Geological Processes
Across
- 1. A plate boundary where two plates are moving towards each other.
- 5. A plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other.
- 7. Rock that has changed due to intense heat and/or pressure.
- 8. Rocks made up of sediments that have been cemented together
- 11. Where two plates meet is called a plate _______.
- 12. Two plates sliding past each other is called a _____ boundary.
- 13. The theory that the earth has plates and that they move is plate _______
- 16. The theory of continental drift was put together by a scientist named Alfred ________.
Down
- 2. Shaking on the earth's surface.
- 3. Hot liquid rock under the earth's surface.
- 4. The process that breaks rocks down into smaller pieces.
- 6. When one plate is pulled underneath another plate.
- 9. The part of the earth that the plates are moving around on.
- 10. The top layer of the earth.
- 14. The solid middle of the earth.
- 15. Rocks made from cooling magma.