Across
- 3. As an object heats up its density is ____ and it floats.
- 5. The largest layer of the Earth.
- 6. The kind of rock that makes up the continental crust is called?
- 10. The process of going under another continent is called.
- 11. ____ are an example of indirect evidence that scientists use to learn about the inside of the Earth.
- 12. Earthquakes produce ____ waves that scientists use to study the inside of the Earth.
- 13. An example of radiation is ____ that we feel outside every day.
- 17. The middle of the Earth is called the.
- 18. _____ samples are an example of direct evidence that scientists use to learn about the inside of the Earth.
- 19. We think the heat that causes the convection currents in the mantle comes from the Earth's ____.
- 20. The outer core of the Earth is in this phase of matter.
- 22. Hot things become less dense and _____ in a convection current.
- 23. At the mid-ocean _____ new crust is made.
- 26. Heat transfer by mixing of hot and cold fluids.
- 27. The layer of the Earth we live on.
Down
- 1. As an object cools down its density ______ and it falls.
- 2. The kind of rock that makes up the oceanic crust is called?
- 4. The process of new crust being made is called sea-floor______
- 7. The part of the mantle that is the soft part where convection currents occur.
- 8. The name for the single landmass millions of years ago.
- 9. One of the pieces of evidence that Wegener had suggested that the continents had moved.
- 14. As you go deeper into the Earth both temperature and pressure ____.
- 15. At the _____ old crust is pulled under the less dense crust.
- 16. Heat transfer by touching.
- 21. This is a kind of evidence that you can see and touch.
- 24. The layer of the core we think is a solid iron ball.
- 25. The measure of an object's mass and volume is called?
