Unit 4: Geosphere

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Across
  1. 5. Zone in Earth's mantle made of hot, fluid rock
  2. 6. Plate boundary type where plates come together
  3. 9. The very deep ocean feature formed at a subduction zone
  4. 14. A line of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean due to convergent plate boundaries
  5. 18. The dark organic material formed in soil from the decayed remains of plants and animals
  6. 19. Igneous rock formed on Earth's surface
  7. 21. Location on Earth's surface above an earthquake's focus
  8. 23. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy release during an earthquake
  9. 24. Rock type formed from cooled magma or lava
  10. 26. Rock changed by heat, pressure, or hot fluids
  11. 28. Rock formed from layers of deposited sediments
  12. 29. The layer of rock located below Earth's crust
  13. 30. A seismic sea wave
  14. 31. Plate boundary where plate move apart
  15. 32. The rigid outer layer of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle
Down
  1. 1. An underwater "mountain range" along divergent plate boundaries.
  2. 2. Point within the Earth where an earthquake originates
  3. 3. The "Hardness Scale" used to determine resistance to scratching
  4. 4. The volcano type found along convergent plate boundaries, AKA composite cone
  5. 7. How lights reflects from a mineral; shininess
  6. 8. rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption.
  7. 9. The boundary type where two plate slide past each other
  8. 10. The layers of soil that have identifiable characteristics
  9. 11. Molten rock beneath Earth's surface
  10. 12. Breaking a mineral in straight lines due to patterns in atomic bonding
  11. 13. Breaking a mineral in jagged lines due to strong atomic bonding
  12. 15. Any process that breaks down rock
  13. 16. Process where ocean crust sink below continental crust at a convergent plate boundary
  14. 17. Igneous rock formed inside the earth
  15. 20. Moving sediments by wind, water, or ice
  16. 22. Magma that reaches Earth's surface
  17. 25. The volcano type with gentle sloping sides made from oozing lava
  18. 27. A volcano made of rocks with steep sides
  19. 28. the color of a mineral in powdered form