6.4 Plate Tectonics & Rock Cycling Unit Vocabulary Lesson 1-7

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Across
  1. 4. the movement of the bedrock caused by plates getting stuck on each other and then roughly moving past each other
  2. 5. the section of the crust between earthquake lines
  3. 6. under the crust where it is hot and rock begins to melt, move & shift
  4. 9. rock found below or within the Earth’s crust
  5. 10. liquidy rock that flows out of a volcano and onto the Earth’s surface
  6. 14. the point on Earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake occurred
  7. 16. loose earth materials, such as sand, soil and rocks, found on the surface of the Earth
  8. 17. solid rock found everywhere on Earth, often under sediments, such as soil, sand, dirt and broken rocks
  9. 18. the surface of the Earth
  10. 19. to build up
  11. 20. the size of something
  12. 21. resources that people are mining drilling for
Down
  1. 1. a smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake.
  2. 2. two things or events happening together or at the same time, but not causing one another
  3. 3. the reason something has occurred or is occuring
  4. 7. how deep or far down into the Earth an earthquake is occurring
  5. 8. plate material containing less dense granite, usually found underground or on continental land
  6. 11. openings, or vents where lava, small rocks, and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface
  7. 12. material containing dense basalt rock that is usually found under the ocean
  8. 13. to cause damage or to destroy
  9. 15. a type of rock formed when layers of sediment are compressed by heavy layers of sediment above