Across
- 3. Studies the materials, processes, nature, and history of the Earth.
- 5. begins beneath the crust.
- 8. Right below the lithosphere.
- 9. About 1500 miles in thickness and is the center core of the Earth.
- 11. One edge of one lithospheric plate is forced below the edge of another plate.
- 13. Created by a subducting plate beneath the other and shakes
- 14. The transfer of heat by the movements of the heated part of a liquid/gas.
- 16. Discovered Pangaea
- 19. A mix of elements but mostly iron and nickel
- 20. When plates slide across from each other
Down
- 1. A generally large piece of the Earth's crust.
- 2. Can be created by an oceanic plate that goes below a continental plate
- 4. Name of the super continent.
- 6. The act of colliding.
- 7. When plates move away from each other
- 10. Straight above the mantle.
- 12. A crack in the Earth's crust where there has been movement.
- 15. When plates collide
- 17. Earthquakes are measured by the _____ scale.
- 18. Occurs when two plates of similar thickness collide.