3-1 Earth's Interior
Across
- 6. The process where materials with high densities were pulled to the center of the Earth and materials with low densities were pushed toward the surface.
- 8. A physical layer that is solid, thin, and lies below the lithosphere - it is putty-like.
- 9. A primary type of seismic wave that squeezes rock - can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.
- 11. A type of low-density material found in Earth's crust.
- 12. A wave of energy that travels through Earth and away from an earthquake in all directions.
- 14. A physical layer that makes up the lower part of the mantle.
- 17. Rocks or other materials from space that have crashed onto Earth.
- 18. A compositional layer found at the center of the Earth.
Down
- 1. The region of the core that is liquid due to very high temperatures.
- 2. A giant cloud of gas and dust that condensed to form the sun.
- 3. A compositional layer that is the thin, outer shell of the Earth.
- 4. The process where unstable materials break down and give off heat or energy.
- 5. The compositional layer found below the crust.
- 7. The region of the core that is solid due to higher pressure.
- 10. The outermost physical layer of the Earth - it is solid and rigid.
- 13. A secondary type of seismic wave that moves rock side to side - can only travel through solids.
- 15. Area of the Earth's surface where seismographs cannot detect an earthquake after the waves have passed through the earth.
- 16. Solid chunk of mantle rock that comes to the Earth's surface during a volcanic eruption.