Earth Science Vocabulary Crossword
Across
- 4. Core Fifth part of the earth from out to in 6000 degrees composed of iron and nickel liquid.
- 5. Currents When gasses or liquids move at the temperature they are at.
- 6. Mantle The third layer of earth from out to in all solid.
- 8. Both plates are on the ocean and meet in the ocean.
- 9. Holds the tectonic plates and is in between the mantle and the crust.
- 11. When one plate goes under another generally ocean crust slides under continental.
- 15. Continental Both plates are on land and meet on land.
- 16. When two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
- 17. Core Most inner part of the earth 9000 degrees and made up of iron and nickel.
- 18. Boundaries The boundaries where plates meet
- 19. The outermost layer of the earth.
Down
- 1. Tectonic events that spits out lava
- 2. In the upper mantle just below the lithosphere (consistency of rubber or cement)
- 3. Events Consequences of continental drift or plates connecting and the reason why volcanoes and earthquakes happen.
- 4. When a plate meets essentially on the beach (island arcs and volcanic mountains.) are features.
- 7. When two plates are pushing against each other.
- 10. Crust Crust on the bottom of the ocean.
- 12. Crust Crust on land.
- 13. Breaks in the earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
- 14. Tectonic events that are caused by movement of the plates