Layers of the Earth and Tectonic Plates

Question or Hint Answer or Word
  1. Thinnest Layer Crust
  2. Contains most of the Earth's mass Mantle
  3. Made mostly of nickle, iron, sulfur, and oxygen Core
  4. Makes up tectonic plates Lithospere
  5. Putty-like soft part of Mantle Asthenosphere
  6. Goes to Core, almost solid Mesosphere
  7. Puzzle-like pieces floating on Asthenosphere Tectonic Plates
  8. Underwater mountain Mid Ocean Ridge
  9. Supercontinent Pangaea
  10. Trace of an ancient organism Fossil
  11. New material is added to the ocean floor Sea Floor Spreading
  12. push together; mountains Convergent
  13. divide, separating; mid-ocean ridge, rift valley Divergent
  14. grind against, slide; earthquakes, fault line Transform
  15. Deep underwater canyons Deep Ocean Trench

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