Plate Tectonics Crossword Puzzle Latyra S.

Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
The force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted
The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface
A dark,dense,igneous rock with a fine texture,found in oceanic crust
A usually light-colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust
The layer of hot,solid material between Earth's crust and core
A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
A layer molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth
A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
The direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves
The direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another substance that it is touching
The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid
The amount of mass of a substance in a given volume;mass per unit volume
The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface
An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
A device that determines the distance of an object under water by recording echoes of sound waves
The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere,carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust