Across
- 6. an event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava
- 8. Earth’s outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water
- 11. an object, diagram, a computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
- 12. how often or fast something happens
- 15. something we observe to be similar over and over again
- 17. a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain or a channel
- 18. moving toward the same place
- 19. a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
Down
- 1. an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
- 2. a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
- 3. the place where two plates come together
- 4. A scientist who looks for patterns in landforms and geologic events in order to better understand Earth
- 5. any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
- 7. One of the very large sections of hard solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
- 9. a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
- 10. what Earth’s outer layer is made from
- 11. Fossils of this dinosaur were found in South America and Africa
- 13. moving apart in different directions
- 14. the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
- 16. to examine in detail for a purpose