Criss Cross Puzzle
Lesson 3 crossword
Lesson 3:
Crossword Puzzle
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5. a crack with offset in the Earth's crust
1. (two words) a theory that the Earth's outer shell is made
6. when rocks or rock layers that were once flat are bent or
up of plates of rock that shift all over the globe causing
curved
mountain building and earthquakes
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8. a metamorphic rock formed from shale
5. a crack with offset in the Earth's crust
2. an igneous rock that forms from the slow crystallization
6. when rocks or rock layers that were once flat are bent or curved
10. a sedimentary rock composed mostly of calcium
of silica-rich magma below Earth’s surface
8. a metamorphic rock formed from shale
10. a sedimentary rock composed mostly of calcium carbonate formed in clear, warm, shallow marine w
carbonate formed in clear, warm, shallow marine
3. a metamorphic rock formed from limestone mainly
11. a sedimentary rock with many thin layers formed from mud (clay-rich sediment)
waters
composed of calcium carbonate
12. the compact and connected group of mountains around Mount Everest that includes Everest, Nuptse
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11. a sedimentary rock with many thin layers formed from
4. large pieces of rock that make up the Earth's outer shell
1. (two words) a theory that the Earth's outer shell is made up of plates of rock that shift all ov
mud (clay-rich sediment)
(lithosphere)
2. an igneous rock that forms from the slow crystallization of silica-rich magma below Earth’s surf
3. a metamorphic rock formed from limestone mainly composed of calcium carbonate
12. the compact and connected group of mountains
7. a high-grade metamorphic rock formed from preexisting
4. large pieces of rock that make up the Earth's outer shell (lithosphere)
around Mount Everest that includes Everest, Nuptse,
granite or sedimentary rock (high grade metamorphism
7. a high-grade metamorphic rock formed from preexisting granite or sedimentary rock (high grade me
9. the tectonic process of land being pushed higher through compressive forces (collision of India
Lhotse, and Khumbutse
changes the rock so completely that the source rock
often cannot be readily identified)
9. the tectonic process of land being pushed higher
through compressive forces (collision of India with
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