Earth History Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 7. Each location on the _____ of the Earth has its own geological history.
- 8. boundaries,What do volcanoes and earthquakes provide clues to?
- 9. Plate interactions and movements can form different types of _______.
- 12. Index fossils enable ______ of rock layers by age, despite significant distances between them.
- 13. Water-deposited sediments typically form flat, horizontal layers, which can transform into solid rock through the process of ______.
- 15. The principle of _______ states that sedimentary rock's relative ages are determined by the sequence of layers, with lower layers being older than higher layers.
- 17. Rocks can undergo transformations through weathering, erosion, deposition, melting, and heat and _____ from crustal movements or mantle heat.
- 18. Magma and ___, molten rock under Earth's surface, can cool, resulting in larger crystal formation, which can reveal rock formation locations.
Down
- 1. currents, What causes mantle drive plate tectonics to form earthquakes and volcanoes?
- 2. Earth is made of different layers, with the ____ being the outermost layer, on which we live.
- 3. Weathering, erosion, and _______ are three slow, persistent processes that occur over millions of years and create many landforms.
- 4. ________ suggests that Earth's processes like weathering, erosion, and deposition likely occurred uniformly throughout its history.
- 5. Rock weathering into ______ occurs through various processes such as frost wedging, mass wasting, abrasion, chemical dissolution, and root wedging.
- 6. The data found in _____ can be used to draw conclusions about the many settings and occurrences that have occurred on Earth since its formation.
- 10. Sediments, transported by wind, water, or ice, are deposited in basins, which can become ____ and spread over Earth's surface.
- 11. Geological time spans from the Earth's ____ to the present day.
- 14. The fossil record is a continuous process of refining our understanding of ancient life through the discovery of new ____ evidence.
- 16. energy, Metamorphic rocks undergo changes due to _____ ____ and pressure, resulting from the original rock's transformation.