Layers of the Earth & Plate Tectonics
Across
- 2. a warm layer that is cooler at the top, where convection currents occur
- 3. when two plates move away from eachother
- 8. the liquid metallic layer of the core
- 10. layer that the crust floats on
- 11. when two plates collide
Down
- 1. moves hot magma from outer core to lithosphere
- 4. the solid innermost layer of the earth with the most pressure
- 5. cool, hard exterior layer of the earth
- 6. layer of earth that includes the crust and upper part of the mantle
- 7. when two plates slide past one another
- 9. the motion of continental and oceanic plates