unit 3 vocab
Across
- 2. the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics)
- 5. a cluster of parallel faults
- 6. the study of the Earth's magnetic field preserved in rocks
- 9. typically a curving chain of volcanic islands occurring around the margin of ocean basins
- 10. is used as a convenient way to help identify minerals.
- 12. the deformation of a material from stress
- 13. a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- 15. a naturally occurring inorganic element or compound having an orderly internal structure and characteristic chemical composition, crystal form, and physical properties.
- 16. the solid part of the Earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
- 18. the most extensive chain of mountains on Earth
- 19. a web of processes that outlines how each of the three major rock types
- 20. a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
- 22. places where plates slide sideways past each other
- 23. occurs at divergent plate boundaries
Down
- 1. formed from deposits of pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organism that accumulate on the Earth's surface
- 3. form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies
- 4. a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- 7. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
- 8. When two plates come together
- 11. the lower layer of the crust
- 12. the force acting on the unit area of a material
- 14. alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it
- 15. started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous, sedimentary, or earlier metamorphic form
- 17. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
- 21. a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust