Vocab Crossword

1. Earth's outermost layer
2. the process by which a collision between two tectonic plates forces the denser plate under the less dense plate
4. drift the hypothesis that the continents slowly drifted to their current positions
6. a break in Earth's crust
7. Earths layer between crust and core
9. the removal of rock
10. a prediction or statement based on limited evidence
13. the upward movement of large areas of Earth's crust
15. the transfer of energy as light through space or transparent objects
17. the transfer of energy between objects that are touching
18. a property of matter that is equal to the amount of mass in a certain volume

1. the transfer of energy caused by a circulation of matter
2. spreading the process by which the rocks on either side of the mid ocean ridge slowly pull away from each other
3. tectonics the scientific theory that the lithosphere is made up of rigid pieces
5. the accumulation of eroded rock material transported
8. Earths innermost layer
11. theory a good group of ideas or models that are supported with evidence
12. the physical breakdown of rock on Earth's surface
14. the requirements that must be met
16. the limitations on an engineering solution