Lithosphere Crossword- Zack F
Across
- 4. where two plates move away from each other. Molten rock from the mantle erupts along the opening, forming new crust.
- 6. highly energetic charged particles trapped at high altitudes in the magnetic field of Earth.
- 11. rocks that have been cemented together through erosions or weathering
- 12. Mantle convection is the very slow creeping motion of Earth's solid silicate mantle as convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface
- 14. instruments used to record the motion of the seismic waves during an earthquake.
- 17. rock cooled from a previously molten state
- 18. a very hard, granular, igneous rock
- 19. the redirection of a wave
- 20. the dense central region of a planet, consisting of iron and nickel.
Down
- 1. the region surrounding the earth or another astronomical body in which its magnetic field is the predominant effective magnetic field. Protects us from the sun’s particles
- 2. When planets begin to melt, the materials in them begin to separate from one another. Borders between the layers is differentiation
- 3. a dark, fine-grained volcanic rock
- 5. tectonics a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena
- 7. the continuous flow of charged particles from the sun which permeates the solar system.
- 8. a metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters
- 9. waves in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
- 10. the region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core
- 13. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet
- 15. Rock that has been changed from high temperature/pressure
- 16. The science of the earth and its behavior