Chapter 1: Sections 1-2
Across
- 7. Mountains Rock layers folded like a rug that has been pushed up against a wall
- 8. refers to distances in degrees east or west of the prime meridian
- 9. lines running parallel to the equator; also called parallels
- 10. Mountains Form when blocks of Earth's crust are pushed up by forces inside Earth
- 12. imaginary line around Earth exactly halfway between the north and south poles
Down
- 1. Flat, raised areas of land made up of nearly horizontal rocks that have been uplifted by forces within Earth
- 2. either end of an axis of a sphere
- 3. A natural feature of a land surface
- 4. Mountains Made of huge, tilted blocks of rock that are separated from surrounding rock by faults
- 5. Mountains Begin to form when molten material reaches the surface through a weak area of the crust
- 6. Meridian reference point for lines of longitude
- 11. Large, flat areas, often found in the interior regions of continents