Science Vocabulary Crossword
Across
- 4. Long areas in the seafloor that boundary things like tectonic plates
- 5. When 2 plates come together and one goes up while the other goes down
- 8. This is where 2 plates can slide past each other. They usually get found on the ocean floor
- 10. A material that forms in soil when something like a plant or animal "parts" decay dies
- 11. The theory that all the continents were once one big continent
- 15. The shaking of the ground, caused by 2 tectonic plates slipping away from eachother
- 17. The opening in the Earth where things like lava, ash, and gas come out
- 19. A soft and loose earthy material with a tiny grain size (4 micrometers)
- 20. A big hill-like structure
- 22. The "Shell" of a planet
- 24. This occurs when a big land form moves, usually happens at a very slow rate
- 26. The waves created by earthquakes
- 27. The upper layer of the Earth's mantle, found below the lithosphere
- 28. The force on a usually flexible thing that pulls it apart (or tries to)
Down
- 1. The solid, mostly thin outer layer of the crust
- 2. The inside of the planet, it is very hot and dense
- 3. It is found when 2 tectonic plates move away from each other
- 6. A path along the Pacific Ocean that has active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes
- 7. The organic layer of the crust that has experienced change, usually where plants grow
- 9. This occurs when one continental runs into an oceanic plate moves under it
- 11. A longitudinal earthquake wave that moves through the interior of the earth
- 12. A series of long and high waves that are caused by earthquakes that are near or on the ocean floor
- 13. The change of shape without a change in volume
- 14. Areas of land that are lowered, usually caused by water or gravity
- 16. A crumbly soil that is made about evenly of sand and silt
- 18. A fracture in the ground between 2 pieces of rock
- 21. Giant pieces of the earths crust
- 22. This occurs when 2 things are pressing or squeezing together
- 23. Part of the Earth made of a liquid iron-nickel mixture
- 25. The transfer of energy from one object to another, usually associated with heat
- 29. Slower transverse waves that travel through the inside the earth