Earth's Structure
Across
- 4. the plate that Japan rests on
- 6. A large piece of crust
- 8. when plates diverge and new crust is formed in the sea
- 12. when one plate rides up on another
- 13. the liquid metal layer
- 14. a natural fountain
- 15. the theory in which parts of the crust slowly move
- 17. the place where two plates diverge
Down
- 1. the place two plates slide against each other
- 2. the physical remains or traces of a plant or animal that lived long ago
- 3. A park known for geysers in the US
- 5. the rock that comprises most of the ocean floor
- 7. the thick layer under the crust
- 9. what the crust plus the solid upper mantle are called
- 10. the place where one plate goes under another
- 11. the hot hard center of the Earth
- 16. Earth's thin outermost layer