Earth's Layers Crossword
Across
- 5. The crust and upper mantle; broken into parts called plates
- 6. The amount of matter in a given amount of space; less dense matter will form above more dense matter
- 7. Thin outermost layer of Earth; continental and oceanic
- 10. The elements that make up a substance
- 11. The amount of heat in an object
- 13. Rocks and minerals that contain silicon and oxygen
- 14. Just below the lithosphere in the upper mantle; has "plasticity"
Down
- 1. A solid that can flow without being a liquid; asthenosphere
- 2. Force exerted on matter by contact; affects melting and boiling points
- 3. Mass, magnetism, temperature, density, shape, volume, and conductivity
- 4. Soli, liquid, gas; phases of matter
- 8. Center of Earth made of SOLID nickel and iron; surrounded by the outer core
- 9. Surrounds the inner core and is made of LIQUID nickel and iron
- 12. The semi-solid layer between the outer core and crust