Earth Layer Crosswords
Across
- 1. the boundary between the crust and the mantle in the earth.
- 4. the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
- 7. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
- 9. The solid material found in the centre of some planets at extremely high temperature and pressure, distinct from the liquid outer core.
- 10. relating to the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale processes which take place within it.
- 13. the central, innermost, or most essential part of anything. Also called magnetic core .
- 15. the planet on which we live; the world.
- 16. a covering of ice over a large area, especially on the polar region of a planet.
- 17. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Down
- 2. liquid, iron-nickel layer of the Earth between the solid inner core and lower mantle.
- 3. any of the world's main continuous expanses of land
- 5. a vector field that describes the magnetic influence on moving electric charges, electric currents, and magnetic materials.
- 6. a very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar and often used as a building stone.
- 8. all the waters on the earth's surface
- 11. an external coating or covering. In geology, it is the term given to the outermost layer of our planet earth or that of any other planet.
- 12. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- 14. a dark gray to black dense to fine-grained igneous rock that consists of basic plagioclase, augite, and usually magnetite.