Across
- 2. a type of rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens
- 7. nonrenewable resources that are rich in energy.
- 10. melted rock on Earth's surface
- 11. rock that is created from previously existing rock by the action of intense heat and pressure
- 12. water stored below Earth's surface in soil and rock layers
- 15. a model describing the transformations of rocks from one major rock type to another
- 16. stored energy
- 17. all of the water on, under, and above the Earth
- 19. a tectonic plate boundary at which two tectonic plates move away from each other
- 24. movement of energy and matter through fluids, such as the asthenosphere or atmosphere, that enable natural processes, such as the rock cycle and water cycle, respectively
- 27. resources that are obtained from the earth
- 29. the transfer of energy though a vacuum
- 30. energy of motion
- 31. the transfer of heat through a solid
- 33. geologic event that frequently occurs at transform plate boundaries and sometimes at convergent boundaries
- 34. melted rock located beneath Earth's surface
Down
- 1. a tectonic plate boundary at which two tectonic plates move toward each other, causing collisions and subduction zones
- 3. that part of Earth in which life can exist
- 4. Earth's geologic processes are the same in the present as in the past
- 5. the part of Earth which is composed mostly of rocks; the crust and outer mantle
- 6. a tectonic plate boundary along which plates slide horizontally past one another in opposite directions
- 8. a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to produce more massive nuclei resulting in the release of large amounts of energy
- 9. The layer of soft but solid mobile rock found below the lithosphere.
- 12. Earth's crust, both beneath the oceans and continents, as well as the mantle and inner and outer core
- 13. a crack in a body of rock that the rock can move along
- 14. rock formed by gravity pressing fragments of other rocks and minerals together as they settle on land or under the ocean over a long period of time
- 18. scientific law stating that, in undisturbed rock layers, each layer is younger than the layer beneath it, and older than the layer above it
- 20. the transfer of heat through a fluid
- 21. a natural, solid substance found in rocks
- 22. resource that is able to meet the demands of current use and yet be maintained in usable quantities to meet indefinite future demands.
- 23. renewable energy source created from organisms
- 25. the sinking of an oceanic plate beneath a plate of lesser density at a convergent boundary
- 26. a substance or matter that is human-made
- 28. the layers of gases that surround a planet
- 32. energy in the form of heat