Earth Materials and Processes Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- hot spot : areas at the boundary between earth's mantle and core that are unusually hot.
- tsunamis : seismic sea wave that begins over an earthquake focus and can be highly destructive when it crashes on shore
- crater : the steep walled depression around a volcano's vent.
- gems : highly priced minerals, they are rare and beautiful
- mineral resource : a deposit of useful minerals
- convection current : the cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking
- solar energy : energy from the sun
- liquefaction : this occurs when wet soil acts more like a liquid during an earthquake
- earthquake : vibrations produced by the breaking of rock
- nuclear energy : an alternate energy source produced from atomic reactions
- dike : magma that is forced into a crack that cuts across rock layers and hardens.
- volcano : an opening in earth that erupts gases, ash, and lava.
- pangaea : means "all land"
- luster : the way a mineral reflects light
- fracture : a break in a mineral with uneven, rough, or jagged surfaces
- plates : sections of earth's crust and upper mantle
- specific gravity : the ratio of a mineral's weight compared with the weight of an equal volume of water
- magnitude : the measure of energy released during an earthquake
