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