Inside the Earth
Across
- 5. forms when one plate sinks beneath another
- 7. created at a transform boundary
- 9. plates float on this layer
- 11. cause tectonic plates to move due to temperature differences inside the earth
- 12. layer that makes up 67% of earth's mass
- 13. where two tectonic plates meet
- 14. most dense layer made of solid iron and nickle
Down
- 1. the idea that the continents were once connected and have since moved to their current position
- 2. form on the seafloor where plates diverge
- 3. thinnest layer of Earth
- 4. boundary created where plates pull apart
- 6. boundary that creates trenches, mountains, and volcanoes
- 8. pieces of this layer are called tectonic plates
- 10. liquid layer of iron and nickle