Faults, Stress and Crust Deformation Crossword Puzzle
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- Lesson Category:
- Crossword Puzzle
- Grades:
- 7-9
- Answer Key:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 1
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Description
This crossword puzzle is about faults, stresses, and crust deformations for a middle school earth science course. There are twenty-three clues for students to solve for completion. Vocabulary terms and/or topics covered among the clues include foot wall, syncline, fault, deformation, reverse (fault), dome, tension, hanging wall, fault block, isostasy, shearing, anticline, mantle, lateral (fault), compression, crust, normal (fault), rift valley, plateau, basin, fold, stress, and fracture. The clues collectively probe the students’ understanding of the stresses that act upon the earth's crust, the faults and deformations that result, and the layers of the earth.
This PDF file will become editable upon conversion to Microsoft Word using an Adobe Acrobat DC Reader app. An answer key is included.
This resource complements the other activities relating to faults and stresses on the Earth's crust in my store:
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Stresses, Faults, and Deformations Word Unscramble Definition Writing Activity
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Stresses and Deformation of the Earth's Crust Fill-in-the-Blank Review Worksheet
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