7Sci - Ch. 8 Vocab - Crossword Labs

2. Results from a force pressing on an area.
4. The softer layer of the mantle that lies beneath the lithosphere.
7. The transfer of energy in the form of rays or waves.
9. The layer of rock that forms the outer skin.
10. Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid.
11. A dense ball of solid metal.
14. Forces that destroy and wear away landmasses through processes like erosion and weathering.
16. Dark, fine-grained rock that makes up oceanic crust.
19. The flow the transfers heat within a fluid.
22. Layer that consists of the crust and the uppermost mantle.
23. A group of parts that work together as a whole.

1. Sphere that contains all of Earth's water.
3. Forces that shape the land's surface by building up mountains and other landmasses.
5. The ability to do work.
6. A layer of molten metal surrounding the inner core.
8. The relatively thin envelope of gases that forms Earth's outermost layer.
12. Sphere that contains nearly all of the Earth's mass.
13. A rock that usually is a light color and has coarse grains and makes up continental crust.
15. Waves produced when earthquakes occur.
17. A measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of a substance.
18. The transfer of heat between materials that are touching.
20. The parts of the Earth that contain living organisms.
21. A layer of hot, solid rock found just below the crust.