Earth Science Crossword
Across
- 1. forces pushing against each other
- 3. hard outer layer of the earth
- 4. when two plates pull apart
- 6. rock with an opening to the mantle
- 9. a long depression with steep walls
- 11. a way to find distance by sending sound waves and checking how long it takes for them to bounce back
- 12. an area where plates go into the mantle
- 13. the supercontinent that was made up of all the continents
- 16. when two plates push together
- 19. a fault where the block above the fault moves and over the block below
- 20. the man that figured out seafloor spreading
Down
- 2. solid metal, deepest part of the earth
- 5. forces pulling against each other
- 7. solid rock layer of the earth, has convection currents
- 8. the border between two tectonic plates
- 10. remains of dead animals
- 14. a fault where the block above the fault move downward compared to the block below
- 15. when two blocks slide past each another
- 17. liquid metal, is a casing for a layer of the earth
- 18. when two plates scrape by each other