NGibson
Across
- 1. volcanic rocks are called.
- 5. The charged particles that flow outward from the sun’s hot surface.
- 7. Waves that travel through a planet like sound waves
- 11. when two tectonic plates that move away from each other
- 12. .6 of a mile
- 14. when two lithospheric plates collide
- 15. separation of earth into layers.
- 17. the range of orbits around a star
- 18. when energy is transported from a warm region to a cooler one
- 19. measures the movement during an earthquake.
Down
- 2. when two plates slide past each other
- 3. Earth’s crust is mainly made up of basalt and what?
- 4. The bending of light waves.
- 6. The largest layer of the earth.
- 8. regions of high-energy ions in the magnetosphere are often called what?
- 9. when two plates come together, and one plate is forced beneath the other.
- 10. slow motions within the mantle to move large segments of earth
- 13. fragments of igneous rocks or shells cemented together
- 14. This layer of the earth has two sections (inner and outer).
- 16. any rock that has cooled from a molten state.