Uses both oceanic and continental crust
  9. A fracture between two types of rocks
Down
  1. The edges where two plates meet, There are 3 types of it
  2. Formed by a collision of two continental plates
  3. The movement of plates on earth’s surface over time.
  4. A name of a supercontinent.
  5. When two tectonic plates slide past each other
  6. The evidence that fully proved a theory to be true, Tectonic plates splitting apart
  7. We live on it, Is in large landmasses
  8. an old theory that is now proven wrong due to another theory setting surface.
  9. an area with a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
  10. Proposed an important theory about earth’s plates in 1912 with proper evidence.
  11. Formed by one tectonic plate going under another, Formed using a oceanic plate and a continental plate
  12. comes from the lithosphere, Melted rock, When above the earth’s surface, it changes name

21 Clues: A name of a supercontinent. • We live on it, Is in large landmasses • A fracture between two types of rocks • water,The thin part of the earth’s crust • Theory about earth's crust, in most clues • When two tectonic plates slide past each other • The most extensive chain of mountains on earth • Formed by a collision of two continental plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  2. seafloor spreading underwater mountain chain
  3. Plate Boundary when two tectonic plates move away from each other
  4. A plate boundary that exhibits lateral motion
  5. a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
  6. hot material moving upward from the Earth's mantle into the crust
  7. Plate Boundary lithospheric plates collide
  8. relating to the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale processes which take place within it
  9. a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics
  10. long chains of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity
  11. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time
  12. an area on Earth over a mantle plume
  13. the highly viscous, mechanically weak, and ductile region of the upper mantle of Earth
Down
  1. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
  2. A supercontinent of the Southern Hemisphere
  3. Magnetic minerals in rocks can lock-in a record of the direction and intensity of the magnetic field when they form
  4. large slabs of Earth's lithosphere—split apart from each other
  5. A supercontinent of the Northern Hemisphere
  6. a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
  7. its fluid dynamics!, density differences exist within the molten Earth causing movement between the inner and outer core
  8. long narrow chasms - the deepest parts of the ocean
  9. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock

22 Clues: an area on Earth over a mantle plume • Plate Boundary lithospheric plates collide • A supercontinent of the Southern Hemisphere • A supercontinent of the Northern Hemisphere • seafloor spreading underwater mountain chain • A plate boundary that exhibits lateral motion • long narrow chasms - the deepest parts of the ocean • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates split new land forms
  2. the process that results when magma rises at a mid ocean ridge and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions away from the ridge
  3. large hole formed by the collapse of a volcano's magma chamber.
  4. An instrument that records vibrations in the ground.
  5. plates slide past each other, forming faults and causing earthquakes
  6. plates are pushed apart through mantle convection
  7. In geology, a seismic wave that travels through the body of a medium.
  8. Wave like ripples formed in rocks caused by compressional stress that raise the height of rock
  9. The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.
  10. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point (or focus).
  11. The rock that makes up Earth's crust is slightly less dense than the rock in the mantle, so it floats.
  12. plates collide
  13. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary
  14. A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago
  15. Zone An area of Earth's surface where no direct seismic waves form a particular earthquake can be detected.
  16. A crack in the Earth's surface where slabs of crust slip past each other
  17. the motion of the continents over time
  18. a seismic water wave
  19. a gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent.
  20. magma when it reaches the surface
  21. Gap An area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occurred recently but where strong earthquakes are known to have occurred in the past.
  22. mountain that forms as continental crust crumples and bends into folds
  23. a scientific theory describing the large scale motion of earths plates
  24. Large ocean that used to surround Pangaea
  25. S waves are the second-fastest seismic waves and arrive at detection sites right after the P waves come in.
  26. process by which new crust forms at midocean ridges
  27. The location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
Down
  1. the study of changes in Earth's magnetic field
  2. a driving force that cause tectonic plates to move around
  3. the process that results when a dense oceanic plate sinks beneath a more buoyant plate along a subduction zone , pulling the rest of the plate that trails behind it
  4. changes in shape or size of rock body cause by stress.
  5. fragments of rock that form during a volcanic eruption
  6. A tracing of an earthquake motion that is recorded by a seismograph.
  7. A measure of the strength of an earthquake.
  8. long line of mountains that were formed at about same time and by same processes
  9. spot an area where
  10. formed when magma pushes up on layers of rocks
  11. P waves are seismic waves that cause particles of rock to move in a back-and-forth direction that is parallel to the direction in which the waves are traveling.
  12. the shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
  13. In geology, a seismic wave that travels along the surface of a medium and that has a stronger effect near the surface of the medium than it has in the interior.
  14. wave The energy released by the earthquake travels in all directions from the focus.
  15. Deformation resulting from stress
  16. a molten mixture of rock forming substances,gases, and water from the mantle
  17. Zone A region of numerous, closely spaced faults.
  18. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  19. the process by which supercontinentsform and break apart over time
  20. form as blocks of rock move up or down along normal fault
  21. any activity that includes the movement of magma toward or onto earth's surface.
  22. a slice of lithosphere that has been added to the margin of a continent during plate collision.
  23. a mountain that forms in earths crust when molten material, or magma, reaches the surface
  24. a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.

51 Clues: plates collide • spot an area where • a seismic water wave • plates split new land forms • Deformation resulting from stress • magma when it reaches the surface • the motion of the continents over time • Large ocean that used to surround Pangaea • A measure of the strength of an earthquake. • the study of changes in Earth's magnetic field • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-20

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. plates split new land forms
  2. the process that results when magma rises at a mid ocean ridge and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions away from the ridge
  3. large hole formed by the collapse of a volcano's magma chamber.
  4. An instrument that records vibrations in the ground.
  5. plates slide past each other, forming faults and causing earthquakes
  6. plates are pushed apart through mantle convection
  7. In geology, a seismic wave that travels through the body of a medium.
  8. Wave like ripples formed in rocks caused by compressional stress that raise the height of rock
  9. The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.
  10. The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point (or focus).
  11. The rock that makes up Earth's crust is slightly less dense than the rock in the mantle, so it floats.
  12. plates collide
  13. an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary
  14. A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago
  15. Zone An area of Earth's surface where no direct seismic waves form a particular earthquake can be detected.
  16. A crack in the Earth's surface where slabs of crust slip past each other
  17. the motion of the continents over time
  18. a seismic water wave
  19. a gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent.
  20. magma when it reaches the surface
  21. Gap An area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occurred recently but where strong earthquakes are known to have occurred in the past.
  22. mountain that forms as continental crust crumples and bends into folds
  23. a scientific theory describing the large scale motion of earths plates
  24. Large ocean that used to surround Pangaea
  25. S waves are the second-fastest seismic waves and arrive at detection sites right after the P waves come in.
  26. process by which new crust forms at midocean ridges
  27. The location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
Down
  1. the study of changes in Earth's magnetic field
  2. a driving force that cause tectonic plates to move around
  3. the process that results when a dense oceanic plate sinks beneath a more buoyant plate along a subduction zone , pulling the rest of the plate that trails behind it
  4. changes in shape or size of rock body cause by stress.
  5. fragments of rock that form during a volcanic eruption
  6. A tracing of an earthquake motion that is recorded by a seismograph.
  7. A measure of the strength of an earthquake.
  8. long line of mountains that were formed at about same time and by same processes
  9. spot an area where
  10. formed when magma pushes up on layers of rocks
  11. P waves are seismic waves that cause particles of rock to move in a back-and-forth direction that is parallel to the direction in which the waves are traveling.
  12. the shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
  13. In geology, a seismic wave that travels along the surface of a medium and that has a stronger effect near the surface of the medium than it has in the interior.
  14. wave The energy released by the earthquake travels in all directions from the focus.
  15. Deformation resulting from stress
  16. a molten mixture of rock forming substances,gases, and water from the mantle
  17. Zone A region of numerous, closely spaced faults.
  18. the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
  19. the process by which supercontinentsform and break apart over time
  20. form as blocks of rock move up or down along normal fault
  21. any activity that includes the movement of magma toward or onto earth's surface.
  22. a slice of lithosphere that has been added to the margin of a continent during plate collision.
  23. a mountain that forms in earths crust when molten material, or magma, reaches the surface
  24. a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.

51 Clues: plates collide • spot an area where • a seismic water wave • plates split new land forms • Deformation resulting from stress • magma when it reaches the surface • the motion of the continents over time • Large ocean that used to surround Pangaea • A measure of the strength of an earthquake. • the study of changes in Earth's magnetic field • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The boundary between two colliding tectonic plates
  2. Vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  3. A break or crack in the Earth's surface
  4. The branch of geology that studies earthquakes
  5. The soft layer of the mantle
  6. Molten rock in the Earth's crust
  7. The edges where two plates meet
  8. A crack in the Earth's crust through which gases escape
  9. The boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other
  10. Type of volcano that is the biggest and has large gentle slopes
  11. Type of volcano that is big, round and shaped like a cauldron
  12. The movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  13. Simplest type of volcano, conical with low, steep sides and often found on sides of other types of volcanoes
  14. The outermost layer of the Earth
  15. Region formed where two plates move apart and can be found on land or the bottom of the sea
  16. The study of the movement of Earth's crust
  17. The theory that continents drift apart
  18. Continental transform fault that extends through California
Down
  1. The science of the history of the Earth as recorded in rocks
  2. the layer between the crust and the core
  3. The boundary where two tectonic plates slide by each other
  4. The process that happens at mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanoes and then gradually moves away from the ridge
  5. When magma erupts onto the surface it is called this
  6. Volcano that buried the ancient town of Pompeii in Italy
  7. A long, underwater ocean ridge created by divergent boundary
  8. The liquid layer of the Earth's core
  9. This is the region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur
  10. The outermost, rigid layer of the mantle
  11. Mountains created where two or more continental plates are pushed together. The Himalayan mountains are an example.
  12. Type of volcano that is large and has steep slopes, also called a composite volcano
  13. A long narrow depression in a surface

31 Clues: The soft layer of the mantle • The edges where two plates meet • Molten rock in the Earth's crust • The outermost layer of the Earth • The liquid layer of the Earth's core • A long narrow depression in a surface • The theory that continents drift apart • A break or crack in the Earth's surface • the layer between the crust and the core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-10-07

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a supercontinent that formed when Pangea broke in the Triassic time period; other is Laurasia
  2. the first layer of the earth that is 5-100 km thick and made of silicon and oxygen
  3. a time period (65 million years ago), when Gondwanaland broke up into South America and Africa
  4. a supercontinent that formed when Pangea broke in the Triassic time period; other is Gondwanaland
  5. the second layer of the earth that is 2900 km thick and made out of iron, nickel, and magnesium
  6. a time period (200 million years ago), when Pangea split up into two supercontinents: Laurasia & Gondwanaland
  7. a crust type that is a little dense, 30-50 km thick, and mostly made of granite
  8. a time period (225 million years ago), when the supercontinent Pangea existed
  9. a time period (150 million years ago), that was also called The Age of the Dinosaurs
  10. the man who came up with the plate tectonics hypothesis
  11. a plate boundary that happens when plates collide, forming mountains and coastline volcanoes
  12. a plate boundary that happens when plates slide past each other, creating earthquakes and faults
Down
  1. a crust type that is really dense, 5-10 km thick, and mostly made of basalt
  2. a supercontinent that existed 225 million years ago, when all the continents were together
  3. a rocky steep hill that is created when convergent boundaries occur
  4. the center of the earth that is 1200 km thick and made out of iron and nickel; it is hotter than the surface of the sun
  5. a crack in the plates that happen when a transform boundary occurs
  6. a meteorologist who came up with the hypothesis of continental drift
  7. the third layer of the earth that is 2300 km thick and made of iron and nickel
  8. an animal whose fossils were found on two continents separated by an ocean; it helped Alfred Wegener with his continental drift theory
  9. a plate boundary that happens when plates move apart, creating mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys

21 Clues: the man who came up with the plate tectonics hypothesis • a crack in the plates that happen when a transform boundary occurs • a rocky steep hill that is created when convergent boundaries occur • a meteorologist who came up with the hypothesis of continental drift • a crust type that is really dense, 5-10 km thick, and mostly made of basalt • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Molten rock underneath the Earth
  2. Alfred ____ first to term Pangaea
  3. A sedimentary rock
  4. South America and _______ were once joined
  5. This word means 'change'
  6. Mid-ocean ______ form when plates move apart
  7. Oceanic & continental ___ float over mantle
  8. Volcanoes spew ____ during an eruption.
  9. Name of your science teacher
  10. Heat & _____ can change a rock
  11. Formed when two plates move towards each other
  12. part of the mantle where plates float on
  13. Diamonds are made up of pure
  14. Outer layer of the Earth is solid rock
  15. The study of the Earth and rocks
  16. Method used to date artifacts
  17. Earth crust and upper mantle form
Down
  1. Supercontinent that formed millions of years ago
  2. Earthquakes and landslides are known as
  3. One of the agents of erosion
  4. Pangaea broke apart 200 ______ years ago
  5. Outer core is ________ rock
  6. Geological hazard occurs when plates move
  7. A fossil key to theory of Plate Tectonics
  8. This type of rock includes basalt
  9. two plates move apart
  10. the breaking down of rocks
  11. plates slide past each other
  12. These currents occur in the mantle
  13. A deep ocean _____ form when plates collide
  14. two plates move towards each other

31 Clues: A sedimentary rock • two plates move apart • This word means 'change' • the breaking down of rocks • Outer core is ________ rock • One of the agents of erosion • Name of your science teacher • plates slide past each other • Diamonds are made up of pure • Method used to date artifacts • Heat & _____ can change a rock • Molten rock underneath the Earth • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Land risk
  2. Energy released
  3. Crack
  4. Side
  5. Ocean
  6. Wave caused by earthquake
  7. Falling snow/ice
  8. Instrument that records earthquake details
  9. Hanging wall goes down
  10. Waves that travel along ground surface
  11. Apart
Down
  1. Slide past each other (Fault)
  2. Liquid under volcano
  3. Land
  4. Mud flows down volcano slope
  5. Record of earthquake
  6. Point where earthquake starts
  7. Reaches Earth’s surface
  8. Shaking caused by rock movement under the surface.
  9. Hanging wall goes up

20 Clues: Land • Side • Crack • Ocean • Apart • Land risk • Energy released • Falling snow/ice • Liquid under volcano • Record of earthquake • Hanging wall goes up • Hanging wall goes down • Reaches Earth’s surface • Wave caused by earthquake • Mud flows down volcano slope • Slide past each other (Fault) • Point where earthquake starts • Waves that travel along ground surface • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-21

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. asthenosphere
  2. crust
  3. volcano
  4. mesosphere
  5. divergent
  6. richter
  7. oceanic
  8. lithosphere
  9. lava
  10. continental
Down
  1. wegener
  2. pacificplate
  3. iron
  4. outercore
  5. convergent
  6. normal
  7. granite
  8. earthquakes
  9. fossils
  10. puzzles

20 Clues: iron • lava • crust • normal • wegener • volcano • granite • richter • fossils • oceanic • puzzles • outercore • divergent • convergent • mesosphere • earthquakes • lithosphere • continental • pacificplate • asthenosphere

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-22

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. tectonic plates float on this
  2. Type of boundary where two plates slide past each other.
  3. the last name of the person who created the theory of plate tectonics and Pangaea
  4. when the ground violently shakes
  5. when to plates collide and slide beneath eachother.
  6. when rocks break
  7. the block above the fault plane
  8. right above the asthenosphere
  9. the block below the fault plane
  10. Type of Boundary where two plates are pushed against each other.
  11. the youngest layers are at the core of the fold here
  12. a big wave
Down
  1. The process where new ocean floor is added to the existing one
  2. Type of boundary where two plates are being pulled apart.
  3. Supercontinent where all of the continents were joined.
  4. the last name of the person who created the theory of seafloor spreading
  5. the oldest layers are at the core of the fold here
  6. the heat source that drives plates to move
  7. when rocks bend
  8. big form of land

20 Clues: a big wave • when rocks bend • when rocks break • big form of land • tectonic plates float on this • right above the asthenosphere • the block above the fault plane • the block below the fault plane • when the ground violently shakes • the heat source that drives plates to move • the oldest layers are at the core of the fold here • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-08

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Earth's _____ is broken into about 19 pieces.
  2. Continents used to look like a giant _____ ____.
  3. Tectonic plates have different size, ____, and thickness
  4. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another.
  5. The bending of rock layers due to stress.
  6. A more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate
  7. Two plates that slide past each other
  8. 300 million years ago all of the continents were combined into one super-continent called _____
  9. PT.2 and _______ per year.
  10. Who discovered the theory of continental drfit
Down
  1. Process where new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and hardens
  2. Formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates, EX: Himalaya Mountains
  3. Which boundary moves in this direction ← →
  4. Zones of geologic activity at the surface of Earth
  5. The _______ (crust and asthenosphere) is cracked and divided into tectonic plates.
  6. Submerged mountain range extended from the Arctic Ocean to beyond the southern tip of Africa. One of the better known Divergent Boundaries
  7. The flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  8. PT.1 Tectonic plates move around Earth's surface at rates of ______
  9. Vibrations created by an earthquake.
  10. The core is made up of mostly ____

20 Clues: PT.2 and _______ per year. • The core is made up of mostly ____ • Vibrations created by an earthquake. • Two plates that slide past each other • The bending of rock layers due to stress. • Which boundary moves in this direction ← → • The flow that transfers heat within a fluid • Earth's _____ is broken into about 19 pieces. • Who discovered the theory of continental drfit • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-11-19

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where plates have pushed together
  2. the amount of force on a unit
  3. mountains formed when rocks are pushed together
  4. mountains formed when there are many faults
  5. causes land to rise
  6. oldest layers of rock are pushed upward
  7. when rock breaks
  8. when magma rises through cracks in plates
  9. large area of land made up of plates
  10. when a dense plate meets a less dense plate
Down
  1. when force cause plates to shake
  2. what makes up plate tectonics
  3. mountains form from melted rock
  4. when rocks change under stress
  5. currents that slowly move continents
  6. youngest layers of rock are pushed downward
  7. near subduction zone
  8. areas on Earth where hot plumes of magma rise
  9. when rock bends
  10. first person to suggest continental drift

20 Clues: when rock bends • when rock breaks • causes land to rise • near subduction zone • what makes up plate tectonics • the amount of force on a unit • when rocks change under stress • mountains form from melted rock • when force cause plates to shake • where plates have pushed together • currents that slowly move continents • large area of land made up of plates • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-11-30

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Convergent
  2. Mountains
  3. Tsunami
  4. convectioncurrents
  5. Madrid, but new
  6. a quake in the earth
  7. when a spot is hot
  8. Divergent
  9. when continents drift
  10. A fault, backwards
  11. Crusty
Down
  1. seafloor-spreading
  2. you stike, then slip, and a fault
  3. Fault
  4. mid-ocean-ridge
  5. transform
  6. ocean of the pacific
  7. fire ring
  8. pangaea
  9. Trench

20 Clues: Fault • Trench • Crusty • Tsunami • pangaea • Mountains • transform • fire ring • Divergent • Convergent • mid-ocean-ridge • Madrid, but new • seafloor-spreading • convectioncurrents • when a spot is hot • A fault, backwards • ocean of the pacific • a quake in the earth • when continents drift • you stike, then slip, and a fault

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-10

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Heat transferring through empty space
  2. waves made during an earthquake
  3. Heat transferred through contact
  4. when two plates slide past eachother
  5. a mountain with magma in it
  6. A rock mostly found on continents
  7. The second layer of the earth
  8. Inner most layer of Earth
  9. third layer of the earth
  10. happens when two plate pull away from eachother
Down
  1. the tectonic plates shaking when they move
  2. A black rock found on the ocean floor
  3. a part of the crust and upper mantle
  4. the reason why the Pacific is getting smaller
  5. The part the rest on the asthenosphere
  6. An extended break in a body of rock
  7. when two plate collide
  8. super continents
  9. Granite and basalt is one
  10. first layer of the earth

20 Clues: super continents • when two plate collide • third layer of the earth • first layer of the earth • Granite and basalt is one • Inner most layer of Earth • a mountain with magma in it • The second layer of the earth • waves made during an earthquake • Heat transferred through contact • A rock mostly found on continents • An extended break in a body of rock • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-01-31

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Spreading, The process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges
  2. the upper layers of the Earth's mantle
  3. Strength, The ability to withstand the stress of physical forces
  4. Boundary, when two plates come together
  5. the degree of compactness of a substance
  6. A scientist who studies the physical aspects of the Earth
  7. ridge, a continuous range of undersea volcanic mountains
  8. Zone, when tectonic plates meet at a convergent boundary
  9. Crust, the relatively thin part of the Earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins
  10. Rapture in the Earth's crust that allows hot lava to escape from the Earth's mantle
Down
  1. The results of sudden movement along faults within the earth
  2. Mantle, Very thick layers of rock inside the Earth
  3. Of Fire, The region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean
  4. Boundary, when two plates move away from each other
  5. the lightest rock layer
  6. Boundary, when plates slide sideways past each other
  7. zone, the place where two lithospheric plates come together
  8. Plumes, A Proposed mechanism of convection within the Earth's mantle
  9. Thrust sheets of ancient oceanic crust and upper part of the mantle
  10. Wegner, The scientist who discovered Continental Drift

20 Clues: the lightest rock layer • the upper layers of the Earth's mantle • Boundary, when two plates come together • the degree of compactness of a substance • Mantle, Very thick layers of rock inside the Earth • Boundary, when two plates move away from each other • Boundary, when plates slide sideways past each other • Spreading, The process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-02-28

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what are the huge trenches on Earth's seafloor?
  2. the amount of matter in a given
  3. the layer of rock that forms Earth's outerskin
  4. the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across earth's surface
  5. a boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally is called a...
  6. what is the movement of matter that results from differences in density?
  7. created the Tectonic Plate Theory
  8. what is the outermost rigid layer of Earth?
  9. when two plates move away from each other this is called...
  10. created the Continental Drift
Down
  1. two plates collide they make...
  2. the hypothesis that lithosphere is divided into plates that are moving on top of the asthenosphere
  3. a supercontinent
  4. what is a layer of weak or soft mantle that is made of rock?
  5. the flow that transfers heat within a fluid
  6. a break in earth's crust along which rocks move
  7. a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
  8. the lithosphere is divided into...
  9. what explains the age and magnetic patterns of sea floor rocks?
  10. a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock

20 Clues: a supercontinent • created the Continental Drift • two plates collide they make... • the amount of matter in a given • created the Tectonic Plate Theory • the lithosphere is divided into... • the flow that transfers heat within a fluid • what is the outermost rigid layer of Earth? • the layer of rock that forms Earth's outerskin • ...

Plate Tectonics 2022-03-02

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. process that deformed Earth’s crust to create major structural features
  2. hypothesis that suggested all present continents existed as a single supercontinent
  3. when igneous rocks melt over a temp range
  4. divergent boundaries that develop within a continent because the landmass is split into two or more smaller segments separated by an ocean basin
  5. oceanic crust is produced at the crest of mid ocean ridges
  6. supercontinent containing all of the existing continents
  7. mountains formed in part by igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent
  8. boundary in which two plates move together
  9. continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins varying in width from 500 to 5000 km
  10. boundary in which two plates slide past on another without creating or destroying lithosphere
  11. Elevated areas of the seafloor characterized by high heat flow and volcanism
  12. deep canyon like structure
  13. primary driving force for movement of tectonic
  14. a well tested theory proposing that Earths outer shell consist of Individual plates that interact in various ways to produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the crust itself
Down
  1. chain of volcanic islands generally located a few hundred km from a trench where this is active subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another
  2. Boundary in which two plates move apart, resulting in upwelling of material from the mantle to create new sea floor
  3. German meteorologist and geophysicist
  4. heat is continuously flowing outward from earths interior causing convection in the mantle
  5. elongated depression
  6. narrow depression on the sea floor

20 Clues: elongated depression • deep canyon like structure • narrow depression on the sea floor • German meteorologist and geophysicist • when igneous rocks melt over a temp range • boundary in which two plates move together • primary driving force for movement of tectonic • supercontinent containing all of the existing continents • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world
  2. the outermost layer of Earth.
  3. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  4. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel
  5. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed
  6. separate
  7. one plate going under another
  8. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel
  9. continents were joined together in one large landmass
  10. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
Down
  1. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  2. two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  3. The border between two tectonic plates
  4. when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a
  5. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  6. collide
  7. molten hot rock
  8. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  9. two plates slide against each other
  10. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust

20 Clues: collide • separate • molten hot rock • the outermost layer of Earth. • one plate going under another • melted rock on Earth’s surface • two plates slide against each other • The border between two tectonic plates • when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a • The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world • continents were joined together in one large landmass • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates slide against each other
  2. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  3. separate
  4. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  5. continents were joined together in one large landmass
  6. two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  7. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  8. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel
  9. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
  10. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  11. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel
  12. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world
Down
  1. collide
  2. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed
  3. molten hot rock
  4. An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding
  5. The border between two tectonic plates
  6. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust
  7. one plate going under another
  8. the outermost layer of Earth.
  9. when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a

21 Clues: collide • separate • molten hot rock • one plate going under another • the outermost layer of Earth. • melted rock on Earth’s surface • two plates slide against each other • The border between two tectonic plates • when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a • continents were joined together in one large landmass • The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world • ...

Plate tectonics 2021-12-17

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. two plates slide against each other
  2. melted rock on Earth’s surface
  3. separate
  4. a slowly flowing layer of solid and melted rock formed by heat and pressure
  5. continents were joined together in one large landmass
  6. two tectonic plates grind past each other in a horizontal direction
  7. the solid outer part of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
  8. It is the only liquid layer, a sea of mostly iron and nickel
  9. A layer of the earth's crust that lies under the seven continents
  10. A dropped zone where two tectonic plates are pulling apart
  11. The innermost layer of the earth, an extremely hot, solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel
  12. The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world
Down
  1. collide
  2. A raised area or mountain range under the oceans formed
  3. molten hot rock
  4. An area where oceanic crust and continental crust are colliding
  5. The border between two tectonic plates
  6. The process that forms new ocean floor and oceanic crust
  7. one plate going under another
  8. the outermost layer of Earth.
  9. when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a

21 Clues: collide • separate • molten hot rock • one plate going under another • the outermost layer of Earth. • melted rock on Earth’s surface • two plates slide against each other • The border between two tectonic plates • when an oceanic plate sinks underneath a • continents were joined together in one large landmass • The type of crust lying under the oceans of the world • ...

Plate Tectonics 2021-12-30

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. caused by both divergent and convergent boundaries
  2. caused by earthqakes in the ocean
  3. the most well-known one is in Los anglas
  4. caused by divergent boundary
  5. thickest layer
  6. upper part of the mantle
  7. plates slide past each other
  8. when plates collide with each other
  9. father of plate tectonics
  10. contributes to the Earths magnetic field
Down
  1. when plates interact with each other
  2. oldest type of crust
  3. caused by transform boundaries"don't leave its my fault"
  4. thinnest layer of earth
  5. have been moving slowly for 3.4B years
  6. super contient
  7. where tectonic plates are located
  8. sold innermost layer
  9. youngest type of crust
  10. plates move away from each other

20 Clues: super contient • thickest layer • oldest type of crust • sold innermost layer • youngest type of crust • thinnest layer of earth • upper part of the mantle • father of plate tectonics • caused by divergent boundary • plates slide past each other • plates move away from each other • caused by earthqakes in the ocean • where tectonic plates are located • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-01-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A change of the magnetic poles
  2. When two tectonic plates move away from one another or diverge
  3. The outermost physical layer of Earth
  4. Changes the chemical makeup of a rock
  5. Two tectonic plates can move past one other in opposite directions
  6. The bending, tilting, and breaking of rock
  7. Wegner called it the huge landmass or supercontinent
  8. The process by which rock breaks down into smaller pieces or changes in composition
  9. System of ideas that explains many related observations about the natural world
  10. The difference between the highest and lowest elevations in a particular area
Down
  1. The procces by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate
  2. Lays down rock, sediment, and soil
  3. Procces by which new sea floor forms
  4. States that Earth's surface is made up of giant, moving slabs
  5. Hypothesis that todays's continents were once part of a single landmass
  6. Also called mechanical weathering, the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces
  7. When tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
  8. Shows the shape of Earth's surface with lines that represent different elevations
  9. The layer immediately below the lithoshpere
  10. The shape and size of the land features on Earth's surface
  11. Transports rock, sediment, and soil from one place to another

21 Clues: A change of the magnetic poles • Lays down rock, sediment, and soil • Procces by which new sea floor forms • The outermost physical layer of Earth • Changes the chemical makeup of a rock • The bending, tilting, and breaking of rock • The layer immediately below the lithoshpere • Wegner called it the huge landmass or supercontinent • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-01-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. both ends folding horizontally
  2. set of cracks that form between two tectonic plates
  3. type of stress when a object is stretched
  4. when two tectonic plates slide past each other
  5. theory of how the continents moved apart
  6. upward arching folding
  7. bending of rock layers
  8. rising of Earth's surface
  9. a machine that measures the times of seismic waves
  10. places where sea-floor spreading takes place
  11. when Earth's magnetic poles change
  12. thinnest layer of Earth
  13. name of the super continent
  14. theory that the continents were together
  15. system of satellites
  16. made of the crust and rigid upper part of the mantle
  17. solid layer of Earth's core
Down
  1. type of stress when a object is squeezed
  2. when melted rock rises up to Earth's surfaceand erupts
  3. surface that rocks break and slide past eachother
  4. when two tectonic plates separate
  5. plastic layer of the mantle
  6. when tension causes larger blocks of Earth's crustto drop down on others
  7. center of Earth
  8. type of fault when hanging wall moves up
  9. change of shape of a rock caused by stress
  10. sinking of Earth's crust
  11. process of new oceanic lithosphere forming
  12. when two tectonic plates collide
  13. downward throughlike folds
  14. produced when there's a Earthquake
  15. amount of force
  16. blocks of crust on each side of the fault
  17. type of fault when the hanging wall moves down

34 Clues: center of Earth • amount of force • system of satellites • upward arching folding • bending of rock layers • thinnest layer of Earth • sinking of Earth's crust • rising of Earth's surface • downward throughlike folds • plastic layer of the mantle • name of the super continent • solid layer of Earth's core • both ends folding horizontally • when two tectonic plates collide • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-03-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a fissure in the earth's crust through which gases erupt
  2. crash together with violent impact
  3. reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state
  4. subject to or caused by an earth vibration
  5. a specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks
  6. one of the large landmasses of the earth
  7. a crack in the earth's crust
  8. the chemistry of the earth's crust
  9. a geological process where one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward
  10. molten rock in the earth's crust
Down
  1. the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge
  2. igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface
  3. a branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
  4. a grouping of a number of similar things
  5. incapable of or resistant to bending
  6. relating to based on geology
  7. having undergone transformation by pressure, heat, etc.
  8. the longest unit of geological time
  9. relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
  10. rock that in its molten form issues from volcanoes

20 Clues: relating to based on geology • a crack in the earth's crust • molten rock in the earth's crust • crash together with violent impact • the chemistry of the earth's crust • the longest unit of geological time • incapable of or resistant to bending • a grouping of a number of similar things • one of the large landmasses of the earth • subject to or caused by an earth vibration • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-02-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Boundary where two plates slide by each other
  2. Thin, dense lithospheric plates
  3. Lithospheric plate sinking into the mantle
  4. Boundary where two plates move apart
  5. Top layer of the mantle
  6. A vent in the earths surface where magma and gases erupt
  7. Valley in the ocean created where one lithospheric plate suducts another
  8. Movements within the earth's surface
  9. Long chains of undersea mountains
  10. Layer of earth under the crust
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  1. Molten rock that is beneath the earths surface
  2. Supercontinent
  3. Where most earthquakes and volcanoes happen
  4. Lower layer of the mantle
  5. Theory on how the pieces of the earth's surface move
  6. Cooled lava
  7. A break in the earth's crust
  8. Molten rock the erupts from volcanoes
  9. Boundary where two plates come together
  10. Thick, less dense lithospheric plates

20 Clues: Cooled lava • Supercontinent • Top layer of the mantle • Lower layer of the mantle • A break in the earth's crust • Layer of earth under the crust • Thin, dense lithospheric plates • Long chains of undersea mountains • Boundary where two plates move apart • Movements within the earth's surface • Molten rock the erupts from volcanoes • Thick, less dense lithospheric plates • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-04-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. capable of being molded or changing shape
  2. hypothesis that continents are in constant motion
  3. magnets that orient themselves to point north
  4. circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
  5. mountain range located on the seafloor in the middle of the ocean
  6. where two plates collide
  7. new oceanic crust that forms at a mid-ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away
  8. force created by the sinking of a plate, or slab, that pulls on the rest of the plate
  9. ancient supercontinent, composed of land that forms today's continents
  10. cold, rigid outermost rock layer of Earth
Down
  1. sinking of a denser plate below a more buoyant plate at a convergent plate boundary
  2. where two plates slide by each other
  3. theory that Earth's surface is made of rock plates that move with respect to each other
  4. standard; or at a regular pattern
  5. naturally preserved remains, imprints, or traces of organisms
  6. event in which the magnetic field reverses direction
  7. where two plates separate
  8. magnets that orient themselves to point south
  9. force created by rising mantle of ocean ridges that creates potential for plates to move away from the ridge
  10. middle layer of Earth;between the crust above and the core below

20 Clues: where two plates collide • where two plates separate • standard; or at a regular pattern • where two plates slide by each other • capable of being molded or changing shape • cold, rigid outermost rock layer of Earth • magnets that orient themselves to point north • magnets that orient themselves to point south • hypothesis that continents are in constant motion • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-12-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. When two tectonic _______ collide they can cause earthquakes.
  2. The area where two plates collide and one goes beneath the other and is destroyed.
  3. These are mainly formed from transform boundaries.
  4. Formed from Cementation and Compaction
  5. A crack in the earth, found at subduction zones.
  6. The Earth’s lithosphere is broken up into many _____________.
  7. Melted rock above ground.
  8. An action that occurs at all boundaries.
  9. This can cause subduction zones.
  10. This is the thinnest layer of the Earth.
Down
  1. Formed from cooling magma.
  2. Two plates moving apart makes a ______ boundary.
  3. The _____ is denser than the continental plates.
  4. The less dense plate.
  5. This is the thickest layer of the Earth.
  6. The first hundred kilometers of the Earth is called ______.
  7. Formed from heat and pressure.
  8. A formation where two plates fold
  9. Spews ash and magma.
  10. Earthquakes and faults are mainly made at this boundary.

20 Clues: Spews ash and magma. • The less dense plate. • Melted rock above ground. • Formed from cooling magma. • Formed from heat and pressure. • This can cause subduction zones. • A formation where two plates fold • Formed from Cementation and Compaction • This is the thickest layer of the Earth. • An action that occurs at all boundaries. • This is the thinnest layer of the Earth. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-02-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  2. A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  4. A book published by Alfred Wegener.
  5. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  6. A supercontinent or single landmass.
  7. Another reptile fossil that has been found in places now separated by oceans.
  8. Mid-Ocean ridges that are continually adding new material to the ocean floor.
  9. German scientist who became curious about why some continents look as though they could fit together.
  10. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
Down
  1. The way scientists mapped mid-ocean ridges in the mid-1900s.
  2. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  3. A plate boundary where to plates move toward each other.
  4. The theory that the continents slowly drifted over Earth's surface.
  5. A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move.
  6. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  7. Reptile fossil that has been found in places now separated by oceans.
  8. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
  9. A fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago.
  10. Mountain ranges that run along the middle of some ocean floors.

20 Clues: A book published by Alfred Wegener. • A supercontinent or single landmass. • A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move. • A fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago. • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • A plate boundary where to plates move toward each other. • The way scientists mapped mid-ocean ridges in the mid-1900s. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-02-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Reptile fossil that has been found in places now separated by oceans.
  2. A fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago.
  3. The way scientists mapped mid-ocean ridges in the mid-1900s.
  4. A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  5. The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  6. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  7. A plate boundary where to plates move toward each other.
  8. A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  9. A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move.
  10. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  11. German scientist who became curious about why some continents look as though they could fit together.
  12. The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
Down
  1. A book published by Alfred Wegener.
  2. Mid-Ocean ridges that are continually adding new material to the ocean floor.
  3. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  4. A supercontinent or single landmass.
  5. Mountain ranges that run along the middle of some ocean floors.
  6. A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
  7. The theory that the continents slowly drifted over Earth's surface.
  8. Another reptile fossil that has been found in places now separated by oceans.

20 Clues: A book published by Alfred Wegener. • A supercontinent or single landmass. • A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move. • A fernlike plant that lived 250 million years ago. • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart. • A plate boundary where to plates move toward each other. • The way scientists mapped mid-ocean ridges in the mid-1900s. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2018-02-12

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction
  2. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  3. Happens at subduction zones where one plate is pulled down into the mantle
  4. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
  5. Outermost layer of a planet
  6. The process that results when magma rises at a mid-ocean ridge and pushes oceanic plates in two different directions away from the ridge
  7. Hypothesis which suggests that the continents are in constant motion
  8. Mountain range on the ocean floor, formed by magma at divergent plate boundaries
  9. The boundary between two plates that move toward each other
  10. Supercontinent
  11. Heat is higher up, cold sinks
  12. When one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
Down
  1. Second to last layer of the Earth
  2. Innermost part of a core
  3. The boundary between two plates that slide past each other
  4. When magnetized objects reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
  5. The person who proposed that continents move
  6. Part of the Earth between the core and the crust
  7. Earth's surface is divided into large pieces of rigid rock which move over Earth's hot and semi-plastic mantle
  8. When magnetized objects orient themselves to point north

20 Clues: Supercontinent • Innermost part of a core • Outermost layer of a planet • Heat is higher up, cold sinks • Second to last layer of the Earth • The person who proposed that continents move • Part of the Earth between the core and the crust • When magnetized objects orient themselves to point north • An event that causes a magnetic field to reverse direction • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-07-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a break in a rock with movement
  2. concentration of heat in the mantle
  3. device for recording waves
  4. a break in a rock without movement
  5. outer portion of the earth
  6. two plates slide past
  7. science that study the earth
  8. central part of the earth
  9. chain of volcanoes
  10. denser and thin crust
  11. group of mountains
  12. less dense and thicker crust
  13. The outer part of the Earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  14. two plates move apart
  15. first type of seismic wave
  16. center point of the earthquake
Down
  1. part of the earth between the core and the the crust
  2. shaking of the surface of the Earth
  3. process or the bending of crust towards mantle
  4. consolidated mixture of minerals
  5. method uses distance to locate epicenter
  6. theory as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly
  7. upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  8. central valley on an ocean floor
  9. geologic feature in convergent
  10. A long, narrow valley lying between two normal geologic faults
  11. two plates collide
  12. second type of seismic wave
  13. molten rock
  14. depression in the seafloor produced by subduction
  15. transfer of energy that travels through a medium

31 Clues: molten rock • chain of volcanoes • two plates collide • group of mountains • two plates slide past • denser and thin crust • two plates move apart • central part of the earth • device for recording waves • outer portion of the earth • first type of seismic wave • second type of seismic wave • science that study the earth • less dense and thicker crust • geologic feature in convergent • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The supercontinent that formed about 200 million years ago.
  2. The crust is ________ dense farther from the mid- ocean ridge.
  3. ______ dense materials rise.
  4. Stitched looking mountain ranges on the seafloor.
  5. Energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion.
  6. Where does oceanic crust bend downward in the ocean floor?
  7. This part of the Earth contains our crust and the upper part of the mantle.
  8. This boundary divides.
  9. The ocean floor is brand new every 200 _____ years.
  10. What landform is made when two continental plates collide?
Down
  1. These are created when magma cools immediately once erupted from the ridge.
  2. The _______ has convection currents which cause continental drift.
  3. A break in the Earth's crust.
  4. ________ theorized the continents moved.
  5. The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
  6. Subduction and seafloor spreading act like a ______.
  7. Movement in a gas or liquid in which the warmer parts move up and the cooler parts move down.
  8. Changes in what affect the ocean floor?
  9. This boundary slides.
  10. What did scientists use to map out the sea floor?

20 Clues: This boundary slides. • This boundary divides. • ______ dense materials rise. • A break in the Earth's crust. • Changes in what affect the ocean floor? • ________ theorized the continents moved. • Stitched looking mountain ranges on the seafloor. • What did scientists use to map out the sea floor? • The ocean floor is brand new every 200 _____ years. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. where part of the ocean floor goes into the mantle and creates new ocean material
  2. the theory that the continents once were together and the drifted apart
  3. where new ocean floor material comes up from the mantle
  4. slide past
  5. breaks in earths crust, San Andreas _____
  6. supercontinent 300 million years ago
  7. result of a force pushing on an object
  8. the act of material spreading out from the mid ocean ridges
  9. divide
  10. an instrument used to locate mid ocean ridges
  11. underwater canyons
  12. part of the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. in the mantle, warms the earth
  2. where pieces of land diverges
  3. has the convection current
  4. force that builds up, volcanoes
  5. collide
  6. earthquakes
  7. pieces on the lithosphere that are broken into pieces
  8. organism preserved in rock

20 Clues: divide • collide • slide past • earthquakes • underwater canyons • has the convection current • organism preserved in rock • where pieces of land diverges • in the mantle, warms the earth • force that builds up, volcanoes • part of the crust and upper mantle • supercontinent 300 million years ago • result of a force pushing on an object • breaks in earths crust, San Andreas _____ • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. How scientists study the inside of Earth since we can’t drill down that far
  2. A break in Earth’s crust where rocks slipped past each other
  3. Where seafloor spreading begins
  4. When molten material is added to make new oceanic crust
  5. Valley along the ocean floor where oceanic crust sinks into the mantle
  6. When pieces of Earth’s crust diverges on land
  7. Scientist that came up with the theory of continental drift
  8. What scientists use to explore the ocean floor
  9. The theory that Earth’s plates are in a slow, constant motion
  10. Produced when 2 continental plates collide
Down
  1. The remains of a prehistoric organism
  2. Causes the plates to move
  3. When oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  4. Theory of how the continents spread away from each other
  5. When plates move away from each other
  6. 3rd layer of Earth that is very hot, yet solid where convection currents are
  7. Supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago
  8. When plates come together
  9. Measure of how much mass there is in an object
  10. When plates slip past each other

20 Clues: Causes the plates to move • When plates come together • Where seafloor spreading begins • When plates slip past each other • The remains of a prehistoric organism • When plates move away from each other • Produced when 2 continental plates collide • When pieces of Earth’s crust diverges on land • Measure of how much mass there is in an object • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. remnant of something that existed long ago; preserved in rock
  2. where the Earth’s crust has broken
  3. supercontinent formed 300 million years ago
  4. measures distance to an object through sound waves
  5. causes the Earth’s plates to move
  6. seperating plates
  7. forms faults
  8. theory of the slow, constant motion of Earth’s plates
  9. forms when crust diverges on land
  10. underwater mountain range
  11. mass divided by volume
  12. theorized that the continents slowly moved over the surface of Earth
  13. outer shell of the lithosphere
Down
  1. higher density crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench
  2. new crust pushes old rock further from mid-ocean ridges
  3. when molten material hardens quickly, these form
  4. plates come together
  5. the continents have moved over earth’s surface
  6. where oceanic crust bends downward
  7. 3,000 meters of hot, solid rock

20 Clues: forms faults • seperating plates • plates come together • mass divided by volume • underwater mountain range • outer shell of the lithosphere • 3,000 meters of hot, solid rock • causes the Earth’s plates to move • forms when crust diverges on land • where the Earth’s crust has broken • where oceanic crust bends downward • supercontinent formed 300 million years ago • ...

Plate tectonics 2017-10-18

Plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the types of evidence that Wegener used to prove the continents were together
  2. movement in this cause earths magnetic current
  3. Wegener's idea that the continents have moved
  4. rocks farther from the mid ocean ridge are denser/ less dense
  5. a supercontinent from around 300 million years ago
  6. a "mountain range" that rock comes out of from the mantle
  7. a boundary when two plates ram into each other
  8. when ocean floor is pushed below continental crust
  9. rocks closer to the mid ocean ridge are warmer/ cooler
  10. the layer of mantle that the plates sit on
Down
  1. all of Earth's plate motion put into one theory
  2. breaks in Earth's crust
  3. an tool that uses sound waves and time to map the ocean floor
  4. what is used to prove something
  5. rocks fall into the mantle and are then heated and part of the mantle
  6. the scientist who founded the idea of continental drift
  7. a boundary where two plates separate
  8. the ocean continuously add new material to its floor
  9. where Earth’s crust diverges on land
  10. a boundary when two plates run along each other
  11. a rock or animal that was preserved in rock

21 Clues: breaks in Earth's crust • what is used to prove something • a boundary where two plates separate • where Earth’s crust diverges on land • the layer of mantle that the plates sit on • a rock or animal that was preserved in rock • Wegener's idea that the continents have moved • movement in this cause earths magnetic current • a boundary when two plates ram into each other • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-17

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. heat transfer through touching materials
  2. result of a force pushing on an object
  3. earthquakes
  4. in the mantle, warms the earth
  5. heat transfer through movement of liquid
  6. organism preserved in rock
  7. collide
  8. slide past
  9. heat transfer by sun
  10. an instrument used to locate mid ocean ridges
  11. has the convection current
  12. part of the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. pieces on the lithosphere that are broken into pieces
  2. force that builds up, volcanoes
  3. supercontinent 300 million years ago
  4. breaks in earths crust, San Andreas _____
  5. the act of material spreading out from the mid ocean ridges
  6. divide
  7. the theory that the continents once were together and the drifted apart
  8. layer of gas that gives us weather

20 Clues: divide • collide • slide past • earthquakes • heat transfer by sun • organism preserved in rock • has the convection current • in the mantle, warms the earth • force that builds up, volcanoes • layer of gas that gives us weather • part of the crust and upper mantle • supercontinent 300 million years ago • result of a force pushing on an object • heat transfer through touching materials • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the temperature of older crust is ______ than newer crust.
  2. when the mid-ocean ridge adds more sea floor.
  3. new crust is ____ ______ than old crust.
  4. a system for the detection of objects under water and for measuring the water's depth by radiating waves is called a?
  5. older crust is ____ _____ than newer crust.
  6. pieces separated by cracks.
  7. when plates move away from each other.
  8. when the ocean floor goes into a canyon, what are the canyons called?
  9. peices of Earth’s crust diverge on land.
  10. the name of the most popular supercontinent.
  11. When continents moved slowly over Earth's surface is called?
Down
  1. the remains of a historic thing molded in a form or as a mold in rock?
  2. a scientist who discovered pangea
  3. when plates slide on top or past each other.
  4. Where the ocean spreads.
  5. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate is called what?
  6. when plates come together.
  7. the temperature of newer crust is _____ than older crust.
  8. plates movement into a theory.
  9. a break in the Earth's crust where sediment (rock and other things) have slipped past each other.

20 Clues: Where the ocean spreads. • when plates come together. • pieces separated by cracks. • plates movement into a theory. • a scientist who discovered pangea • when plates move away from each other. • new crust is ____ ______ than old crust. • peices of Earth’s crust diverge on land. • older crust is ____ _____ than newer crust. • when plates slide on top or past each other. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-23

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock
  2. Wegener- the person that came up with the theory of Continental Drift
  3. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
  4. valley-A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
  5. drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface
  6. core-a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
  7. tectonics-a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
  8. floor spreading- the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
  9. soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
  10. middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading
Down
  1. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  2. core-the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the Mantle and surrounds the inner Core
  3. Fractures in rock
  4. solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
  5. ocean ridge-a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the oceanic mantle.
  6. plates that rub against each other
  7. the outer layer of the Earth
  8. - plates collide together to make mountains
  9. A former supercontinent on the Earth in the distant past a large landmass
  10. ocean ridge-an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary.

20 Clues: Fractures in rock • the outer layer of the Earth • plates that rub against each other • - plates collide together to make mountains • drift- Continents slowly move on Earth's surface • an ancient organisms that has been preserved in rock • middle of the ocean contribute to seafloor spreading • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core • ...

plate tectonics 2017-10-20

plate tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Ocean Ridge mountain ranges
  2. Drift movement of the continents across the earth's surface
  3. Boundary plates move apart
  4. Core molten metal around the inner core
  5. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
  6. Boundary plates slip past each other
  7. locating objects underwater and measuring the water's depth by sound
  8. Valley pieces of earths crust come together to form a deep valley
  9. coarse grains with a light color
  10. Floor Spreading mid ocean ridges add new material all the time and it spreads
  11. a break in earths crust where rocks go past each other
Down
  1. layer of rock on earth's outer skin
  2. a layer of hot rock
  3. Boundary plates come together
  4. a group of crust and the uppermost mantle in a single layer
  5. a supercontinent
  6. Ocean Trench ocean floor goes into the floor into underwater canyons
  7. dark, fine, rock
  8. an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  9. Core dense ball of hard metal

20 Clues: a supercontinent • dark, fine, rock • a layer of hot rock • Boundary plates move apart • Ocean Ridge mountain ranges • Boundary plates come together • Core dense ball of hard metal • coarse grains with a light color • layer of rock on earth's outer skin • Boundary plates slip past each other • Core molten metal around the inner core • ...

Plate Tectonics 2017-10-24

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. supercontinent formed 300 million years ago
  2. the continents have moved over earth’s surface
  3. theory of the slow, constant motion of Earth’s plates
  4. seperating plates
  5. 3,000 meters of hot, solid rock
  6. higher density crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench
  7. where the Earth’s crust has broken
  8. forms when crust diverges on land
  9. new crust pushes old rock further from mid-ocean ridges
Down
  1. theorized that the continents slowly moved over the surface of Earth
  2. underwater mountain range
  3. remnant of something that existed long ago; preserved in rock
  4. forms faults
  5. plates come together
  6. causes the Earth’s plates to move
  7. when molten material hardens quickly, these form
  8. mass divided by volume
  9. where oceanic crust bends downward
  10. outer shell of the lithosphere
  11. measures distance to an object through sound waves

20 Clues: forms faults • seperating plates • plates come together • mass divided by volume • underwater mountain range • outer shell of the lithosphere • 3,000 meters of hot, solid rock • causes the Earth’s plates to move • forms when crust diverges on land • where oceanic crust bends downward • where the Earth’s crust has broken • supercontinent formed 300 million years ago • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-09-18

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Remains from an organism that was once living
  2. States that things happened today are the same as the past
  3. largest layer in the earth
  4. large opening in a collapsed volcano
  5. opening in a volcano that lets magma go through it
  6. an area in the mantle that is hotter than other parts in the mantle
  7. theory proven by alrfred wagner that rocks break and move
  8. area below the lithosphere
  9. Bits of rock or solidified lava that fall from the sky
Down
  1. scientist who studies seismic waves
  2. thin fossil made out of carbon
  3. Big waves in the ocean caused by seismic waves
  4. directly above an earthquake's focus
  5. release of nuclear particles from an unstable nuclei
  6. area that is in the upper mantle and the crust
  7. surface where rocks break and move
  8. the point under earth's surface where energy release happens
  9. measuring devise for volcanoes
  10. large landmass where all seven continents were together
  11. earth's outermost layer

20 Clues: earth's outermost layer • largest layer in the earth • area below the lithosphere • thin fossil made out of carbon • measuring devise for volcanoes • surface where rocks break and move • scientist who studies seismic waves • directly above an earthquake's focus • large opening in a collapsed volcano • Remains from an organism that was once living • ...

Plate Techtonics 2016-10-25

Plate Techtonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Zone / The area of the Earth through which faulting occurred during an earthquake.
  2. volcano / An active volcano that is in repose (quiescence) but is expected to erupt in the future.
  3. Likes to chase mice
  4. Man's best friend
  5. Flying mammal
  6. / An earthquake which follows a larger earthquake or main shock and originates in or near the rupture zone of the larger earthquake.
  7. / A small tremor that commonly precedes a larger earthquake or main shock by seconds to weeks and that originates in or near the rupture zone of the larger earthquake.
  8. Has a trunk
  9. / lava fragments about 1 centimeter (about 1/2 inch) in diameter
  10. cone / A steep-sided volcano formed by the explosive eruption of cinders that form around a vent.
  11. / Molten rock containing liquids, crystals, and dissolved gases that forms within the upper part of the Earth's mantle and crust.
  12. / A vent (opening) in the surface of the Earth through which magma erupts; it is also the landform that is constructed by the erupted material.
  13. / The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface.
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  1. boundary / The place where two or more plates in the Earth's crust meet.
  2. / Shaking of the Earth caused by a sudden movement of rock beneath its surface.
  3. / That point on the Earth's surface directly above the hypocenter of an earthquake.
  4. rocks / Sometimes sedimentary and igneous rocks are subject to pressures so intense or heat so high that they are completely changed.
  5. Large marsupial
  6. / Volcanic rock (or lava) that characteristically is light in color, contains 69 percent silica or more, and is rich in potassium and sodium.
  7. / An abrupt movement of soil and bedrock downhill in response to gravity.
  8. / hat point within the Earth from which originates the first motion of an earthquake and its elastic waves; where the break in the fault actually occurred.
  9. / One or a series of huge sea waves caused by earthquakes or other large-scale disturbance of the ocean floor.
  10. Zone / A region in which earthquakes are known to occur.
  11. / The layer of rock that lies between the crust and the outer core of the Earth

24 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • Zone / A region in which earthquakes are known to occur. • / lava fragments about 1 centimeter (about 1/2 inch) in diameter • / The term used for magma once it has erupted onto the Earth's surface. • boundary / The place where two or more plates in the Earth's crust meet. • ...

Plate Tectonics 2016-01-26

Plate Tectonics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. core solid, dense center of the Earth
  2. outermost layer of the Earth
  3. a pulling force
  4. drift theory that continents drift apart
  5. a break in the Earth's crust
  6. outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
  7. spreading new lithosphere is created here
  8. zone a region where a an oceanic plate sinks down into the athenosphere
  9. current The pathway along which energy travels through a fluid.
  10. trench linear depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another.
Down
  1. boundary between two colliding plates
  2. boundary between two plates moving away from each other
  3. soft layer of the mantle
  4. layer between the crust and the core
  5. boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
  6. a squeezing force
  7. plate piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere
  8. ridge A chain of mountains on the ocean floor where the sea floor is spreading.
  9. the bending of rock layers
  10. core liquid layer of the Earth's core

20 Clues: a pulling force • a squeezing force • soft layer of the mantle • the bending of rock layers • outermost layer of the Earth • a break in the Earth's crust • outermost, rigid layer of the Earth • layer between the crust and the core • boundary between two colliding plates • core solid, dense center of the Earth • spreading new lithosphere is created here • ...