Geology

3. A sudden violent shaking of the ground that causes great destruction
5. The sediments that are carried from one place to another from wind and running water
6. The number of tectonic plates
7. The layer of the atmosphere where all of the weather occurs on Earth
9. The device used to find the magnitude of an earthquake
13. A rock created by heat and pressure
15. The coldest layer of the atmosphere
17. When sediment particles are squeezed together
18. When plates move toward each another
19. The way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral

1. The color of a mineral when it is crushed to a powder
2. A rock created by compaction and cementation
4. A solid inorganic substance
8. When plates slide past one another
10. The device used to locate an earthquake
11. When plates move away from each other
12. When rocks are broken down and made into sediments from wind, rain, and freezing water
14. When sediments are glued tightly together because of dissolved minerals
16. A rock created by the cooling of magma
17. The act of cleaving or splitting a rock