Across
- 4. thinnest layer of the Earth
- 8. decreases as you go towards the surface of the Earth
- 9. currents term used to describe the heating and cooling of magma that helps move plates
- 11. The three things he used as a evidence to support theory of continental drift
- 13. a type of rock that is formed from cementation and compaction
- 14. rock that is formed from cooling of magma
- 15. layer of earth the tectonic plates are on
- 17. the term used to describe breakdown of rock not movement
- 19. layer of earth that has convection currents
- 20. layer of Earth that has liquid nickel and iron
- 21. The name used to describe the super continent
Down
- 1. increases as you go toward the center of the Earth
- 2. the theory that continents move across the Earth's surface
- 3. term used to describe breakdown and movement of rock
- 5. the part of the mantle that the asthenosphere is part of
- 6. layer of Earth that is part of the upper mantle
- 7. term (not layer)used to describe the layer of Earth that is a sold moves like a liquid
- 10. The individual who proposed the idea of a super continent
- 12. most dense layer of the earth
- 16. all rocks can be weathered and eroded to make
- 18. and pressure two things that help create metamorphic rock
