Across
- 2. the process that moves carbon into plants
- 6. hardest substance on the Moh's hardness scale
- 9. quality of a material that lets liquid pass through it
- 12. minerals that do not exhibit cleavage exhibit this instead
- 13. Scientist who proposed the theory of Plate Tectonics
- 14. the "backside" of the mountain
- 17. smaller stream that feeds into a river
- 18. Earth's sphere concerned with rock
- 20. small pieces of rock that result from erosion
- 22. method of heat transfer in the mantle
- 23. with "groundwater", the main cause of subsidence in CA
- 25. of biological origin
- 26. Earth's sphere concerned with life
Down
- 1. the reflectivity of surfaces
- 3. an example of an igneous rock without crystals
- 4. study of earthquakes
- 5. Earth's sphere concerned with water
- 7. highest quality and purity coal
- 8. manmade water conveyance
- 10. location on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake
- 11. most abundant mineral group on Earth
- 14. the term for the process of compaction and cementation that turns sediments into rock
- 15. mineral group that produces CO2 in an acid test
- 16. the volcano-forming process where denser plates are pulled under lighter ones
- 19. atmospheric conditions on any given day
- 21. Earth's sphere concerned with gases around the planet
- 23. subatomic particle that determines the identity of an element
- 24. a tool for measuring seismic waves