Layers of the Earth - Crossword
Across
- 2. type of rock that makes up continental crust
- 5. represents approximately 56% of Earth's total volume
- 8. its analogy is boiling water
- 10. the component that mostly makes up earth
- 14. thinnest layer of the earth
- 15. the thicker crust
- 16. type of rock that makes up oceanic crust
- 18. the part of the core made up of solid iron
- 19. the zone where the crust and the upper layer of the mantle exists
- 20. the section of earth's interior that begins below the crust and ends above the transition zone
Down
- 1. supercontinent theory
- 3. the point between the crust and the mantle below
- 4. make up distinct regions of the earth’s surface
- 6. chemical element found in the air
- 7. magnetic influence on moving electric charges, electric currents, and magnetic materials
- 9. the thinner crust
- 11. the part of the core made up of liquid iron
- 12. soft layer of the mantle where pieces of lithosphere moves
- 13. what allows plate tectonics to move
- 17. Si (chemical element)