Center of the Earth Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes has 20 clues. Answers range from 4 to 13 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

Description

Crust squeezes back and forth like an accordian
Secondary waves side to Side and up-and-down. Cannot travel through liquids
Travel along surface of Earth. Move slowly
Increases as you go down. Start at 20 m down and rises one Celsius degree every 40 m from that point
Increases as you go down because of the weight of earth above
Thin layer ( 5 to 70 km thick) of solid rock that includes both dryland in the ocean floor
Crossed under ocean, made of mostly basalt
Dark rock with fine texture, very dense (5 to 10 km thick)
Why color is coarse texture ( 10 to 40 km thick)
Second layer of earth ( 2900 km thick) made of hot rock, but the rock a solid
Upper part of mantle and the crest above it parenthese upper part of mantle and the crust above it ( about 100 km thick)
Softer ( like tar in the sun or a Tootsie Roll in your pocket) extends to about 350 km deep
Hot, but solid extends all the way to earth's core
Made mostly of Fe and Ni
(2300 km thick) very hot liquid
(1200 km thick) very hot, but the pressure pushes the Adams together keeping it solid
Transfer of heat by waves, travels through space
Heat transfer when objects touch
Heat transfer by movements of currents within a fluid
Third planet from the sun and the only object in the universe know toThird ha third planet from the sun to harbor life

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