Earth Systems TCAP Vocab Game

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Across
  1. 2. sudden events that lead to mass extinction
  2. 3. instruments used to measure and record seismic waves
  3. 5. tectonic plates SLIDE past each other. causes earthquakes
  4. 7. tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
  5. 9. formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide
  6. 10. rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  7. 11. includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates
  8. 14. fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
  9. 15. deep, elongated depressions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones
  10. 17. located between the mantle and outer core
  11. 18. name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
  12. 19. formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth
  13. 20. an opening in Earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock
  14. 21. a group of the same species living in the same area
Down
  1. 1. tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys
  2. 4. new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic pull apart and magma rises
  3. 6. extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  4. 8. hot material rises, cooler materials sink. Drives plate tectonics
  5. 12. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  6. 13. large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
  7. 16. forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement