Earth Vocabulary Crossword
Across
- 3. A violent and abrupt shaking of the ground
- 5. This Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
- 6. The solid, outer part of Earth
- 10. A portion of the earth ´ s mantle that flows like molten plastic despite being solid
- 12. The theory that Earth ´ s land masses are in constant motion
- 13. The only liquid layer
Down
- 1. The most inner layer of the Earth
- 2. Massive slab of solid rock made up of earth´s lithosphere
- 4. When two plates come together
- 7. A measure of the strength of earthquakes
- 8. Lies between the crust and the outer core
- 9. The thin, outer layer of the Earth
- 11. Occurs when an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slide beneath it