General Science Crossword Puzzle

General Science

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Magma from deep with in thr mantle melts through the crust above it

Trace of an acient organism

Layer of the earth

Vibration generated be on earthquake or explosion

Vibrates the ground side to side & up and down

Igneous rock list forms when magma is hardens

Rock that forms from cooling of molten rock

Two plates sliding past each other in opposite direction with little up or down motion

Divergent boundary due to the piling up of magma

Divergent boundary where new ocean floor is formed

Gernan scientist that developed the theory of continental drift

Theory that developed by Alfred Wegener

Upper layer of the montle cause movement of lithosphere because of its plasticity

Two plates move toward each other

Ajar geological event that occurs when continental plates of equal density converge

A highly active volcanic area around the Pacific Ocean

Large waves caused by earthquakes

Movement of material caused by changes of temperature

Major geological events that occur when dense plate subduct below and less dense plate as the converge

Outer shell of earths core, is made of liquid nickel and iron

Two plates pull apart

Sphere of solid nickel and iron at the center of the earth

V-shaped valley formed at a subduction zone

Existing rock that changed by heat, pressure, & chemical reactions

Thin, outer sure face of the earth

Unproven idea

Beneath the earth surface where rock under stress breaks

Pieces of earths lithosphere are in slow, constant motion and flot on convection current in the mantle

Remains of plant & animals that pressed & cemented together

Chemical & physical process that break down rock and other substances

Dense rock is pushed down into the monte that melts back into magma

Named by Alfred Wegener

Process by which water, ice, wind, & gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil

Instrument detecting & recording intensity

Slow movement of the earths plates produces volcanoe, mountain ridge, earthquakes

Buckle in wave like pattern creating hills and mountains

Directly above the focus of the earthquake

Igneous rock layer that formed when lava how's onto surface and harden

Break in the earth crust when earthquakes can happen

Edge of the earth plate where more plates meet

Cool, rigid, outermost lever of the earth

Soft layer of mantle on w/c the lithosphere floats

Stress that occurs at a reverse fault

Flat space between mid-ocean ridges at a divergent boundary

When the plates shift suddenly and release stone

Foot wall is above the hanging wall

After a large earthquake in the same area

Hot molten rocks in the mantle

Innermost layer of the earth

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