Plate Tectonics & Earth's Layers

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Across
  1. 3. measure of how much material there is
  2. 4. a boundary where two plates meet and move towards each other
  3. 6. the hypothesis that states the continents were once connected
  4. 7. upper layer of Earth's mantle below the lithosphere
  5. 9. rigid layer that makes up the upper mantle
  6. 11. the theory that Earth's lithosphere is in constant motion
  7. 12. where old oceanic lithosphere is pulled back into the mantle
  8. 14. the movement of a fluid caused by differences in temperature
  9. 16. the process where new oceanic lithosphere forms
  10. 18. Molten rock beneath the Earth
  11. 19. mostly solid rocky part of Earth
  12. 20. sections of Earth's crust that move due to convection currents
Down
  1. 1. lower part of the mantle
  2. 2. the thick part of Earth's crust
  3. 5. a boundary where two plates meet and pull away from each other
  4. 8. a boundary where two plates meet and slide past each other
  5. 10. the central part of the Earth
  6. 13. thin and solid outermost layer
  7. 15. layer between the crust and core
  8. 17. the thin part of Earth's crust