Unit 5: Inside the Earth
Across
- 1. The thin, outermost layer of the Earth, or the uppermost part of the lithosphere.
- 5. The central, spherical part of the Earth below the mantle.
- 7. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
- 8. The layer between the crust and the core.
- 11. The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or a gas.
- 12. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
- 14. Magma that flows onto the Earth's surface.
- 15. An act, process or result of lifting up a part of the Earth's surface.
- 16. The theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere and mantle.
- 17. A shaking or trembling of a portion of the Earth
- 18. A mountain that forms when molten rock , called magma, is forced to the Earth's surface.
Down
- 2. The region where an oceanic plat sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, usually between continental and oceanic plates.
- 3. The boundary between two colliding tectonic plates.
- 4. The theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past.
- 5. The make up of a rock; describes either the minerals or the elements presented in it.
- 6. The hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts; may include mineral crystals.
- 9. The amount of matter in a given space; mass per unit volume.
- 10. A breaking in the Earth's curst along which blocks of the crust slide relative to one another due to tectonic forces.
- 13. The outermost, rigid layer that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.