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Geology: Study of the structure, formation and history of the earth, especially as recorded in rocks
Longitude: an imaginary line around the earth connecting the North Pole and the South Pole
Latitude: an imaginary line north or south of the earth's equator and parallel to it
Geologist: a person who studies a science that deals with the history of the earth and its life, especially as recorded in rocks
Strike Slip Fault: a fault which the replacement is largely in the direction of the strike; fault mostly horizontal replacement
Andesite: a special type of volcanic rock (Hint: Starts with an "a")
Dormant: asleep; inactive
Extinct: having died out; no longer in existence or use
Marianas Trench: a deep trench in the ocean floor about 60-100 miles east of the Mariana Islands caused by the Pacific Ocean plate moving under the Philippine Plate
Dacite: type of volcanic rock found in the Mariana Islands
Seamount: a sub-marine mountain rising above the deep sea floor
Plate: One of the series of vast segments of thin, mobile blocks that make up the crust of the Earth according the theory of plate tectonics
Prime Meridian: a meridian of zero degrees longitude
Continental Island: an island that has the geologic characteristics of a continental land mass
International Date Line: an imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole at 180 degrees longitude
Atoll: circular reefs with a lagoon in the center
Raised Limestone Island: older volcanic islands that have at one time been covered with water, allowing the islands to be covered with coral reefs, and then raised up exposing the reefs
High Volcanic Island: volcanic islands that has not been covered with coral and raised up
Puntan Yan Fuuna: beginning of the world
Oceania: the 8th continent (Austronesian continental plated with other islands)
Micronesia: small islands
Government: political science
Economics: art of how people earn a living
Polynesia: many islands
Melanesia: black islands
Sociology: science of people and relationships
Latte Stone: the foundation of a Chamorro house from 800 years ago
Across:1. | a sub-marine mountain rising above the deep sea floor | 3. | type of volcanic rock found in the Mariana Islands | 6. | science of people and relationships | 8. | the foundation of a Chamorro house from 800 years ago | 9. | a person who studies a science that deals with the history of the earth and its life, especially as recorded in rocks | 10. | political science | 13. | older volcanic islands that have at one time been covered with water, allowing the islands to be covered with coral reefs, and then raised up exposing the reefs |
| 14. | asleep; inactive | 16. | beginning of the world | 19. | an imaginary line north or south of the earth's equator and parallel to it | 20. | art of how people earn a living | 21. | a special type of volcanic rock (Hint: Starts with an "a") | 22. | One of the series of vast segments of thin, mobile blocks that make up the crust of the Earth according the theory of plate tectonics |
| | Down:2. | small islands | 4. | circular reefs with a lagoon in the center | 5. | the 8th continent (Austronesian continental plated with other islands) | 7. | an imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole at 180 degrees longitude | 11. | black islands | 12. | an island that has the geologic characteristics of a continental land mass |
| 15. | a fault which the replacement is largely in the direction of the strike; fault mostly horizontal replacement | 16. | many islands | 17. | having died out; no longer in existence or use | 18. | Study of the structure, formation and history of the earth, especially as recorded in rocks | 19. | an imaginary line around the earth connecting the North Pole and the South Pole |
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Across:1. | a sub-marine mountain rising above the deep sea floor | 3. | type of volcanic rock found in the Mariana Islands | 6. | science of people and relationships | 8. | the foundation of a Chamorro house from 800 years ago | 9. | a person who studies a science that deals with the history of the earth and its life, especially as recorded in rocks | 10. | political science | 13. | older volcanic islands that have at one time been covered with water, allowing the islands to be covered with coral reefs, and then raised up exposing the reefs |
| 14. | asleep; inactive | 16. | beginning of the world | 19. | an imaginary line north or south of the earth's equator and parallel to it | 20. | art of how people earn a living | 21. | a special type of volcanic rock (Hint: Starts with an "a") | 22. | One of the series of vast segments of thin, mobile blocks that make up the crust of the Earth according the theory of plate tectonics |
| | Down:2. | small islands | 4. | circular reefs with a lagoon in the center | 5. | the 8th continent (Austronesian continental plated with other islands) | 7. | an imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole at 180 degrees longitude | 11. | black islands | 12. | an island that has the geologic characteristics of a continental land mass |
| 15. | a fault which the replacement is largely in the direction of the strike; fault mostly horizontal replacement | 16. | many islands | 17. | having died out; no longer in existence or use | 18. | Study of the structure, formation and history of the earth, especially as recorded in rocks | 19. | an imaginary line around the earth connecting the North Pole and the South Pole |
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