Geoscience Crossword Puzzle

2. Plates - These plates, like the North American, Pacific, and Eurasian plates, interact with each other at their boundaries, causing geological events like earthquakes and volcanic activity
4. - describes the reciprocal evolutionary change that occurs between two or more species, where each species's evolution is influenced by interactions with the other
8. - a mode of heat transfer that occurs through the movement of fluids
10. - When oxygen is not present
11. Boundary - a geological feature where tectonic plates move away from each other, resulting in the creation of new crust
13. Tectonics - the theory that Earth's rigid outer layer, the lithosphere, is broken into several large, moving plates
15. a version of an element that has the same number of protons
17. Zone - a geological feature where one tectonic plate dives beneath another at a convergent plate boundary
18. dating- determines the sequence of events or objects, indicating which is older or younger, without providing specific numerical ages
19. - Non-living
20. Boundary - a type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally

1. Forces - natural processes that break down or alter the Earth's surface. They include weathering, erosion, volcanic activity, and tectonic movements
3. Forces - processes that build up or create landforms on Earth's surface
5. Boundary - a plate boundary where two or more lithospheric plates collide
6. - When oxygen is present
7. - Living
9. - the study of earthquakes and their associated phenomena, including seismic waves that travel through the Earth
12. - the study and description of the surface features of the Earth, including its mountains, valleys, plains, and other landforms
14. age- the actual age of a rock, fossil, or other geological material, measured in years, using methods like radiometric dating
16. - the study of Earth's ancient magnetic field, preserved in rocks, minerals, and sediments