Weathering and Erosion Vocabulary

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