Changing Earth Crossword

is composed of a great variety of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
The region of the interior of the Earth between the core (on its inner surface) and the crust (on its outer)
thick and composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies above Earth's solid inner core and below its mantle.
the central region of the Earth
A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.
A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface between the two plates.
also known as a conservative plate boundary
breaks down and loosens the surface minerals of rock so they can be transported away by agents of erosion such as water, wind and ice
any of the various weathering processes that cause physical disintegration of exposed rock without any change in the chemical composition of the rock
the erosion or disintegration of rocks, building materials
The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil.
The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it, and is deposited in a new location.