Across
- 2. a mineral that the body needs for growth and development
- 4. The planet in which we live on
- 6. directly above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere
- 8. the mass of an object compared to the size or volume of that object
- 11. the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet
- 12. the state or quality of being thick
- 13. consists of a solid iron-nickel ball rotating within a layer of liquid metal
- 14. the amount of force that is being exerted
- 15. the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
- 16. is made up of 44.8% oxygen, 21.5% silicon, and 22.8% magnesium
- 19. The innermost part of Earth
- 20. the measurement of the amount of heat in an object
Down
- 1. the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of the tectonic plates
- 3. mostly composed of liquid iron and nickel
- 5. the large sections of Earth’s crust which move around on theLithosphere.
- 7. waves an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means
- 9. made up of the parts of Earth where life exists—all ecosystems
- 10. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
- 17. a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28
- 18. a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body
