Bryce
Across
- 2. a theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of earth's subterranean movements
- 8. geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind and water
- 9. Earth's most inner part
- 11. outter most layer of the earth
- 14. molten or partially molten rock
- 15. hills, mountains, canyons, valleys, and shoreline features
- 16. the mostly solid bulk of earth's interior
- 18. was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher
- 19. middle layer of earth made of rocks and minerals
Down
- 1. a fast moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter
- 3. supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozonic and early Mesozoic eras
- 4. breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the earth
- 5. currents- heat driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle
- 6. large landmass, sometimes referred as a supercontinent
- 7. most extensive chain of mountains on earth
- 10. any of several large geographical regions
- 12. vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object
- 13. not active or growing
- 16. molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed
- 17. a violent type of mudflow or debris flow