Tectonic Plates

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Across
  1. 3. The hard outer layer of earth broken into tectonic plates
  2. 5. plate. Sections of the lithosphere that move on top of the fluid asthenosphere
  3. 7. boundaries The edge of a tectonic plate where tectonic activity takes place (ex.earthquakes/volcanoes)
  4. 9. Core The solid layer at the center of earth
  5. 10. The rigid outer layer of Earth
Down
  1. 1. currents A type of heat transfer. Where hot fluid rises and as it gets colder near the top sink.(happens in asthenosphere)
  2. 2. The fluid portion of the mantle that has special properties
  3. 4. core The molten layer at the center of earth responsible for the magnetic shield
  4. 6. Molten rock under the surface of earth
  5. 8. of plate tectonics a theory that says earths outer layers are made of moving plates