Across
- 2. Global Positioning System
- 6. A break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
- 7. A thinner and denser crust than continental crust
- 8. The central part of the Earth below the mantle
- 9. When rocks are pushed together by compression
- 11. The thin and solid outermost layer of he Earth above the mantle
- 12. The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core
- 13. A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
- 14. Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
- 15. The bending of rock layers due to stress
- 17. The rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations
- 18. A thicker and less dense crust than oceanic crust
- 19. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
Down
- 1. The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
- 3. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
- 4. The process my which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma, and rises toward the surface and solidifies
- 5. The sinking of regions of the of the Earth's crust to lower elevations
- 8. Stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
- 10. When rocks are pulled apart because of tension
- 16. The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core