Earth layers/Tectonic plates crossword puzzle
Across
- 4. made of the upper mantle and crust.
- 5. the part theta is liquid metal iron and nickel.
- 8. causes earthquakes.
- 10. theory that came after the idea of continental drift.
- 12. the hottest part of the earth.
- 14. When the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate.
- 16. made of the lower mantle.
- 18. Idea proposed by Alfred Wegner.
- 19. when waves are together in one spot.
Down
- 1. This layer is below the lithosphere.
- 2. Makes mountains/subduction zones.
- 3. the plates that float on top of asthenosphere.
- 6. when 2 plates move AWAY from each other.
- 7. the thickest layer of the earth.
- 9. Idea proposed by Harry Hess.
- 11. the thinnest layer of the earth.
- 13. solid ball of metal inside the earth.
- 15. classified by how the layers they move and behave
- 17. A crack in the earth created by transform boundary.