The Land
Across
- 3. features on the Earth's surface that make up the terrain
- 4. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
- 8. what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another
- 9. the innermost layer of the earth
- 10. biggest layer of earth, in between outer core and crust
- 12. wearing away
- 14. a process that involves the movement of energy from one place to another
- 17. molten rock found below the earth's surface
- 18. fast moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter
- 20. volcanoes that have not erupted in a long time but are expected to erupt again in the future
Down
- 1. where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other
- 2. a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on earth
- 5. the layer in between inner core and mantle
- 6. a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent
- 7. major fracture of the Earth's crust in extreme western north america
- 11. a breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the earth's surface
- 13. smallest layer, outermost layer
- 15. opening or vents where lava, tephra, and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface
- 16. the first person to formulate a complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis
- 19. mixture of water and rock fragments that flow quickly down the slopes of a volcano