Routt Geosphere

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Across
  1. 4. physical layer; center of Earth. Sphere of solid nickel and iron.
  2. 6. local effect of volcano
  3. 8. the parts of the Earth where life exists.
  4. 9. The mantle is made of ________ density elements.
  5. 10. When tectonic plates collide together, they ________ and fold.
  6. 14. The crust is made mostly of ________ elements.
  7. 16. (O2)
  8. 18. Extreme ________ prevents the very hot inner core from melting.
  9. 19. mixture of gasses surrounding Earth.
  10. 24. Plate tectonics causes ________ building.
  11. 28. continents are tectonic plates which move in relation to each other as they float on the asthenosphere.
  12. 29. global effect of volcanoes: ________ of sunlight
  13. 31. a mountain built when magma from the Earth’s interior rises to its surface.
  14. 32. the theory explaining that the lithosphere is in pieces which float on the asthenosphere and move in relation to each other.
  15. 34. a process where earthen materials are transported by water.
  16. 36. a process where earthen materials are transported by wind and water.
  17. 37. the rocky part of the Earth.
  18. 38. liquefied by heat
  19. 39. the core is made of ________ elements
Down
  1. 1. a piece of the lithosphere which floats on the asthenosphere.
  2. 2. physical layer; solid, pliable, layer of mantle beneath the lithosphere.
  3. 3. the watery part of the Earth.
  4. 5. (CO2)
  5. 7. Plate tectonics ________ continental drift.
  6. 11. molten rock below the Earth’s surface.
  7. 12. = a process where earthen materials are transported by wind.
  8. 13. thick physical layer of mantle between the asthenosphere and outer core.
  9. 15. inner compositional layer.
  10. 17. (Ar)
  11. 20. compositional layer beneath the crust
  12. 21. Most earthquakes and volcanoes occur at the ________ of tectonic plates.
  13. 22. molten rock at or above the Earth’s surface.
  14. 23. vibrations of the Earth’s crust caused by movement of the crust along a fault.
  15. 25. (N2)
  16. 26. a process where rocks are worn away due to exposure to the atmosphere.
  17. 27. Physical layer which includes the crust and top of the mantle
  18. 30. physical layer of molten nickel and iron beneath the mesosphere.
  19. 33. a break/crack in the Earth’s crust.
  20. 35. surface compositional layer.