Across
- 1. The direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another substance that it is touching.
- 2. The core is made up of the metals iron and _________.
- 3. Convection currents are found in the outer core and the ___________.
- 4. The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.
- 5. A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
- 6. The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface.
- 7. The direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic radiation.
- 9. The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
- 12. A dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust.
- 14. (2 words) vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
- 16. The amount of mass of a substance in a given volume; mass per unit volume.
- 17. A usually light-colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust. (pg 128)
Down
- 1. (2 words) the movement of a fluid, cause by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
- 8. (2 words) A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth
- 10. (2 words) When heat goes from a hotter object to a cooler object, we call this ______ _________.
- 11. As you swim to the bottom of a pool, the __________ becomes greater. (pg 127)
- 13. Mount _________ is found on the sound size of an island in Hawaii. (pg 124)
- 15. (2 words) a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of the Earth