Geological Phenomena Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: orogenesis : when mountains are formed by a tectonic plate convergence, convection : this force, in the earth's mantle, causes the tectonic plates to move, convergence : movement where two plates move toward each other, weathering : this step in erosion includes wind, water, the freeze-thaw cycle, and glacier movement, erosion : when water freezes and thaws, leaving holes, this is an example of _ , drift : the theory that earth's continents are moving: continental _ , convergence : orogenesis is related to why type of plate movement?, fossils : the same _ were found in south america and africa; suggesting that the two continents were once joined together, chamber : where magma is stored in a volcano, divergence : in a _ zone, a volcano may form because it allows magma to rise up from the mantle and pour out slowly, slip : movement where two plates slide against each other, runoff : rain water returns to the earth's oceans and rivers, acid rain : pollution in the atmosphere may decrease the ph of rain water causing _ , sedimentation : when broken pieces of rock settle at the bottom of the ocean, age : the appalachian mountains and the mauritanians mountains are the same _ , suggesting that they were once part of the same mountain chain, volcano : when an oceanic plate sinks under a continental plate it forms a _ , trench : when two oceanic plates converge, a volcano is rarely formed. instead an oceanic _ is formed, erosion : a mountain with a pointed peak is young compared to mountains with rounded peaks. the rounded peaks are created by millions of more years of _ .