6 The Dynamic Earth U4 L3 Mountain Building
Across
- 2. Folds are classified by the ____ of rock layers
- 4. This is a Fault Block mountain
- 6. This is a type of mountain the forms when melted rock erupts onto Earth's surface
- 8. In syncline, the youngest layers of rock are found at the ____
- 9. This is a fault when hanging wall ovens down relative to the footwall
- 10. ____ temperatures makes rocks more brittle
- 11. This occurs when rock layers bend under stress
- 12. Pushes rocks in parallel but opposite directions
- 15. This is the amount of forece per unit area that is placed on an object
- 16. This is the process by which rocks change shape when under stress
- 17. This stresses or pulls rock apart
- 18. The ____ of tectonic plates places stress on rocks
Down
- 1. The crack that forms when large blocks of rock break and move past each other
- 2. This is wear oldest layer of rock is found at the core
- 3. This is stress that squeezes or pushes rock together
- 5. This is a kind of fault
- 7. This is a process that can cause land to rise and can also contribute to mountain building
- 13. As rocks are deformed deep in Earth's crust, ____ builds
- 14. This mountain type form when rock layers are squeezed together and punched upward
- 15. This is a common fold