Earth's Systems puzzle

2. Fractures or zones of weakness in the Earth's crust
4. Tectonic plates move away from each other, usually forms mountains and volcanoes
5. An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out and creates new rock.
6. Where tectonic plates SLIDE past each other. Causes earthquakes
11. New oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates pull apart and magma rises.
12. Forms after weathering and erosion when sediments compact and cement
14. Instrument used to measure and record seismic waves
16. The semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents happen
18. Hot material rises, cooler materials sink. It drives plate tectonics
20. Name of the ancient supercontinent when it was all one landmass

1. Sudden events that led to mass extinction
3. Deep elongated depressions in the ocean, often associated with subduction zones.
7. Located between the mantle and the outer core.
8. Includes the crust and upper part of the mantle, and is divided into tectonic plates
9. Formed as a result of high temperatures and pressure deep within Earth changing a rock that already existed
10. extinction events that occur over a longer period of time
13. A group of the same species living in the same area
15. Large, rigid pieces of the Earth's Lithosphere that move and interact with each other along plate boundaries
17. Formed at plate boundaries usually when plates collide.
19. Rock formed when lava or magma cools and hardens