The Earth's Crust

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The planet we live on (5)
  2. 3. Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind (7)
  3. 6. The offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal (6)
  4. 7. Of or relating to ___ (11)
  5. 8. An efficient incentive (7)
  6. 10. Huge body of salt water (plural) (6)
  7. 12. Tiny grains found on beaches (4)
  8. 13. United States baseball player (6)
  9. 14. The layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock (7)

Down

  1. 1. Hard outer layer of the Earth or of bread (5)
  2. 4. A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter (7)
  3. 5. Mountain that erupts with lava (plural) (9)
  4. 7. The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth (6)
  5. 9. United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who (4)
  6. 11. The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock (4)
  7. 15. Mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake (4)