Across
- 2. mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
- 5. boundaries/places where plates slide past each other, lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed, most are found on the sea-floor.
- 7. to the study of the earth's physical structure and substance.
- 11. floor spreading/the formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.
- 12. boundaries/boundaries where two lithospheric plates converge, one subducts underneath the other, the subduction zone is where earthquakes occur.
- 14. matter that is carried by water or wind and deposited on the surface of the land or the bottom of a body of water, and may in time become consolidated into rock.
- 16. rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- 17. fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
- 19. remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
- 20. record produced by a seismograph.
Down
- 1. crust/ the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
- 3. tectonics/The theory that states that the Earth's outer crust, the lithosphere, is separated into plates that move over the asthenosphere
- 4. Water/water that collects on the surface of the ground.
- 6. regions of the earth where living organisms exist
- 8. boundaries/boundaries where two tectonics plates move away from each other. Earthquakes are common and magma rises to create a new oceanic crust as it diverges.
- 9. breakdown of rocks or minerals into smaller pieces from wind or water over a long period of time. Can be caused by mechanical or chemical weathering.
- 10. held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
- 13. currents/a current in a fluid that results from convection.
- 15. instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration.
- 18. process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
