science vocabulary
Across
- 2. the soft part of the mantle that tectonic plates move on
- 4. layer of rock between the earths crust and core
- 6. the strong lower part of the mantle between the asthosphere and the outer core
- 8. one rock layer is stretched at its boundaries
- 9. the thin and outer layer of the earth
- 11. that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
- 14. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises
- 15. rock layers break the resulting surface they break and slide on
Down
- 1. is the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away
- 3. the solid most outer layer of the earth
- 5. made up of the lithosphere
- 7. the central part of the earth
- 10. the boundary when two plates are sliding past each other
- 12. the theory that all continents were once together
- 13. when parts of the earth crust rise
- 14. is the sinking of regions of the earths crust to lower elevations