Living Beings & the Environment

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Across
  1. 2. waves Waves of energy that travel through the Earth during an earthquake.
  2. 5. The thick layer beneath the crust, made of very hot, slowly moving rock.
  3. 6. An opening in the Earth’s crust where magma, gases, and ash can come out.
  4. 8. Natural, non-living materials that form rocks.
  5. 10. A crack in the Earth’s crust where rocks move past each other.
  6. 12. When a volcano releases lava, ash, and gases.
  7. 13. A solid material made of one or more minerals.
  8. 14. Magma that reaches the Earth’s surface during a volcanic eruption.
  9. 15. The bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano.
Down
  1. 1. drift The slow movement of continents across the Earth over millions of years.
  2. 3. Melted rock found below the Earth’s surface, inside the mantle or crust.
  3. 4. The deepest part of the Earth, made of extremely hot metal. It has an outer liquid layer and a solid inner layer.
  4. 5. formation The process of mountains forming when tectonic plates push together or when magma rises.
  5. 7. crust The thin, outer layer of the Earth where we live. It includes land and ocean floors.
  6. 9. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
  7. 11. plates Large pieces of Earth’s crust that move slowly on top of the mantle.