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  1. 3. - composed of four different layers.
  2. 5. core - hottest solid rock.
  3. 6. - process that occur beneath the surface of the earth.
  4. 9. - an indefinite mixture of naturally occuring substances, mainly minerals.
  5. 12. - the oceanic crust consists of a volcanic lava rock called?
  6. 13. - formed as a result of repeated flooding and evaporation.
  7. 16. - separates lithosphere and asthenosphere
  8. 18. - consist of heavy metals.
  9. 20. - deposited when the velocity of the transporting medium drops.
  10. 21. rocks - formed on the surface of the earth, either in water or on land.
  11. 24. - made of minerals follow exact chemical specifications and bonds.
  12. 26. - float on the soft, plastic mantle which is located below the crust.
  13. 27. rock - subjected more intense pressure or heat and as a result underwent a complete change.
  14. 31. metamorphism -they come in contact with a heat source(usually a magma body)
  15. 33. - thinnest outer most layer.
  16. 34. - disintegrate into smaller pieces.
  17. 36. Bang Theory - states that the universe began as an incredibly hot.
  18. 37. - a naturally occuring chemical compound.
  19. 38. Suess - Australian geologist who first realized that there had once been a land bridge connecting.
  20. 40. rocks - rocks formed by solidification of magma.
  21. 42. Cloud theory - captured by our sun,instead of being drawn into it, they began whirling and pushing themselves into planets and moons.
  22. 44. core - hot liquid iron.
  23. 45. - rocks which are formed from organic materials such as the calcium from the shells and bones of animals.
  24. 48. Wegener - German geologist and meteorologist.
Down
  1. 1. Igneous rock - magma cool within the earth's crust.
  2. 2. - Thickest compositional layer.
  3. 3. - process derive their energy form atmosphere determined by the ultimate energy from the sun.
  4. 4. - Substances form differing crystal structures.
  5. 7. - cool solid rock(physical layer)
  6. 8. process - Formation and deformation of landforms on the surface of the earth.
  7. 10. - Branch of astronomy involving the scientific study of the large scale properties of the universe as a whole.
  8. 11. - The study of rocks.
  9. 14. - a natural science that studies of celestial object.
  10. 15. current - caused by the very hot material at the deepest part of the mantle rising.
  11. 17. Igneous rock - magma rises to the surface and erupts.
  12. 19. - removed from its place of origin by running water, winds and glaciers.
  13. 22. - Which layer is plastic?
  14. 23. crust - crust is less denser.
  15. 25. theory - our planets and moons were wondering around in space and the planets were captured by the gravity of our sun.
  16. 28. Collision - our world is said to have collided with a small planet.
  17. 29. - a basic sedimentary rock which is composed of clast on little pieces of broken-up rock.
  18. 30. - the continental crust is composed mostly?
  19. 32. crust - crust is denser.
  20. 35. metamorphism - formation of mountain belts.
  21. 39. theory - that our sun will burst one day, and all our planets came from it.
  22. 41. collision - our entire solar system suggests that out planets, moons, and the sun all spun off from a collision between stars.
  23. 43. - gigantic super continent.
  24. 46. hypothesis - the sun and its planets supposedly condensed out of swirling eddies of cold, dark,interstellar, clouds of gas and dust.
  25. 47. State Theory - the density of matter in the expanding remains unchanged due to a continuous creation of matter.