Across
- 4. dating, tells the absolute age of a rock using radioactive techniques
- 5. system of gases surrounding Earth
- 8. undersea landform formed by converging tectonic plates
- 10. tectonic plates pulling apart
- 11. shaking of Earth due to tectonic plate movement
- 15. where tectonic plates uplift land to create mountain ranges
- 17. rocks formed by compaction of sediments
- 18. rocks formed from cooling magma or lava
- 21. rock settlement in a new location
- 22. where slides tectonic plates create a fault in Earth's surface
- 24. is the study of rock layers, fossils, & their ages
- 25. energy movement of hot fluids rising & cold fluids falling
Down
- 1. system of water on & Earth
- 2. system of interacting life on Earth
- 3. part of Earth broken into Tectonic Plates
- 6. process of water, wind, or gravity moving rock
- 7. chains of undersea mountains & volcanoes where the sea floor is spreading apart
- 9. part of Earth humans stand on
- 12. where convection of magma occurs
- 13. rock, rocks morphed due to heat & pressure
- 14. where converging tectonic plate sink back into Earth's mantle
- 16. the breakdown of rocks from large to small
- 19. system of natural, non-living material on Earth
- 20. rock needs to do *this* in order to become magma or lava
- 23. tells the relative age of rock by looking at the layers
- 26. fossils, rock layers, & shape of continent all provided *this* for the theory of continental drift