Unit 4 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. A type of seismic wave that moves the ground perpendicular
  2. 4. Tectonics The scientific theory that Earth's outer layer is divided into large, moving stubs
  3. 5. Spheroid A 3D shape created by rotating an eclipse around its minor axis, creating a shape that is flattened
  4. 9. An atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light
  5. 10. A measure of mass per unit volume
  6. 11. Effect The apparent deflection of a moving object
  7. 12. Super Continent that existed 200 - 335 Million years ago
  8. 14. Waves Vibrations of energy that travel the Earths layers
  9. 15. A place where the crust is being pulled apart due to the movement of tectonic plates
Down
  1. 1. A type of seismic wave that travels through the Earth's interior, first and fastest wave after an earthquake
  2. 3. The geological process where one tectonic plate moves beneath another plate
  3. 6. A layer of rock, situated between the crust and core
  4. 7. Effect The natural Process when center gases in the Earth's atmosphere trap heat from the sun
  5. 8. Decay The process where an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation to become a more stable nucleus
  6. 11. The transfer of heat through the movement of fluid
  7. 13. A layer of gases surrounding a celestial body, held in by gravity