Earth's Layers and Building Mountains Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. layer of weak or soft mantle that is made of rock that flows slowly
  2. 8. when the youngest layers of rock are found at the core of a fold
  3. 10. stress that squeezes or pushes rock together
  4. 11. occurs when rock layers bend under stress
  5. 12. the block below a fault plane
  6. 13. the location where two fault blocks meet
  7. 17. region of hot, slow-flowing, solid rock between the core and the crust
  8. 18. the process by which rocks change shape when under stress
  9. 20. crack that forms when large blocks of rock break and move past each other
  10. 22. stress that pushes rocks in parallel but opposite directions
  11. 23. the densest layer of Earth that is mostly made of iron and some nickel
Down
  1. 1. the stronger, lower part of the mantle
  2. 2. stress that stretches or pulls rock apart
  3. 4. movement of matter that results from differences in density caused by variations in temperature
  4. 5. the amount of force per unit area that is placed on an object
  5. 6. blocks of rock on either side of a fault
  6. 7. the block above a fault plane
  7. 9. outer most rigid layer of Earth, made of the crust and rigid, upper part of the mantle
  8. 14. when the oldest layers of rock are found at the core of a fold
  9. 15. the liquid layer of Earth's core
  10. 16. the solid, dense center of our planet
  11. 19. the outermost solid layer of Earth
  12. 21. bends in a rock