Geological Processes Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: constructive: _ processes - natural phenomena such as volcanoes, rivers, and weather patterns that build up landmasses on earth's surface, weathering: the breakdown of rocks into very small particles by gravity, water, wind, and ice, erosion: the removal and movement of sediment from one place to another by gravity, water, wind, or ice, design solution: an answer to a problem that is the result of a thought-out plan, volcano: a mountain or hill made by hot rocks and gases moving to the surface of the earth from deep inside earth, earthquake: a sudden release of energy under earth's surface that makes the ground shake or crack, slow change: change to the earth's surface that occurs in a short period of time, seismology: study of what is under the surface of the earth by measuring vibrations on the earth's surface, destructive : _ processes - natural phenomena such as erosion and earthquakes that wear down landmasses on earth's surface, tectonic plates: huge slabs of solid rock that make up earth's outer layer, the lithosphere, and glide over a softer layer, the mantle, geographic: _ information systems - a map that shows a set of data such as weather or elevation for a specific place on earth's surface, deposition: the buildup of land by the settlement of sediment and soil in a new location, rapid change: a change to earth's surface that takes many years to show obvious effects, flood control: things made by humans to help control flooding, such as dams, drains, and levees, vegetation: all the plants found in a particular area