Weathering and Erosion Vocabulary

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