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