Earth Structure

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Across
  1. 2. Core: The outer layer of the Earth's core made of liquid metal
  2. 4. Mountains: Mountains that form when one side of a fault is lifted above the other side
  3. 5. A streak of light in the night sky that results when a small, solid object (a meteoroid) hits the Earth's atmosphere
  4. 9. The rigid outer layer of the Earth, made of the crust and the solid, upper-most part of the mantle
  5. 11. Crust: The parts of the Earth's crust that are under the ocean; these are the thinnest parts
  6. 13. A meteor that is large enough to survive its passage through the Earth's atmosphere and hit the ground
  7. 14. Liquid made by heat
  8. 15. The ability to cause matter to move or change
  9. 16. the parts, ingredients, or elements that form a whole
  10. 18. A fracture (break or crack) through rock, along which the masses of rock on either side of the fracture move
Down
  1. 1. Waves & Earthquake Waves: A general term for waves produced by earthquakes or artificially through explosions
  2. 3. A region of the Earth's interior immediately below the lithosphere
  3. 6. The mass quantity of a substance per unit volume
  4. 7. A bend in rocks
  5. 8. The study of earthquakes and the structure of the Earth, using information from seismic waves
  6. 10. boundary: The area along the edges of the Earth's plates
  7. 12. Crust: The parts of the Earth's crust that form the continents
  8. 17. Core: The inner layer of the Earth's core that is believed to be made out of solid iron and nickel