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