Plate Tectonics
Across
- 1. The strong, lower part of the mantle between the Asthenosphere and the outer core.
- 6. The soft plastic-like layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move.
- 8. Solid outer layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
- 11. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.
- 13. The nature of something ´ s ingredients or constituents
- 14. The hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present location.
- 15. The center of the Earth, like a ball of hot metal and it is mostly iron and nickel.
- 17. The middle layer of the Earth which is the largest layer.
- 18. Tectonic plates move apart together and form depending on the types.
- 19. Properties that involve a reaction to an applied load strength, ductility, hardness, impact resistance, and toughness.
Down
- 2. The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies.
- 3. The only liquid layer of the planet.
- 4. The theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth ´ s crust move and change shape.
- 5. Stress that occurs when the forces act to squeeze an object.
- 7. The sinking of regions of the Earth ´ s crust to lower elevations.
- 9. Tectonic plates slide past each other resulting in earthquakes.
- 10. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another.
- 12. The inner most layer of the Earth.
- 15. The thin,solid, rigid outermost layer of the Earth.
- 16. Tectonic plates collide together and from various land forms depending on the types that converge.