Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycling

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Across
  1. 2. Hot, melted rock found deep underground before it erupts from a volcano.
  2. 3. A type of rock made from layers of sand, mud, or tiny pieces of other rocks that have been pressed together over time.
  3. 4. A form of energy that makes things warmer.
  4. 6. A huge body of salty water that covers most of the Earth.
  5. 8. A type of rock that changed from another rock because of heat and pressure.
  6. 10. A force that pushes or squeezes on something, like when you press down on a pillow.
  7. 11. The Earth's crust is broken into these slow-moving puzzle pieces.
  8. 13. The thick layer of hot rock under the Earth’s crust.
  9. 14. The thin, outer layer of the Earth where we live.
  10. 15. The process where wind, water, or ice slowly wear away rocks and land over time.
  11. 16. Tragments of a rock like sand and silt
Down
  1. 1. The ground shakes when this happens under the Earth's surface.
  2. 2. When a solid, like ice, turns into a liquid because it gets hot.
  3. 5. A mountain that can blow out lava, ash, and smoke from inside the Earth.
  4. 7. The day-to-day changes in things like temperature, rain, and wind outside.
  5. 9. A tall, rocky part of the Earth that rises high above the land around it.
  6. 12. A type of rock that forms when hot, melted rock cools and hardens.
  7. 14. When something gets colder, like when hot water turns into ice.