Word Vocab M2

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Across
  1. 2. Molten rock that is located below earth's surface
  2. 5. The movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water; the wearing away of soil
  3. 6. Outer layer of the earth, hard rocky shell forming earth's surface
  4. 7. Thick middle layer of the earth's interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexible
  5. 9. A bend in layers of rock, sometimes, caused by plate movement
  6. 12. The watery areas of earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water
  7. 13. The part of earth where life exists
  8. 14. A crack or break in earth's crust
  9. 15. Tectonic The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of earth's physical features
Down
  1. 1. Chemical or physical processes that break down rocks into smaller pieces
  2. 3. Innermost layer of earth made up of a super hot but solid inner core and super hot liquid outer core
  3. 4. A thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth
  4. 8. Uppermost layer of the earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins
  5. 10. The theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
  6. 11. Part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean