Across
- 3. processes that break down the Earth
- 4. innermost layer of Earth, beneath mantle
- 7. moving closer together
- 12. change in state of matter
- 13. rock formed when magma cools and solidifies
- 15. state of matter that keeps its volume, but takes container's shape; medium energy and move at medium speeds
- 18. the processes responsible for wearing away, loosening, and dissolving of Earth's crust
- 22. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a trench and back into the mantle
- 23. anything that has mass and takes up space
- 24. thin, rocky outer layer of Earth, above mantle
- 27. example of homogeneous mixture; forms when substances dissolve
- 28. made of only ONE type of substance
- 31. solid to gas
- 35. characteristics of substances that determines how it interacts with other substances
- 37. mass over volume
- 38. TWO or more substances mixed together; not chemically combined
- 39. the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
- 40. solid to liquid
- 43. change in size or shape of an object
- 44. major volcano belt that rims Pacific Ocean
Down
- 1. processes that help build up the Earth
- 2. rock formed from other rocks through intense heat, pressure, chemical processes
- 4. gas to liquid
- 5. moving farther apart
- 6. liquid to phase
- 8. hypothesis that continents slowly move across Earth
- 9. rock layer between crust and core
- 10. Earth's crust and uppermost mantle that causes change in Earth's surface by movement
- 11. plate boundary where two plates move in opposite directions
- 14. vaporization of a liquid that occurs on surface of liquid
- 16. any remains or traces of a living thing found in Earth of a former geologic age
- 17. state of matter that keeps its shape and volume; low energy and vibrate slowly
- 19. gas to solid
- 20. break in crust where rock masses slip past each other
- 21. arrangement tool of known elements organized by properties
- 25. pure substance composed of two or more elements chemically combined in fixed proportion
- 26. change in matter; new substance formed
- 29. pure substance that cannot be broken down
- 30. shapes, like mountains or hills that make up the Earth's surface.
- 32. liquid to solid
- 33. amount of matter found inside an object
- 34. rock formed from the weathering and erosion of other rocks
- 36. process by which ocean floors spread from crests of ocean ridges; as material moves away from ridge, new material replaces it along the ridge
- 38. molten rock found under Earth's crust, containing dissolved gases and solid particles
- 41. physical change in which particles are separated by water particles
- 42. state of matter that takes the shape and volume of the container; high energy and high speeds.
