Plate Tectonics Task Cards
Across
- 1. The thin, outermost shell of the Earth that is typically 3 to 46 miles thick
- 3. Hot, liquid rock under the earth's surface
- 5. A rock layer that allows groundwater to flow through and collect
- 8. Water found underground in the spaces and cracks within earth materials
- 9. Hot, liquid rock on earth's surface
- 10. Rock that forms when magma or lava cools and solidifies
Down
- 2. Layers of hardened sediment
- 4. A rock layer that restricts the flow of groundwater
- 6. Innermost and hottest 7320 F*, 800 miles thick, solid sphere of iron and nickel
- 7. Middle and largest layer of the earth, 1800 miles thick, made of oxygen, silicon, and magnesium