Earth Science Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Core Fifth part of the earth from out to in 6000 degrees composed of iron and nickel liquid.
  2. 5. Currents When gasses or liquids move at the temperature they are at.
  3. 6. Mantle The third layer of earth from out to in all solid.
  4. 8. Both plates are on the ocean and meet in the ocean.
  5. 9. Holds the tectonic plates and is in between the mantle and the crust.
  6. 11. When one plate goes under another generally ocean crust slides under continental.
  7. 15. Continental Both plates are on land and meet on land.
  8. 16. When two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
  9. 17. Core Most inner part of the earth 9000 degrees and made up of iron and nickel.
  10. 18. Boundaries The boundaries where plates meet
  11. 19. The outermost layer of the earth.
Down
  1. 1. Tectonic events that spits out lava
  2. 2. In the upper mantle just below the lithosphere (consistency of rubber or cement)
  3. 3. Events Consequences of continental drift or plates connecting and the reason why volcanoes and earthquakes happen.
  4. 4. When a plate meets essentially on the beach (island arcs and volcanic mountains.) are features.
  5. 7. When two plates are pushing against each other.
  6. 10. Crust Crust on the bottom of the ocean.
  7. 12. Crust Crust on land.
  8. 13. Breaks in the earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
  9. 14. Tectonic events that are caused by movement of the plates