Let's get physical with our Earth

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Across
  1. 3. Type of rock formed from extreme heat and pressure. (compact layers)
  2. 6. The marker of the end of a Geologic Era.
  3. 10. Highland region in the East with rolling hills and cliffs.
  4. 11. Ancient volcano base and the largest landform region.
  5. 13. Theory explaining why Pangaea broke apart (Alfred Wegener).
  6. 14. Refers to air on Earths surface.
  7. 16. Agricultural landform region made up of flat land.
  8. 18. Two solid elements that make up the inner core of the Earth.
  9. 20. Eruptions along the edges of plates that can create islands.
  10. 23. Part of Earth Interior between the core and the crust.
  11. 24. the process of breaking down sediments with water, glaciers, gravity etc.
  12. 27. Theory developed by canadian geologist John Tuzo Wilson.
  13. 29. The outer most part of the Earth Interior.
  14. 30. Cluster of volcanoes found at the edge of the Pacific Plate.
  15. 32. Longest geologic era.
Down
  1. 1. Highland landform region home to the Rockies.
  2. 2. Refers to land on Earths surface.
  3. 4. Lowland region home to Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes.
  4. 5. Most northern highland landform region in Canada.
  5. 7. Geologic era where pangaea was still together.
  6. 8. Result of two plates sliding past one another horizontally.
  7. 9. Type of rock formed from compressed sand and sediment under oceans.
  8. 12. Age of the dinosaurs (geologic era)
  9. 15. Cracks in the plates that cause cliffs and valleys.
  10. 17. Refers to water on Earths surface.
  11. 19. Current geologic era.
  12. 21. Lowland region housing a mainly Inuit population.
  13. 22. Rock formed from volcanic activity.
  14. 25. Plates crashing into one another where land ripples and creates mountains
  15. 26. Period of time when freezing temperatures create ice sheets across continents.
  16. 27. The super continent suggested by Alfred Wegener.
  17. 28. Number of plates on the Earths surface.
  18. 31. Another name for lava.