Earth and Space Science
Across
- 5. water located below Earth's surface
- 6. melted rock that is located on Earth's surface
- 8. an area of land drained by a river system
- 11. the moving pieces of Earth's crust
- 12. able to be naturally broken down into harmless substances
- 13. the folding of rock upward due to stress between converging plates
- 17. a small stream that flows into a larger stream
- 18. a rock or sediment layer that holds water and allows water to flow through it
- 19. moving air
- 20. a naturally occuring substance that is made of one or more minerals
Down
- 1. the shapes of the Moon as seen from the Earth
- 2. the process during which water loses heat energy and changes from a gas to a liquid
- 3. the shaking of Earth's surface that occurs when energy stored as pressure in rocks is released quickly
- 4. a break, or crack, in Earth's surface along which movement has occurred
- 5. a mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over Earth's surface
- 7. small pieces weathered rock
- 9. an instrument used to measure air pressure
- 10. rock the rock that forms from layers of sediment are compacted and cemented together
- 14. a large, flowing stream of water that is fed by other, smaller streams
- 15. a low area of land where surface water accumulates
- 16. the rapid movement of sediment downhill