Earth's Interior Exam Review

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Across
  1. 6. the first thing Alfred Wegner noticed before forming his continental drift theory was that Africa and South America fit together like ______ pieces.
  2. 7. giant wave caused by an underwater earthquake
  3. 11. The Earth's inner core is composed of iron and ______
  4. 12. one of the best pieces of evidence for continental drift is that we find the same ______ on different continents
  5. 13. chain of islands located over a hot spot
  6. 15. type of plate boundary where two plates collide
  7. 16. type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other
  8. 17. both temperature and density do this as you go deeper into the Earth
  9. 18. Most __________ happen along plate boundaries (due to built up tension between plates)
  10. 19. ocean crust is ______ than continent crust
Down
  1. 1. can form when two plates collide and cause uplift.
  2. 2. the ____ core is the only liquid layer of the Earth, which is why S-Waves cannot travel through it.
  3. 3. ______ in the mantle is responsible for the movements of the plates
  4. 4. ESRT page number where you can find information about the properties of the different layers of the Earth.
  5. 5. P waves are ______ than S waves (speed)
  6. 8. boundary between the crust and mantle
  7. 9. the _________ rock is located closest to the mid ocean ridge
  8. 10. type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  9. 14. page of ESRT that shows all of Earth's tectonic plates (spell out the page number)