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Name: Unit 3 Vocabulary - Part 1 Complet e t he crossword below 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Created with TheTeac hers Co rner.net Cro s s wo rd Puz z le Generato r Acro ss 1. a model that illustrates the origin of the three basic rock types and the interrelatedness of Earth materials and processes 8. a naturally occurring, inorganic crystalline material with a unique chemical composition 11. the physical disintegration of rock, resulting in smaller fragments 12. the process of being split into thin sheets 13. one of numerous rigid sections of the lithosphere that moves as a unit over the material of the asthenosphere Do wn 2. the processes by which the internal structure of a mineral is altered by the removal and/or addition of elements 3. the process by which sediments are squeezed together by the weight of overlaying materials driving out water 4 . a mechanism that may contribute to plate motion; it involves the oceanic lithosphere sliding down the oceanic ridge under the 5. the location where plates meet; three types: Divergent, Convergent, Transform 6. the rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle 7. the division of Earth’s history into block of times – eons, eras, periods, and epochs 9. a hypothesis that originally proposed that the continents had once been joined to form a single supercontinent 10. the theory that Earth’s outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways