Across
- 2. States the oldest layers of rock are at the bottom and youngest are at the top
- 3. When plates move away from each other
- 4. the flow of air from the core of the Earth
- 5. A chain of mountains underwater caused by divergent plate movement
- 8. Faults caused by tectonic plates breaking apart
- 9. The largest layer of the Earth
- 11. When plates move away from each other
- 14. A semi-rigid part of the mantle that flows like syrup
- 16. Layer made of liquid iron and nickel
- 17. A fracture in the Earth's crust caused by movement or displacement
- 18. Oceanic crust forms as magma rises and cools
- 19. The process of plates merging and breaking apart over millions of years
- 20. Theory that the lithosphere is broken into several large plates
Down
- 1. A gap in the rock where older layers meet younger layers
- 6. Layer made of solid iron and nickel
- 7. When plates slide across each other
- 10. An area of volcanic activity that develops above where magma rises in a plume from the mantle
- 12. The theory of continents moving over time
- 13. Forms from cementation of sediments
- 15. rock that forms from magma cooling
