Earth Science Crossword 1

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Across
  1. 1. theory the Earth's continents slowly moved apart from each other
  2. 5. the Earth has an internal ______.
  3. 8. The Earth is ______________ billion years old.
  4. 10. movement of heat in fluids where hot rises and cold sinks
  5. 12. the Earth is not ____.
  6. 13. the study of Earth
  7. 14. scientist who proposed continental drift
  8. 15. supercontinent that all continents were believed to be a part of
Down
  1. 2. the innermost layer of the Earth
  2. 3. early scientific thinkers like Galileo would be _____ for making scientific claims that went against popular belief at their time
  3. 4. belief the Earth's surface developed in short time because of random disasters
  4. 6. belief the Earth's surface developed over the course of billions of years because of natural, ongoing processes
  5. 7. outermost layer of Earth
  6. 9. layer of Earth made of molten rock that is just below the crust
  7. 11. theory that Earth's crust gets moved because of heat cycling in the mantle