Across
- 2. Where two or more plates collide, one plate eventually slides beneath the other.
- 6. Earth’s most outer layer of hard solid rock underneath the soil, vegetation, and water.
- 7. A long narrow groove that is formed by water, lava, or other liquid flows
- 9. Is obtained by drilling underground and showing scientists what the Earth looks like beneath the surface.
- 11. The crust of the earth that we can see and stand on
- 13. large-scale motion of the plates making up the Earth's lithosphere
- 14. When two tectonic plates move away from each other. This movement separated the Mesosaurus fossils.
- 15. an Earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
- 16. A feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
- 17. used to track the motion of the Earth’s plates.It requires 3 satellites in space and receivers on Earth.
- 18. a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
- 19. a diagram that shows the inside of a core sample.
Down
- 1. the edges where two plates meet
- 3. A sudden and violent shaking of the earth's surface
- 4. A preserved specimen of a living thing like a plant or animal found in the ground, and gives a view of the past.
- 5. also known as astrogeology or exogeology, is a planetary science discipline concerned with the geology of the celestial bodies such as the planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteorites.
- 8. Study fossils and learn about the history of the Earth
- 10. an event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava.
- 12. How often or fast something happens.