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