Clue's to Earth's Past

1. The study of earth its physical features and history
3. Divergent boundaries form
4. Preserved remains or traces of living things
6. A theory that suggests geologic processes occur today the same way they did in the past
8. Determines age of rock using physical measurements
10. A scientist who studies fossils
12. Stacked up layers of sedimentary rock
13. Uses pieces of rock to age it with accuracy
14. Convergent boundaries form
15. Plate boundary where plates move toward each other
17. A disturbance that can cause magma/lava to seep into rocks

2. States that rocks are deposited in layers with oldest at the bottom and youngest at the top
5. Plate boundary where plates move away from each other
7. A disturbance that can cause rocks to break
9. A break in Earth's crust
11. Rock formed when sediments are cemented and compacted.
16. Plate boundary where plates slide past each other