Vocab bingo
Across
- 2. a curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin
- 5. form when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids
- 6. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
- 9. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
- 10. a naturally occurring inorganic element or compound having an orderly internal structure and characteristic chemical composition, crystal form, and physical properties.
- 13. a geologic structure that is formed by layers or beds of rock being bent or folded.
- 14. formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms.
- 20. places where plates slide sideways past each other.
- 22. the study of magnetic fields recorded in rocks, sediment, or archeological materials.
- 23. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
- 24. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.
- 25. the state of gravitational equilibrium between Earth's crust and mantle.
Down
- 1. form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.
- 3. the change of shape of objects due to physical forces acting upon them.
- 4. occurs at divergent plate boundaries.
- 7. an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust
- 8. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- 11. the force acting on the unit area of a material.
- 12. The idea that the Earth's continents move in relation to each other
- 15. used as a convenient way to help identify minerals.
- 16. When two plates come together
- 17. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.
- 18. openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.
- 19. the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates which have been slowly moving since about 3.4 billion years ago.
- 21. the deformation of a material from stress.