Across
- 4. theory that explains how large pieces of Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape
- 5. rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment
- 7. rock that forms from other rocks as a result of intense heat, pressure, or chemical processes
- 10. process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
- 11. any movement of matter that results from differences in density
- 12. natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents disintegrate and decompose rocks
Down
- 1. fragments of organic or inorganic material that are transported and deposited by wind, water, or ice and accumulate in layers on Earth's surface
- 2. process in which material is laid down
- 3. block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
- 6. all of the nonliving things, living things, and processes that make up the planet Earth, including the geosphere, the hydrosphere, the atmosphere, and the biosphere
- 8. rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies
- 9. natural, usually inorganic solid with a characteristic chemical composition and an orderly internal structure