Ch. 7 Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. rising regions of te Earth's crust to higher elevations
- 5. boundary- boundary between 2 tectonic plates moving away from each other
- 6. plates- a block of lithosphere tha consists of the crust and the rigid, outer part of the mantle
- 8. thin and solid outermost layer
- 9. the strong, lower part of the mantle below
- 10. stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
- 11. boundary- the boundary formed by a collsion of two lithosphereic plates
- 12. tectonics- the theory that large pieces of land move
Down
- 1. the sinking of regions of Earth's crust to lower elevations
- 2. stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
- 4. and the outer core
- 7. central part of the Earth, below the mantle