5.1 & 5.2 Earth Science

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Across
  1. 1. The direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another substance that it is touching.
  2. 2. The core is made up of the metals iron and _________.
  3. 3. Convection currents are found in the outer core and the ___________.
  4. 4. The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.
  5. 5. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
  6. 6. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface.
  7. 7. The direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic radiation.
  8. 9. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
  9. 12. A dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust.
  10. 14. (2 words) vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  11. 16. The amount of mass of a substance in a given volume; mass per unit volume.
  12. 17. A usually light-colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust. (pg 128)
Down
  1. 1. (2 words) the movement of a fluid, cause by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
  2. 8. (2 words) A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
  3. 10. (2 words) When heat goes from a hotter object to a cooler object, we call this ______ _________.
  4. 11. As you swim to the bottom of a pool, the __________ becomes greater. (pg 127)
  5. 13. Mount _________ is found on the sound size of an island in Hawaii. (pg 124)
  6. 15. (2 words) a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of the Earth