Layers of the Earth/ Plate Tectonics
Across
- 5. Is under the most intense pressure and is the most dense.
- 6. Tectonic plates move slowly over the _____ mantle.
- 12. This crust is found under the ocean.
- 14. This crust is found under the continents.
- 15. How many major plates is the lithosphere broken into?
- 16. What is the rigid outer shell of the planet?
- 17. Thinnest, outermost layer of the earth.
- 18. How does new crust is form when magma rises to the surface between two plates.
Down
- 1. Scientist who proposed the idea of continental drift.
- 2. Metal found in the outer and inner core.
- 3. A supercontinent existed 335 million years ago that is known as ______.
- 4. What plate movement can push up to form mountains?
- 7. What is the only layer that is liquid?
- 8. Responsible for moving the tectonic plates in the mantle.
- 9. Between the crust and core, it has an upper and lower part to it.
- 10. What direction (N,S,E,W) does the Antarctic Plate move?
- 11. This causes friction and pressure, it can be released in the form of earthquakes.
- 13. Metal found in the outer and inner core.