Lithosphere vocab.

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Across
  1. 3. The process in which rock is broken down by chemical reactions; changes the rock's molecular composition
  2. 6. The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake
  3. 8. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
  4. 10. A body of molten rock found at depth, including any dissolved gases and crystals.
  5. 11. A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
  6. 13. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
  7. 14. A liquid's resistance to flowing -or- the thickness of a liquid
  8. 16. The process in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces; no change in rock composition.
  9. 17. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same or below rate at which the resource is consumed
  10. 18. a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition
  11. 19. the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
  12. 20. magma that reaches Earth's surface
  13. 22. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
  14. 23. rock formed from the weathered products of preexisting rocks that have been transported, deposited, compacted and cemented.
  15. 24. The soft upper layer of the mantle just below the lithosphere. Lithospheric plates float on top of it.
  16. 26. rock formed by the alteration of preexisting, solid rock deep within the Earth by heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids
Down
  1. 1. loose particles created by weathering and erosion of rock
  2. 2. A natural resource that is consumed faster or above the rate in which it is replaced.
  3. 4. a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of producing magma, which rises to Earth's surface
  4. 5. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
  5. 7. vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
  6. 9. the transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as wind, water, or ice
  7. 12. A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
  8. 15. A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
  9. 21. a rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma
  10. 25. a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred