Rock Cycle

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E S E I S M I C - W A V E
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R L M G
       
O - O N
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S - W A V E S G E L R
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I I A E R O R G A N I C
               
N O V X A U V C
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T N E X T I N C T P S A H
         
R S R H T
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U F U P - W A V E S P
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S E I S M O L O G I S T R I L
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I C I - P A N G E A
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V U V F S O T
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E S M E T A M O R P H I C S R E
         
U A E G -
         
L L D A T
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S E D I M E N T T E N S I O N E
       
P M I C
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W E A T H E R I N G E C T
     
C N O
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E D O R M A N T N
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C O M P R E S S I O N A A I
       
T G R C
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E A R T H Q U A K E M Y S
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R M I N E R A L

Across

  1. a vibration in the earth caused by earthquakes
  2. seismic waves that vibrate up and down
  3. living or from living things
  4. a volcano that has not erupted in thousands of years
  5. seismic waves that vibrate back and forth
  6. a scientist who studies earthquakes
  7. the giant land mass that once contained all the present continents
  8. rock formed from igneous or sedimentary rock that has been subjected to extreme heat and pressure over time.
  9. a mixture of broken down rocks and the remains of living things that are carried by wind, water or glaciers
  10. a force that is building up in the crust but not yet moving
  11. the physical, chemical or biological breaking down of rocks
  12. a volcano that has been inactive for a long time
  13. pressing together
  14. shaking and moving of the Earth’s crust
  15. one of many thousands of compounds or elements that make up rocks.

Down

  1. an instrument to record seismic waves
  2. carrying away of tiny rock particles and soil by wind, water, ice or just plain gravity.
  3. rock formed by cooling and solidifying of magma
  4. seismic waves that move along the Earth’s surface
  5. magma that flows on the earth's surface in a volcanic eruption
  6. a scale for the magnitude of an earthquake based on the damage caused
  7. igneous rock that cools and hardens inside the earth’s crust
  8. igneous rock that cools and hardens outside the earth’s crust
  9. the point inside the Earth’s surface where an earthquake begins
  10. The movement of solid "plates" that make up the crust of the earth.
  11. non-living; not formed by living things
  12. a crack or fracture in rock along which movement can occur
  13. Rock formed from sediments that are compacted (=pressed) and cemented together.
  14. the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  15. molten rock beneath the surface of the earth


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