Ch. 7 Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 7. the soft layer of the mantle on which tectonic plates move
- 8. drift- the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
- 10. plates- a block of lithosphere that consists of crust and the outer core
- 12. the bending of rock layers due to stress
- 14. the rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations
- 15. the strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
Down
- 1. boundary- the boundary formed by by the collision of 2 lithospheric plates
- 2. the sinking of regions of the Earth's crust to lower elevations
- 3. tectonics- the theory that explains how large pieces of Earth's outermost layer, tectonic plates, move and change shape
- 4. layer of rock bewteen the Earth's crust and core
- 5. boundary- the boundary between tectonic plates that slide past each other horizontally
- 6. stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze and object
- 9. stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
- 11. thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
- 13. boundary- the boundary bewteen 2 tectonic plates moving away from each other