Earth Science

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Across
  1. 3. type of boundary that occurs at a strike-slip fault
  2. 4. __ and Demos are the names of Mars' moons
  3. 6. boundary within Earth's lithosphere between crust and mantle
  4. 7. another name for a cirrus cloud
  5. 8. part of earth's interior made of convection currents
  6. 12. hottest layer of earth's atmosphere; space begins here
  7. 13. shortest waves on EM spectrum with highest frequency
  8. 15. softest mineral
  9. 19. name of earthquake that occured on December 26, 2004 known for tsunami
  10. 22. two or more substances that are not chemically combined; Ex: seawater
  11. 25. sheet-like clouds that bring rain
Down
  1. 1. which country has the world's most active volcanoes
  2. 2. a continuous volcano located in Italy
  3. 5. Wegener's theory suggesting plates moved apart slowly over time
  4. 7. tallest mountain on earth measured from base to summit
  5. 9. feldspar and __ are the most abundant minerals in Earth's crust
  6. 10. the opening at the Earth's surface where lava flows
  7. 11. Friedrich __ came up with hardness test for minerals
  8. 13. global positioning system
  9. 14. lava before it reaches earth's surface
  10. 16. magentic element; contained in magnetite
  11. 17. name for supercontinent
  12. 18. puffy clouds in middle altitude layer
  13. 20. pure substance made of the same kind of atom; 118 of these
  14. 21. technology that puts layers of information on a map; Snow's cholera map
  15. 23. point on earth directly above focus
  16. 24. a meteor outside Earth's atmosphere