Earth's Interior - Key Terms

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Across
  1. 4. solid metal layer under extreme pressure
  2. 6. one of Earth’s three main layers
  3. 8. soft layer below the lithosphere
  4. 9. rigid layer of crust and upper mantle
  5. 11. created by movement in the outer core
  6. 12. dark rock under the ocean floor
  7. 14. information from rocks
  8. 18. scientists who study Earth
  9. 20. another name for seismic waves
  10. 22. crust that forms landmasses
Down
  1. 1. increases the deeper you go into Earth
  2. 2. solid layer beneath the asthenosphere
  3. 3. information from seismic waves
  4. 5. light colored rock in continental crust
  5. 7. indirect evidence used to study Earth’s interior
  6. 10. liquid layer of iron and nickel
  7. 13. direct evidence used to study Earth’s interior
  8. 15. Earth’s outer rocky layer
  9. 16. aligns with Earth’s magnetic field
  10. 17. force that increases with depth
  11. 19. dark rock in oceanic crust
  12. 21. deepest layer of Earth