Crust Crossword
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
 
 
Down: 1) theory that says continents can drift apart3) made up of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle4) Earth's oceanic crust is _____than continental crust5) type of plate boundry involving two plates moving away from each other7) in California and marks the place where the Pacific plate and the North American plate slide past each other8) Earth's oceanic crust is more ___than continental crust10) Earth's core is made of this11) deepest point in he ocean14) diameter of Earth's core is slightly larger than the diameter of ______17) newest and youngest crust is found here21) type of fault where the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall22) the part of the Earth that is liquid Across: 2) the region where oceanic plates sink down into the lithosphere6) a fault that results when opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally9) stress that occurs when material is stretched11) strong lower part of the mantle that lies beneath the asthenosphere12) soft layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move13) oceanic crust is similar to this15) stress that occurs when material is squeezed or pushed together16) name for one single landmass18) part of the longest mountain chain in the world19) type of plate boundry involving collision between two tectonic plates20) continental crust is similar to this23) the San Andreas Fault is an example24) the farther away from the mid Atlantic ridge, the ____ the crust25) type of fault that often results when rocks are pushed together due to compression26) occurs when rock layers bend due to stress in the Earth's crust
 

 

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