RMS changing earth
Across
- 3. volcano A volcano formed over a plume of hot mantle
- 4. A break or crack in Earth’s crust
- 7. Sudden shaking of Earth’s crust
- 8. A natural, nonliving solid with a crystal structure
- 10. Large landforms created by uplift or collisions
- 12. Where one plate sinks beneath another
- 13. The dropping or settling of sediments
- 14. Deep, narrow valleys on the ocean floor
- 15. Earth’s thin, outermost layer
- 18. Rock changed by heat and pressure
- 20. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other
- 22. Rock formed from cooled magma or lava
Down
- 1. The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
- 2. Openings in Earth where lava, ash, and gases erupt
- 5. Rapid downhill movement of rock and soil
- 6. Rock formed from compacted layers of sediments
- 9. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
- 11. A large ocean wave caused by underwater earthquakes
- 16. A supercontinent that existed long ago before breaking apart
- 17. A naturally occurring solid made of minerals
- 19. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
- 21. The movement of rock pieces by wind, water, or ice