Earth's Layers Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- seismic waves : waves of energy caused by earthquakes and other rock movement
- apple : the outer layer is similar to the skin of an _
- inner core : the solid layer made of iron and nickel.
- asthenosphere : the plastic-like layer that allows the crust to flow over it.
- mantle : this layer has strong convection currents, which are responsible for the crust's movement.
- crust : this layer is made up of the oceanic and continental.
- crust : the thinnest layer of the earth
- lithosphere : includes the cool, dense, rigid part of the mantle as well as the solid outer section
- granite : the type of rock found most readily in the crust.
- outer core : the layer of earth responsible for the earth's magnetic field
- mantle : the largest layer of the earth
- oceanic crust : a thin layer of crust that overlies the ocean basins
