Unit 3 Earth and Science Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. a break in the Earth’s crust where rock on one side moves in relation to rock on the other side
  2. 4. the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another
  3. 7. thick layer of Earth beneath the crust
  4. 8. the thin outer layer of Earth
  5. 10. the boundary between two tectonic plates moving AWAY from each other
  6. 13. measures the magnitude of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10
  7. 14. natural land shape or feature
  8. 15. very small pieces of rock
  9. 17. the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water
  10. 18. the strength of an earthquake
  11. 19. the process of rock breaking apart
Down
  1. 1. a shaking of Earth’s surface that can cause land to rise and fall
  2. 2. that studies earthquakes
  3. 5. the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  4. 6. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are COLLIDING with each other
  5. 9. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
  6. 11. a place where hot gases, smoke, and melted rock come out of the ground onto Earth’s surface
  7. 12. Tectonics the theory that Earth’s crust is divided into plates that are always moving
  8. 16. the layer of Earth extending from Earth’s center to the bottom of the mantle (Metallic)