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Plate Tectonics

Across
One of earth's structural layers- a layer of weak, warm rock that flows slowly over geologic time.
The thick layer of dense, hot rock between earth's crust and core.
The shaking of the ground that results when rock under earth's surface moves or breaks.
One of earth's structural layers- the lowest portion of the mantle, a zone of strong, rigid rock.
Places where tectonic plates slide along besides one another as they move.
The study of the history, structure, and natural processes of planet earth.
Places where tectonic plates come together.
The theory that earth's lithosphere divided into large plates that move slowly around the globe.
The hypothesis that the world's continents move slowly over the earth's surface.
The study of seismic waves, waves that travel through earth as a result of an earthquake or other disturbance.
The earth science that is concerned with the composition and structure of earth.
One of earth's structural layers- a solid sphere of hot metal, mostly iron, at the center of earth.
A global system of underwater mountains created by seafloor spreading.
Down
The Process by which Earth formed layers according to density.
Long, deep, steep troughs in the seafloor where an oceanic plate sinks beneath and overlying plate.
Places where tectonic plates pull apart.
The process by which new lithosphere is created at mid ocean ridges as older lithosphere moves away.
Earth's outermost structural layer, consisting of cool, rigid rock.
One of earth's structural layer- a shell of hot, liquid metal beneath the mantle and above the inner core.
Earth's surface layer, consisting of oceanic and continental crust.
Earth's innermost layer, which is mostly iron and includes the inner and outer core.
Molten rock in earth's interior.