Weathering, Erosion, Deposition

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