Earth History Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 7. Each location on the _____ of the Earth has its own geological history.
  2. 8. boundaries,What do volcanoes and earthquakes provide clues to?
  3. 9. Plate interactions and movements can form different types of _______.
  4. 12. Index fossils enable ______ of rock layers by age, despite significant distances between them.
  5. 13. Water-deposited sediments typically form flat, horizontal layers, which can transform into solid rock through the process of ______.
  6. 15. The principle of _______ states that sedimentary rock's relative ages are determined by the sequence of layers, with lower layers being older than higher layers.
  7. 17. Rocks can undergo transformations through weathering, erosion, deposition, melting, and heat and _____ from crustal movements or mantle heat.
  8. 18. Magma and ___, molten rock under Earth's surface, can cool, resulting in larger crystal formation, which can reveal rock formation locations.
Down
  1. 1. currents, What causes mantle drive plate tectonics to form earthquakes and volcanoes?
  2. 2. Earth is made of different layers, with the ____ being the outermost layer, on which we live.
  3. 3. Weathering, erosion, and _______ are three slow, persistent processes that occur over millions of years and create many landforms.
  4. 4. ________ suggests that Earth's processes like weathering, erosion, and deposition likely occurred uniformly throughout its history.
  5. 5. Rock weathering into ______ occurs through various processes such as frost wedging, mass wasting, abrasion, chemical dissolution, and root wedging.
  6. 6. The data found in _____ can be used to draw conclusions about the many settings and occurrences that have occurred on Earth since its formation.
  7. 10. Sediments, transported by wind, water, or ice, are deposited in basins, which can become ____ and spread over Earth's surface.
  8. 11. Geological time spans from the Earth's ____ to the present day.
  9. 14. The fossil record is a continuous process of refining our understanding of ancient life through the discovery of new ____ evidence.
  10. 16. energy, Metamorphic rocks undergo changes due to _____ ____ and pressure, resulting from the original rock's transformation.