Earth's Structures

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Across
  1. 2. breaks in the earth's crust
  2. 4. the edges of tectonic plates.
  3. 5. plates slide past each other
  4. 8. an opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected.
  5. 9. the thick layer of hot, solid rock between the Earth's crust and the molten iron core
  6. 13. All the water on earth
  7. 17. how something is put together
  8. 20. rock formed when layers of sediments were pressed and cemented together
  9. 23. A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
  10. 25. Earth's outermost layer.
  11. 26. underwater mountain ranges
  12. 28. plates Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
  13. 31. crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
  14. 33. The parts of our planet that are solid like the mantle and crust
  15. 34. coming together
  16. 35. part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
Down
  1. 1. the process in which soil particles and decaying organic matter accumulate in layers on the ground or at the bottom of large bodies of water, contributing to the formation of sedimentary rock
  2. 3. a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
  3. 6. Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
  4. 7. A thin layer of gases surrounding Earth
  5. 10. Rocks that undergo a physical change due to extreme heat and pressure
  6. 11. A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
  7. 12. The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
  8. 14. Divide apart
  9. 15. slide past each other
  10. 16. sudden, violent movements of Earth's crust
  11. 18. relate or connect to one another.
  12. 19. to form a solution by mixing evenly
  13. 21. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
  14. 22. core A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth
  15. 24. A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another
  16. 27. made liquid by heat; melted
  17. 29. 3rd planet from the sun
  18. 30. A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal.
  19. 32. small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things