Earth's Layers and the Rock Cycle Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. the quality of being easily shaped or molded
  2. 5. a theory explaining the structure of the earth’s crust
  3. 8. the result of a transformation of a pre-existing rock due to heat and pressure
  4. 11. the thickest layer of the earth and makes up about 84% of the earth’s volume
  5. 15. a layer of the earth made of liquid nickel and iron between the inner core and the mantle
  6. 16. when convergent plate boundaries clash and hot magma inside erupt through the earth’s surface
  7. 17. The upper part of the earth’s mantle, below the lithosphere
  8. 18. when two plates slide past each other
  9. 19. the innermost layer of the earth made of nickel and iron and is solid due to the pressure being put on it
  10. 20. the process of settling or being deposited as a sediment
Down
  1. 1. layers The core, mantle, and crust
  2. 2. when two tectonic plates slip causing violent shaking above where we live
  3. 4. a rock formed through the compaction and cementation of sediments
  4. 6. igneous rocks that form at earth’s surface
  5. 7. where minerals are being pressed together, compressed together
  6. 9. igneous rocks that form under the earth’s surface
  7. 10. the cycle in which the three main rock types transform from one type into another
  8. 12. the outermost layer of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  9. 13. a rock formed by the cooling of molten rock
  10. 14. where minerals stick and ‘glue’ together