Earth Science Unit 2 Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. An opening in which material removal forms a narrow opening in the ground.
  2. 5. The solid outermost layer of the earth that is divided into the continental and oceanic crust.
  3. 8. Squeezing plates together.
  4. 9. A break in Earth’s crust where two plates meet.
  5. 11. The type of rock that can be formed from layers of sand, silt, and fossils.
  6. 15. An opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gasses escape.
  7. 16. Plates that move away from each other.
  8. 19. What happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another.
  9. 20. The property of a mineral that lets it break smoothly.
  10. 22. The type of rock that is formed from magma inside the Earth.
  11. 23. The type of rock that is formed from other rocks that are modified by heat and pressure.
  12. 24. A line that is a volcano (a crack in the Earth that lava comes out of).
  13. 25. Two oceanic plates colliding.
  14. 26. Consequences of plate movement are ______ events.
  15. 29. One continental plate and one oceanic plate colliding.
  16. 31. Gooey, melted rock that is under the lithosphere.
  17. 32. Naturally occurring, solid, inorganic, normal crystal structure, and has a distinct chemical composition.
  18. 33. The type of currents that transfer heat through the movement of either liquid or gas.
Down
  1. 2. Solid aggregates of minerals.
  2. 3. Measured with the Mohs Scale.
  3. 4. Describes how a mineral reflects light.
  4. 6. Two continental plates colliding.
  5. 7. The thin uppermost part of the mantle that is solid is called the ______ mantle.
  6. 10. The border between two plates is called plate _____.
  7. 12. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  8. 13. The color of a rock in powdered form.
  9. 14. An area under the crust, where magma is hotter than surrounding magma is called mantle _____.
  10. 17. When two plates collide and one plate slips under the other one (an oceanic plate usually slides underneath the continental plate because it is denser.)
  11. 18. The innermost layer of Earth is called the _____ core.
  12. 21. The solid layer of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle.
  13. 27. The property of a mineral that lets it break rigidly, in a more random pattern.
  14. 28. Plates that move towards each other.
  15. 30. The part of the core that is made of liquid metal and rock is called the ______ core.