Plate Tectonics and boundaries unit 3

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Across
  1. 4. a layer of Earth made up of the crust and upper mantle
  2. 6. boundary where two plates slide past one another with no creation or destruction of lithosphere
  3. 8. layer of Earth made of liquid iron/nickel
  4. 10. thicker crust made mostly of rocks such as granite
  5. 11. a plastic-like, but solid, layer in the mantle which allows the lithosphere above to move
Down
  1. 1. layer of Earth made of solid iron/nickel
  2. 2. a continuous mountain chain on the floor of all major basins
  3. 3. solid middle region of Earth
  4. 5. Earth's lithosphere is broken into pieces called
  5. 7. boundary where two plates diverge, or move apart and new crust or lithosphere is formed
  6. 9. the solid, outer layer of Earth