Restless Earth vocab

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