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asthenosphere:soft upper layer of the mantle
Continental Drift:the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time as proposed by Alfred Wegener
convection:transfer of heat through movement of magma in the mantle
convergent boundary:boundary between two colliding plates
crust:outermost layer of the Earth
divergent boundary:boundary between two plates moving away from each other
earthquake:the movement of the ground that occurs when rock inside the Earth pass their elastic limit
fault:a large fracture in rock along which movement occurs
folding:the bending of rock layers
inner core:solid, dense center of the Earth
lithosphere:outermost, rigid layer of the Earth
mantle:layer between the crust and the core
outer core:liquid layer of the Earth's core
Pangea:a supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth, postulated to have existed in the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic times
Plate Tectonics:a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
science puzzle
Across:2. | the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time as proposed by Alfred Wegener | 7. | transfer of heat through movement of magma in the mantle | 8. | layer between the crust and the core | 9. | the movement of the ground that occurs when rock inside the Earth pass their elastic limit | 12. | outermost, rigid layer of the Earth | 13. | boundary between two colliding plates | 14. | soft upper layer of the mantle |
| | Down:1. | boundary between two plates moving away from each other | 3. | liquid layer of the Earth's core | 4. | solid, dense center of the Earth | 5. | a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust | 6. | a large fracture in rock along which movement occurs | 10. | the bending of rock layers | 11. | a supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth, postulated to have existed in the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic times | 13. | outermost layer of the Earth |
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science puzzle
Across:2. | the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time as proposed by Alfred Wegener | 7. | transfer of heat through movement of magma in the mantle | 8. | layer between the crust and the core | 9. | the movement of the ground that occurs when rock inside the Earth pass their elastic limit | 12. | outermost, rigid layer of the Earth | 13. | boundary between two colliding plates | 14. | soft upper layer of the mantle |
| | Down:1. | boundary between two plates moving away from each other | 3. | liquid layer of the Earth's core | 4. | solid, dense center of the Earth | 5. | a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust | 6. | a large fracture in rock along which movement occurs | 10. | the bending of rock layers | 11. | a supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth, postulated to have existed in the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic times | 13. | outermost layer of the Earth |
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