Unit 3 Earth and Science Vocab

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