Natural Systems-Geology

4. This area is still rising today
5. What is formed where the earth plates pull apart?
7. imprint in rock of the remains of a plant or animal that lived millions of years ago
8. Word meaning fire
10. One of two forces are constantly changing the earth’s surface
13. Why most people do not know Canada had Volcanoes
14. Force that made the continents move
16. The dense nuclear furnace found at the center of the earth
18. Supercontinent that consists of all the continents in one land mass.
19. Where most of the earths volcanic activity is located
21. the thick zone of molten material beneath the earth’s lithosphere
22. Canadian that proved Wegener was correct

1. Region that had mountains higher than any found in Canada today
2. Why authorities are reluctant to call evacuations
3. Why people chose to live near volcanoes.
6. imprint in rock of the remains of a plant or animal that lived millions of years ago
9. Earth's crust
11. What is formed where the earth’s plates push together
12. hazard is associated with ash from volcanoes
15. Invented the theory of Continental Drift
17. Tectonics The study of plate movement to understand the formation of mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes
20. Molten rock located under the earth's crust