Word definitions

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Across
  1. 1. The Earth’s plates diverging, converging, or transforming.
  2. 3. The inner most layer of the Earth. Made up of iron and nickel the pressure here is so intense it is a solid sphere
  3. 6. Two plates pulling away from each other
  4. 9. Two plates rubbing up against each other
  5. 11. A hole in the Earth's plates that lets magma escape to the surface
  6. 12. A dense, fast-moving ash and rock flow.
  7. 14. Two plates coming/pushing together.
  8. 15. It is the denser, weaker layer of the mantle. It lies from 100-410km beneath the Earths surface.
Down
  1. 2. Giant wave formed usually by an underwater earthquake
  2. 4. They are currents that move a gas or fluid from one place to another with heat and stuff.
  3. 5. A fluid layer about 2260km thick, mostly iron and nickel
  4. 7. A sticky or thick liquid
  5. 8. The outer most layer of the Earth. Rock and soil from 5-70km down.
  6. 10. The middle most layer of the Earth. It is the bulk of the Earth making up 84% of the Earths weight. Roughly 2900km thick.
  7. 13. It is the solid outer layer of the Earth bounded by the Asthenosphere on the bottom and the Atmosphere on the top