Earth Processes Unit Test Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. a theory that states Earth is covered in patches of crust called plates, which are pushed along by the convection currents in the Earth’s mantle
  2. 5. transportation of sediment
  3. 6. German climatologist and meteorologist who made Continental Drift Theory
  4. 7. rocks breaking down into sediment
  5. 9. tectonic plate boundary where plates are sliding against each other horizontally
  6. 11. the movement of rock matter between different groups
  7. 12. light-colored igneous rock with large crystals
Down
  1. 1. a denser plate moving underneath another plate
  2. 2. fragments of existing rock formed by weathering & erosion
  3. 3. tectonic plate boundary where plates are colliding
  4. 8. mountain range located in between India and China that was formed by a convergent plate boundary
  5. 10. tectonic plate boundary where plates are moving away from each other