Geology & Earth Science Crossword Puzzles

_ sink, areas of vegetation, the ocean or the soil which absorb or store carbon, movement of rock by water, ice or wind, layers of sedimentary rock, _ …

mostly found around volcanoes, forms when magma intrudes, formed when lava erupts, forms with water usually seawater evaporates, made with lava and …

earth's layers can be divided into layers based on their _ composition, this part of the core is solid, part of crust that makes up ocean floors, …

each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a food web, an organism that cannot make its own food, must always be recycled in the ecosystem, …

the upper layer of the earths mantle, a hypothetical super-continent that included all current landmasses, a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, …

grains require a magnifying glass to see, wearing away or breaking down of rocks by wind, water, sand and chemicals, type of igneous rock formed …

the property of water that allows objects to sink even big ships, the water that contains salts and minerals, the water that can be found in glaciers …

an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron, soil formed by rock decay and left as a …

what is under the earth that keeps the ground together, gases surrounding the earth is called, the layer under mountains and oceans, the layer below …

part of the earth that we walk on, specific type of rock that form by smaller bits of other rocks get stuck together, a type of rock that absorbs …

an effect that happens as a direct result of a hazard, a shaking of the earths crust by tectonic movement, a rupture of the earths crust, a force that …

a vibration that travels through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake, the slow moving-moving lava that hardens to form rough …

where warmer parts rise and cooler parts sink, stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks, a section of lithosphere that slowly moves over the …

formed by layered crust, happens with in the earth, with in the earth layers, what we stand on today, combing, plates subtracting, records down the …

crust that is less dense but thicker, crust that is denser and thinner, known as the "plastic" layer, layer that is broken up into tectonic …

the rock formation that is the source of mineral fragments in the soil, any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the …

an ecosystem's abilty to maintain equilibrium, funnel-shaped areas of land where all the water drains to the same body of water, water that has soaked …

dinosaurs died out, the longest unit of time of the geological time scale is the, an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or …

_ convection - what is the slow creeping motion of earth's solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the …

the process of wearing or the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces through physical, chemical, or organic means, the process of moving weathered …

the outer layer of the earth (5), what the molten rock in the mantle is called (5), a mountain formed by the eruption of lava, ash, and rock, a sudden …

the outer part of the magnetic field that interacts with these particles, in this layer, the effects of temperature outweigh the effects of pressure, …

all of the present-day continents were once part of a single supercontinent called, reflects the changing intensity of the vibrations by responding to …

solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle just below the lithosphere, what type of plate boundary collides with the other to create mountains?, …

infrastructure builder or designer, who studies earth, a feature's linear direction, a feature's slope, a rock type coming from latin …

depends primarily on the composition of the magma and temperature, the magma is very hot, with blank that can range from 800°c to 1400°c, an …

when sediments are placed down to remain by the elements, outermost layer of the earth, _ sedimentary rock is formed by sediments of rocks, _ igneous …

a inorganic substance that has a fairly constant chemical composition, sedimentary rocks are formed through w.e.d. compaction, and, the upper layer of …

low-density surface layer of a planet, wearing down or building up of geological features, dense central region of a planet that has undergone …

where the tide meets the stream, an area of low-lying land which is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all …