Earth's Systems

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Across
  1. 2. Tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms new crust and rift valleys.
  2. 3. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and it is divided into tectonic plates
  3. 4. the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
  4. 6. Hot material rises, cooler material sinks. It drives plate tectonics
  5. 8. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock.
  6. 11. New oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises
  7. 16. Located between the mantle and the outer core
  8. 17. Extinction events that occur over a longer time period
  9. 19. When tectonic plates SLIDE past each other. Causes earthquakes
  10. 21. Formed as a result of high temperature and pressure deep within earth changing a rock that already existed
Down
  1. 1. Tectonic plates move toward each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes.
  2. 5. Instruments used to measure and record seismic waves.
  3. 7. A group of the same species living in the same area
  4. 9. Formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide.
  5. 10. Deep, elongated depressions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones
  6. 12. Name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass
  7. 13. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement.
  8. 14. Large, rigid pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries.
  9. 15. Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
  10. 18. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens
  11. 20. Sudden events that led to mass extinction