Across
- 2. major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries
- 4. any process that happens on Earth, such as weathering, erosion, or plate tectonics
- 6. a group of interacting or interdependent elements forming a complex whole, as in all the factors or variables in an environment or all the variables that might affect a science experiment
- 9. the process by which water, ice, wind, and gravity remove and transport sediment from one place to another
- 10. relating to the whole world
Down
- 1. features on the surface of Earth, such as mountains, hills, dunes, oceans, or rivers
- 3. the mechanical or chemical processes that break rocks into smaller pieces and sometimes change the chemical composition
- 5. occurs when solid fragments of weathered rock are eroded (moved) and then dropped into a new place by wind, water, ice, and gravity
- 7. Earth material that is broken down by processes of weathering; can be eroded and deposited by the agents of water, wind, ice, and gravity
- 8. describing something so small that it can only be seen with a microscope