Science Crossword Of Earth Science

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Across
  1. 4. Able to carry an electric current.
  2. 6. The gigantic slabs — some spanning thousands of miles — that make up Earth’s outer layer.
  3. 7. or subduction The process by which tectonic plates sink or slide back from Earth’s outer layer into its middle layer, called the mantle.
  4. 9. The study of Earth’s physical structure, history and processes.
  5. 10. An area around the Pacific Ocean’s edge where plate tectonics processes cause relatively frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
  6. 11. In geology, Earth’s middle layer.
Down
  1. 1. The process by which material rises from Earth’s middle layer into its outer layer, where it will become part of the tectonic plates.
  2. 2. The rising and falling of material in a fluid due to uneven temperatures.
  3. 3. The study of massive moving pieces that make up Earth’s outer layer, which is called the lithosphere, and the processes that cause those rock masses to rise from inside Earth, travel along its surface, and sink back down.
  4. 5. In geology, an area where tectonic plates move past each other.
  5. 8. In geology, Earth’s innermost layer.