Unit 4

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Across
  1. 2. Soft solid of magma surrounding the core, kept soft by the intense heat from the core
  2. 5. is heated by the earth's core. Rises towards the lithosphere
  3. 6. Transform faults are the likely location of ________
  4. 8. Very outer layer of the lithosphere, the earth's surface
  5. 9. The Ring of Fire is the pattern of _____ all around the pacific plate
  6. 12. transport of weathered rock fragments by wind and rain
  7. 13. Plate Boundary. Plates move towards each other
  8. 14. Carried to a new location and deposited
Down
  1. 1. Thin, brittle layer of rock floating on top of the mantle (broken up into tectonic plates)
  2. 3. Fault Plate Boundary. Plates slide past each other
  3. 4. the breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces. Can be physical, biological, or chemical
  4. 7. Is a mix of geologic (rock) and organic (living) components
  5. 8. Dense mass of nickel, iron, and radioactive elements that release a massive amount of heat
  6. 10. Plate Boundary. Plates move away from each other
  7. 11. Solid, the flexible outer layer of mantle, beneath the lithosphere