Geology crossword

9. a feature that forms where a stream or river ends and deposits sediment on land
16. any change to the Earth’s crust that results from two tectonic plates converging
18. the slope of a river or stream
19. processes such as landslides or stream erosion that break down or wash away the surface of geologic features
20. the slow broad upward movement of the Earth’s surface
21. a landform that results when increased pressure is put on a rock layers causing them to fold downward

1. circular movement of molten magma that causes tectonic plates to shift
2. a landform that results when increased pressure is put on rock layers causing them to fold upwards
3. a plate boundary where two tectonic plates collide
4. where two plates slide past one another
5. a process that displaces rock layers when surfaces on either side of a crack in the earth's surface shift
6. the process that occurs when two plates converge causing the crust to fold over onto itself
7. no longer active but capable of erupting one day
8. when two plate slide away from each other
10. a destructive natural process through which rock and soil are loosened and removed from the Earth surface
11. the area extending from a stream to its valley walls where sediment is deposited when the stream overflows
12. where oceanic plates converge and the older denser oceanic plates
13. pulled under the other tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary
14. processes that help build or shape geological features
15. particles of sandstone or dirt that are removed from Earth's surface and deposited elsewhere
17. the feature that forms when sediment is carried from a stream: to river into another body of water such as an ocean lake or larger river