Geological Processes Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: mountains: elevated landforms with steep sides that are higher than hills and often formed by tectonic forces, valleys: low-lying areas between mountains or hills, often with rivers flowing through them, plateaus: flat or gently sloping elevated areas that are higher than the surrounding land, plate tectonics: the theory that earth's outer shell is divided into several large, rigid plates that interact and move over the semi-fluid asthenosphere beneath them, erosion: the process of wearing away the earth's surface through natural forces like wind, water, and ice, volcanoes: openings in the earth's surface through which molten rock, ash, and gases can erupt, earthquakes: sudden shaking or trembling of the ground caused by movements in the earth's crust, folding: the bending of rock layers due to tectonic forces, creating structures like mountain ranges, faulting: the breaking of the earth's crust along fractures, resulting in displacement of rock layers, deposition: the process of laying down sediment, often by water or wind, to create new landforms