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NMI History Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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Geology : the science that deals with the earth, the layers of which it is composed, and their history.
Andesite : a special type of rock (melted crust)
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Extinct : having died out; no longer active, no longer in existence or use.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 : a type of volcanic rock found in the Marianas
Plate : one of the series of vast segments of thin, mobile blocks that make up the crust of the earth
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 down under the Philippine plate.
Dormant : asleep, inactive
Strikeslip fault : a fault in which the displacement is largely in the direction of the strike, a fault with mostly horizontal displacement
NMI History Chapter 1 Vocabulary
Across:3. | a deep trench in the ocean floor about 60 to 100 miles east of the Mariana Islands caused by the Pacific Ocean plate moving down under the Philippine plate. | 5. | one of the series of vast segments of thin, mobile blocks that make up the crust of the earth | 8. | a submarine mountain rising above the deep-sea floor | 9. | a special type of rock (melted crust) | 10. | the science that deals with the earth, the layers of which it is composed, and their history. |
| | Down:1. | asleep, inactive | 2. | a fault in which the displacement is largely in the direction of the strike, a fault with mostly horizontal displacement | 4. | Any portion of a circle | 6. | having died out; no longer active, no longer in existence or use. | 7. | a type of volcanic rock found in the Marianas |
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NMI History Chapter 1 Vocabulary
Across:3. | a deep trench in the ocean floor about 60 to 100 miles east of the Mariana Islands caused by the Pacific Ocean plate moving down under the Philippine plate. | 5. | one of the series of vast segments of thin, mobile blocks that make up the crust of the earth | 8. | a submarine mountain rising above the deep-sea floor | 9. | a special type of rock (melted crust) | 10. | the science that deals with the earth, the layers of which it is composed, and their history. |
| | Down:1. | asleep, inactive | 2. | a fault in which the displacement is largely in the direction of the strike, a fault with mostly horizontal displacement | 4. | Any portion of a circle | 6. | having died out; no longer active, no longer in existence or use. | 7. | a type of volcanic rock found in the Marianas |
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