unit 3 vocab

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Across
  1. 1. A rock changed by extreme heat and pressure deep underground
  2. 5. The study of ancient magnetic fields preserved in rocks
  3. 6. the geological process where weathered rock, soil, and organic matter (sediments) are dropped or laid down in a new location
  4. 12. The creation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges that pushes older crust away
  5. 17. an area where two or more of Earth's tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
  6. 19. Earth's continents move horizontally relative to each other over geological time
  7. 20. the geological process where natural forces move weathered rock, soil, and sediment from one location on Earth's surface to another
Down
  1. 2. the process that breaks down rocks and minerals by changing their chemical composition
  2. 3. a fixed volcanic region on Earth fed by an anomalously hot mantle plume rising from deep within the planet
  3. 4. The physical deformation or change in shape of a rock caused by stress
  4. 7. The mechanical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces without chemical changes
  5. 8. A plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.
  6. 9. a geological location where two tectonic plates move away from each other, allowing magma to rise from the mantle and create new crust
  7. 10. The physical force applied to a rock unit.
  8. 11. Rock formed when layers of sediment are compressed and cemented together
  9. 13. An area where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another plate into Earth's mantle
  10. 14. a crack or fracture in the Earth's crust where blocks of rock move past each other
  11. 15. solid rocks formed when hot, melted rock cools down and hardens
  12. 16. An underwater mountain chain where new oceanic crust forms
  13. 18. A lowland region formed where tectonic plates pull apart