Chapter 2 Key Terms

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Across
  1. 3. bends in layers of rock
  2. 5. the molten rock below the Earth's surface
  3. 7. the watery areas of the Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water
  4. 11. pieces of oceanic plates slide under continental plate at a shallow angle, slowly
  5. 14. when oceanic plates are pushed apart
  6. 16. breaks down Earth's surface and wears away by wind, glaciers, and moving water
  7. 18. uppermost layer of the Earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins
  8. 19. an underwater extension of the coastal plain
  9. 21. the layer below crust made of hot, dense rock
Down
  1. 1. cracks in the Earth's crust from grinding or sliding
  2. 2. breaks down rocks and remain in the same area
  3. 4. heavier oceanic plate dives beneath the lighter continental plate
  4. 6. all of the physical processes that create many of the Earth’s physical features
  5. 8. the upper layer of land
  6. 9. debris left by glaciers when they receded, resulting in large piles of rocks
  7. 10. the theory that the continents were once a supercontinent then drifted away
  8. 12. large bodies of ice that move across the Earth's surface
  9. 13. the outer layer of the Earth, forming Earth's surface
  10. 15. innermost layer of the Earth made up of super-hot solid and liquid parts
  11. 17. the part of the Earth where life exists
  12. 20. occurs when folded land cant be bend any further
  13. 22. a thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth