lithosphere crossword
Across
- 2. A vent in Earth's crust through which molten rock flows, often forms mountains or islands
- 3. made liquid by heat; melted
- 6. Earth’s surface
- 8. the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
- 11. a ring of volcanic mountains surrounding the pacific ocean
- 14. Molten rock beneath the earth's surface
- 15. The layer of hot, melted rock between Earth's crust and core.
- 16. the opening through which molten rock and gas leave a volcano
Down
- 1. A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
- 4. Liquid magma that reaches the surface; also the rock formed when liquid lava
- 5. the shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath
- 7. the super continent where all the continents were once joined
- 9. a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
- 10. a crack or break in Earth's crust
- 12. core a layer of molten metal that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
- 13. core a dense ball of solid metal in the center of the Earth