Earth Materials & Systems: Earth's Layers
Across
- 4. hot and dense ball of iron at Earth's center kept solid by high pressure.
- 5. a boundary between Earth's layers.
Down
- 1. hot, liquid layer of nickel and iron around Earth's inner core.
- 2. mostly solid layer between Earth's core and its crust; makes up about 84 percent of Earth's mass.
- 3. vibrations from a sudden release of energy in the Earth that come from earthquakes, explosions, or large impacts on the ground.
- 6. thin, solid shell of rock on Earth's surface that is thicker on land and thinner in the ocean.