GEOLOGY

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Across
  1. 2. hill of wind-blown soil deposited over a rock,tree etc.
  2. 5. finger like intrusion
  3. 6. generates tremendous amount of energy from nuclear reactions
  4. 9. uppermost layer:behave as if it were granite
  5. 10. caused by landslide
  6. 12. attraction to a magnet
  7. 13. large intrusions with no definite lower limit
  8. 15. cresent-shape dune
  9. 16. wrinkles or bends produced in rocks while they are in plastic state
  10. 17. provides a due to the internal structure of a mineral
  11. 20. number of cirques that gnaw into a ridge
  12. 23. mixture of metallic element and waste mineral
  13. 26. often red or white, becomes darker when it cools
  14. 27. formed from hot molten materials through solidification
  15. 28. ability to absorb light
  16. 31. indentation
  17. 33. horizontal intrusion
  18. 34. it has not erupted for along time
  19. 36. attacks the mineral,iron bearing minerals
  20. 37. due to either explosive volcanic activity
  21. 39. one of the smallest planets
Down
  1. 1. splitting/breaking along certain planes
  2. 2. ridge and hills formed when a melting glacier leaves its moraines
  3. 3. lower layer:behaves as if it were blast
  4. 4. natural solid materials of the earths crust
  5. 7. north-south location of any place in earth
  6. 8. movement of the solid parts of the earth
  7. 11. earth tremors that accompany faulting movement of great rock masses
  8. 13. saucer like holes in places the mantle rock is easily removed
  9. 14. study of the structure and composition of earth
  10. 18. the extent of the open water across which a wind blows
  11. 19. a small lake that occupies a glacial cirque
  12. 21. responsible for picking up rock grains and moving them often
  13. 22. a fracture on a rocks surface,along which there is displacement of the broken surface
  14. 24. movement of water along a smooth channel
  15. 25. divides the earth into to two equal halves
  16. 29. great island of rock that have been raised above the surface of the crust
  17. 30. equal length of day and night
  18. 32. color of a thin layer of the finely powdered minerals
  19. 35. results of crustal movements
  20. 38. sandstone is made up of _____