Inside Earth
Across
- 1. Made up of hot solid rock that moves throughout the layer
- 3. Type of seismic wave that moves the fastest and can move through liquids
- 8. Plate boundary where plates slip past each other and move in opposite directions
- 9. Earth's crust and upper mantle form this
- 11. Traces of organisms that can be used to show that continents have moved over time
- 13. Flow of liquids and gases that occurs when they are heated and cool off
- 14. Part of the core made of solid iron and nickel
- 16. Type of seismic waves that vibrate from side to side
- 18. Plate boundary that occurs as plates move away from each other
- 20. A break in the rock within Earth's crust
- 21. Area beneath Earth's surface that triggers an earthquake
- 23. Shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
Down
- 2. Wave that may occur due to an earthquake that occurs in ocean crust
- 3. The lithosphere is broken into...
- 4. Occurs when one tectonic plate sinks under another over time
- 5. Last name of the person who proposed the concept of continental drift and provided evidence that it occurred
- 6. Part of the core that is responsible for Earth's magnetic field
- 7. Type of seismic waves that cause the most damage to buildings and other structures
- 10. Measures strength of seismic waves
- 12. Plate boundary that may form mountains or trenches
- 15. Thinnest of Earth's layers
- 17. The outer core is made of metal in this phase
- 19. Point on Earth's surface above the focus of an earthquake
- 22. Supercontinent that was present on Earth around 300 million years ago