Lithosphere Crossword- Zack F

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