5th Grade Unit 3 Earth Science

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Across
  1. 3. a place where hot gases, smoke, and melted rock come out of the ground onto Earth’s surface
  2. 4. scientist that studies volcanoes
  3. 6. the boundary between two tectonic plates moving AWAY from each other
  4. 9. the layer of Earth extending from Earth’s center to the bottom of the mantle (Metallic)
  5. 10. the liquid rock below Earth’s crust
  6. 12. measures the magnitude of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10
  7. 14. the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water
  8. 15. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  9. 16. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are COLLIDING with each other
  10. 19. the strength of an earthquake
Down
  1. 1. thick layer of Earth beneath the crust
  2. 2. the theory that Earth’s crust is divided into plates that are always moving
  3. 5. natural land shape or feature
  4. 7. very small pieces of rock
  5. 8. is the molten rock that erupts from the volcano along with ash and hot gases
  6. 11. the process of rock breaking apart
  7. 13. the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another
  8. 16. the thin outer layer of Earth
  9. 17. the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  10. 18. a shaking of Earth’s surface that can cause land to rise and fall