the layers of the earth(note: there are no spaces between the words)
Across
- 2. the liquid, molten layer that surrounds the inner core
- 3. the outermost & thinnest layer of the earth
- 4. the amount of force applied to something
- 6. waves of vibrations from the center of the earth that produce earthquakes
- 9. Small, aquatic reptiles that lived in freshwater and lived when Pangea was around
- 10. the rigid layer that lies just below the crust
- 14. Any movement of matter that results from differences in matter
- 16. The theory that explains how tectonic plates move
- 17. a plastic, slow moving layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere moves
- 18. The thickest layer of the earth that lies between the core & the crust
- 19. the ratio of the mass of the substance to the volume of the substance
Down
- 1. the strong, lower part of the mantle
- 5. the resistance of gas or liquid to flow
- 7. The process by which new oceanic crust forms as magma, rises toward the surface, & solidifies
- 8. Pieces of the lithosphere that move on top of the asthenosphere
- 11. the densest, most pressured layer, the center of the earth
- 12. A supercontinent that was made of the continents we know today
- 13. drift:Alfred wegener's hypothesis that the continents are slowly moving and were once a supercontinent called Pangea
- 14. a substance made of atoms of two or more different elements
- 15. a measure of the kinetic energy of the particles in an object