Tectonic Plates
Across
- 4. occurs when two plates collide at a convergent boundary, and one plate is driven beneath the other, back into the Earth's interior
- 8. occurs when tectonic processes put stress on a rock, and the rock bends, instead of breaking.
- 11. Steno A Danish scientist who studied the relative positions of sedimentary rocks.
- 12. that separate igneous or metamorphic rocks from overlying sedimentary rocks.
- 13. dating a method of arranging geological events based on the rock sequence.
- 14. a layer or a series of layers of rock in the ground.
- 16. are those where an older package of sediments has been tilted
- 17. has a short half-life only 5,730 years.
- 18. shift is the movement of the plates that make up Earth crust
- 19. dating a method used to determine the age of rocks by measuring its radioactive decay
Down
- 1. refer to faults that are formed by shearing as transfirm faults in the ocean
- 2. age of rocks are determined by?
- 3. Slide past each other
- 4. rocks are the most common rocks exposed on Earth's surface
- 5. slight changes in particle size or composition result in the formation of layers, also called?
- 6. a gap in the sequence of rock layers is called an
- 7. tectonics is the scientific theory explaining the movement of the earth’s crust
- 9. folds shaped like an arch
- 10. when two continental plates are shoved together
- 15. is the process that turns sediment into rock.