The Planet Earth

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Across
  1. 1. The energy from the core of the Earth that causes the magma to flow in the mantle.
  2. 3. The smallest tectonic plate.
  3. 6. The temperature of this layer is approximately 4500 degrees Celcius.
  4. 7. The geological change when where two or more of Earth's tectonic plates are pushed together.
  5. 9. The second name of the geologist who introduced the continental drift theory.
  6. 12. The heat transfer process in fluids.
  7. 15. The condition of volcanoes that have not erupted in a long time but are expected to erupt again in the future
  8. 16. Hot molten or semifluid rock in the mantle of Earth.
  9. 19. This plate lies between North American plate and South American plate.
  10. 20. A funnel-shaped depression that usually lies directly above the vent from which volcanic material is ejected.
Down
  1. 2. Two tectonic plates sliding past each other.
  2. 4. In this layer iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni) are in the phase of liquid (molten).
  3. 5. The combination of Earth's crust and upper mantle.
  4. 8. The modern idea to replace the theory of continental drift.
  5. 10. Energy or particles from a source that travel through space or other mediums.
  6. 11. The Himalayan mountain range was formed due to the interaction between this plate and Eurasian plate.
  7. 13. The tectonic plate beneath the ocean.
  8. 14. A geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries.
  9. 17. The most common non metal element in Earth's crust.
  10. 18. When magma flows or erupts onto Earth's surface.