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