Chapter 5
Across
- 4. Drift Is the hypothesis that states earth was all one piece
- 5. The type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed
- 6. When two plates separate
- 9. The outermost, rigid layer of earth
- 10. Is the strong lower part of the mantle
- 13. The layer under the mantle
- 15. Plates pieces of Lithosphere that move on top of the Asthenosphere
Down
- 1. Is stress that occurs when something is pulled or stretched
- 2. Is a plastic layer of the mantle
- 3. The layer between the crust and the core
- 7. Boundary, When two plates slide past each other
- 8. When two plates collide
- 11. Floor Spreading Is the process by which new oceanic crust is formed by magma
- 12. Tectonics Is the theory that earth is divided into tectonic plates
- 14. The thin layer above the mantle