Unit 3 Vocab By: Max Finch

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Across
  1. 3. scientist who studies earthquakes
  2. 6. the boundary between 2 tectonic plates that are colliding with each other
  3. 9. a place where hot gases, smoke, and melted rock come out of the ground onto Earth's surface
  4. 10. very small pieces of rock
  5. 12. the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another
  6. 14. a break in the Earth's crust where rock on one side moves in relation to rock on the other side
  7. 15. a shaking of Earth's surface that can cause land to rise and fall
  8. 18. the liquid rock below Earth's crust
  9. 19. is the molten rock that erupts from the volcano along with ash and hot gases
  10. 20. thick layer of Earth beneath the crust
  11. 22. the boundary between 2 tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
Down
  1. 1. the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water
  2. 2. scientist who studies volcanoes
  3. 4. the layer of Earth extending from Earth's center to the bottom of the mantle
  4. 5. the process of rock breaking apart
  5. 7. natural land shape or feature
  6. 8. the thin outer layer of Earth
  7. 11. measures the magnitude of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10
  8. 13. the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  9. 16. the strength of an earthquake
  10. 17. the theory that Earth's crust is divided into plates that are always moving
  11. 21. the boundary between 2 tectonic plates away from each other