Across
- 1. He had his theory about continental drift
- 3. Super continent that was once believed to exist during the age of the dinosaurs
- 7. Erupts magma and is usually on an island
- 9. The oldest rocks in the earth's geological history
- 10. Slowly growing in size because of volcanoes
- 12. Big chunks of ice that move (Sunk the Titanic)
- 13. Scientists who study earthquakes or similar disturbances
- 16. Type of rock usually formed in layers from the compression of sediments over millions of years ago
- 18. Caused when dry air comes through the town
- 19. A long sharply crested ridge
- 20. Rock that has formed through the solidification of sediment, usually transported by water
- 23. Happened between the mesozic and the paleozic era
- 28. A large land mass within the earth
- 30. A long cliff like ridge created by faulting or fracturing in the earths surface
- 31. Major division of geolic time
- 33. Windy storm that has a funnel and is considered most deadly
- 34. Created by a huge wave and when one part of the ocean rises and the other stays down
- 36. A large natural elevation of the earth's surface
- 37. Made from cooled magma and can be found anywhere in the world
- 38. Imprint in rock of the remains of a plant or animal that lived millions of years ago
- 39. Warm blooded animals such as humans and whales
- 40. Can happen anywhere even when its hot
Down
- 2. Divides the earth into the northern and southern hemisphere
- 4. During the Paleozic era almost 80% of this life had died
- 5. movement along a crack or cracks in the earths surface
- 6. A snow storm that usually occurs on a mountain side
- 8. Mountains that are in the Swiss Alps
- 11. Sediments, soil and rocks are added to a land form or land mass
- 14. Created from cool and warm air mixing and created a lot of rain
- 15. A serpentine ridge of sandy drift, believed to have been caused by or under glacial ice
- 17. Wearing away of the earth's surfaces followed by the movement to other location of materials
- 21. A long narrow oval, smoothly rounded hills created by continental drift
- 22. Tallest mountain in the world
- 24. At the end of the pre-Cambrian era these had come along more complexly
- 25. A large rock that comes from outer space
- 26. a storm that is created by energy from the sun and is carried through the ocean
- 27. Solid rock underneath loose deposits such as soil
- 29. Plates that when rubbed together they created earthquakes
- 32. Bonding of rock layers
- 35. An area of which has soft rocks are eroded into varied fantastic forms