Earth's Structure Crossword
Across
- 4. A layer of molten metal surrounding the inner core
- 6. A layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
- 8. The ability to do work
- 9. A rock that is usually light in color and has coarse grains
- 11. The flow that transfers heat within a fluid
- 12. A group of parts that work together as a whole
- 15. Heat transfer by the movement of fluid
- 17. All of Earth's water
- 19. Forces that wear down, or destroy, landmasses
- 23. The uppermost part of the mantle
Down
- 1. Results from a force pressing on an area
- 2. Heat transfer between materials that are touching
- 3. Earth's solid rocks and metals
- 5. Forces that construct, or build up
- 7. Part of the Earth that is a dense solid ball of metal
- 10. The soft layer of the mantle (the second layer)
- 13. Energy that is carried in rays like light
- 14. The parts of Earth that contain living organisms
- 16. A dark, fine grained rock
- 18. The waves that earthquakes produce
- 20. The relatively thin envelope of gasses that forms Earth's outer most layer
- 21. A layer of hot rock
- 22. A measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance