Across
- 3. layers of Earth - tell Earth’s story
- 4. ridge a long, continuous mountain range on the seafloor formed by plate tectonics,
- 5. when soil is moved from one location to another by wind and water.
- 7. time scale the record of geologic time, divided into eons, eras, periods, epochs, and ages
- 9. spreading a giant conveyor belt under the ocean
- 11. resources resources that the earth has
- 12. natural process that slowly breaks apart or changes rocks.
Down
- 1. drift the movement of Earth’s continents relative to each other
- 2. tectonics the theory that the Earth’s outer layer is made of large, moving pieces called tectonics
- 6. trench long, narrow, and deep depressions on the seafloor
- 8. water water found beneath the Earth's surface, stored within the soil and the pores and crevices of rock
- 9. water any water found on the surface of the Earth like oceans, rivers, lakes, etc.
- 10. cycle continuous movement of water below and above the surface of the Earth