The Moving Earth

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands (5)
  2. 6. The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated (6)
  3. 7. A flow of electricity through a conductor (7)
  4. 8. The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust (9)
  5. 12. Emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good (12)
  6. 14. Hard piece of stone (4)
  7. 15. Molten rock in the earth's crust (5)
  8. 16. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings (8)

Down

  1. 1. A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other (5)
  2. 2. Located inward (5)
  3. 4. One of the large landmasses of the earth (9)
  4. 5. Hard outer layer of the Earth or of bread (5)
  5. 9. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement within the Earth. (10)
  6. 10. A geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into (10)
  7. 11. Causing ___ or much damage (11)
  8. 13. Reduced to liquid form by heating (6)