The Structure of the Earth Key words

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Strong metal used to make tools and nails (4)
  2. 3. State of matter with a fixed shape (5)
  3. 5. Hard outer layer of the Earth or of bread (5)
  4. 8. Having great ___ or force or potency or effect (8)
  5. 9. United States baseball player (6)
  6. 10. How hot or cold something is (11)
  7. 13. To make or cause to be or to become (7)
  8. 14. Not moving quickly (4)
  9. 15. The central part of the Earth (4)

Down

  1. 1. Hard piece of stone (4)
  2. 2. Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree (7)
  3. 4. State of matter that flows like water (6)
  4. 6. Mountain that erupts with lava (plural) (9)
  5. 7. The transfer of heat through a fluid caused by molecular motion (10)
  6. 11. Reduced to liquid form by heating (6)
  7. 12. To reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating (6)