Across
- 3. Energy in waves, like infrared radiation.
- 11. One crust block moves down, common at divergent boundaries.
- 13. Earth's outermost layer where energy transfer occurs.
- 16. Continents move over time due to plate tectonics.
- 18. Energy transfer by electromagnetic waves without a medium.
- 22. Sudden energy release in Earth's crust from plate movement.
- 28. Heat flows from hotter to colder objects.
- 30. Semi-fluid layer beneath lithosphere allowing plate movement.
- 33. Magma rising through crust, creating volcanic islands.
- 35. Heat from within Earth's crust.
- 37. Edges where tectonic plates meet and interact.
- 39. Stored energy due to position or structure.
- 40. Movement of energy between places or systems.
- 41. Gravity pushes plates apart at ridges.
- 42. Energy flow affecting itself, like in climate systems.
- 43. Plates move apart, creating new crust (e.g., mid-ocean ridges).
- 44. Plates move horizontally past each other.
- 45. Earth's innermost layer, generating heat.
Down
- 1. Energy waves traveling through Earth during an earthquake.
- 2. Deep ocean depression where a plate is subducted.
- 4. Underwater mountain range at a divergent boundary.
- 5. Plates collide, forming mountains or subduction zones.
- 6. Movement of thermal energy from warmer to cooler objects.
- 7. Plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes.
- 8. Slow mantle circulation driving plate tectonics.
- 9. Total kinetic energy of particles, related to temperature.
- 10. Volcano chain above a subduction zone.
- 12. One plate sinks beneath another, forming trenches and volcanoes.
- 14. New oceanic crust forms at ridges and moves outward.
- 15. Energy of motion.
- 17. Heat transfer through direct contact.
- 19. Sum of kinetic and potential energy.
- 20. Landform at a divergent boundary where crust stretches and cracks.
- 21. Energy is transferred or transformed, not created or destroyed.
- 23. Layer beneath the crust driving plate movement.
- 24. Crack in Earth's crust with movement.
- 25. Large lithosphere sections moving over the asthenosphere.
- 26. Heat transfer by fluid movement.
- 27. Rigid outer layer, including crust and upper mantle.
- 29. Energy in chemical bonds, like fossil fuels.
- 31. Sinking plate pulls the rest with it.
- 32. Measure of system disorder as energy spreads.
- 34. Ancient supercontinent that broke apart.
- 36. Large ocean wave from underwater earthquakes or eruptions.
- 38. One crust block moves up, common at convergent boundaries.
