Geology
Across
- 3. A sudden violent shaking of the ground
- 5. A mountain with a crater or vent in which lava comes out
- 6. The lowest layer of the atmosphere
- 8. The number of tectonic plates
- 10. A rock formed from compaction and cementation
- 14. A tool used to locate earthquakes
- 16. A solid inorganic substance
- 18. When plates slide past each other
- 19. A process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces through wind,rain, and ice
- 20. The study of Earth
Down
- 1. Hot fluid within the Earth's crust
- 2. The coldest layer of the atmosphere
- 4. The way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral
- 7. A tool used to find the magnitude of an earthquake
- 9. When plates move toward each other
- 11. A rock formed from heat and pressure
- 12. A process when sediments are carried from one place to another
- 13. The act of cleaving or splitting a rock
- 15. A rock formed from the cooling of magma
- 17. When plates move apart