Across
- 2. A huge piece of the lithosphere that moves with the asthenosphere. The movement causes earthquakes and volcano's.
- 4. The thickest layer of the earth between the crust and the core. It has hot moving rock the slowly circulates.
- 5. The part of earth's crust that forms land. It's thicker but lighter then the Oceanic crust.
- 7. The rigid outer layer of the earth, made of the crust and upper mantle.
- 10. The edges where the tectonic plates meet. This is where earthquakes and volcanoes often happen.
- 11. A place where maggma rises from deep inside the earth, forming volcanos. Hawaii was created by a hot spot.
- 12. The liquid layer around the inner core also made of iron and nickel. Creates a magnetic field.
- 13. The crust under the ocean, thinner but heavier then the Continental crust.
- 15. Something melted due to extreme heat, like lava from a volcano.
- 17. The thin, outermost layer of the earth where we live. It's like the skin of an apple.
- 18. A place where two plates push together. it can form mountains or volcanos like the Andes.
- 19. A tectonic plate under the ocean. it's thinner but denser then Continental plates.
Down
- 1. deep valley in the ocean floor, formed when one plate sinks under another. The Mariana trench is the deepest one.
- 3. A large piece of the earth's crust that carry's land. These plates move slowly.
- 6. A place where two plates move apart. It can create new ocean floor, like the mid-atlantic ridge.
- 8. The soft, flowing layer of the mantle below the lithosphere allowing techtonic plates to move
- 9. A place where two plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes, like the san Andreas fault line.
- 14. The solid super hot center of the earth, made of mostly iron and nickel. Like a metal ball in the earth.
- 16. The invisible force around earth that protects us from the suns radiation. It makes a compass point north.