Mod 6 Part 1 Crossword
Across
- 4. rock that forms from molten rock
- 5. Upper part of the mettle and the crust above it
- 7. underneath the crust
- 9. underneath the mantle
- 12. Earth’s outermost layer of rock
- 13. core that lies below the Lehmann discontinuity and is made mostly of solid iron
- 14. small, solid fragments of rock and other materials that are carried and deposited by water, wind, or ice. Examples would be sand, mud, or gravel.
- 16. Igneous or sedimentary rock that has been changed into a new kind of rock as a result of great pressure and temperature
- 17. the crust of the earth contains this and sediment
- 18. top portion of the earth
- 19. rock that behaves like something between a liquid and a solid
- 20. vibration detectors
- 21. small portion of the mantle below the lithosphere
Down
- 1. boundary marking the drastic change in the makeup of the earth below the Moho
- 2. high-energy particles emitted from the sun and travel towards the earth
- 3. lines that map out how the earth’s magnetic field interacts with other magnets
- 6. theory that states that the earhart’s inner core is actually slowing down the flow of electricity that was a consequence of how the earth was created
- 7. discontinuity: Moho for short, the boundary between the earth’s crust and the earth’s mantle
- 8. rock formed when chemical reactions cement sediments together hardening them
- 10. theory that states that the motion of fluid in the outer core of the earth is caused by temperature differences in the outer core as well as the rotation of the earth
- 11. lies below the Gutenberg discontinuity and is mostly molten iron
- 15. vibrations emitted by earthquakes