Unit 5 Crossword Puzzle

5. the liquid outer portion of Earth's core, composed primarily of iron and nickel.
7. large areas of rock that make up Earth's crust and move across the mantle
8. The rocks of Earth's crust that make up the base of the continents.
10. the soft and plastic layer in Earth's upper mantle, just below the lithosphere.
11. the portion of Earth's crust that makes up the ocean floor and is generally denser and thinner than continental crust.
12. a single bed of sedimentary rock, generally consisting of one kind of matter representing continuous deposition.
13. the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms at mid-ocean ridges as tectonic plates pull away from each other
14. any water that collects on the surface of Earth
15. the layer of solid rock between Earth’s crust and core
16. the science guy
17. a tectonic plate boundary at which two tectonic plates move away from each other
18. the solid, inner portion of Earth's core, composed of an alloy of iron, nickel, and other heavy elements.
19. When soil is moved from one location to another by wind or water.
20. a supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago.
21. the study of rocks and Earth

1. the part of Earth which is composed mostly of rocks; the crust and outer mantle.
2. a German climatologist. Came up with the theory of continental drift.
3. the sinking of an oceanic plate beneath a plate of lesser density at a convergent boundary
4. Mr. McCullough's pet (2011-2014)
6. a tectonic plate boundary at which two tectonic plates move toward each other, causing collisions and subduction zones.
8. the movement of Earth's continents relative to each other.
9. a tectonic plate boundary along which plates slide horizontally past one another in opposite directions