Earth Unit Words

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Across
  1. 4. producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit; producing vegetation or crops plentifully
  2. 6. a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the Earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph; this type of wave usually shakes the Earth
  3. 8. a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the Earth’s surface
  4. 10. Outermost layer of the Earth
  5. 13. longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the Earth and is usually the first conspicuous wave to be recorded by a seismograph; this type of wave push-pull the earth
  6. 17. solid, innermost layer of Earth’s interior that is the hottest part of Earth and experiences the greatest amount of pressure
  7. 18. movement of the ground that occurs when rocks inside Earth pass their elastic limit, break suddenly, and experience elastic rebound
  8. 20. Earth’s outermost layer that is thinnest under the oceans and thickest through the mountains and contains all features of Earth’s surface
  9. 21. cycle diagram that shows the slow, continuous process of rocks changing from one type to another
  10. 22. rigid layer of Earth about 100 km thick, made of the crust and a part of the upper mantle
Down
  1. 1. largest layer of Earth’s interior that lies above the outer core and is solid and yet flows freely
  2. 2. the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care
  3. 3. cone-shaped hill or mountain formed when hot magma, solids, and gas erupt onto Earth’s surface through a vent.
  4. 5. the manner in which the parts of a thing are put together
  5. 7. layer of Earth that lies above the inner core and it is thought to be composed mostly of molten metal
  6. 9. mixture of weathered rock and mineral fragments, decayed organic matter, water, and air that can take thousands of years to develop
  7. 11. the outer layer of the Earth, about 6 miles deep under the ocean
  8. 12. process in which surface materials are worm away and transported from one place to another by agents such as gravity, water, wind, and glaciers
  9. 14. inorganic, solid material found in nature that always has the same chemical makeup, atoms arranged in an orderly pattern, and properties such as cleavage and fracture, color, hardness, and streak and luster
  10. 15. the structure, feel, and appearance of something
  11. 16. the outer layer of the earth, about 22miles deep under the continents
  12. 19. air surrounding Earth