Unit 2 Vocabulary
Across
- 2. Waves of energy that travel through Earth and are the result of an earthquake, volcano, or explosion
- 5. A prediction or estimate of future events, especially of weather
- 6. Events in nature that may have a negative effect
- 9. Areas of Earth that form caverns, which are typically made of limestone
- 10. Describing something so small that it can only be seen with a microscope
- 11. Any process that happens on Earth, such as weathering, erosion, or plate tectonics
- 13. Earth's surface that shows evidence of the natural processes of weathering and the removal and relocation of weathered materials
- 14. Occurs when solid fragments of weathered rock are eroded (moved) and then dropped into a new place by wind, water, ice, and gravity
- 15. Forces resulting from processes occurring within Earth's crust
- 18. Extreme weather events such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes; classified by the extent and intensity of their impact on the ecosystem
- 20. Relating to the whole world
- 21. A group of interacting or interdependent elements forming a complex whole, as in all the factors or variables in an environment or all the variables that might affect a science experiment
Down
- 1. Event in which molten rock spews out from the mantle to the surface of Earth as ash, lava, and gases; major geological event that occurs when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate
- 3. Distinctive part, quality, or characteristic of the Earth's outer layer
- 4. Major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries
- 7. The temperature, wind, clouds, and precipitation in the atmosphere
- 8. Earth material that is broken down by processes of weathering; can be eroded and deposited by the agents of water, wind, ice, and gravity
- 12. the mechanical or chemical processes that break rocks into smaller pieces and sometimes change the chemical composition
- 16. the process by which water, ice, and gravity remove and transport sediment from one place to another
- 17. Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle
- 19. A rising body of water that submerges normally dry land