Plate Tectonics and Geology

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Across
  1. 3. A German scientist that proposed the theory of continental drift
  2. 6. The layer of rock that forms that Earths outer skin
  3. 7. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
  4. 8. A single landmass on Earth about 300 million years ago
  5. 9. Has three main parts: a metal core, a solid middle layer, and a rocky outer layer
  6. 11. A layer of molten metal surrounding the inner core
  7. 12. The parts of Earth where that contain living organisms make this up
  8. 13. Heat transfer between materials that are touching
  9. 15. A layer of hot rock
  10. 17. Transfer of energy that is carried in rays
Down
  1. 1. The ability to do work
  2. 2. Contains all of Earths water
  3. 3. The Earths outermost layer
  4. 4. Breaks in Earths crust where rocks have slipped past each other
  5. 5. A group of parts that work together as a whole
  6. 6. Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid
  7. 8. Results from a force pressing on an area
  8. 10. Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
  9. 14. A dense ball of solid metal.
  10. 16. A dark, fine-grained rock