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Ymhil's Crossword Puzzle
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geology : the science that deals with the earth, the layers of which it is composed and their history.
andesite : special type of volcanic rock.
arc : any portion of a circle.
extinct : having died out; no longer active; no longer in existence or use.
seamount : a submarine mountain rising above the deep-sea floor.
dacite : another type of volcanic rock.
plate : one of the series of vast segments of thin mobile blocks that make-up the crust of the earth according to the theory of plate tectonics.
mariana trench : a deep trench in the ocean floor about 60 to 100 miles east of the Mariana Islands caused by the Pacific Ocean plate moving under the Philippine Plate.
dormant : asleep; inactive.
strikeslipfault : a fault in which the displacement is largely in the direction of the strike, fault with mostly horizontal displacement.
Ymhil's Crossword Puzzle
Across:3. | one of the series of vast segments of thin mobile blocks that make-up the crust of the earth according to the theory of plate tectonics. | 5. | special type of volcanic rock. | 6. | another type of volcanic rock. | 7. | the science that deals with the earth, the layers of which it is composed and their history. | 9. | asleep; inactive. | 10. | any portion of a circle. |
| | Down:1. | a deep trench in the ocean floor about 60 to 100 miles east of the Mariana Islands caused by the Pacific Ocean plate moving under the Philippine Plate. | 2. | a fault in which the displacement is largely in the direction of the strike, fault with mostly horizontal displacement. | 4. | a submarine mountain rising above the deep-sea floor. | 8. | having died out; no longer active; no longer in existence or use. |
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Ymhil's Crossword Puzzle
Across:3. | one of the series of vast segments of thin mobile blocks that make-up the crust of the earth according to the theory of plate tectonics. | 5. | special type of volcanic rock. | 6. | another type of volcanic rock. | 7. | the science that deals with the earth, the layers of which it is composed and their history. | 9. | asleep; inactive. | 10. | any portion of a circle. |
| | Down:1. | a deep trench in the ocean floor about 60 to 100 miles east of the Mariana Islands caused by the Pacific Ocean plate moving under the Philippine Plate. | 2. | a fault in which the displacement is largely in the direction of the strike, fault with mostly horizontal displacement. | 4. | a submarine mountain rising above the deep-sea floor. | 8. | having died out; no longer active; no longer in existence or use. |
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