Geology Unit Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- mantle : convection currents are located here
- soil : clay, water silt, sand,animals,air, organic matter
- weathering : the breaking down of rocks
- erosion : carried rocks away
- extrusive : _ igneous - forms when lava cools on earths surface
- fossils : a preserved remain or traces of living things
- intrusive : _ igneous - forms when magma cools in earth
- sedimentary : made from sediment pressed together
- leaching : two plates slide against each other in opposite direction
- tectonic plates : plates of rock that cause volcanoes
- crust : thinnest layer of the earth
- mantle : thickest layer of the earth
- humus : a thick paste or spread from the ground made by organic material
- igneous rock : made from cooled lava
- chemical: _ weathering - example: when acid rain hits a rock.
- metamorphic: change of rock by heat and pressure
- diamond : hardest substance known to man
- parent material : located in horizon c
- deposition : depositing rock
- convection currents : made of waxy substance
