Dynamic Earth Vocabulary-Oliver O

3. A proccess that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where new crust is formed through volcanic activity then gradually moves away from the ridge
5. A solid yet bendable layer below the lithosphere
6. What oceanic crust is made of
10. The least dense layer of the earth
11. This layer makes up 84% of the earth's mass and includes mechanical layers
12. What continental crust is made of
15. Currents that carry hot, solid rock of the mantle outward powered by heat from the core and mantle
17. Where plates slip past each other
18. The liquid layer of the earth (nickel+iron)
20. The theory that states that Earth's lithosphere is broken up into sections or pieces
21. Giant supercontinent formed 335 million years ago
23. The sinking movement of ocean floor back into the mantle
24. A natural rapid shaking of the lithosphere caused by the release of energy
25. Long, zipper like chains of undersea mountains

1. The crust that forms the continents, which is mostly made of granite
2. Where plates move apart from each other
4. Able to bend or flow without breaking
7. A german meteorologist who developed the theory of continental drift
8. The layer of rock that forms the outer shell at the top of the Earth's interior
9. The theory that all of the continents were one fused together and had drifted apart
13. A dropped zone where plates are pulling apart
14. This crust is made of basaltic rock
16. Where plates come together
19. Melted or liquified by heat
22. The hottest and densest layer of the earth (nickel+iron)